Graduate school was not always part of Casie Venable’s (PhDCivEngr’20) plan. Growing up, she had family members in the construction industry and was surrounded by people who had both a passion and ...
When natural disasters strike, quickly assessing damage is crucial to saving lives and rebuilding communities. Under the mentorship of assistant professor Da Hu, Kennesaw State University student ...
Photographs from Google Street View before and after a major natural disaster could help researchers and civil engineers to assess the damage to buildings and improve resistance against future events, ...
Ilham Siddiq survived the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami and is now using his firsthand disaster knowledge to evaluate the effectiveness of recovery policies. Siddiq, a civil ...
The American Society of Civil Engineers reviewed “The Blessings of Disaster: The Lessons That Catastrophes Teach Us and Why Our Future Depends on It,” a new book by Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished ...
The University of Texas at Arlington’s Water Engineering Research Center —known as WERC—is leading a new project that ...
Fighting a two-front battle is never an ideal arrangement, but it is something we must consider. After all, we will almost certainly face another natural disaster in the coming year, on top of the ...
University of Wyoming Professor Michael Barker took this photo of Ground Zero in New York City while on a mission of recovery there shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (Michael Barker) ...
Review and Outlook: After paying $6 billion to Iran, how will Biden prevent future ransom grabs? Images: AP Composite: Mark Kelly Catastrophes remind us why government matters. In times of war, ...