Investigators

Coastal Infrastructure Resilience

Dr. Dan Cox

Experimental and Numerical Study to Improve Damage and Loss Estimation due to Overland Wave and Surge Hazards on Near-Coast Structures: Evaluation of Building Fragilities and Mitigation Alternatives for HAZUS-MH, including Engineering with Nature for Surge and Wave Attenuation
Oregon State University
dan.cox@oregonstate.edu

Dr. John van de Lindt

Experimental and Numerical Study to Improve Damage and Loss Estimation due to Overland Wave and Surge Hazards on Near-Coast Structures: Evaluation of Building Fragilities and Mitigation Alternatives for HAZUS-MH, including Engineering with Nature for Surge and Wave Attenuation
Colorado State University
jwv@engr.colostate.edu

Dr. Sandra Knight

Resilience Assessment Guide Workshop
WaterWonks, LLC
sandra@water-wonks.com

Building Resilient Communities

Dr. Cassandra R. Davis

A Landscape Study of Social Equity Data Needs and its Access and Availability to Support the Disaster Resilience of Marginalized Communities
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
cnrichar@email.unc.edu

Dr. Phil Berke

An Extension of the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard™ (PIRS): Coupling PIRS™ with Plan Quality Evaluation Tools
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
pberke@email.unc.edu

Jaimie Masterson

Application of the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard (PIRS™) at the National Scale in Partnership with the American Planning Association
Texas A&M University
jmasterson@arch.tamu.edu

Dr. James Prochaska

Communicating Risks to Motivate Individual Action
University of Rhode Island
jop@uri.edu

Dr. Robert Twilley

Integrating ADCIRC Prediction System Tools to Support Hazus Damage Assessments and Planning: Evaluating Mitigation Alternatives using Ecosystem Design for Surge/Wave Attenuation
Louisiana State University
rtwilley@lsu.edu

Dr. Austin Becker

Coastal Hazards Analysis, Modeling, and Prediction System for Emergency Management and Response
University of Rhode Island
abecker@uri.edu

Coastal Hazards Modeling

Dr. Rick Luettich

ADCIRC Prediction System™ Enhancements and Coordination
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
rick_luettich@unc.edu

Dr. Brian Blanton

Enhancements and Extensions to the ADCIRC Prediction System Operational Awareness Dashboard Health Monitor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brian_Blanton@renci.org

Dr. Casey Dietrich

Improving the Efficiency of Flooding Predictions and Wave Prediction
North Carolina State University
jcdietrich@ncsu.edu

Dr. Clint Dawson

Accurate and Fast Spectral Wave Modeling and Coupling with ADCIRC
University of Texas at Austin
clint@ices.utexas.edu

Dr. Don Resio

Accurate and Fast Spectral Wave Modeling and Coupling with ADCIRC
University of North Florida
don.resio@unf.edu

Dr. Isaac Ginis

Modeling the Combined Coastal and Inland Hazards from High-Impact Hurricanes
University of Rhode Island
iginis@gso.uri.edu

Dr. Wenrui Huang

Modeling the Combined Coastal and Inland Hazards from High-Impact Hurricanes
Florida State University
whuang@eng.famu.fsu.edu

Tom Richardson

ADCIRC Prediction System™ Business Plan Development
Jackson State University
thomas.w.richardson@jsums.edu

Dr. Jason Fleming

Advancing ADCIRC Operations
Seahorse Coastal Consulting
jason.fleming@seahorsecoastal.com

Dr. Shintaro Bunya

ADCIRC Prediction System™ Capability Enhancement, Efficient and Effective Operations
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
sbunya@unc.edu

Education and Workforce Development

Dr. Jessica Murphy

Community Resilience: Education and Training Endeavors (CREATE 2.0)
Jackson State University
jessica.l.murphy@jsums.edu

Dr. Robert Whalin

Ph.D. in Engineering (Coastal Engineering and Computational Engineering) at an HBCU
Jackson State University
robert.w.whalin@jsums.edu

Dr. Ahmed Faik

Preparing Tomorrow’s Minority Task Force in Coastal Resilience through Interdisciplinary Education and Research
Johnson C. Smith University
afaik@jcsu.edu

Dr. Meherun Laiju

Expanding and Strengthening the Institutionalized Multidisciplinary Certificate: Disaster and Coastal Studies (DCS)
Tougaloo College
mlaiju@tougaloo.edu

Prof. Ismael Pagán-Trinidad

Education for Improving Resiliency of Coastal Infrastructure
University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
ismael.pagan@upr.edu

Dr. Gavin Smith

The Creation of an Open Space Management Guide for FEMA-Funded Buyout Properties and Injecting the Study and Practice of Buyouts and Resettlement into the Graduate Certificate Program
North Carolina State University
gsmith5@ncsu.edu

Completed Projects (as of July 1, 2020)

Dr. Larry Atkinson

Stakeholder/End User Engagement Support of Two CRC Projects
Old Dominion University

Dr. Victoria Bennett

Establishment of a Remote-Sensing Based Monitoring Program for Performance Health Assessment of the Sacramento Delta
Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
bennev@rpi.edu

Dr. Matthew Bilskie

Development of an Optimized Tide and Hurricane Storm Surge Model for the West Coast of FL for Use with the ADCIRC Surge Guidance System
University of Georgia
mbilskie@uga.edu

Dr. Rachel Davidson

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Household Strengthening and Insurance Decisions
University of Delaware
rdavidso@udel.edu

Dr. Scott Hagen

Development of an Optimized Tide and Hurricane Storm Surge Model for the West Coast of FL for Use with the ADCIRC Surge Guidance System
Louisiana State University

Dr. Jennifer Horney

Implementing the Disaster Recovery Tracking Tool
University of Delaware (formerly TAMU)
horney@udel.edu

Dr. Barry Keim

Disaster Science and Management Program at LSU
Louisiana State University
keim@lsu.edu

Dr. Stephen Medeiros

Development of an Optimized Tide and Hurricane Storm Surge Model for the West Coast of FL for Use with the ADCIRC Surge Guidance System
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
stephen.medeiros@erau.edu

Dr. James Opaluch

Overcoming Barriers to Motivate Community Action to Enhance Resilience
University of Rhode Island
jimo@uri.edu

Dr. William “Al” Wallace

Community Supply Resiliency (COMSURE)
Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
wallaw@rpi.edu

Dr. Wie Yusuf

Connecting Universities for Resilience Research Accessible to End Users (CUR2ATE)
Old Dominion University
jyusuf@odu.edu