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This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Grant Award Number 2015-ST-061-ND0001-01. The views and conclusions contained herein are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S Department of Homeland Security.

Coastal Resilience Center Publications

  • “Disaster Recovery in an Era of Climate Change: The Unrealized Promise of Institutional Resilience” by Dr. Gavin Smith, Amanda Martin and Dr. Dennis E. Wenger (from Handbook of Disaster Research, Eds. Havidán Rodríguez, William Donner and Joseph E. Trainor. Springer, 2018)

CRC Annual Reports

Year 1 CRC Annual Report

Year 2 CRC Annual Report

Year 3 CRC Annual Report

Year 4 CRC Annual Report

Year 5 CRC Annual Report

Year 6 CRC Annual Report 

Year 7 CRC Annual Report 

Publications by Theme:

Coastal Infrastructure Resilience

Wallace: 

 

Bennett:

    • Amr Helal, Victoria Bennett, Mo Gabr, Roy Borden and Tarek Abdoun. Monitoring and Modeling of Peat Decomposition in Sacramento Delta Levees. Geotechnical Frontiers 2017, Orlando, Florida. DOI: 10.1061/9780784480458.054
    •  Victoria Bennett, Cathleen Jones, David Bekaert, Jason Bond, Amr Helal, Joel Dudas, Mohammed Gabr, Tarek Abdoun. Deformation Monitoring for the Assessment of Sacramento Delta Levee Performance. Geo-Risk 2017 (Geotechnical risk from theory to practice), Denver, Colorado. DOI: 10.1061/9780784480717.003

Conference papers, presentations

    • Rowshon Jadid, Brina Montoya, Victoria Bennett, and Mo Gabr. Deformation-based versus Limit Equilibrium Analyses to Assess the Effect of Repeated Rise and Fall of Water Level on the Stability of Princeville Levee. Dam Safety 2018, Seattle, Washington.
    • Rowshon Jadid. Strain-Based Approach versus Limit Equilibrium Analyses: Assessing the Effect of Hydraulic Loading History on the Stability of Princeville Levee. DHS COE Summit 2018, Arlington, Virginia.
    • Victoria Bennett, Chung Nguyen, Tarek Abdoun, Amr Helal, Mohammed Gabr, Cathleen Jones, David Bekaert, Joel Dudas. Use of remote-sensing deformation monitoring for the assessment of levee section performance limit state. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Seoul 2017.
    • Amr Helal. Analysis of Earth Embankment Structures using Performance-based Probabilistic Approach including the Development of Artificial Neural Network Tool. PhD dissertation, Civil Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, June 2017.

 

Cox:

    • Tomiczek, T, A Wyman, H Park, DT Cox (2019) Modified Goda Equations to Predict Pressure Distribution and Horizontal Forces for Design of Elevated Coastal Structures. Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering (accepted).Tomiczek, T, A Wyman, H Park, DT Cox (2019) Modified Goda Equations to Predict Pressure Distribution and Horizontal Forces for Design of Elevated Coastal Structures, J. Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering 145, 6, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000527.
    • Do, T, JW van de Lindt, DT Cox (2019) Hurricane Surge-Wave Building Fragility Methodology for Use in Damage, Loss, and Resilience Analysis, J. Structural Engineering 146(1), 04019177, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0002472.
    • Park, H., Do, T., Tomiczek, T., Cox, D.T., van de Lindt, J.W. (2018) Numerical Modeling of Non-breaking, Impulsive Breaking, and Broken Wave Interaction with Elevated Coastal Structures: Laboratory Validation and Inter-Model Comparisons. Ocean Engineering, 158, 15, 78-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.03.088.
    • Tomiczek, T., Park, H., Cox, D.T., van de Lindt, J.W., Lomonaco, P. (2017) Experimental Modeling of Horizontal and Vertical Wave Forces on an Elevated Coastal Structure. Coastal Engineering, 128, 58-74.  DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.08.001.
    • Do, Trung, van de Lindt, J., Cox, D.T. (2016) Performance-Based Design Methodology for Inundated Elevated Coastal Structures Subjected to Wave Load Engineering Structures. Engineering Structures, 117, 250 – 262. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.02.046.

Conference papers, presentations, theses

    • Duncan, S. Physical Modeling of Progressive Damage and Failure of Wood Framed Coastal Residential Structures Due to Waves and Surge Forces, (2020), MS Thesis, Oregon State University.
    • Lomonaco, P., P. Arduino, A. Barbosa, D. Cox, T. Do, M. Eberhard, M. Motley, K. Shekhar, T. Tomiczek, H. Park, J. W. van de Lindt, A. Winter (2018) Experimental Modeling of Wave Forces and Hydrodynamics on Elevated Coastal Structures Subject to Waves, Surge or Tsunamis: The Effect of Breaking, Shielding and Debris. International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE.
    • Park, H., Do, T., Tomiczek, T., Cox, D., van de Lindt, J.W. (2018) Laboratory Validation and Inter-Model Comparisons of Non-breaking, Impulsive Breaking, and Broken Wave Interaction with Elevated Coastal Structures using IHFOAM and FLUENT. International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE.
    • Do, T, JW van de Lindt W, DT Cox (2018) Physics-Based Component Fragility Model for Near-Coast Residential Wood Building Subjected to Hurricane Wave and Surge. Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2018, Cambridge MA.
    • Tomiczek, T., Wyman, A., Park, H., Cox, D.T. (2018) Application and modification of Goda Formulae for Non-impulsive Wave Forces on Elevated Coastal Structures. International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE.
    • Tomiczek, T., Park, H., Cox, D.T., Lomonaco, P., van de Lindt, J.W. (2018) Application and modification of Design Formulae for Impulsive Wave Forces on Elevated Coastal Structures. International Conference on the Application of Physical Modelling in Coastal and Port Engineering and Science (Coastlab18), IAHR.
    • Do, T., Tomiczek, T., van de Lindt, J. Cox, D. (2017) Development of Physics-Based Building Fragility Surfaces for Near-Coast Community Modeling. International Conference on Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Osaka, Japan.
    • Jason Burke. Design and Structural Testing of a 1:6 Scaled, Light-frame Construction, Near-coastal, Residential Structure. (2018). MS Thesis, Oregon State University.
    • Matt Karny. Hydrodynamic Testing on a 1:6 Scale, Wood Framed Near-Coast Residential Structure. (2018). MS Thesis, Oregon State University.
    • Trung Q. Do, Fragility Approach for Performance-Based Design in Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems, Part I: Wind and Wind Turbines, Part II: Waves and elevated Coastal Structures (2016), Ph.D. Dissertation, Colorado State University.
    • William Short. A laboratory study of horizontal and vertical regular wave forces on an elevated structure. (2016). MS Thesis, Oregon State University.
    • Benjamin Hunter. Exceedance Probabilities of Hurricane Wave Forces on Elevated Structures. (2016). MS Thesis, Oregon State University.

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Building Resilient Communities

Horney:

    • Horney et al (2018). Measuring Disaster Recovery. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, March 2018, Vol. 36, No. 1. 1-22.
    • Horney JA, Dwyer C*, Chirra B*, McCarthy K, Shafer J, Smith G. (2018) Measuring successful disaster recovery. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 36(1): 1-22.
    • Kirsch, K., & Horney, J. (2017). Steps toward recovery: A tool for disaster recovery planning, management, and tracking. Carolina Planning Journal, Vol. 42, 104-109.
    • Horney, J., Dwyer, C., Aminto, M., Berke, P., & Smith, G. (2017). Developing indicators to measure post-disaster community recovery in the United States. Disasters, 41, 124-149. DOI: 1111/disa.12190
    • Horney JA, Dwyer C*, Aminto M*, Berke P., & Smith G. (2017) Developing indicators to measure post-disaster community recovery. Disasters. 41(1):124-149. DOI: 10.1111.disa.12190.

Conference papers, presentations, theses

    • Kirsch, K., Sullivan, E., Horney, J., and Goidel, K. (2018, July). Are slow-onset disasters well represented in hazard mitigation plans? Poster presentation at the 43rd Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Broomfield, CO.
    • Kirsch, K., & Masterson, J. (2017, September). Tool for tracking an equitable recovery [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/hurricanes-typhoons/tool-tracking-equitable-recovery/.
    • Chirra, B., & Horney, J. (2016, April). Measuring disaster recovery: A case study of six communities in Texas. Poster presentation at the 11th Annual Dr. Jean Brender Delta Omega Research Symposium and Student Poster Contest, Texas A&M University School of Public Health, College Station, TX.
    • Chirra, B., & Horney, J. (2016, April). Measuring disaster recovery: A case study of six communities in Texas, United States. Oral presentation at the Texas Public Health Association’s 92nd Annual Education Conference, Galveston, TX.

