Author: Aaron Lee (page 7)

The devastating West Coast wildfires highlight the importance of preparation and understanding the threat as it applies to Hawai‘i. To address this, a UH team—lead by Sayed Bateni (Principal Investigator, Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and WRRC), Clay Trauernicht (Co-Principal…

Faced with the economic downturn of the local economy with the coronavirus pandemic, it is imperative that Hawai‘i reflects on the past to turn the current situation to our advantage with win-win solutions. We have the opportunity to create and…

Congratulations to WRRC Director Tom Giambellica and colleagues who published “Fire and Rain: The Legacy of Hurricane Lane in Hawai‘i“ During a four-day period in August 2018, Hurricane Lane devastated the Hawaiian Islands despite the category 5 hurricane never making landfall. The record breaking…

    Congratulations to WRRC/CEE faculty member Sayed Bateni! He received the prestigious and distinguished Fulbright award to Qatar. More than 900 U.S. college and university faculty and administrators are awarded Fulbright awards annually. This award will be applied to his research: Modeling…

figure 2: Beach erosion at Sunset Beach. Congratulations to Leah Bremer and colleagues who published “Who are We Measuring and Modeling for? Supporting Multilevel Decision-Making in Watershed Management” in the journal Water Resources Research. Watershed management for a variety of benefits, including sustaining and enhancing clean…

WRRC adjunct faculty, Professor Tomo’omi Kumagai is a Biogeoscientist with The University of Tokyo. Recently, he participated in a two-part international NHK production (with Japan and France) on the “megafires” currently threatening the world. Part 1 focuses on the mechanisms of these fires.…