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.
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.
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.
The garbage man: RIDER Professor develops methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from landfills
As executive director of the RIDER Center and a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, he researches how to cut down the amount of methane from landfills and other sources.
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.
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.
