Georgia Tech systems engineers are using computer models to help resource-poor nations improve distribution of breast milk and non-pharmaceutical interventions for malaria. They are also forecasting what health care services would be available in the event of natural disasters in Caribbean nations.
For the past several years, advancements in technologies have made it possible for virtual communities to provide increasing support to disaster preparedness and emergency response efforts.
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas are developing an emergency communications network that will maintain operation during natural disasters and provide critical warnings and geographic information to people affected by the disasters.
There are First Responders, and there are First Receivers. Both need a way to communicate with each other when they are expected to perform under unusual scenarios. Now they have it.
The Haiti Memory Project is working to make available to the public more than 100 firsthand accounts of the earthquake and its aftermath, as well as Haitians' thoughts on topics like politics, culture, medicine and religion.
Charles Greene, a professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Cornell University, is an expert on the protection of threatened marine ecosystems. Greene comments on the potential for ecological disaster posed by the 2,300 tons of fuel oil still aboard the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia.
Tulane University study of aid to Haiti finds that 36 percent of households in the directly affected area -- and 54 percent of those living in camps -- still have not recovered to their pre-earthquake levels almost two years after the disaster.
Leading up to the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 12, 2010, catastrophic earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince, humanitarian logistics expert Dr. Jose Holguín-Veras will talk about the mishaps, successes, and challenges of getting aid and donations to Haiti and into the hands of those in need.
Officials have “made overly optimistic evacuation time predictions that could have potentially devastating consequences," according to researchers.
A grant to the University of Washington from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation could pave the way for a system to provide a warning seconds to minutes in advance of a major offshore earthquake in the Northwest.
The 2011 edition of the AUTM Better World Report is a collection of stories about technologies that originated in academic research and were brought to the public through technology transfer.
Natural disasters made 2011 a loss-filled year. A UAB psychologist says plan ahead and don’t over commit.
Dr. Krzystof Kaniasty has done extensive research on how people cope and recover from natural and human-induced disasters. The key, he says, is community.
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate First Responder Communities of Practice Website is a vetted, professional networking, project collaboration, and resource-sharing platform for first responders and other personnel working in homeland security capacities. The site is focused on emergency response, preparedness, resiliency, planning, management, and homeland-security-related matters. Site members can network with others in their fields and areas of interest; join or start new communities to collaborate “virtually” with others through wikis, blogs, discussion boards, real-time chat, and internal Website e-mail; find and share resources and contacts; store and access documents; and stay connected through e-mail notification of site activities.
An international team of researchers will begin gathering in the Indian Ocean next month to study an atmospheric pattern that affects weather worldwide. The six-month field campaign, supported in part by NCAR, will help improve long-range weather forecasts and computer models of climate change.
Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate has a new tool available for rapidly rescuing those trapped beneath concrete.
Experts can discuss dangers after floodwaters recede.
RPI Professor Jose Holguín-Veras is the leading international authority on the topic of humanitarian logistics and disaster donations. From 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina, the Haiti earthquake of 2010, and the Tohoku quake and resulting nuclear crisis of March 2011, Holguín-Veras has visited these sites shortly after the disaster to take careful inventory of the relief policies, procedures, preparations, and infrastructure in place.
Coastal Ecologist Jim Fraser is available to provide a scientifically informed response to how to manage damage at the North Carolina Outer Banks following Hurricane Irene.
While the earthquake in Virginia and Hurricane Irene seemed to occur almost together, an IUP geoscientist says there is no connection between earthquakes and hurricanes.
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