Three CRC Summer Research Team (SRT) partners from 2020 have been awarded follow-on funding through the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T)  Office of University Programs’ (OUP) Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) program. S&T announced last month that nine … Read more

  This past summer, Coastal Resilience Center researchers formed unique partnerships to investigate faster and more accurate ways to model hurricanes, as well as a tool to track the well-being of those experiencing those storms first-hand. Through the Summer Research … Read more

Every year after final exam week, Johnson C. Smith University’s (JCSU) STEM department hosts a 1-week DHS research camp for all STEM majors, supported by the Coastal Resilience Center. It is a unique opportunity to collaborate with fellow students to … Read more

Johnson C. Smith University, as part of a CRC project led by Dr. Ahmed Faik, holds multiple annual summer camps focused on applying STEM knowledge to disaster-related research. Students from this year’s camps – which were held online – reflected … Read more

This summer, I had the amazing opportunity to participate in the Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving institutions, held virtually for the very first time this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our team, composed of Dr. Mauricio Cabrera, … Read more

Dr. Liping Liu of North Carolina A&T University, along with first-year graduate student Tiana Johnson (who is focusing on Applied Mathematics), and undergraduate senior Jackson Wiles (who is majoring in Physics) partnered with CRC’s Dr. Rick Luettich in this year’s … Read more

  The Coastal Resilience Center’s participation in the annual Summer Research Team program will continue for a fourth year this summer, but will be done remotely as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Three research teams from Minority Serving Institutions … Read more

Two faculty members involved in a CRC-facilitated summer research program in 2019 have been awarded follow-on funding to continue their work. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced that eight faculty members from Minority Serving Institutions … Read more

One of CRC’s 2019 Department of Homeland Security-supported Summer Research Team exchanges brought Dr. Michelle Dovil and students Tia Maxwell and Tenesha Washington to North Carolina State University. The participants share experiences from their work with coastal communities in North … Read more

  In addition to the Coastal Resilience Center’s  participation in the annual DHS Summer Research Team program, CRC researchers continued their CRC-sponsored summer exchanges in 2019, while also sending students to the 2019 Centers of Excellence Summit.   Winners at … Read more