Frances Davenport

Assistant Professor @CSU_CivE | climate change, hydrology, extreme events, data science

(she/her)

[CSU Civil and Environmental Engineering @CSU_CivE]

Today may be #WinterBikeToWorkDay Day, but our faculty don't need an excuse to ride to campus! Profs. @fvdav @drdanteaches and @ProfJoeScalia bundled up to bike with their families this morning.

CSU and Fort Collins both hold bicycle-friendly platinum status. We 💚 Bikes!

[CSU Civil and Environmental Engineering @CSU_CivE]

Welcome to Mike Talbot, a new CEE PhD student! 👋

Mike will research the use of machine learning to better understand how climate change impacts flooding in mountainous regions under the advisement of Prof @fvdav.

He also hopes to tackle some Colorado 14ers! 🏔️ Welcome Mike!

[Frances Davenport @fvdav]

And those are just two possible focus areas - see the job description for more detail!

[Frances Davenport @fvdav]

My department is hiring in water resources/hydraulics! Potential focus areas include climate change impacts on water related civil infrastructure and/or physical modeling expertise. Come join us in Fort Collins! https://t.co/kBmYF7j7dr

[Frances Davenport @fvdav]

Please share widely with potential applicants!

[Frances Davenport @fvdav]

New opportunity for a postdoc to work with @watersecurity and me (and others at CSU) on a project looking at climate hazards and sustainable development using AI and Landsat imagery!

[CSU Atmos Sci @CSUAtmosSci]

Climate change is making severe flooding events like the historic flooding in Yellowstone more common. Postdoctoral researcher Frances Davenport (@fvdav), an expert on hydrology and flooding, explores the connection in this piece for @ConversationUS. https://t.co/BLW3XLsCcp

[CSU Atmos Sci @CSUAtmosSci]

A study involving postdoctoral researcher @fvdav, led by @DRIScience, found that flood frequencies are underestimated because conventional risk assessment fails to consider flood drivers. Read more about the study here: https://t.co/EltdBG6YAV

[Frances Davenport @fvdav]

You can also find the code for the analysis here:
https://t.co/n0wuDRabke

[Frances Davenport @fvdav]

New paper recently published in GRL using machine learning to analyze climate change and extreme precipitation
🧵
https://t.co/zGoxMT9W7N

[Frances Davenport @fvdav]

There’s lots of other cool stuff in the paper, including results using interpretable AI methods to see what the CNN actually learned!

[Frances Davenport @fvdav]

+ a Stanford news article about it
https://t.co/ObJXkSmUpt

[Frances Davenport @fvdav]

I got to discuss my research on climate change, extreme precipitation, and flooding with @Ginger_Zee @ABCnews
on IG live yesterday. check out the interview to hear more! https://t.co/kmuLA4MfGM
...and links below with more detail on the research I mention in the interview

[Frances Davenport @fvdav]

Our paper on snowmelt vs. rain driven flooding in the Western U.S.:
https://t.co/BoRNDi11Dy