The goal of the new Center for Climate-driven Hazard Adaptation, Resilience, and Mitigation
(C-CHARM) is to strengthen regional climate resilience by empowering rural community
planners in the Great Lakes region. The center can provide them with vital climate
data and the tools they need to better plan for climate change, increased severe weather,
and natural disaster events. They will also consider vulnerabilities in the energy
grid and recommend possible energy transitions based on scenarios and input from communities
in the Upper Peninsula.
C-CHARM collaborators in the College of Engineering include Pengfei Xue and David
Watkins, both civil, environmental, and geospatial engineering professors; Ana Dyreson,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics, and more.
