/ceae/ en /ceae/2023/01/24/what-center-infrastructure-energy-and-space-testing-cu-boulder <span>What is the Center for Infrastructure, Energy, and Space Testing at 91福利社?</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-01-24T13:36:22-07:00" title="Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - 13:36">Tue, 01/24/2023 - 13:36</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/ciest2_0.png?h=5b88e0fb&amp;itok=NOQcX7UP" width="1200" height="800" alt="Two students in the large centrifuge."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/215" hreflang="en">Brad Wham News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/203" hreflang="en">Geotechnical Engineering &amp; Geomechanics</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/46" hreflang="en">Research</a> </div> <span>Jeff Zehnder</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Welcome to the <span><a href="/center/ciest/" rel="nofollow">Center for Infrastructure, Energy, and Space Testing (CIEST)</a> at 91福利社, an experimental facility offering geotechnical centrifuges, structural dynamics and materials testing and research for business, government, and academic partners. </span></p> <p>CIEST is home to a massive array of cutting edge, specialized facilities to conduct small and large scale testing with equipment, testbeds and instrumentation unrivaled in the United States.</p> <p>[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlyBN4IJlK8]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 20:36:22 +0000 Anonymous 3062 at /ceae /ceae/2022/06/27/video-pioneering-resilient-infrastructure-wake-earthquakes-and-climate-related-natural <span>Video: Pioneering resilient infrastructure in the wake of earthquakes and climate-related natural disasters</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-06-27T09:14:15-06:00" title="Monday, June 27, 2022 - 09:14">Mon, 06/27/2022 - 09:14</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/shideh2_1.png?h=a4d01c9e&amp;itok=hYUrmrtH" width="1200" height="800" alt="Shideh Dashti"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/111" hreflang="en">Faculty News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/203" hreflang="en">Geotechnical Engineering &amp; Geomechanics</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/167" hreflang="en">Shideh Dashti News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><span>Engineering a sustainable and equitable future takes innovation and collaboration. </span></p> <p><span>Shideh Dashti is the Acting Associate Dean of Research at 91福利社's College of Engineering &amp; Applied Science, as well as an Associate Professor in the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department. </span></p> <p><span>Dean Dashti's research is specifically focused on geotechnical engineering, centrifuge modeling, and designing resilient infrastructure in the wake of earthquakes and climate-related natural disasters. </span></p> <p><span>Shideh is also a Co-Director of the College's Center for Infrastructure, Energy and Space Testing (CIEST), as well as the Director RISE - an interdisciplinary research collaboration at 91福利社 to explore the intersection of resilient infrastructure, sustainability, and equity.</span></p> <p>[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUww6HOz8A8]</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:14:15 +0000 Anonymous 2924 at /ceae /ceae/2022/02/14/engineers-deploy-drones-survey-marshall-fire-gather-lessons-future-disasters <span>Engineers deploy drones to survey Marshall Fire, gather lessons for future disasters</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-02-14T09:09:41-07:00" title="Monday, February 14, 2022 - 09:09">Mon, 02/14/2022 - 09:09</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/ceae/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/drone_fire_research.cc81.jpg?h=81228382&amp;itok=2MH-95s3" width="1200" height="800" alt="Members of the GEER team watch a drone take off from the Spanish Hills neighborhood."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/215" hreflang="en">Brad Wham News</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/203" hreflang="en">Geotechnical Engineering &amp; Geomechanics</a> <a href="/ceae/taxonomy/term/167" hreflang="en">Shideh Dashti News</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>The drone whirs to life on a driveway in the Spanish Hills neighborhood of 91福利社 County. Its four spinning motors lift it to nearly 200 feet above the ground. Below, the cul-de-sac comes into view, revealing the stone chimneys and blackened foundations that dot the hillside鈥攚hat remains of many of the houses in this neighborhood after flames swept through on Dec. 30 and into the morning of Dec. 31 during what would become known as the Marshall Fire.</p> <p>Brad Wham trudges through the snow to join about a dozen other researchers who have gathered to watch the flight this morning. They鈥檙e wearing hard hats and neon safety vests. As an engineer at 91福利社, Wham studies how water pipelines and other 鈥渓ifelines鈥� can maintain their functionality during natural hazards, such as&nbsp;earthquakes and wildfires. He also lives in Louisville, Colorado, and had to evacuate his own home on that same day.