Part 1: Presentations
- Hurricane Risk Assessment for Coastal Louisiana and the Northern Gulf of Mexico: The Need for a Long-term Perspective
Author: Kam-biu Liu - TCEQ’s Role in Hurricanes
Author: Kelly W. Cook - Lesson’s Learned from the 2011 Joplin, MO and Alabama Tornadoes
Author: Sam Rosania - Tropical Cyclone Surface Wind and Wind-Driven Rain andTheir Effect on Human Perception and the Built Environment
Author: Forrest Masters - Trends in Coastal Hazards and Responses
Author: Thomas W. Richardson - Remote Sensing for Comprehensive Monitoring of Gulf Oil Spills
Author: Hyongki Lee - The Effect of Mangroves on Storm Surge Flooding
Author: Keqi Zhang - The Ike Dike: A Coastal Barrier Protecting the Houston/Galveston Region from Hurricane Storm Surge
Author: William Merrell - Coastal Protection Systems and Hurricane IKE Storm Surge Modeling Using ADCIRC
Author: C. Vipulanandan and Y. J. Ahossin Guezo - Housing Recovery and Resilience: Assessing the Constraints and Facilitators of Post-Disaster Housing Recovery in Vulnerable Coastal Communities
Author: Deanna Schmidt, Gavin Smith, Kathy Garland, Hank Hodde - Predictive Models for Evaluating Operational Performance of Hurricane Evacuation Strategies
Author: Praprut Songchitruksa - Blast Modeling and Design of Blast Resistant Structures
Author: Arun Parihara
Part 2: Posters
- Permeability of Polymer Modified Sulfate Contaminated CL Soil
Author: Ahmed S. Mohammed and C. Vipulanandan, THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Behavior of Grouted Sheet Pile Connection under Horizontal Static and Dynamic Wind Loading
Author: Aram M. Raheem, C. Vipulanandan and A. Ayoub THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Strength Behavior of Modified Soils
Author: A. Zerrouk and C. Vipulanandan THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Correlation between U.S. Gulf Coast Hurricanes and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) in the Caribbean Sea
Author: Dongmei Pan and C. Vipulanandan, THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Residential Damage Estimation in Harris County Using HAZUS-MH, THC Survey and Hurricane IKE Assessment
Author: Dongmei Pan and C. Vipulanandan, THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Comparing the Year 2012 Hurricane Predictions for Gulf Coast and Texas
Author: Dongmei Pan and C. Vipulanandan, THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Hurricane Storm Surge Simulation with ADCIRC: Case of Ike
Author: Y. J. Ahossin Guezo and C. Vipulanandan THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Failure Modes of Oil Well Cement During Service Life
Author: J. Liu, and C. Vipulanandan, THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Effects of Oil and Salt Water Spill on the Growth of A Fresh-Water Algae
Author: J. Liu, C. Vipulanandan, THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Reliable Traffic Routing and Scheduling During Evacuation
Author: Mukesh Rungta and Gino J. Lim, THC-IT (Industrial Eng.) University of Houston - Methodology for Rapid Repair of Damaged Pipeline after the Disaster
Author: Navid Salehi Najafabadi and C. Vipulanandan, THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Correlation between Hurricanes and Rainfalls in Galveston, Texas
Author: R. Saravanan and C. Vipulanandan, THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Failure of Offshore Rig Structures in Gulf of Mexico
Author: Shiva Sunder and C. Vipulanandan, THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Designing Piezoresistive Self-sensor for Disaster Monitoring
Author: S. Pakeetharan and C. Vipulanandan, THC-IT (Civil & Envir. Eng.) University of Houston - Application of LiDAR Data for Monitoring Coastal Change in Galveston
Author: Xiao Zhang and Craig Glennie, THC-IT (Geosensing) University of Houston - End-to-End QoS Provisioning in Hurricane Communication Using Packetized Optical Burst Switching Network
Author: Yiyong Zha and Yuhua Chen, THC-IT (Electrical Eng.) University of Houston