 

Berke:

    • Philip Berke, Justin Kates, Matt Malecha, Jaimie Masterson, Paula Shea, Siyu Yu. 2021. Using a resilience scorecard to improve local planning for vulnerability to hazards and climate change: An application in two cities. Cities. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103408
    • Berke, P., J Masterson, M Malecha, Matt, S Yu. 2020. Applying a Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard to Practice: Experiences of Nashua, NH, Norfolk, VA, Rockport, TX.  pp. 40.
    • Berke, P., S Yu, M Malecha, J Cooper. (2020) Plans that Disrupt Development: Equity Policies and Social Vulnerability in Six Coastal Cities. Journal of Planning Education and Research DOI: 10.1177/0739456X19861144.
    • Berke, P, M Malecha, S Yu, J Lee and J Masterson (2019) Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard: Evaluating Networks of Plans in Six US Coastal Cities, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 62(5): 901-92. DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2018.1453354.
    • Newman, Galen, Malecha, Matt, Yu, Si, Qipao, Z., Horney, Jen, Lee, Daemyung, Kim, Young., Lee, R.J., & Berke, Philip. 2019. Integrating a Resilience Scorecard and Landscape Performance Tools into a Geodesign Process. Landscape Research. DOI: 1080/01426397.2019.1569219.
    • Berke, Philip, Siyu Yu, Matt Malecha, John Cooper. 2019. Plans that Disrupt Development: Equity Policies and Social Vulnerability in Six Coastal Cities. Journal of Planning Education and Research. (forthcoming).
    • Berke P., Malecha M., Yu S., Lee J., Masterson J. (2018). Plan Integration Scorecard for Resilience: Evaluating Networks of Plans in Six US Coastal Cities. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2018.1453354.
    • Malecha, M., Brand, A., & Berke, P. (2018). Spatially evaluating a network of plans and flood vulnerability using a Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard: A case study in Feijenoord District, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Land Use Policy, 78, 147-157. DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.201.
    • Berke, P., Lee, J., Newman, G., Combs, T. Kolosna, C., Salvesen, D. 2015. Evaluation of Networks of Plans and Vulnerability to Hazards and Climate Change: A Resilience Scorecard. Journal of the American Planning Association 81(4): 287-302. DOI: 1080/01944363.2015.1093954.

Conference papers, presentations, theses

    • Berke, P., J Masterson, M Malecha, Matt, S Yu (2020). Applying a Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard to Practice: Experiences of Nashua, NH, Norfolk, VA, Rockport, TX. pp. 40.
    • Zito, Fracesca. 2020. Applying the Plan Integration for Resilience ScorecardTM: New Bern, NC. Master City & Regional Planning, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Primary Advisor: Philip Berke.
    • Malecha, Matt. 2019-December. Enhancing Community Resilience to Flooding through the Spatial Evaluation of Plans, Policies, & Regulation. PhD, Urban and Regional Science, Texas A&M University. Primary Advisor: Philip Berke.
    • Yu, Siyu. 2019-August. The Influence of Plan Integration on Community Vulnerability and Ecological Resilience to Natural Hazards. PhD, Urban and Regional Science, Texas A&M University. Primary Advisor: Philip Berke.
    • Kim., You Jung. 2019-May. Advancing Scenario Planning to Prepare for Uncertain Climate Change: Future Urban Growth Prediction and Flood Vulnerability. PhD, Urban and Regional Science, Texas A&M University. Primary Advisor: Dr. Galen Newman, Committee Member, Philip Berke.
    • Masterson, J., Berke, P., Malecha, M., Yu, S., Lee, J., & Thapa, J. (2017) Plan integration for resilience scorecard: How to spatially evaluate networks of plans to reduce hazard vulnerability. College Station, Texas: Institute for Sustainable Communities, College of Architecture, Texas A&M.

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Davidson:

    • Robinson, C., Davidson, R. A., Trainor, J. E., Kruse, J. L., and Nozick, L. K. 2018. Homeowner acceptance of voluntary property acquisition offers. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 31, 234-242. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.05.002.
    • Wang, D., Davidson, R. A., Trainor, J. E., Nozick, L. K., and Kruse, J. 2017. Homeowner purchase of insurance for hurricane-induced wind and flood damage. Natural Hazards 88, 221–245. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-017-2863-x.

Conference papers, presentations, theses

    • Slotter R. (2018) Hurricane Mitigation Decision-Making an Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Masters Thesis. University of Delaware.
    • Jasour, Z. (2017) Homeowner Decisions to Retrofit to Reduce Hurricane-Induced Wind and Flood Damage. Masters Thesis. University of Delaware.

 

Prochaska:

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Opaluch:

    • Becker, A.; Hippe, A.; McLean, E., (2017), Cost and Materials Required to Retrofit US Seaports in Response to Sea Level Rise: A Thought Exercise for Climate Response. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 5 (3), 44. DOI: 10.3390/jmse5030044.
    • Becker, A., (2017), Using Boundary Objects to Stimulate Transformational Thinking: Storm Resilience for the Port of Providence. Sustainability Science. Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 477-501. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-016-0416-y.
    • Becker, A., Chase, N., Fischer, M., Schwegler, B., Mosher, K., (2016), A method to estimate climate-critical construction materials applied to seaport protection. Global Environmental Change. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.07.008.
    • Romelczyk, E.*, Becker, A. (2016), Missing the tide? Workplace cultural differences as a barrier to seafarer mobility in the U.S. workboat and sail training sectors. Maritime Policy and Management. (Nominated for Best Manuscript 2016) DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2016.1185182.
    • Becker, Austin, Pamela Matson, Martin Fischer, and Michael D. Mastrandrea, Forthcoming. Towards Seaport Resilience for Climate Change Adaptation: Stakeholder Perceptions of Hurricane Impacts in Gulfport (MS) and Providence (RI) Progress in Planning. DOI: 10.1016/j.progress.2013.11.002.
    • Touzinsky, K, Rosati, J., Fox-Lent, C., Becker, A., Luscher, A., 2016. Advancing Coastal Systems Resilience Research: Improving Quantification Tools through Community Feedback. Shore and Beach 84 No. 4 · November 2016.
    • Spaulding, M. L., Grilli, A., Damon, C., Crean, T., Fugate, G., Oakley, B., & Stempel, P. (2016). Stormtools: Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 4(3). DOI: 10.3390/jmse4030054.

Conference papers, presentations, theses

    • Stempel, P., Becker, A. (2018). Perceptions of risk and legitimacy: how scenario selection and presentation of ocean models undermines disaster risk reduction. Paper presented at the ECM15, Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Conference, Seattle, WA, June 25-27, 2018.
    • Witkop, R., Stempel, P., Becker, A. (2018). Incorporating facility manager knowledge into storm impact models: A case study of critical facilities in Westerly, Rhode Island. Oral presentation. 2018 Rhode Island Flood Mitigation Association Annual Conference. Smithfield, RI. Apr. 5, 2018.
    • Witkop, R., Stempel, P., Becker, A., (2017). Coupling local scale, high resolution, qualitative data to interface with numerical storm models. Poster Presentation. American Geophysical Union Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. December 12, 2017.
    • Robadue, Donald D. and Dawn Kotowicz (2018). Understanding resistance to resilience in coastal hazards and climate adaptation: three approaches to visualizing structural and process obstacles, opportunities and adaptation responses. Submitted to the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Disaster Information, Technology, and Resilience Mini-Track of the Digital Government Track, June 16, 2017.
    • Zhang, H., Ng, A., Becker, A. (In Press), Institutional Barriers in Adaptation to Climate Change at Ports, Regions, and Supply Chains. North American Symposium on Climate Adaptation, New York, New York. Aug. 16-18, 2016. (Refereed Conference Paper)
    • Becker, A., (2016). Findings from a port vulnerability assessment. Dept. of Homeland Security Center of Excellence for Coastal Resilience and University of North Carolina Maritime Risk Symposium University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Nov. 14-15, 2016.
    • Becker, A., (2016). Adapting ports to climate change: Providence (RI) Case Study. AIVP Ports and Cities Conference, Netherlands, Oct 10-12, 2016.
    • Becker, A., (2016). Inspiring leadership for Adaptation. North American Symposium on Climate Adaptation, New York, New York. Aug. 16-18, 2016.
    • Becker, A., (2016). Inspiring resilience thinking for seaport systems. Transportation Research Board Conference for Committee on Maritime Transportation System (CMTS), National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, June 21-22, 2016.
    • Becker, A., (2016). Adapting ports to climate change: Providence (RI) Case Study. Adaptation Futures 2016, Rotterdam, Netherlands May 11-13, 2016.
    • Becker, A., (2016). Inspiring resilience thinking for seaport systems. Green Ports for Blue Waters Conference, University of Rhode Island April 4-5, 2016.
    • Green, W., Becker, A., (2016). Built environments and rising seas: Service learning recommendations for the future of the Port of Galilee. A presentation of student work resulting from a course on resilient planning, policy, and design. Keeping History Above Water Conference, Newport, Rhode Island, April 10-13, 2016.
    • Becker, A. (2016). Hurricane Resilience and Impacts to Seaport Supply Chains. Invited Speaker for the 2016 Stu Clark Speaker Series at the University of Manitoba. March 4, 2016.
    • McIntosh, R.*, Becker, A. (2016). Towards a Comparative Index of Seaport Climate-Risk: Development of Indicators from Open Data. Poster presentation at American Geophysical Union 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 21-26, 2016.
    • Kretsch, E.*, Becker, A. (2016). Leadership and Responsibility for Long-term Hurricane Resilience: Stakeholder Perceptions in the Port of Providence, RI. Social Coast Conference. Charleston, SC, Feb. 11, 2016.
    • Becker, A., Burroughs, R. (2016). More holistic planning for long-term coastal resilience?  Port of Providence Demonstration Project. Social Coast Conference. Charleston, SC, Feb. 10, 2016.
    • Stempel, P. (2016). Data Driven Visualization. Paper presented at the ECM14, Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Conference, South Kingstown, RI, June 14-17, 2016.

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Coastal Hazards Modeling

Luettich:

    • Taylor G. Asher,  RA Luettich, Jason G. Fleming, Brian O. Blanton. Low frequency water level correction in storm surge models using data assimilation. Ocean Modeling. 2019,144(3163):101483; DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.101483.
    • Bilskie, M.V., Asher, T.G., Fleming, J.G., Hagen, S.C., Kaiser, C., Luettich Ur., R.A., Twilley, R. (2019) Real-time storm surge predictions during Hurricane Michael. Weather and Forecasting, In Progress (Previously submitted to Geophysical Research Letters and being revised).
    • Influence of storm timing and forward speed on tides and storm surge during Hurricane Matthew. Authors: Ajimon Thomas, JC Dietrich, TG Asher, M Bell, BO Blanton, JH Copeland, AT Cox, CN Dawson, JG Fleming, RA Luettich. Ocean Modelling. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.03.004.

