Yida Zhang News
In this 2025 edition of CU Engineering (CUE) magazine, CEAE researchers tackle pressing challenges—such as the increasing frequency and severity of hurricanes, wildfires and floods—head-on, developing innovative solutions to repair aging infrastructure and build a more resilient future.
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With the construction of increasingly taller dams, Geotechnical Engineering Assistant Professor Yida Zhang is concerned about the potential effects of soil grain breakage caused by pressure. He recently received a prestigious NSF CAREER award to fund his research on the evolution of grain sizes in dams.
Professors Yida Zhang and Yunping Xi from the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department at the University of ColoradoÌýBoulderÌýwere awarded $789,000 from the Department of Energy for their research project “Time-