Disaster Recovery Hazard Mitigation
Flood Risk Disaster Analytics
Flood Risk Disaster Analytics
2017-2022
Co-Principle Investigator, National Science Foundation
$3,000,000, PI: Robert Weiss, Co-PIs: Jennifer Irish, Margaret Cowell, Christopher Zobel, Guney Olgun, Debra Olsen
NRT: Disaster Resilience and Risk Management (DRRM): Creating quantitative decision making frameworks for multi-dimensional and multi-scale analysis of hazard impacts
2016 to 2017
Principle Investigator, Virginia Tech Global Forum for Urban and Regional Resilience, $1,5000, Co-PI: Christopher Zobel.
Quantifying Natural Disasters’ Impact on Neighborhood Transition
2015 to 2016
Co-Principle Investigator. Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements, $3,6000, PI: Patrick Roberts.
Building Urban Resilience: Flood and Climate Change Preparedness in U.S and Korean Cities
2010 to 2014
Principle Investigator. National Science Foundation
$ 123,051. CMMI-1029298. PIs: Robert Olshansky (University of Illinois, CMMI-1030332), Yu Xiao (Texas A&M, CMMI-1029805), Yan Song (University of North Carolina, CMMI-1030413).
Collaborative Proposal: Developing An Intergovernmental Management Framework For Sustainable Recovery Following Catastrophic Disasters
2014-2015
Principle Investigator. Ridenour Faculty Forum and Institute for Society, Culture and Environment
$20,000. Co-PIs: Margaret Cowell, Christopher Zobel, William Drake, Yuhong Li.
Fostering Community Resilience through Adaptive Learning in a Social Media Age.
2013-2015
Co-Principle Investigator. Institute for Society, Culture and Environment-Global Issues Initiative, $20,000. PI: Christopher Zobel, Co-PIs: Margaret Cowell, Guney Olgun, Robert Weiss.
Building a Common Language around the Dynamic Resilience of Coastal Communities.
2012-2013
Principle Investigator. Institute of Society, Culture and Environment
$17,272, Co-PIs: John Randolph, William Drake.
Developing a Policy Framework for Community Resilience Building after Disaster.
2014-2016
Co-Principle Investigator. Virginia Tech Graduate School
PI: Christopher Zobel, Co-PIs: Margaret Cowell, Guney Olgun, Robert Weiss.
Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program in Disaster Resilience and Risk Management (DRRM-IGEP).
2012
Principle Investigator. GeoEye Foundation, Remote Sensing Imagery Grant.
Co-PI: William Drake.
Using High-resolution Imagery to Assess Damage and Recovery following the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake.
2012
Principle Investigator. AdvanceVT, Mentoring Grant
$1,500.
2011-2013
Principle Investigator. Peking University-Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, Book Grant
$ 9,000.
Sustainable Urban Disaster Reduction and Hazards Mitigation: International Experiences.
2010 to 2011
Co-Principle Investigator. Virginia Sea Grant
$10,636. PI: John Randolph, Co-PIs: Ted Koebel, Tommi Godwin.
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies For Middle Peninsula Counties in the Virginia Coastal Community.
2009 to 2012
Principle Investigator. Lincoln Institute - Peking University Center for Urban Development and Land Policy
$ 12,000.
Planning and Rebuilding after Catastrophic Natural Disasters.
2008
Principle Investigator. Virginia Tech SCHEV Strategic Development Fund
$33,939.
Building a SPIA Geographic Information Systems Lab
2007 to 2009
Principle Investigator. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
$49,132.
Integrated Land Use Planning in China: Theory and a Demo Project.
2007 to 2009
Principle Investigator. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
$ 21,804.
Evaluating Urban Planning Policy in China.
2007 to 2008
Research subcontract. Mid America Earthquake Center
$3,500.
Post-disaster Population Dislocation Estimation.
2006 to 2008
Principle Investigator. University of Illinois Strategic Academic Initiatives Grant
$7,477.
A Survey of Public Domain Data for the State of Illinois.
2004 to 2005
Principle Investigator. Vice President Office’s Research Grant, Texas A&M University
$ 500.
Examining Human Settlements within Flood Zones in Brazos County, TX.