 

Blanton:

    • Taylor G. Asher,  RA Luettich, Jason G. Fleming, Brian O. Blanton. Low frequency water level correction in storm surge models using data assimilation. Ocean Modeling. 2019,144(3163):101483; DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.101483.

Conference papers, presentations, theses

    • Storm Surge Probabilities for Hurricane Events, J. Smith, B. Blanton, R. Luettich, 2017. Poster presented at AMS 2017 in Seattle WA (Jan 2017), DHS CRC Annual Meeting in Chapel Hill, NC (Feb 2017), and the annual Hurricane Awareness conference at East Carolina University (May 2017).
    • Smith, J., Blanton. B., and Luettich, R. 2018. Probabilistic Hurricane Track Generation for Storm Surge Prediction. Presented at the American Meteorological Society 2018, Austin, TX.
    • Smith, J.  December 2017. Probabilistic Hurricane Track Generation for Storm Surge Prediction. Master’s Thesis, UNC-Chapel Hill, Department of Marine Sciences.

 

Dietrich:

    • A Gharagozlou*, JC Dietrich, A Karanci, RA Luettich, MF Overton (2020). “Storm-Driven Erosion and Inundation of Barrier Islands from Dune- to Region-Scales.” Coastal Engineering, 158, 103674, DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103674.
    • A. Thomas*, JC Dietrich, TG Asher, M Bell, BO Blanton, JH Copeland, AT Cox, CN Dawson, JG Fleming, RA Luettich (2019). Influence of Storm Timing and Forward Speed on Tide-Surge Interactions during Hurricane Matthew. Ocean Modelling, 137, 1-19, DOI: 1016/j.ocemod.2019.03.004.
    • R Cyriac*, JC Dietrich, JG Fleming, BO Blanton, C Kaiser, CN Dawson, RA Luettich (2018). Variability in Coastal Flooding Predictions due to Forecast Errors during Hurricane Arthur. Coastal Engineering, 137(1), 59-78. DOI: 1016/j.coastaleng.2018.02.008.
    • R Cyriac*, JC Dietrich, JG Fleming, BO Blanton, C Kaiser, CN Dawson, RA Luettich (2018). Variability in Coastal Flooding Predictions due to Forecast Errors during Hurricane Arthur. Coastal Engineering, 137(1), 59-78. DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2018.02.008.

Conference papers, presentations, theses

    • Ajimon Thomas (2020). “Using a Multi-Resolution Approach to Improve the Accuracy and Efficiency of Flooding Predictions.” PhD Dissertation, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, JC Dietrich (primary adviser).
    • Carter Rucker (2020). “Improving the Accuracy of a Real-Time ADCIRC Storm Surge Downscaling Model.” MS Thesis, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, JC Dietrich (primary adviser).
    • A Thomas*, JC Dietrich, TG Asher, BO Blanton, AT Cox, CN Dawson, JG Fleming, RA Luettich. High-Resolution Modeling of Surge during Hurricane Matthew. 15th Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Conference, Seattle, Washington, 25 June 2018.
    • A Thomas*, JC Dietrich, JG Fleming, BO Blanton, T Asher, RA Luettich. High-Resolution Modeling of Surge during Hurricane Matthew. ADCIRC Users Group Meeting, NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, College Park, Maryland, 13 April 2018.
    • A Thomas*, JC Dietrich, JG Fleming, BO Blanton, T Asher, RA Luettich. High-Resolution Modelling of Surge during Hurricane Matthew (2016). Graduate Student Research Symposium, North Carolina State University, 21 March 2018.
    • A Thomas*, JC Dietrich, JG Fleming, BO Blanton, T Asher, RA Luettich. High-Resolution Modelling of Surge during Hurricane Matthew (2016). Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Research Symposium, North Carolina State University, 02 March 2018.
    • A Thomas*, JC Dietrich, RA Luettich, JG Fleming, BO Blanton, TG Asher, SC Hagen, MV Bilskie, P Bacopoulos. Hindcasts of Winds and Surge during Hurricane Matthew (2016): Balancing Large-Domain Coverage and Localized Accuracy. ADCIRC Users Group Meeting, Norwood, Massachusetts, 4-5 May 2017.

 

Bunya:

    • Kohin Hirano, Tomokazu Murakami, Satoshi Iizuka, Tsuyoshi Nakatani, Shinya Shimokawa, Shintaro Bunya, Koji Kawasaki: Prediction of Typhoon Storm Surge Flood in Tokyo Bay Using Unstructured Model ADCIRC Under Global Warming Scenario. DOI:10.1115/FEDSM2014-21682.
    • Shintaro Bunya, Naoki Fujita, Masafumi Matsuyama, Daisuke Uchino: Applicability of Source-Area Wave Amplitude Prediction Equations for Tsunamis Due to Sector Collapse and Submarine Landslide. 01/2013; 69(2):I_266-I_270., DOI:10.2208/kaigan.69.I_266.
    • S. Tanaka, S. Bunya, J. J. Westerink, C. Dawson, R. A. Luettich: Scalability of an Unstructured Grid Continuous Galerkin Based Hurricane Storm Surge Model. Journal of Scientific Computing 03/2010; 46(3):329-358., DOI:10.1007/s10915-010-9402-1.
    • S. Bunya, J. C. Dietrich, J. J. Westerink, B. A. Ebersole, J. M. Smith, J. H. Atkinson, R. Jensen, D. T. Resio, R. A. Luettich, C. Dawson, V. J. Cardone, A. T. Cox: A High-Resolution Coupled Riverine Flow, Tide, Wind, Wind Wave, and Storm Surge Model for Southern Louisiana and Mississippi. Part I: Model Development and Validation. Monthly Weather Review 02/2010; 138(2):345-377., DOI:10.1175/2009MWR2906.1.
    • J. C. Dietrich, S. Bunya, J. J. Westerink, B. A. Ebersole, J. M. Smith, J. H. Atkinson, R. Jensen, D. T. Resio, R. A. Luettich, C. Dawson, V. J. Cardone, A. T. Cox: A High-Resolution Coupled Riverine Flow, Tide, Wind, Wind Wave, and Storm Surge Model for Southern Louisiana and Mississippi. Part II: Synoptic Description and Analysis of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Monthly Weather Review 02/2010; 138(2):378-404., DOI:10.1175/2009MWR2907.1.
    • Atkinson, J., T. Wamsley, J. Westerink, M. Cialone, C. Dietrich, K. Dresback, R. Kolar, D. Resio, C. Bender, B. Blanton, S. Bunya, W. de Jong, B. Ebersole, A. Grzegorzewski, B. Jensen, H. Pourtaheri, J. Ratcliff, H. Roberts, J. Smith, and C. Szpilka, Hurricane storm surge and wave modeling in southern Louisiana: A brief overview, Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, ASCE, pp. 467-506, DOI:10.1061/40990(324)28, 2008.
    • B. A. Ebersole, J.J. Westerink, S. Bunya, J.C. Dietrich, M. A. Cialone: Development of storm surge which led to flooding in St. Bernard Polder during Hurricane Katrina. Ocean Engineering 01/2010; 37(1):91-103., DOI:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2009.08.013.
    • C. Mirabito, C. Dawson, E.J. Kubatko, J.J. Westerink, S. Bunya: Implementation of a discontinuous Galerkin morphological model on two-dimensional unstructured meshes. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 01/2010; 200(1-4-200):189-207., DOI:10.1016/j.cma.2010.08.004.
    • Ethan J. Kubatko, Shintaro Bunya, Clint Dawson, Joannes J. Westerink, Chris Mirabito: A Performance Comparison of Continuous and Discontinuous Finite Element Shallow Water Models. Journal of Scientific Computing 07/2009; 40(1):315-339., DOI:10.1007/s10915-009-9268-2.
    • Ethan J. Kubatko, Shintaro Bunya, Clint Dawson, Joannes J. Westerink: Dynamic p-adaptive Runge–Kutta discontinuous Galerkin methods for the shallow water equations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 05/2009; 198(21):1766-1774., DOI:10.1016/j.cma.2009.01.007.
    • Shintaro Bunya, Ethan J. Kubatko, Joannes J. Westerink, Clint Dawson: Wetting and drying treatment for the Runge–Kutta discontinuous Galerkin solution to the shallow water equations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 04/2009; 198(17-20-198):1548-1562., DOI:10.1016/j.cma.2009.01.008.
    • Shintaro Bunya, J. Westerink Joannes: Hurricane Katrina Storm Surge Hindcast Using a Coupled Storm Surge, Wind Wave and Tidal Current Model on an Unstructured Grid. Proceedings of Coastal Engineering JSCE, 10/2008; 55:316-320., DOI:10.2208/proce1989.55.316.
    • Shintaro Bunya, Shinobu Yoshimura, Joannes J. Westerink: Improvements in mass conservation using alternative boundary implementations for a quasi‐bubble finite element shallow water model. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 08/2006; 51(11):1277 – 1296., DOI:10.1002/fld.1153.
    • Shintaro Bunya, Shinobu Yoshimura, J. Joannes Westerink: A quasi-bubble finite element formulation for the shallow water equations with a discontinuous boundary implementation. DOI:10.1007/978-1-4020-3953-9_137.
    • Shintaro Bunya, Joannes J. Westerink, Shinobu Yoshimura: Discontinuous boundary implementation for the shallow water equations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 04/2005; 47(12):1451-1468., DOI:10.1002/fld.813.

