infrastructure and disasters
An interdisciplinary team of Â鶹ӰԺ researchers has received a major National Science Foundation grant to study long-term community impactsÌýof the Marshall fireÌýto help improve outcomes from future disasters.
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 engineering PhD student at the University of
PhD student Briar Goldwyn, Dr. Amy Javernick-Will, and Dr. Abbie Liel have published a technical paper in ASCE's Natural Hazard Review titled "Dilemma of the Tropics: Changes to Housing Safety Perceptions, Preferences, and Priorities in Multihazard
Isolation caused by lack of transportation infrastructure affects almost every facet of life for the rural poor. Without adequate transportation access, families cannot access schools, health care, employment, or local markets to sell and buy goods
Project Lead: Amy Javernick-Will Given the increasing number and impact of disasters, research is needed to determine how to enable community recovery and foster resiliency.ÌýAssociate Professor Amy Javernick-WillÌýand her studentsÌý
Project Lead: Abbie Liel This NSF-funded project proposes a new building life-cycle assessment method, based on the tradeoffs and interdependence of structural, economic, and environmental features. The framework quantifies environmental impacts of