2012 THC Conference Proceedings

Final Program

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