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Hagen:

    • Santiago-Collazo, F.L., Bilskie, M.V., Hagen, S.C. (2019) A comprehensive review of compound inundation models.  Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 119, September 2019, 166-181. DOI: 1016/j.envsoft.2019.06.002
    • Bilskie, M.V., Asher, T.G., Fleming, J.G., Hagen, S.C., Kaiser, C., Luettich Ur., R.A., Twilley, R. (2019) Real-time storm surge predictions during Hurricane Michael. Weather and Forecasting, In Progress (Previously submitted to Geophysical Research Letters and being revised).
    • Bilskie, M.V., S.C. Hagen, S.C. Medeiros (2019), “Unstructured Finite Element Mesh Decimation for Real-Time Hurricane Storm Surge Forecasting,” Coastal Engineering, 156. DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2019.103622.
    • Tahsin, S., S.C. Medeiros, A. Singh, M. Hooshyar (2017), Optical Cloud Pixel Recovery via Machine Learning. Remote Sensing, Accepted. DOI: 10.3390/rs9060527
    • Tahsin, S., S.C. Medeiros, A. Singh (2016). Resilience of coastal wetlands to extreme hydrologic events in Apalachicola Bay. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 43, DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069594.

Conference papers, presentations, theses

  • White, Sky. 2020. Use of lidar data to investigate the influence of bottom friction coefficients for storm surge modeling of Hurricane Michael in the Florida Panhandle. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Primary Advisor: Stephen Medeiros.

 

Resio:

    • Resio, D.T., Asher, T.G., and J.I. Irish, 2017: The effects of natural structure on estimated tropical cyclone surge extremes, J. Nat. Haz., currently available online, Nat Hazards, DOI: 10.1007/s11069-017-2935-y
    • Irish, J.L., Weiss, R. and D.T. Resio, Physical Characteristics of Coastal Hazards and Risks, Chapter 25, Springer Handbook of Ocean Engineering, Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York, M. Dhanak and N. Xiros (Eds.), 549–562.
    • Resio, D.T., Tumeo, M.A., and J.L. Irish, Statistical Characterization of Hazards and Risk in Coastal Areas, Chapter 26, Springer Handbook of Ocean Engineering, Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York, M. Dhanak and N. Xiros (Eds.), 567–593.

Conference papers, presentations, theses

    • The Influence of Vertical Structure on Open-Coast Surges and its Incorporation into Depth Averaged Models, Thesis presentation by Amanda Tritinger, June 2020. Advisor: Don Resio.

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Ginis:

    • Bender, M.A., T. Marchok, R. E. Tuleya, I. Ginis, V. Tallapragada, and S. J. Lord, 2019: Hurricane model development at GFDL, 2019: A Collaborative success story from a historical perspective., Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., September, DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0197.1.
    • Wang, D.*, T. Kukulka, B. Reichl, T. Hara, I. Ginis, and W. Perrie, 2019: Wind-wave misalignment effects on Langmuir turbulence in tropical cyclones conditions, J. Phys. Oceanogr., DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0093.1.
    • Torres M.J.*, M. R. Hashemi, S. Hayward, M. Spaulding, I. Ginis, and S. T. Grilli, 2019: Role of hurricane wind models in accurate simulation of storm surge and waves. Coastal, Ocean Eng., 2019, 145(1): 04018039. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000496.
    • Stempel, P. and Becker, A., 2019: Visualizations Out of Context: Addressing Pitfalls of Real-Time Realistic Hazards Visualizations.
      ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2019, 8(8), 318; DOI: 10.3390/ijgi8080318.
    • Ullman D.S., I. Ginis, W. Huang, C. Nowakowski*, X. Chen*, and P. Stempel, 2019: Assessing the Multiple Impacts of Extreme Hurricanes in Southern New England, USA. Geosciences 2019, 9(6), 265. DOI: 10.3390/geosciences9060265.
    • Witkop, R., Becker, A., Stempel, P.*, Ginis, I. (2019). Developing Consequence Thresholds for Storm Models through Participatory Processes: Case Study of Westerly Rhode Island. Frontiers in Earth Science: Geohazards and Georisks. Vol. 7. DOI: 3389/feart.2019.00133.
    • Gao K, and Ginis, 2018: On the characteristics of roll vortices under a moving hurricane boundary layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 2589-2598. DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-17-0363.1.
    • Chen*, X., Ginis, and T. Hara, 2018: Sensitivity of offshore tropical cyclone wave simulations to spatial resolution in wave models. J. Mar. Sci. Eng., 6, 116. DOI: 10.3390/jmse6040116.
    • Stempel, P.*, Ginis, I., Ullman, D., Becker, A., Witkop, R. (2018). Real-Time Chronological Hazard Impact Modeling. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol. 6, no. 134. DOI: 3390/jmse6040134.
    • Teng, F., Huang, and I. Ginis, 2018. Hydrological modeling of storm-induced runoff and snowmelt in Taunton River Basin. Journal of Natural Hazards, 91, 179-199. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-017-3121-y.
    • Liu, Q.,  L. M. Rothstein, and Y. Luo, 2017. A periodic freshwater patch detachment process from the Block Island Sound estuarine plume. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, 570–586, DOI:10.1002/2015JC011546.
    • Gao, K., I. Ginis, J.D. Doyle, Y. Jin, 2017: Effect of boundary layer roll vortices on the development of the axisymmetric tropical cyclone J. Atmos. Sci. DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0222.1.
    • Whitney, M. M., D. S. Ullman, and D. L. Codiga, 2016. Subtidal Exchange in Eastern Long Island Sound. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 46, 2351-2371. DOI: 1175/JPO-D-15-0107.1.
    • Gao, K. and I. Ginis, 2016: On the equilibrium-state roll vortices and their effect in the hurricane boundary layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 1205- 1222. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-15-0089.1.
    • Liu, Q., L. M. Rothstein, Y. Luo, D. S. Ullman, and D. L. Codiga, 2016. Dynamics of the periphery current in Rhode Island Sound. Ocean Modelling, 105, 13-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.07.001.
    • Liu, Q., L. Rothstein, and Y. Luo, 2016. Dynamics of the Block Island Sound estuarine plume. J. Phys. Ocean, Accepted for publication. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0099.1.
    • Reichl, B. G, D. Wang, T. Hara, I. Ginis, T. Kukulka, 2016: Langmuir turbulence parameterization in tropical cyclone conditions. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 46, 863-886. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0106.1.
    • Reichl, B. G., I. Ginis, T. Hara, B, Thomas, T. Kukulka, and D. Wang, 2016:  Impact of sea-state dependent Langmuir turbulence of the ocean response to a tropical cyclone. Mon. Wea. Rev. DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0074.1.
    • Sun, Y., C. Chen, R. C. Beardsley, D. Ullman, B. Butman, and H. Lin, 2016. Surface Circulation in Block Island Sound and Adjacent Coastal and Shelf Regions: A FVCOM-CODAR comparison. Progress in Oceanography, 143, 26-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2016.02.005.
    • Spaulding, M. L., Grilli, A., Damon, C., Crean, T., Fugate, G., Oakley, B., & Stempel, P.*, (2016). Stormtools: Coastal Environmental Risk Index (CERI). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 4(3). DOI: 10.3390/jmse4030054.

