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Simple retrofit may keep the lights on after an earthquakeBrittle power transformer bushings tend to fail during large earthquakes, but researchers have found a way to reduce downtime and repair costs through a simple, inexpensive fix.

Is Houston-area prepared for a major hurricane? A status update on projects seeking to mitigate impactHurricane Laura was another near-miss for the Houston region. Following Laura’s landfall in Louisiana, KPRC 2 checked on the status of several projects designed to help mitigate damage from a hurricane hitting our part of the Texas coast.

In Earthquake-Prone Regions, What Makes for a Resilient Home?, DesignSafe-CI – NHERI: A Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure

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The masters of natural disastersScientists are recreating extreme weather and natural disasters inside labs around the world. Their aim: to prepare for the next big catastrophes.

Researchers Use Shake-Table Testing to Improve Disaster RecoveryEarthquakes are a defining force of nature in areas like San Francisco, where it is often a question of when, not if, another will strike. Residents not

Shake, Rattle, and Roll - Risk and Resilience HubLooking to assist in disaster recovery, a team from Texas A&M has been examining how wood-framed building can be damaged during earthquakes. Working in a partnership with researchers from Japan’s Nagoya University, as part of […]

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NSF-funded research hub to enhance resilience in underrepresented coastal communitiesTexas A&M University researchers will lead a Focused Coastline and People Research Hub, funded by the National Science Foundation, to minimize the socio-economic impact of coastal hazards to historically underrepresented communities along the Northern Gulf Coast.

Research May Curb Economic Losses To Power Plants After EarthquakesTexas A&M researchers have shown that electrical transformer bushing systems reinforced with steel are more resistant to damage.

Work continues on online disaster recovery toolWork to help communities prepare for and recover from natural disasters can continue thanks to the renewal of a $20 million partnership from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Texas A&M researchers use shake-table testing to build better insights for disaster recoveryDr. Maria Koliou, a researcher with Texas A&M Engineering, is breaking new ground on understanding how urban wood-based structures sustain damage from earthquakes, and how to repair them more efficiently.

U.S.-Japan team to test resiliency of wooden structures during quakesResearchers at Texas A&M University, in partnership with researchers in Japan, are investigating the resiliency of wood structures to create more reliable and robust infrastructure to withstand extensive damage from strong earthquakes.

Researchers collaborate on testing seismic resiliency on world's largest shake table Researchers at Texas A&M University, in partnership with researchers in Japan, are investigating the resiliency of wood structures to create more reliable and robust infrastructure to withstand extensive damage from earthquakes.

Researchers work to automate damage assessment after natural disastersIn the aftermath of a natural disaster, helping people get back on their feet as quickly as possible is a high priority. Drs. Maria Koliou and Stephanie Paal are conducting new research to learn how communities both recover from natural disasters and withstand them.

Koliou awarded NSF grant for study on seismic resilience of wood frame building systemsDr. Maria Koliou, an assistant professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded a RAPID grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the seismic resilience of wood frame building systems and explore the efficiency of various seismic retrofit/repair solutions in enhancing urban community resilience.

Texas A&M professor advises Congress on windstorm issuesWalter Peacock, professor of urban planning in the department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning in the College of Architecture at Texas A&M served for about eight months on a

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