civil engineering | Resilient Infrastructure & Disaster Response Center

NSF COPE-RCN: Resilient Rural Infrastructure

(ICER-1940319, $426,376, 4/1/20-3/31/23)

Ozguven PI, Piekalkiewicz Co-PI, Tang Co-PI

This Research Coordination Network (RCN) explores how to achieve adaptive capacity and resilience for Gulf coastal communities and aims to foster a new understanding of the interactions among the key elements of community resilience in rural coastline areas.

NSF CMMI: Effect of Heterogeneous Terrain on Wind Loads on Buildings

(CMMI-1856205, $451,993, 08/15/19-08/31/22)

Jung PI, Liu Co-PI

In this research, wind tunnel testing will be conducted for different types of heterogeneous terrains. Analytical and computational tools will be developed to characterize the observed terrain effect. To obtain realistic terrain configurations, a database of actual terrains will be developed using terrain images and corresponding land usage classifications.