Conference papers, presentations, theses

    • Xuanyu Chen Ph.D. Dissertation in Physical Oceanography: “Impacts of Shoaling Ocean Surface Waves on Wind Stress and Storm Surge” 2020, Primary advisors: Dr. Isaac Ginis and Dr. Tetsu Hara, Committee member: Dr. David Ullman
    • Becker, A., Rubinoff, P., Stempel, P., Ginis, I., Adams, S.*, Hallisey, N.*, Kalaidjian, E.*, (2020) Hazard Consequence Threshold Models for Emergency Management and Response Decision Making. Natural Hazards Center Researchers Meeting, Boulder, CO, July 15-16.
    • Stempel, P., (2020). “Adaptation of low-lying neighborhoods in Portsmouth, RI. USA.” International Geodesign Collaboration (IGC), Redlands, CA. February 22–24, 2020.
    • Chen, X.*, I. Ginis and T. Hara: Numerical Study of Wind Stress in Coastal Water Under a Tropical Cyclone, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Feb. 16-21, 2020, https://agu.confex.com/agu/osm20/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/644262.
    • Hara T., X. Chen* and I. Ginis: Impact of Shoaling Wind Waves on Drag Coefficient in Finite Depth, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Feb. 16-21, 2020, https://agu.confex.com/agu/osm20/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/646849.
    • Becker, A., Rubinoff, P., Ginis, I., Adams, S.* (2019) Hazard Consequence Threshold Models for Emergency Management and Response Decision Making. Presentation to FEMA Region 1, Boston, MA, Dec. 18, 2019.
    • Huang, W., F Teng, I. Ginis, and D. Ullman (2019). Rainfall Runoff and Flood Simulations for Hurricane Impacts on Woonasquatucket River, USA. ICCEN 2019. Accepted by 8th International Conference on Civil Engineering (ICCEN 2019), November 19-20, Paris, France, 2019.
    • Becker, A. (2019), “Hazard Consequence Threshold Models for Emergency Management and Response Decision Making.” CARIS (Climate Adaptation and Resilience Information Sharing Group, Sept. 13, 2019.
    • Becker, A. (2019), “Coastal Hazard Impact Assessment.” Climate Preparedness and Resilience Community of Practice Lead, CW Guidance Program US Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters, Washington, DC, Sept. 11, 2019.
    • Ginis, I., and Il-K. Ma (2019): Impact of Warm-Core Ocean Eddies on Tropical Cyclone Intensification in the Northwest Pacific, International Workshop on Tropical Cyclone-Ocean Interaction in the Northwest Pacific, June 20, 2019. http://www.tcoi.co.kr/
    • Becker, A. (2019). Overcoming Barriers to Long-term Climate Adaptation. Lecture of Opportunity, US Naval War College, Newport, RI, April 29, 2019.
    • Becker, A. (2019). Climate risk adaptation for ports: Research for transformational thinking. UNCTAD Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Climate Change Adaptation for International Transport: Preparing for the Future , Geneva, Switzerland, April 16-17, 2019.
    • Ginis I. (2019): Advancing modeling capabilities to improve prediction of extreme weather events in the Northeastern United States, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, April 11, 2019.
    • Stempel, P., Becker., A., Ginis, I., Ullman, D., Rubinoff., P., Overstrom, N. (2019). Rethinking model-driven realistic storm-surge graphics. Rhode Island Coastal Ecology, Assessment, Innovation, and Modeling (RI C-AIM) Research Symposium 2019, Kingston RI. April 10, 2019.
    • Ginis I. (2019): Modeling Combined Coastal and Inland Impacts from Extreme Storms, RI Department of Health, Providence RI, March 8, 2019.
    • Ginis I. (2019): Improving Prediction of Extreme Weather and Its Impact in New England, RI Emergency Management Agency, Cranston RI, March 7, 2019.
    • Becker, A, Stempel, P., Menendez, J. (2019). Visualizing Risk: Dynamic 3d Models of Storm Impacts on Coastal Structures In Rhode Island. Poster presentation at the Infrastructure Climate Network Meeting, Portsmouth, NH, April 4-5, 2019.
    • Ginis, I., D. Ullman, T. Hara, W. Huang, A. Becker, and R. Luettich (2018): Developing a Coastal and Inland Hazard and Impact Prediction System for Extreme Weather Events in the Northeastern United States, AGU Fall Meeting, December 14, 2018. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/409069
    • Becker, A. (2018). Stimulating Transformational Thinking for Long-Term Climate Resilience. University of Rhode Island Coastal Resiliency Symposium, Oct. 16, 2018. Narragansett, RI. (I)
    • Peter Stempel Ph.D. Dissertation in Marine Affairs: Depicting consequences of storm surge, opportunities and ethics. 2018, Primary advisor: Dr. Austin Becker, Committee member: Dr. Isaac Ginis.
    • Stempel, P.*, Becker, A., (Accepted). Effects of localization on perceptions of storm surge risk depicted in model driven semi-realistic visualizations. International Conference on Sustainable Development, NY, NY. September 26-28, 2018.
    • Stempel, P.*, Becker, A. (2018), Effects of localization on perceptions of storm surge risk depicted in model driven semi-realistic visualizations. International Conference on Sustainable Development, NY, NY. September 26-28, 2018.
    • Ginis I. (2018): Advances in Predicting Hurricane Path and Intensity, Jamestown Philomenian Library, Jamestown RI, September 24, 2018.
    • Ginis I. (2018): The 1938 Great New England Hurricane Looking to the Past to Understand Today’s Risk, East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society, East Greenwich, RI, September 15, 2018.
    • Bobby Witkop Master’s thesis in Marine Affairs: Developing Consequence Thresholds for Storm Impact Models: Case Study of Westerly, Rhode Island. 2018, Primary advisor: Dr. Austin Becker, Committee member: Dr. Isaac Ginis
    • Chen, X. *, I. Ginis and T. Hara (2018). Sea-State Dependent Drag Coefficient in Shallow Waters Under Tropical Cyclones. 21st Conference on Air-Sea Interaction, June 18, 2018. https://ams.confex.com/ams/23BLT21ASI/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/345222
    • Nowakowski, C.* and Ginis I. (2018): Advancing modeling of surface winds during hurricane landfall for predicting storm impacts. DHS Centers of Excellence Summit, May 30-31, 2018 https://cina.gmu.edu/coe-summit-2018/
    • Ginis, I., C. Nowakowski*, and K. Gao (2018). A Hurricane Boundary Layer Model for Simulating Surface Winds during Hurricane Landfall. 33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, April 18, 2018. https://ams.confex.com/ams/33HURRICANE/webprogram/Paper339799.html
    • Rosa, K.*, Kincaid, C. (2018). “Transporting Nutrients Northward from Rhode Island Sound Bottom Water to the Upper Narragansett Bay Euphotic Zone”, RI C-AIM/RI NSF EPSCoR Symposium. Kingston, RI, April 9, 2018.
    • Witkop, R.*, Becker, A., Stempel, P.*, (2018). “Incorporating facility manager knowledge into storm impact models: A case study of critical facilities in Westerly, Rhode Island,” Rhode Island Floodplain Managers Association, Smithfield, RI, April 5, 2018.
    • Chen, X.*, T. Hara, and I. Ginis (2018). Sea-state dependent air-sea momentum flux in a shallow water under a tropical cyclone. Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 14, 2018. https://agu.confex.com/agu/os18/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/303041
    • Ginis, I., D. Ullman, T. Hara, C. Kincaid, K. Rosa*, X. Chen*, B. Thomas, A. Becker, P. Stempel*, R. Witkop*, P. Rubinoff, W. Huang, M. Orr, R. Thomas, R. Thompson, M. Belk, P. Morey, and S. Conard (2018). Advancing Modeling Capabilities and Impact Analysis Tools to Improve Preparedness for Major Hurricane Hazard Events. 98th AMS Annual Meeting, January 11, 2018. https://ams.confex.com/ams/98Annual/webprogram/Paper336049.html
    • Witkop, R.*, Stempel, P.*, Becker, A., (2017). Coupling local scale, high resolution, qualitative data to interface with numerical storm models. American Geophysical Union Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. Dec. 12, 2017.
    • Ginis, I., D. Ullman, T. Hara, C. Kincaid, L. Rothstein, W. Hwang, B. Thomas, X. Chen*, K. Rosa*, A. Becker, P. Stempel*, R. Witkop*, P. Rubinoff (2017). Developing a mul.-model ensemble system for assessing hurricane hazards and impacts. URI Coastal Resilience Science and Engineering Workshop, December 4, 2017.
    • Ullman, D.,  I. Ginis, W. Hwang, P. Stempel*, T. Hara, C. Kincaid, L. Rothstein, P. Rubinoff, B. Thomas, X. Chen*, K. Rosa* (2017). Assessing the Multiple Impacts of Extreme Hurricanes in Southern New England. URI Coastal Resilience Science and Engineering Workshop, December 4, 2017.
    • Rosa, K. *, Kincaid, C., Ullman, D., and Ginis, I. (2017). Baroclinic Model of Narragansett Bay Post-Storm Shelf-Estuary Exchange. Estuary Research Workshop: Limiting Factors Beyond Nitrogen. Narragansett, RI. September 13, 2017.
    • Rosa, K., Kincaid, C., Ullman, D., and Ginis, I. (2017). Hurricane Rhody: How does Rhode Island Fare Against Hypothetical Superstorm?. URI Graduate Conference. Kingston, RI. 8 April, 2017.
    • Fei, T., W. Huang, I. Ginis, Y. Cai, 2016. Characteristics of River Flood and Storm Surge Interactions in a Tidal River in Rhode Island, USA. Proceeding of IUTAM Symposium on Storm Surge Modelling and Forecasting, Oct 17-19, 2016, Shanghai, China
    • Stempel, P.* (2016). Data Driven Visualization. Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Conference 2016, Narragansett, RI, June 14-15, 2016.

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Fleming:

    • Abram Musinguzi, Madinah Shamsu, Muhammad K. Akbar, Jason G. Fleming. Understanding the Effects of Wind Instensity, Forward Speed, Pressure and Track on Generation and Propagation of Hurricane Irma Surges around Florida. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9(9):963 ; DOI: 10.3390/jmse9090963.
    • Taylor G. Asher,  RA Luettich, Jason G. Fleming, Brian O. Blanton. Low frequency water level correction in storm surge models using data assimilation. Ocean Modeling. 2019,144(3163):101483; DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.101483.
    • Abram Musinguzi, Muhammad Akbar, Jason G. Fleming, Samuel K. Hargrove. Forecasting Model, Forecast Advisories and Best Track in a Wind Model, and Observed Data – Case Study Hurricane Rita. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2019, 7(3), 77; DOI: 10.3390/jmse7030077.
    • A Thomas*, JC Dietrich, TG Asher, M Bell, BO Blanton, JH Copeland, AT Cox, CN Dawson, JG Fleming, RA Luettich (2019). Influence of Storm Timing and Forward Speed on Tide-Surge Interactions during Hurricane Matthew. Ocean Modelling, 137, 1-19, DOI: 1016/j.ocemod.2019.03.004.
    • Musinguzi, A.; Akbar, M.K.; Fleming, J.G.; Hargrove, S.K. Understanding Hurricane Storm Surge Generation and Propagation Using a Forecasting Model, Forecast Advisories and Best Track in a Wind Model, and Observed Data—Case Study Hurricane Rita. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2019, 7, 77. DOI: 10.3390/jmse7030077
    • R Cyriac, JC Dietrich, JG Fleming, BO Blanton, C Kaiser, CN Dawson, RA Luettich. Variability in Coastal Flooding Predictions due to Forecast Errors during Hurricane Arthur. Coastal Engineering, 137(1), 59-78. DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2018.02.008
    • Akbar, M.K.; Luettich, R.A.; Fleming, J.G.; Aliabadi, S.K. CaMEL and ADCIRC Storm Surge Models—A Comparative Study. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2017, 5, 35. DOI: 10.3390/jmse5030035

 

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Education and Workforce Development

Whalin:

    • Hu, Guojing, Lu, Weike; Wang, Feng; and Whalin, Robert, “Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram Based Discrete Transportation Network Design,” Journal of Advanced Transportation, February 2020. DOI: 1155/2020/4951953.
    • “NSF-PIRE, Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Program, Authentic Learning and Transformative Education,” Volume 1-2015-2017; Edited by Baukje “Bee” Kothius, Yoonjeong Lee and Samuel Brody, March 2018.