&nbsp;</p> <p>鈥淚鈥檝e deployed to Japan and New Zealand to study disasters very shortly after they occurred,鈥� said Wham, an assistant research professor in the <a href="/ceae/" rel="nofollow">Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering</a> (CEAE). 鈥淚t has been a different experience to have them happen in my hometown.鈥�&nbsp;</p> <p>The Marshall Fire, which spread throughout much of 91福利社 County including the towns of Superior and Louisville, became the most destructive fire in Colorado鈥檚 history. More than 1,000 homes were lost, and approximately 6,000 acres burned. One person remains missing while another was confirmed dead.</p> <p>In coordination with local officials, Wham and his colleagues from Oregon State and Purdue universities have been surveying the damage since first-responders extinguished the flames. The effort is part an&nbsp;initiative funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)&nbsp;called <a href="http://www.geerassociation.org/" rel="nofollow">Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance</a> (GEER), which deploys researchers to disaster sites around the world. The team hopes to better understand the disaster from a uniquely engineering perspective: Why did some houses burn, for example, while neighboring homes survived? How did critical services like water, gas and electricity hold up during one of the worst disasters in 91福利社 County鈥檚 history?</p> <p>Time is of the essence. Soon, bulldozers and excavators will crawl through the impacted areas to begin the slow process of rebuilding鈥攁nd much of that information will be gone forever.</p> <p>鈥淚 think that what we鈥檙e doing here is going to be beneficial in the future, especially with other communities that are going to have fires,鈥� said Jessica Ramos, a senior at 91福利社 who鈥檚 working on Wham鈥檚 research team.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="image-caption image-caption-none"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="feature-layout-hero-wrapper"></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Marshall Fire swept through this cul-de-sac in the Spanish Hills neighborhood. (Credit: Casey Cass/91福利社)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <h2>Heat map</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-large feature-layout-callout-float-right clearfix"> <div class="feature-layout-callout-inner element-max-width-padding"> <p class="hero"><strong>More information</strong> </p><p>For 91福利社 community members experiencing physical, financial or emotional impacts of the Marshall Fire, 91福利社 fire resources are available.</p> <p class="hero"><strong><a href="http://www.colorado.edu/fire-resources" rel="nofollow">&nbsp;Fire resources</a></strong> </p><p>CONVERGE is hosting a series of virtual forums to discuss research on the Marshall Fire. Tune in for the next forum on Thursday, Feb. 17 from 2-3:00 p.m. Mountain Time.</p> <p class="hero"><a href="https://converge.colorado.edu/virtual-forums/converge-virtual-forum-2021-boulder-county-fires-session-2/" rel="nofollow"><strong>&nbsp;Join the forum</strong></a></p> <p class="hero">&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> <p>Erica Fischer, a structural engineering professor at Oregon State University who leads the GEER team along with Wham, joined the researchers in Spanish Hills on this windy morning in January.&nbsp;</p> <p>In many ways, the neighborhood shows why people have flocked to 91福利社 County in recent decades. Its rolling hills offer a startling view of the 91福利社 campus and the Flatirons beyond. But, Fischer notes, wildfires have been an inescapable part of these kinds of beautiful landscapes since long before humans settled here鈥攁nd, as the climate warms in Colorado, they鈥檙e likely to grow worse.&nbsp;</p> <p>鈥淚 would love to have this view,鈥� she says, standing on a snowy hillside. 鈥淭his is incredible, but beautiful scenery is created out of disaster. That鈥檚 how mountains are formed. That鈥檚 how lush forests are created. Understanding that is important.鈥�</p> <p>She and her colleagues are hoping to help people to live more safely within this dynamic environment.</p> <p>They鈥檙e taking a multi-pronged approach to the research. They鈥檝e utilized laser sensors to create 3D models of homes and retaining structures burned in the fire. They鈥檝e also deployed flying vehicles like the quadcopter drones鈥攐n loan from the <a href="https://rapid.designsafe-ci.org/" rel="nofollow">NSF-funded RAPID facility</a> at the University of Washington.&nbsp;</p> <p>This kind of interdisciplinary reconnaissance related to a wildfire has never been done before by GEER,鈥� said Shideh Dashti, an associate professor in CEAE who leads an interdisciplinary research effort at 91福利社 called <a href="/irt/rise/" rel="nofollow">Resilient Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity</a>. 鈥淭he solutions we come up with need to be holistic.鈥�</p> <p>As one part of that fast-moving effort, the group is working to recreate a heat map of the path the fire took through towns like Superior and Louisville.&nbsp;</p> <p>Fischer explained that as concrete heats up, it changes color, turning pinker the warmer it be