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After Hurricane Milton, Get Ready for Mold
Flooded households may now be at risk of mold-related illnesses following this year's hurricanes in the American South
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RIDER faculty Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf receives NSF's early-career research fellowship
NSF awarded Dr. Ahmadisharaf for his demonstration of exceptional leadership and promise for contributions to the fields of offshore energy system safety, community health or environmental stewardship
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RIDER Member, Dr. Ren Moses, of FAMU, Secures $10 million from the USDOT for Transportation Research
Researchers from a consortium of six institutions led by the Florida A&M University have secured a five-year grant for $2 million per year from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to establish a new Tier One University Transportation Center (UTC) at the FAMU.
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Using New Inferential Models to Increase Traffic Safety in Urban Areas
Annual traffic fatalities reached 1.35 million in 2016 worldwide, and more than half of these are in crashes involving vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians and bicyclists. Most studies related to traffic fatalities use geographic information models and tools to assess events.
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EREF seeks landfill emissions measurement improvements
Foundation announces partnership with Florida State University to conduct emissions research.
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Researchers Develop Predictive Tool to Track When, Where and Why Blue-Green Algae Occur in Florida
Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering will soon be working with the state to find solutions. In a new study beginning in August 2022, scientists at the college will develop a quantitative method to predict where, when and why HABs like blue-green algae occur.
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Remote sensing research improves hurricane response
Researchers with the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering’s Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Response (RIDER) Center are investigating better ways to predict where road-clogging debris will be most severe after tropical cyclones.
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Solving Critical Transport Issues for Disaster Supplies
Is factory-in-a-box manufacturing better than conventional manufacturing when it comes to disaster response? It comes down to algorithms, engineering researchers say… The nature of a pandemic is to disrupt. A factory in Shanghai recently closed because of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.
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The garbage man: RIDER Professor develops methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from landfills
As an Executive Director of the RIDER Center and a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Dr. Tarek Abichou researches how to cut down the amount of methane from landfills and other sources.
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FAMU-FSU engineers tackle climate resilience with research | Sustainable Tallahassee
The jointly operated FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is home to the Center for Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Response (RIDER), a research center focused on helping vulnerable people withstand and recover from increasingly extreme natural and manmade threats.
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FSU researchers earn NSF grant to transform libraries into ‘Rural Resiliency Hubs’
Through a grant from the National Science Foundation, a multidisciplinary team of FSU researchers will collaborate with public librarians and community members in Calhoun County, Florida, to establish rural public libraries as Resiliency Hubs.
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After Hurricane Milton, Get Ready for Mold
Flooded households may now be at risk of mold-related illnesses following this year's hurricanes in the American South
Read more about Dr. Ahmadisharaf's research -
RIDER faculty Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf receives NSF's early-career research fellowship
NSF awarded Dr. Ahmadisharaf for his demonstration of exceptional leadership and promise for contributions to the fields of offshore energy system safety, community health or environmental stewardship
Read more