Students from the Department of Civil Engineering at New Mexico State University received numerous awards at NMSUs recent virtual Research and Creativity Week event. Eight civil engineering students presented their projects with four placing in the top 10 of all presentations. Clockwise from top left: New Mexico State University civil engineering students placed among the top 10 presentations at the recent virtual Research and Creativity Week event. Seyed Ali Aleali placed second for his project titled Bio-inspired Laterally Expressive Deep Foundations: Numerical Simulation; Judit Garcia tied at eighth place for her project is titled Effect of Bio-Enhancements on Adobe Walls: Fiber Reinforcement and Biopolymer; Saeedeh Naziri was tied at third place for her project titled Bio-inspired Self-Excavating Solutions for Extraterrestrial Subsurface Exploration; and Lucas Rivera tied for third place for his project titled Design and Calibration of
hose runs out of water so they use the pool. then it s time to start running with five-gallon buckets and that s even more intense. you re already tired. reporter: who are you? just an old man! i m just an old guy, man. reporter: just an old man that wanted to keep his home from burning up. yep. reporter: he recorded cell phone video as his home began to burn. feels good to have it. feels so sad for everyone, though. everybody i know lost everything. and it s sad. reporter: the camp fire tearing through northern california is now the most lethal fire in state history. responsible for at least 42 deaths and now 30% contained. the woolsey fire also remains active in southern california, destroying 93,000 acres so far. in butte county alone, more than 1,500 welfare checks have been called into officials from residents who cannot find their loved ones. brad and his friend mik mccray, consider themselves lucky. a few loaves of bread.
battling the blaze the garden house runs out of water and they use the above-ground pool. it is time to start running with five-gallon buckets and that s intense. you re already tired. reporter: who are you? i m just an old man. i m just an old guy, man. reporter: just an old man that wanted to keep his home from burning up. yes. reporter: he recorded cellphone video as his home began to burn. feels good to have it. it feels so sad for everyone though. everybody i know lost everything, and it is sad. reporter: the camp fire tearing through northern california is now the most lethal fire in state history, responsible for more than 40 deaths and now 30% contained. the woolsey fire also remains active in southern california, destroying 93,000 acres so far. in butte county alone, more than 1,500 welfare checks have been called in to officials from residents who cannot find their loved ones. brad and his friend mick mccrary
fire ripped through this community taking 90% with it, we re hearing incredible stories of survival. we talked to one man who chose not to leave and live to tell about it. everything around us was on fire, and we knew it was time. reporter: while everyone else in paradise was fleeing the fire, brad weldon decided to stay put at home and fight it himself. for the first few house reporter: you re using this garden hose? this garden hose, one out there, one in the front. one on the roof and one out by the shop. reporter: so how much help do you have? you have me and my 26-year-old helper. my mom s caregiver. reporter: inside, his 89-year-old mother, norma weldon, who is blind. she didn t want to leave, so the two men went outside to fight the blaze as it closed in on them. there were times when we were lying on the ground pouring water on ourselves so we didn t burn. reporter: was there ever a point you thought you were going to die? oh, yeah, quite a few. repo
images we see surrounding us, we are hearing incredible stories of survival. four days after the camp fire ripped through this area, we met a man who chose not to leave and fight the flames on his own and he lived to tell about it. everything around us was on fire and we knew it was time. reporter: while everyone else in paradise was fleeing the fire, brad weldon decided to stay put at home and fight it himself. for the first few hours reporter: you re using this garden hose? in garden house, one out there, one in the front, one on the roof and one by the shop. how much help did you have? me and my 26-year-old helper, my mom s caregiver. reporter: inside, his 89-year-old mother norma weldon. here we go, mama. reporter: who is blind. she didn t want to leave. so the two men went outside to fight the blaze as it closed in on them. there was times we were laying on the ground pouring water ourselves so we didn t burn. reporter: was there ever a point you thought