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Florida |
Outline The WHIRL is dedicated to the study of the effects and impact of wind storms, including hurricanes, tornadoes, and thunderstorms, and other related meteorological hazards (e.g. flooding, and storm surges) on the natural environment and man-made structures. The laboratory involves a multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, and business experts, who take advantage of a geographic location in the heart of Florida Space Coast, to serve the needs of industry, government, and the public in wind hazard mitigation. ObjectivesThe three main objectives of the WHIRL are:
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USA - CHCMR, Missouri University of Science and Technology
USA - Center for Public Health Disaster Science, New York University
USA - Center for Natural Hazards Resilience, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)
USA-Global Resilience Institute, Northeastern University
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Outline Welcome to the Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC) at the University of Oklahoma! The ARRC is now more than 10 years old, and in that time has grown from a small group of energetic faculty and students into the largest academic radar program in the nation with well over 100 members. We focus on interdisciplinary education, leveraging a nationally ranked meteorology program and aggressively growing engineering departments. Our School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, for example, has moved up 25 spots in national rankings in just the last year, largely due to a significant growth in radar and applied electromagnetics. The ARRC resides in the state-of-the-art Radar Innovations Laboratory - a 35,000-sqft working laboratory dedicated to innovations in radar technology and science. With the complete support of the university administration, the ARRC is poised to become the go to place for all things radar! [detail] --> |
USA - CITE - Rensselaer
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Outline The Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment (CITE) is a national and international leader in research, education, outreach, and technology transfer in the areas of infrastructure, transportation, and their links to the environment. The Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment (CITE) is known generally for sustainable freight system and freight transportation planning research, as well as transportation planning, design and operations, modeling and simulation, disaster response logistics, traffic signal system control, and transportation-related behavioral research. The research can be organized into three focus areas: freight research, disaster response, and smart transportation systems. |
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Outline With 7,900 students and more than 100,000 living alumni, Rensselaer is addressing the global challenges facing the 21st century--to change lives, to advance society, and to change the world. At the same time, we continuously are reinventing Rensselaer, and strengthening our people, platforms, programs, and partnerships in order to anticipate the future and enable the brilliant men and women who learn and teach here. |
Los Angeles, CA |
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Outline The National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) was established in 2004 as the first university-based Center of Excellence (COE) funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Office of University Programs (OUP). CREATE is headquartered at the University of Southern California (USC) where it is jointly housed in the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Sol Price School of Public Policy. It has research affiliates at several other institutions, both in the U.S. and abroad. The Center contributes university-based research to make the United States more secure by taking a longer-term view of scientific innovations and breakthroughs and by developing the future intellectual leaders in homeland security. CREATE has also been very successful in transitioning and disseminating the results of its research to operational units of DHS and other stakeholders.
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USA-Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC), University of Southern California
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Los Angeles, CA |
Outline The Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC) was founded as a Science & Technology Center on February 1, 1991, with joint funding by the and the . SCEC graduated from the STC Program in 2002 and has since been funded as a stand-alone center under cooperative agreements with both agencies, and additional support from other agencies, private foundations, and public utilities. The SCEC community comprises one of the largest research collaborations in geoscience, with more than 1000 active participants on SCEC projects, more than half which participate in . SCEC is organized as a consortium of "", which commit sustained support, and a much larger set of "", which join through requests initiated by scientists who wish to participate in SCEC. SCEC's core research program is investigator-driven and open to anyone who is willing to submit a qualified project plan for peer review. The core resources are allocated through an annual planning process that involves input from the entire SCEC community, as well as counsel from an external and the sponsoring agencies. ²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ¹ÙÍø two-thirds of the SCEC science budget goes to students and early-career scientists engaged in investigator-initiated research. The roster changes constantly as new people and institutions become involved. The Center's working groups, workshops, field activities, and annual meeting enable scientists to work together over sustained periods, building "deep collaborations" and strong interpersonal networks that promote intellectual exchange and amplify the support for students and early-career scientists. SCEC encourages colleagues with creative ideas about earthquakes to formulate them as hypotheses that can be tested collectively. Researchers with new hypotheses are quickly brought together with experts who have observational insights, modeling skills, and knowledge of statistical testing methods. [detail] --> |
USA - HRRC, Texas A&M University
USA - WHIP-C-Texas Tech University
USA - Geologic Hazards Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
USA - Center for Coastal Studies, Virginia Tech
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Hanoi |
Outline Throughout its over 100 years of development, being aware of responsibilities toward global issues, VNU has affirmed its position as Vietnam's top comprehensive multi-disciplinary academic and research center of excellence based on international standards. With modern comprehensive higher education management, VNU has been striving to establish itself as a leading institution in Vietnam and in the region based on the philosophy "Excellent through Knowledge" and by promoting six core values: high quality, creativity, innovation, integration, responsibility to society, and sustainable development. An important task of VNU is to provide the country with high quality human resources to meet the developmental needs of the society, thus making important contributions to the progress of Vietnam and within this region and the world. VNU has created an impressive cultural community, a harmonious academic environment in which lecturers, scientists and students are working together in an open and friendly manner. |
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Bindura |
Outline Since its inception, the University is operating from the Public Service Training Centre, on a temporary basis, pending the construction of the Main Campus. This is being built on a 159 hectare plot about two kilometres from the town centre along the Bindura - Mount Darwin Road. The Faculty of Science stirves to bring empirically sound, disaster theory, measures and practices to bear on the real-world problems demanding disaster risk reduction, including the challenges of implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa. The Faculty of Science is committed to offering high quality programmes and strives to recruit and produce scholars in the field of Sciences. We are committed to helping our students gain excellent training that includes a strong foundation in the Sciences and the freedom to shape their own degree paths. The Faculty is also committed to contributing to the well-being of the society and the improvement of the quality of the environment through Science teaching, learning and research. It seeks to contribute to the advancement of multidisciplinary research that will enhance the development of the nation and the region at large and to provide an environment where quality teaching and research in Science can flourish. It endeavours to be a hub of knowledge and a beacon of excellence in the pursuance and creation of opportunities that render scientific service to the University and the surrounding communities. |