Welcome!
Welcome to the Wind Hazard Mitigation (WHAM) laboratory at Missouri University of Science and Technology! WHAM team has been conducting interdisciplinary research to enhance community resilience under a changing climate from different perspective. From the engineering perspective, they simulate different natural hazards (e.g., tornadoes, hurricanes, storm surge, and floods, etc.) numerically and experimentally and investigates their interactions with the built environment, and study vulnerability of the bult environment to natural hazards. By collaborating with other researchers nationwide, they are developing innovative approaches to mitigate the damage to mobile homes from tornadoes, developing a new communication infrastructure to improve risk communication, and develop a novel financial infrastructure to raise fund for implementing resilience infrastructure, and so on. Their research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Transportation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Australian Research Council.
Lab News
Congratulations Dr. Yan to Be Awarded a Development Grant by Taylor Geospatial Institute!
Dr. Grace Yan successfully hosted the Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Symposium (Wind Hazard): From Challenge to Opportunity
Congratulations to Dr. Grace Yan for receiving in annual Kummer Missouri S&T Ignition Grants! Marvelous job!
Congratulations to Dr. Grace Yan for winning the NFC Civic Innovation Challenge Stage 1 grant by leading a team of academic partners and 15 civic partners!
Congratulations to Dr. Grace Yan for being elected as the Chair of Board of Directors of NAAHDRI in September, 2021.
Heartbreaking Damage Survey of 2021 Midwest Tornado Outbreak! Read More>