Graduate school was not always part of Casie Venable’s (PhDCivEngr’20) plan. Growing up, she had family members in the construction industry and was surrounded by people who had both a passion and ...

In Louisiana, the main concern for several months out of the year is hurricanes, or more specifically, the wind and storm surge that accompany them. However, an overlooked aspect of these storms is ...

Ilham Siddiq survived the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami and is now using his firsthand disaster knowledge to evaluate the effectiveness of recovery policies. Siddiq, a civil ...

The American Society of Civil Engineers reviewed “The Blessings of Disaster: The Lessons That Catastrophes Teach Us and Why Our Future Depends on It,” a new book by Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished ...

Fighting a two-front battle is never an ideal arrangement, but it is something we must consider. After all, we will almost certainly face another natural disaster in the coming year, on top of the ...

University of Wyoming Professor Michael Barker took this photo of Ground Zero in New York City while on a mission of recovery there shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (Michael Barker) ...

Starting in the department of railway construction in 1920, HIT’s School of Civil Engineering (SCE) has come a long way to become a leader in high-performance structural engineering, multi-disaster ...

Review and Outlook: After paying $6 billion to Iran, how will Biden prevent future ransom grabs? Images: AP Composite: Mark Kelly Catastrophes remind us why government matters. In times of war, ...

Yes, the Versailles Wedding Hall Disaster took place in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 24, 2001. It is considered one of the worst civil engineering disasters in Israeli history, caused by the collapse of ...