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 Maddy worked with Professor Mark Abkowitz and Graduate Student  Leslie Marthaler-Gillespie. Her research project was Mapping Flooding Hazard Scenarios to Evaluate Community Resilience: A Case-Based Assessment of Dyer County, TN. Congratulations Maddy! To learn more about this program click here               Madeline Allen ’19… Read More

Five of VECTOR’s undergraduate students participated in the 2017 Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair Awards as part of the Undergraduate Research Program. This program allows each student to work for 10 weeks under the supervision of a School of Engineering faculty member. To learn more about this program click here… Read More

Watch the below video for Dr. Abkowitz’s expert comments on Hurricanes Harvey & Irma. Interview provided by Vanderbilt University New & Communication        … Read More

The SESYNC “Teaching Socio-Environmental Synthesis with Case Studies” was held July 24th, 2017 to July 28th, 2017. The Teaching Socio-Environmental Synthesis with Case Studies program aims to deepen collective understanding of the teaching and learning of relevant concepts and competencies, define and adapt the case study approach for use in… Read More

Measuring up US infrastructure against other countries   How does infrastructure in the U.S. compare to that of the rest of the world? It depends on who you ask. On the last two report cards from the American Society of Civil Engineers, U.S. infrastructure scored a D+. This year’s report urged… Read More

Dr. Craig Philip has been appointed as a member of the Certification by Eminence Committee. His three-year term begins in August 2017. Congrats Craig! Click here to learn more about Board Certification Through Eminence and the requirements Craig had to meet. Read More

VECTOR Graduate Student, Leah Dundon, has won a fully funded University of California Climate Action Champion Award. She will be participating in UC Santa Cruz’ Climate Engagement Program. Congratulations Leah! Click here to learn more about the Climate Engagement Program  … Read More

Janey Camp participated in the invitation only, 2-day NCAR Engineering for Climate Extremes Partnership workshop in Boulder, CO, in June with researchers and industry representatives from around the world discussing tools and data necessary to improve decision making under future climate projections. Workshop Theme: Pathways to Incorporate Weather and Climate… Read More

VECTOR was just awarded a $1.2M contract for 3 years with the US Army Corps of Engineers to look at inland navigation operations with considerations for extreme weather events and future climate changes led by Professor Janey Camp. Read More

Leah Dundon just returned from a invited visiting scholar experience at King’s College in London working with researchers there on climate change issues.  While in the area, she also presented at a conference in Glasgow  … Read More