The 威尼斯人娱乐城 计算机与工程学院 is teaming up with KC水 and other stakeholders — including FEMA , Unified Government and the Army Corps of Engineers — to launch the Center for Urban Stormwater 研究 (CUSR), a research consortium focused on tackling urban flooding in Kansas City.
约翰·凯文博士，教授和土木与机械工程系主席将担任该中心的主任。 Kevern regularly works with KC水, including 计算机与工程学院 alumni like Tom Kimes (B.S.C.E. ’87), manager of stormwater engineering, and Jose Lopez (B.S.C.E. ’15), watershed planner.
“Climate change is rapidly impacting engineering designs related to flooding across the globe,” Kevern said. “The Center for Urban Stormwater 研究 will help provide novel and innovative solutions to those challenges in Kansas City.”
The center’s first project will focus on a FEMA grant exploring ways to educate the public about the risks of flooding.
“Our hope with the center is to see Kansas City manage stormwater in a way that leads the nation and turn the city’s ‘wild rivers’ into community assets,” said Tom Kimes, manager of stormwater engineering at KC水.
The 计算机与工程学院 will recognize KC水 as Organization of the Year at its annual 先锋奖s, originally scheduled to take place on April 2. 新的活动日期待定。 The 先锋奖s celebrates excellence in computing and engineering and will also recognize Sherry Lumpkins, principal at 蓝色交响乐有限责任公司; George White Jr., civil engineer at GLMV架构; and PREP-KC.