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VECTOR and UT study: Unscheduled lock closures cost inland waterway shipper supply chain more than $1 billion annually Lock & Dam 25, near Winfield, Missouri on the Upper Mississippi River, was built in 1939 Unscheduled lock closures create costly ripple effects across the shipper supply chain – adding more than… Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt University and Tennessee State University are conducting a study to explore use and efficiencies of our High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes. It has been reported that Tennessee HOV lanes have a violation rate of nearly 90%. Thus, the main goal of this study is to better understand… Read More

The National Waterways Foundation (NWF), in cooperation with the Maritime Administration (MARAD), have released a study — “The Impacts of Unscheduled Lock Outages”– examining the economic impacts of unscheduled lock outages that highlights economic benefits associated with reliable inland waterways navigation. The study was conducted by the Center for Transportation… Read More

New faculty: Daniel Work, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering by Heidi Hall | Oct. 26, 2017, 7:00 AM | Want more research news? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter » Daniel Work, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering (Joe Howell/Vanderbilt)… Read More

The Poynter Institute “Covering the Issues Ahead in Trump’s Second Year” was held on October 27, 2017 and  focused on educating and preparing journalists to deal with five key topics that are expected to be key issues next year.  Approximately 30 journalists from around the country were present to learn… Read More

Use the link below to listen to Professor Mark Abkowitz’s radio interview. He was featured on BYUradio Top of Mind with Julie Rose which originally aired on October 19th, 2017. Professor Abkowitz spoke on the timely subject of Rebuilding the Smart Way after Natural Disasters. https://www.byuradio.org/episode/c4175a80-7788-4098-9fea-dc35e7724704?playhead=63&autoplay=true… Read More

Use the link below to read Professor Camps remarks on the NCAR blog regarding Post-Disaster Learning: Bangladesh Could Provide U.S. with lesson in Graceful Failure. https://www.c3we.ucar.edu/post-disaster-learning-bangladesh-could-provide-us-lesson-graceful-failure… Read More

Jinzhu Yu was selected as a finalist in a Society for Risk Analysis student competition. The requirements for the final round is to put together a short video on his research. SRA’s EISG members will receive an email with all the finalists’ videos and they can vote for a winner. Read More

Dr. Baroud was selected by Provost Wente for The Data Science Visions Working Group. This group is made up of faculty from each of Vanderbilt’s schools and colleges to develop a vision for future university big data and data science initiatives. Congrats Hiba! to learn more please visit the following:… Read More

Amy has been selected to received the Southern Section-Air & Waste Management Association Scholarship. With this scholarship, Amy will receive $1,500 for the 2017-2018 academic year. Congratulations Amy!  … Read More