Conference papers, presentations, theses

    • Ebersole, Bruce; Richardson, Thomas and Whalin, Robert, “Minimize Hurricane Surge Penetration into West/Galveston Bays: It’s Crucial!” Proceedings, 11th Texas Hurricane Conference, University of Houston, Houston, TX, Aug. 2, 2019.
    • Whalin, Robert W., “A PhD in Engineering Degree: Coastal Engineering Emphasis Area,” Proceedings, 126th ASEE Conference, Tampa Bay, FL, June 2019.
    • Whalin, Robert W., A PhD in Engineering Degree: Coastal Engineering Emphasis Area. Proceedings, 126th ASEE Conference, Tampa Bay, FL, June 2019.
    • Ebersole, Bruce; Richardson, Thomas W.; Whalin, Robert W., Suppression of Hurricane Surge Forerunner and Peak Surge in Galveston and West Bays Achieved with a Western Segment of the Coastal Spine. 10th Texas Hurricane Conference, University of Houston, Houston, TX; Aug. 3, 2018.
    • Ebersole, Bruce; Richardson, Thomas; and Whalin, Robert, W., Surge Suppression Achieved by Different Coastal Spine (Ike Dike) Alignments. 9th Texas Hurricane Conference, University of Houston, August 4, 2017, Houston, TX.
    • Whalin RW, Pang Q, Latham J, Lowe LN. Assessment of a Summer Bridge Program: Seven Years and Counting. 2017 ASEE National Conference Proceedings, Columbus, OH, June 24-28, 2017.
    • Whalin RW. HBCU Engineering Faculty and Graduates: Implications for Race, Retention and Graduation Linkages. NAAAS & Affiliates 2016 National Conference Proceedings, Baton Rouge, LA, published Oct. 2016.
    • Whalin RW, Pang Q, Latham J, Lowe LN. Assessment of a Summer Bridge Program: Seven Years and Counting. 2017 ASEE National Conference Proceedings, Columbus, OH, June 24-28, 2017.
    • Whalin RW, Brody SD, and Merrell WJ. The Galveston Bay Region as an International Test Bed for Flood Risk Reduction. 8th Texas Hurricane Conference, University of Houston, Houston, TX, August 5, 2016.
    • Ebersole B, Richardson TW, and Whalin RW. Modeling Coastal Storms: Past, Present and Future. 8th Texas Hurricane Conference, University of Houston, Houston, TX, August 5, 2016
    • Whalin, Robert, W.; Pagan-Trinidad, Ismael; Villanueva, Evelyn; and Pittman, David, W., A Quarter Century of Resounding Success for a University/Federal Laboratory Partnership. ASEE 123rd Annual Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA, June 26, 2016.
    • Ebersole, Bruce; Richardson, Thomas; and Whalin, Robert, W., Surge Suppression Achieved by Different Coastal Spine (Ike Dike) Alignments. 9th Texas Hurricane Conference, University of Houston, August 4, 2017, Houston, TX.

 

Chen/Faik:

Conference papers, presentations, theses

    • Ying Bai & Hang Chen, Build an Optimal Evacuation Contraflow Model for Natural Disasters by Using Fuzzy Inference System. Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy System, July 8-13, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018.
    • Cody Byrd, Jean-Marie Nshimiyimana, Ehije Idehenre, Hang Chen (Faculty Advisor), Data Analysis of Haiti’s Resiliency Post-2010 Earthquake. Presented at the 2017 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
    • NyJae Dickerson, Adonis Tillman, Desmond Taylor, Awatif Amin (Faculty Advisor) Using Data Mining to analyze Natural Disasters at 10 countries. Presented at the 2017 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

 

Laiju:

    • Long, J., Rose, S., Jwainat, A. & Hunter, F. (2019), Tougaloo Community Preparedness for Homeowners. Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) ISSN 0076 – 9436, Vol 64 # 1
    • Jones, T. Robinson, S. Boler, D.& Hunter, F. (2019), Disaster Preparedness: How Prepared Are They? An Assessment of Renters in Tougaloo Mississippi. Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) ISSN 0076 – 9436, Vol 64 # 1
    • Kinkaid, D.,Ze’ronte, B.Sneed, H., &Banerjee, S., (2019), Using GIS to Study Disproportionate Disaster Impact on Vulnerable Mississippi Population. Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) ISSN 0076 – 9436, Vol 64 # 1, and presented at 83rd Annual Meeting in Hattiesburg, MS on February 21, 2019
    • Mage, D. Reed, S. Hokins, A. Mangum, C. & Banerjee, S. (2018) Using Arc GIS to Map Disaster Effects on Mississippi. Abstract published in The journal of Mississippi Academy of Sciences (ISSN 0076-9436) vol 63, 1 February edition
    • Bryant, J. Hill, C. Bibbs, M. Boler, D. & Khan, S. (2018) Role of Effective Communication in Disaster Preparedness. Abstract published in The journal of Mississippi Academy of Sciences (ISSN 0076-9436) vol 63, 1 February edition
    • Ball, I & Laiju, M. (2017) Sociodemographic Characteristics and Natural Disaster Preparedness among Mississippi Residence,. Abstract published in The journal of Mississippi Academy of Sciences (ISSN 0076-9436) April edition.
    • Laiju, M. (2017) A Global Issue: Natural, Manmade Disaster, and Exploitation of Children. Pardee RAND Faculty Leaders Fellowship, manuscript under review.
    • Laiju, M. (2016) Natural Disaster and Child Trafficking. Mellon Fellowship

Conference papers, presentations, senior papers

    • Thomas, C. & Laiju, M. (2020) Natural Disaster Preparedness Among Undergraduate Students In Jackson, Mississippi, abstract published in 84th MAS (ISSN 0076 – 9436, Vol 65 #1) journal and presented the Paper at MAS conference on February 20, 2020. (Ms. Thomas’s Senior Paper).
    • Hill, N., Randle, D.iMaya Randle, & Khan, S. (2020) Assessment of Psychological Impact of Coastal Disaster, abstract published in 84th MAS (ISSN 0076 – 9436, Vol 65 #1) journal and presented the Paper at MAS conference on February 20, 2020.
    • Randle, D & Khan, S. (2020) Time Management and Academic Adjustment among First Year African American Students, abstract published in 84th MAS (ISSN 0076 – 9436, Vol 65 # 1) journal and presented the Paper at MAS conference on February 20, 2020 (Ms. Randle’s Senior Paper).
    • Laiju, M. (2019), Career Pathway: Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Curriculum in Homeland Security’s Coastal Resilience at a HBCU. Abstract published in Southern Sociological Society (SSS) Journal and presented at SSS Conference on April 11, 2019, at Atlanta, GA.
    • Laiju, M. & Hunter, F. (2018), Transforming the Curriculum: Adding Disaster Management and Coastal Infrastructure Management to the Curriculum. Abstract accepted and presented at  the Historical Black Colleges &Universities (HBCU) Faculty Development Network Conference in Jackson, Mississippi, November 2, 2018.
    • Jwainat, A. (2019), senior paper Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Disaster/ Emergency Preparedness
    • Porter, J. (2019), New Orleans Residents’ Awareness of Disaster Preparedness.
    • Laiju, M. & Banerjee, S. (2017) Innovative Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Curriculum in Homeland Security at a HBCU. Presented at the 10th Anniversary Homeland Defense & Security Education Summit on March 23, 2017.
    • Young, K, & Hunter, F. (2017) Hurricanes, Mudslides, and Drought: Considering the Public’s Perceptions of the Role Governments Should Play in Providing Aid Using the NORC General Social Survey (GSS). Presented at Mississippi College & Tougaloo College (MCTC) Research Symposium.
    • Hopkins, A. & Banerjee, S. (2017) Using ArcGIS to Map Natural Disasters in Mississippi. Presented at Mississippi College & Tougaloo College (MCTC) Research symposium.

 

Keim:

    • Xue, G.Z., D.J. Gochis, W. Yu, B.D. Keim, R.V. Rohli, Z. Zang, K. Sampson, A. Dugger, D. Sathiaraj, and Q. Ge. 2018. Modeling Hydroclimatic Change in Southwest Louisiana Rivers. Water 10(5), Article No. 596. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050596.
    • Keim, B.D., W.D. Kappel, G.A. Muhlstein, D.M Hultstrand, T.W Parzybok, A.B. Lewis, E.M. Tomlinson, and A.W. Black. 2018. Assessment of the Extreme Rainfall Event at Nashville, Tennessee and the Surrounding Region on May 1-3, 2010. Journal of American Water Resources Association. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.12657.
    • Gilliland, J.M., and B.D. Keim. 2018. Position of the South Atlantic Anticyclone and its impact on Surface Conditions across Brazil.  Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 57(3):535-553. DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0178.1
    • Black, A.W., and G. Villarini.  (2018)  Effects of Methodological Decisions on Rainfall-Related Crash Risk Estimates.  Accident Analysis and Prevention. DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2018.01.023
    • Gilliland, J. M., and B.D. Keim. Surface Wind Speed: Trend and Climatology of Brazil from 1980–2014.  International Journal of Climatology. DOI: 10.1002/joc.5237
    • Black, A.W., G. Villarini, and T.L. Mote. 2017. Effects of Rainfall on Vehicle Crashes in Six U.S. States.  Weather, Climate, and Society 9: 53–70. DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-16-0035.1
    • Shao, W., S. Xian, B. Keim, K. Goidel, N. Lin. 2017. Understanding Perceptions of Changing Hurricane Strength Along the U.S. Gulf Coast.  International Journal of Climatology 37(4):1716-1727. DOI: 10.1002/joc.4805
    • Allard, J.M., J.V. Clarke, and B.D. Keim.  2016.  Spatial and Temporal Patterns of In Situ Sea Surface Temperatures within the Gulf of Mexico from 1901–2010.  American Journal of Climate Change 5:314-343.  DOI: 10.4236/ajcc.2016.53025
    • Shao, W., J.C. Garand, B.D. Keim, and L.C. Hamilton.  2016.  Science, Scientists, and Local Weather: Understanding Mass Perceptions of Global Warming.  Social Science Quarterly 97(5):1023-1057.  DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12317
    • Hamilton, L.C, J. Hartter, B.D. Keim, A.E. Boag, M.W. Palace, F.R. Stevens, M.J. Ducey.  2016.  Wildfire, Climate and Perceptions in Northeast Oregon.  Regional Environmental Change 16:1819-1832. DOI: 10.1007/s10113-015-0914-y
    • Shankman, D., and B.D. Keim.  2016. Flood Risk Forecast for China’s Poyang Lake Region.  Physical Geography 37(1): 88-91.

