Thayer News Profiles Professor Klaus Keller

The Thayer School of Engineering profiles Klaus Keller, Hodgson Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Irving Institute Faculty Advisory Board member and Affiliate. "There are many scientists creating complicated climate models to project the impacts of climate change and many engineers devoted to building infrastructure to adapt to it. What's often lacking, says Keller, is the connection between them. 'Climate change is a coupled natural-human system; you need to look at how both interact,; he says. Rather than spitting out one-size-fits-all approaches—such as the height of a levee—Keller says academics must work more closely with communities to constantly assess and reassess conditions based on how humans adapt to their environment." Read the full article on the Thayer website.