UB 2020 Strategic Strength on Extreme Events: Mitigation and Response
The UB 2020 Strategic Strength on Extreme Events concentrates on mitigation of and response to extreme events, which defines a field of multi-hazard research that is a natural extension of past UB activities and existing strengths.
It encompasses research activities at UB in earthquake engineering, terrorism-resistant construction, fire engineering, multi-hazard engineering, risk assessment, remote sensing, human performance in disaster situations, post-disaster response and recovery, exposure to chemical, biological and nuclear agents, GIS science, medicine, and many others.
It brings together experts from various departments at UB, and benefits from the availability of unique state-of-the-art experimental facilities, experience in national, federally-funded multi-campus and multidisciplinary engineering and social science research management, and a demonstrated capability to bring research results into practice in a speedy manner.
Products and Services
The Strategic Strength on Extreme Events opens up a considerable breath of opportunities for UB faculty members to collaborate. A Directory of Extreme Event Expertise provides contact information, research interests and a summary of recent relevant research. The directory can be browsed by name or department, searched by keyword, or viewed in its entirety.
Research on Extreme Events at UB
Building resilient metropolitan centers through effective research is critically important today for protection and recovery when disaster strikes. UB has significant research programs in mitigation and response to extreme events in geohazard studies, earthquake engineering research, biometrics, and geographic information service. This research ultimately works to improve our safety.
The UB 2020 website has detailed information on the process, plans and progress of this initiative and the UB 2020 initiative as a whole.
