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Don’t sink, or you’ll have to swim: Collegiate concrete canoe competition (yes, it’s a thing) comes to BYU

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
June 28, 2024
It’s summer, so naturally students are spending a lot of time out on the water in kayaks, paddle boards and canoes. If you’re an engineering student, apparently those canoes have to be made out of concrete.
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Study reveals cost, energy needed to pump Pacific Ocean water into Great Salt Lake

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
November 16, 2023
A new study by BYU engineers shows just how much it will cost, and how much energy it will take, to save the Great Salt Lake by pumping water in from the Pacific Ocean.
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Deceivingly dangerous: BYU team creates first nationwide database tracking low-head dams across U.S.

By Shelby Clark
October 18, 2023
BYU research finds that more than 1,000 people have drowned because of low-head dams. In a massive effort to prevent future tragedies, BYU professors and students joined forces with a national task force to recently create the first nationwide database cataloging the location of more than 13,000 low-head dams.
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BYU students designed and built a solar-powered concrete house on campus. Now it's in the Parade of Homes

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
June 08, 2023
For the first time ever, BYU will be a stop on the Utah Valley Parade of Homes. The reason? BYU students have designed, engineered and built a truly one-of-a-kind sustainable, transportable, affordable home — right on campus.
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A Q&A with a BYU hydrologist and flood expert as flooding threatens Utah this spring

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
May 01, 2023
In this Q&A, we hear from BYU civil engineering professor Jim Nelson, a hydrologist with decades of experience. He’s traveled across the country and the globe to consult with federal agencies, nonprofits and engineering consortiums to help better predict streamflows and plan for flooding.
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BYU tapped as major lead in $360 million national water resources effort

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
June 07, 2022
This spring the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a massive $360 million grant to fund a four-part initiative to conduct research on water resources nationwide. BYU has been tapped to lead one of the four pillars of this major effort over the next five years.


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Drought in Utah, Year Three: A Q&A with a BYU water expert on managing the ongoing threat

May 31, 2022
BYU professor Rob Sowby has contributed to over 200 civil engineering projects throughout North America, including many addressing sustainable water supply. With the current drought crisis in the Mountain West, he’s refining his efforts to be most helpful to water suppliers, policy makers and residents here in Utah.
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Engineers stitch together thousands of drone-captured images to create 3D model of BYU's campus

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
December 09, 2021
Using more than 80,000 drone-captured and ground images, and applying GPS systems for accuracy, BYU grad student Bryce Berrett has stitched together a comprehensive 3D model of BYU's entire 560-acre campus.


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BYU tech leads to one of the fastest growing companies in America

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
November 30, 2020
A startup created from and fueled by BYU tech, is the fastest growing simulation company in America, ranking No. 594 in the Inc. 5000 list. The company grew out of the research of BYU professor Michael Scott and builds engineering simulation software commonly used in the automotive and defense industries.
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BYU software predicts the rise and fall of every river on earth; agencies like NASA are using it to save lives worldwide

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 08, 2020
Water modeling software created by BYU researchers can predict the rise and fall of every river on the face of the planet. Those streamflow forecasts are now being made available to agencies worldwide to deal with water emergencies.
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BYU engineering prof helping find answers to why Mexico quake was so deadly

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 25, 2017
It’s been a little over a month since a devastating 7.1-magnitude earthquake killed 370 people and injured roughly 6,000 more in Mexico. A BYU professor is helping find answers to help the rebuilding effort.

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BYU engineering in the Dominican Republic: A study in water

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 04, 2017
Helping a country predict water flow leads to a flow of BYU PhDs
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BYU research could lead to new method for detecting, managing prostate cancer

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
November 20, 2016
Prostate cancer is much easier to cure in its early stages, but can remain undiagnosed because early stages of the disease may not produce symptoms until the tumor is either very large or has invaded other tissues.

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Professor Michael Scott becomes 3rd at BYU to earn 'Highly Cited' distinction

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 09, 2016
BYU professor Michael Scott is one of 54 American professors recently named as a “Highly Cited Researcher” by Thomson Reuters.

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BYU prof one of four in U.S. invited to Italy quake sites for drone reconnaissance

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 04, 2016
BYU professor Kevin Franke was one of four U.S. professors invited to a special geotechnical engineering reconnaissance mission to learn how the earthquake impacted ancient and modern infrastructure.

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BYU study shows a fourth of Utah HOV lane users are breaking rules

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 20, 2016
Newly published research from BYU civil engineers finds that up to 25 percent of vehicles in Utah’s high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes during rush hour are violating carpool requirements.

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