 

Pagán-Trinidad:

    • ResilientSEE.  Keep Safe: A Guide for Resilient Housing Design In Island Communities (2019). Published by 2019 Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
      • Disclaimer: CRC PIs participated in the book development as advisors, workshop leaders, reporters and invited participants of the book presentation.
    • “Complexity Mapping for Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure”; Manuscript Published as: López del Puerto, C., Suárez, L. Gransberg, D.D., and Montañez, J., “Complexity Mapping for Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure, Proceedings, VII Conferencia Internacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Ingeniería, IESTEC-2019, Panama City, Panama, October, 2019. Peer reviewed.
    • Effects of Storm Surge Barriers on Estuary Ecosystems: A Comparison between Eastern Scheldt and Galveston Bay, Sofía N. Rivera Soto; University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, P.R.; Dr. Samuel Brody; Texas A&M at Galveston, Galveston, Texas; Dr. Yoonjeong Lee; Texas A&M at Galveston, Galveston, Texas; Prof. Ismael Pagán Trinidad; University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez, P.R. A Final Technical Paper submitted as part of the requirement of her participation in the NSF PIRE Program. 2019 Summer Research Internship Program Partnership for International Research and Education – The Netherlands Texas A&M at Galveston, Jackson State University and University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. September 2019.
    • Measuring Run-up on a Laboratory-Scale Beach Dune using LiDAR, Ihan-Jarek T. Acevedo González University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. Dr. Meagan Wengrove, O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, Oregon State University, REU, Summer 2019. (Report presented as part of his Summer Internship at OSU)
    • Erosion Analysis of Dune Types for a Typical East Coast Beach under Hurricane Conditions using Bathymetric and LiDAR Measurements. Authors: Robert Lewis1,2, Jeremy Smith3, Meagan Wengrove1; 1O.H. Hinsdale Wave Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR. 00682; 3Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, December 2019. (Report presented as part of his Summer Internship at OSU)
    • Pagán Trinidad, Ismael, López-Rodríguez, Ricardo and Ernesto Diaz, Education and Building Capacity for Improving Resilience of Coastal Infrastructure. Proceedings, ASEE 126th Annual Conference & Exposition: June 16-19, 2019, Tampa FL.
    • Morales-Velez, A. C., and Hughes, K.S., Comprehensive Hurricane María Mass Wasting Inventory and Improved Frequency Ratio Landslide Hazard Mapping. Revista Dimensión Year 32, Vol 1, 2018.
    • Aponte Bermúdez, Luis D., Huracán María,: Sinopsis y Análisis Preliminar del Impacto en la Infraestructura de Puerto Rico.  Revista Dimensión Year 32, Vol 1, 2018.
    • Martínez-Cruzado, José A. Huerta-López, Carlos I. Martínez-Pagán, Jaffet, Santana Torres, Erick X,and Hernández-Ramírez, Francisco J., Destrozos, Recuperación, y Planes en la Red Sísmica de Movimiento Fuerte a Raíz de los Huracanes Irma y María. Revista Dimensión, Year 32, Vol 1, 2018.
    • Acosta, Felipe J, Esquilín-Mangual, Omar, Wood, Stephanie G., Long, Wendy R. and Valdés, Didier, Lessons Learned from the Evaluation of Concrete Pole Failures Following Hurricane María. Revista Dimension Year 32, Vol 1, 2018.

Conference papers, presentations, theses

    • A Decision Support System for Gate Operations at Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge (CCNWR) in Pike County, MO., Oscar A. Vélez Ramos, A project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ENGINEERING in CIVIL ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, MAYAGUEZ CAMPUS. May 2020. Advisors: Ismael Pagán Trinidad, UPRM and Norberto Nadal, ERDC. Co-Advisors.  UPRM-CHL ERDC Collaboration.
    • STOCHASTIC SIMULATION OF TROPICAL CYCLONES FOR QUANTIFICATION OF UNCERTAINTY ASSOCIATED WITH STORM RECURRENCE AND INTENSITY; Efraín Ramos-Santiago; A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in CIVIL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, MAYAGÜEZ CAMPUS, July 2019. Advisors:  Ismael Pagán Trinidad, UPRM and Norberto Nadal, ERDC. Co-Advisors.  UPRM-CHL ERDC Collaboration.
    • ASSESSMENT OF HURRICANE VORTEX MODELS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIND AND PRESSURE PROFILES AND FIELDS, Nelson Y. Cordero-Mercado; Master’s Progress Project Report Draft expected to be presented in Summer 2020 pending final submittal in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ENGINEERING In CIVIL ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO , MAYAGÜEZ CAMPUS, May 2020.
    • Ismael Pagán Trinidad and Ricardo López, Education and Building Capacity for Improving Resilience of Coastal Infrastructure.  ASEE 126th Annual Conference & Exposition: June 16-19, 2019, Tampa FL, Presentation.
    • Ismael Pagán Trinidad and Ricardo López, Improving Resilience of Coastal Infrastructure through Education and Building Capacity. 2019 NLTAPA Southeast Region Meeting, April 30, 2019 San Juan PR, Presentation.
    • Ricardo López and Juan Rodríguez, Análisis tridimensional no lineal de estructuras de concreto (Non-Linear Tridimensional Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures). CIAPR –Mega Viernes Civil (Island wide meeting of Civil Engineers), April 5 2019, San Juan PR, Presentation.
    • Carla López del Puerto, Ismael Pagán Trinidad and Ricardo López, Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico: Assessment of the Damages, Reconstruction Efforts and Beyond Recovery. ASCE Construction Summit in Atlanta, March 7 to 9, 2019, Presentation Panel.
    • Ismael Pagán Trinidad and Ricardo López, Overview of Damage Caused by Hurricane Maria in PR at Gavin Smith’s Seminar at UNC, February 27, 2019, Remote Presentation
    • Ismael Pagán Trinidad and Ricardo López, Overview of Damage Caused by Hurricane Maria in PR at Gavin Smith’s Seminar at NCSU, February 27, 2019, Remote Presentation.
    • Low Impact Development and Green Alternatives for Urban Projects: Sponsors FEMA, CRC; Speaker Ismael Pagán Trinidad, Aguadilla FEMA Headquarters, February 8, 2019.
    • Angel Alicea (PhD Dissertation): Dynamic Identification and Nonlinear Modeling for the Structural Health Assessment of Aged Coastal Infrastructure in Puerto Rico. PhD dissertation completed in December 2018, Department of Civil Engineering, advisor Ricardo López.
    • Benjamín Colucci, Alberto Figueroa and Alexander Molano,(Graduate student supported by the CRC project), Paper and Presentation, Lessons Learned for the Puerto Rico Transportation Infrastructure after Hurricane María. ITE, October 2018.
    • Re-Imagine Puerto Rico: A discussion panel on solutions to rebuild PR, co-sponsored with Resilient Puerto Rico Advisory Commission. 11 speakers including Ismael Pagán Trinidad, UPRM, August 14, 2018.
    • Benjamín Colucci, Alberto Figueroa and Alexander Molano, (Graduate student supported by the CRC project), Paper and Presentation, Impacts and Lessons Learned as a Result of the Passage of Hurricane Maria on the Transportation Infrastructure of the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico. UPADI, August 2018.
    • Hector Colón, (SUMREX student 2017), Paper and Presentation, ASCE Coastal Engineering International Conference, Numerical Modelling of Tsunami Inundation Considering the Presence of Offshore Islands and Barrier Reefs. Baltimore, MD, July 2018.
    • Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, Ricardo López-Rodríguez, Education, Resilience and the Built Environment: Impacts and Some Lessons Learned on Infrastructure for Improvement of Coastal Infrastructure in PR. Symposium: Planning and Resilient Recovery in Puerto Rico, Graduate School of Planning – University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras, May 18-19, 2018. Presentation.
    • Efrain Ramos (MSCE Thesis): Stochastic Simulation of Tropical Cyclones for Quantification of Uncertainty associated with Strong Recurrence and Intensity. July 8, 2019 (already submitted, pending final oral presentation); Dept. of Civil Engineering and Surveying; Advisor Ismael Pagán Trinidad-UPRM; Co-Advisor Norberto Nadal ERDC-UPRM.
    • Kevin Cueto (MSCE Thesis): Modeling considering Computational Fluid Dynamics of hydraulic pressure exerted on coastal structures. July 8, 2019 (already submitted, pending final oral presentation); Dept. of Civil Engineering and Surveying, Advisor-Ricardo López, UPRM.
    • Digital proceedings of the conference Lessons Learned and Best Practices: Resilience of Coastal Infrastructure.
    • The following two presentations were given by Dr. Ricardo López at the World Engineering Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. More information at http://www.wfeo.org/events/world-engineering-conference-disaster-risk-reduction-wecdrr-2016/
      • Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, Ricardo López-Rodríguez, Agustín Rullán, Oscar Perales-Pérez, John Fernández-Van Cleve, THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IN THE COMMUNITY:  UPRM CASE STUDY. World Engineering Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Peruvian Association of Professional Engineers, Lima Perú, December 5-6, 2016.
      • López-Rodríguez, Ricardo R., Pagán-Trinidad, Ismael, Structural Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in Puerto Rico. World Engineering Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Peruvian Association of Professional Engineers, Lima Perú, December 5-6, 2016.
    • Robert W. Whalin, Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, Evelyn Villanueva and David Pittman, A Quarter Century of Resounding Success for a University/Federal Laboratory Partnership. Proceedings, 123rd ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Vol 1, presented June 27 2016 in New Orleans, LA. ISBN: 978-1-5108-3480-4.
    • Ismael Pagán-Trinidad, Ricardo López-Rodríguez, Education, Resilience and the Built Environment: Impacts and Some Lessons Learned on Infrastructure for Improvement of Coastal Infrastructure in PR. Symposium: Planning and Resilient Recovery in Puerto Rico, Graduate School of Planning – University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras, May 18-19, 2018.
    • Benjamín Colucci Ríos (Presenter), Alexander Molano Santiago, Luis Sevillano García, Launelly M. Rosado Rosa and Joel F. Alvarado López,  Transportation Engineering Innovation Spearheading the Economic Development of Puerto Rico after an Extreme Natural Disaster. XXX Congress of Engineering and Surveying, COINAR 2018, San Juan, April 17, 2018.
    • Benjamín Colucci Ríos (Presenter), Alexander Molano Santiago and Joel F. Alvarado López, El impacto del Huracán María en la infraestructura de transporte de Puerto Rico:Lecciones aprendidas (The Impact of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico’s Transportation Infrastructure: Lessons Learned). Mega Viernes Civil 2018: Resiliencia Aplicada, College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico, San Juan, April 6, 2018.
    • Benjamín Colucci Ríos (Presenter) and Alexander Molano Santiago, Impacto del Huracán María en la infraestructura de transportación de Puerto Rico (Impact of Hurricane María in Puerto Rico’s Transportation Infrastructure). Conversatorio para un Puerto Rico Resiliente. February 20, 2018.
    • Benjamín Colucci Ríos (Presenter) and Alexander Molano Santiago, Impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico’s Transportation Infrastructure: Lessons Learned. 97th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, AHB55 Committee, Work Zone Traffic Control Committee Meeting, January 9, 2018.
    • Benjamín Colucci Ríos (Presenter), Alexander Molano Santiago, Ismael Pagán Trinidad and Didier. M Valdés Díaz. Impact of Extreme Climate in Coastal Transportation Civil Infrastructure in the Caribbean. World Engineering Forums November 26 to December 2, 2017, Rome, Italy.

