Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Our research develops solutions that integrate engineering, social science, and economics to provide decision support for natural and human-made threats. We use advanced modeling to understand the impacts of disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and wildfires on infrastructure. Our models couple the performance of buildings, multi-modal transportation systems, and water and energy networks, examining their interdependencies and impacts on the social and economic institutions they support. We conduct large-scale experiments and simulations to inform risk-informed decision-making and strengthen community resilience.
