Part 1: Presentations
- Managing Storm Impacts at Port Houston Ship Berth
C. David Casebeer - Hurricane Forecasting
Bill Read - Emergency Management in Houston – Understanding the Unique Needs of Large Urban Areas in a Crisis
Michael Walter and Howard Hilliard - Long Term Recovery – Helping Texas Rebuild
Cynthia Hudson - Coastal Storm Damage Risk Management Reduction: Coastal Texas Project
Eduardo Irigoyen - Maintaining Consumer and Regulator Confidence in Drinking Water Following Natural Disasters – A Look Back at the City of Houston’s Response Before and After Hurricane Ike
Andrew Molly and Kira Smith - State of Texas Emergency Management Overview
W. Nim Kidd - Surge Suppression Achieved by Different Coastal Spine (Ike Dike) Alignments
Bruce A. Ebersole, Thomas W. Richardson and Robert W. Whalin - The Status of the Ike Dike/Coastal Spine
William Merrell, Leonard Waterworth, Samuel Brody, and Cherie Coffman - Lessons Learned from Disasters and New Technologies
C. Vipulanandan - Emergency Management in Houston Airports
Frank A. Ciaccio - Advanced Port Risk Management
Jaeyoung Cho, Maryam Hamidi, and Berna Eren Tokgoz - Drone-Aided Efficient Wireless Network Communication for Fast Recovery After Disasters
Seon Jin Kim and Gino J. Lim
Part 2: Posters
- Electrical Characterization of Alkali Silica Degradation in Concrete
N. Amani and C. Vipulanandan - Sensing of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Strand-Cement Interface Degradation Under Pull-out Testing Using Impedance Spectroscopy
A.A. El Kacimi El Hassani and C. Vipulanandan - Detecting the Quality of Oil-Contaminated Drinking Water and Efficiency of Oil Removal by Nano-fluid Using the Electrical Resistivity
V. K. Gattu and C. Vipulanandan - Risk Assessment of UAV-Aided Port Operations
A. Karakavuz, J. Cho, M. Hamidi and B. E. Tokgoz - Effect of Bentonite on the Shrinkage and Piezoresistive Behavior of Smart Cement
K. Mayooran and C. Vipulanandann - Comparing the Year 2017 Hurricane Predictions for Gulf of Mexico Coast and Texas
K. Mayooran and C. Vipulanandan - Resilience Metric Determination for the Electric Distribution Poles
Md. M. Alam, B. E. Tokgoz, M. Safa, and S. Hwang - Applying Electrical Impedance Technique for Structural Health Monitoring
G. P. Panda and C. Vipulanandan - Comparison of Desalination between Traditional Three Chamber Microbial Desalination Cell and Two Chamber Microbial Desalination Cell
S. Pokharel and C. Vipulanandan - Effect of Nano Iron Oxide Particles on the Electrical Resistivity and Rheological Properties of Smart Spacer Fluid under Varying Temperatures
M. Sai Anudeep Reddy and C Vipulanandan - Effect of Oil Contamination on the Electrical Resistivity and Rheological Properties of Smart Spacer Fluid
M. Sai Anudeep Reddy and C. Vipulanandan