 

Smith:

    • Gavin Smith and Mai T. Nguyen. University-Public Partnerships for Disaster Recovery: Promoting Community Resilience Through Research, Teaching, and Engagement. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship 2021. https://bit.ly/3Dl3xjG
    • Gavin Smith, Allison Anderson and David Perkes. New Urbanism and the Hazard Transect Overlay District: Improving the Integration of Disaster Resilience and Design in Coastal Areas. Landscape Journal 2021. DOI: 10.3368/wplj.40.1.35.
    • Gavin Smith, Wendy Saunders, Olivia Vila, Samata Gyawali, Samiksha Bhattarai & Eliza Lawdley. A comparative analysis of hazard-prone housing acquisition programs in US and New Zealand communities. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s13412-021-00689-7.
    • Smith, Gavin and Vilá, Olivia. 2020. A National Evaluation of State and Territory Roles in Hazard Mitigation: Building Local Capacity to Implement FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants.  Sustainability 2020, 12(23), 10013; DOI: 10.3390/su122310013
    • Smith, Gavin. April, 2020. Best Practices and Lessons (Learned and Not Learned) in the United States Regarding the Role of States in Fostering Disaster Resilience at the Local Level through Program Design and Implementation. Report for the Queensland Reconstruction Authority and the Regional Resilience Strategies (Statewide Rollout) Project. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Reconstruction Authority.
    • Saunders, W.S.A, and G. Smith. 2020. Spend to Save: reducing natural hazard risks through property acquisition in Aotearoa New Zealand. Lower Hutt (NZ): GNS Science.
    • Horney, Jennifer, Carolina Dwyer, Bhagath Chirra, Kerry McCarthy, Jennifer Shafer and Gavin Smith.  2018. Measuring Successful Disaster Recovery. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 36(1): 1-22.
    • Gavin Smith, Lea Sabbag and Ashton Rohmer. A Comparative Analysis of the Roles Governors Play in Disaster Recovery. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy. 9(2): 205-243. DOI: 10.1002/rhc3.12133.
    • Horney, J., Dwyer, C., Aminto, M., Berke, P., & Smith, G. (2017). Developing indicators to measure post-disaster community recovery in the United States. Disasters, 41, 124-149. DOI: 1111/disa.12190.
    • Smith, Gavin. The Role of States in Disaster Recovery: An Analysis of Engagement, Collaboration, and Capacity Building. 2019.  In Building Community Resilience to Disasters: The Handbook of Planning for Disaster Resilience, Routledge Press.
    • Smith, Gavin, Amanda Martin and Dennis Wenger. Disaster Recovery in an Era of Climate Change: The Unrealized Promise of Institutional Resilience. 2017.  In Handbook of Disaster Research, Second Edition, Eds. Havidan Rodriguez, Joseph Trainor and William Donner. New York: Springer.
    • Smith, Gavin. Pre- and Post-Disaster Conditions, their Implications, and the Role of Planning for Housing Recovery. 2017. Chapter 18, pp. 277-292.  In Coming Home After Disaster: Multiple Dimensions of Housing Recovery, Eds. Ann-Margaret Esnard and Alka Sapat.  Boca Raton, Florida” CRC Press.
    • Smith, Gavin, Mai Thi Nguyen, Colleen Durfee, Darien Williams, Ashton Rohmer. September, 2018. Resilient Design Education in the United States.  Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Department of Homeland Security Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence.
    • Smith, Gavin, Barry Hokanson, Link Walther, Jessica Southwell. 2017. Hurricane Matthew Disaster Recovery and Resilience Initiative. A Project of the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Hurricane Matthew Recovery and Resilience Initiative.
    • Smith, Gavin, Lea Sabbag, Ashton Rohmer. Role of States in Recovery Video Training Guide. March, 2016. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Department of Homeland Security, Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence.
    • Smith, Gavin, Sabbag, Lea, and Rohmer, Ashton. A Comparative Analysis of the Roles Governors Play in Disaster Recovery. 2018. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy.
    • Smith, Gavin. The Role of States in Disaster Recovery: An Analysis of Engagement, Collaboration, Leadership, and Capacity Building. 2017.  In Building Community Resilience to Disasters: The Handbook of Planning for Disaster Resilience, Routledge Press.
    • Smith, Gavin. Pre- and Post-Disaster Conditions, their Implications, and the Role of Planning for Housing Recovery.  2017.  In Coming Home After Disaster: Multiple Dimensions of Housing Recovery, Eds. Ann-Margaret Esnard and Alka Sapat.  Boca Raton, Florida” CRC Press.
    • Smith, Gavin, Amanda Martin and Dennis Wenger. Disaster Recovery in an Era of Climate Change: The Unrealized Promise of Institutional Resilience. 2017.  In Handbook of Disaster Research, Second Edition, Eds. Havidan Rodriguez, Joseph Trainor and William Donner. New York: Springer. (accepted/submitted)
    • Smith, Gavin.  2016.  Remembrances of the Past, Concerns for the Future, and the Potential Resilience of a Small Coastal Town. Southern Cultures. Summer: 64-87. DOI: 10.1353/scu.2016.0022

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Coastal Hazards Center (2008-2015)

  • Coastal Hazards Modeling (ADCIRC) – This modeling suite is the next generation of coastal hazard models for predicting coastal flooding. The models couple rain and wind forecasts with hydrologic, storm surge, and wave models to provide holistic coastal flooding predictions. (UNC-Chapel Hill)
  • Disaster Response Intelligent System (DRIS) – A GIS-based situational awareness system for regional and national disaster response and recovery that is scalable to the regional, state, county and local levels. DRIS integrates several tools including: Hurricane Storm Surge Model (SLOSH); Chemical Plume Model (ALOHA); At-Risk Population Model; WebEOC, Live Weather, Earthquake, Traffic Feeds; and Virtual USA Library Tool. (Jackson State University)
  • In-Situ Evaluation of Scour Probe (ISEP) – Technology that allows in-field measurement of the scour potential of soil without having to excavate or send samples to a lab. This facilitates rapid assessment of the stability of hydraulic structures, including levees and bridges, after a disaster. (UNC-Chapel Hill)
  • MUNICIPAL – Post Disaster Infrastructure Decision Support Tool – A decision support tool that includes modeling capabilities, optimization software and GIS software. It allows users to visualize critical infrastructure systems and their interdependencies; visually assess the damage to these systems caused by an extreme event; and make mitigation, response, and recovery decisions that help ensure community resiliency. (UNC-Chapel Hill)
  • Beyond the Basics – Website covering best practices in local mitigation planning, at http://mitigationguide.org. (UNC-Chapel Hill)
  • Hazard Mitigation Plan Quality Performance Indicators – Tool to evaluate the quality of hazard mitigation plans, consisting of a set of performance indicators and procedures for applying these indicators. (UNC-Chapel Hill)
  • Youth Coping Response Inventory (Y-CRI) – A psychometrically sound measure of psychological recovery in children and adolescents following coastal disasters. (UNC-Chapel Hill).
  • Disaster Recovery Tracking Tool – Measures and monitors changes in habitability, the environment, the economy, and geography that result from hurricanes and other disasters. Information is available at http://coastalhazardscenter.org/transition-projects. (Texas A&M University)
  • Resilience of Earthen Flood Protection Structures – An enhanced model for the engineering community to evaluate functionality and resilience of earthen structures, such as levees and dams, under severe storm conditions. Information is available at http://coastalhazardscenter.org/transition-projects.

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