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Vanderbilt EWB Trip lead by Professor Janey Camp
Jan. 3, 2018—Use the link below for the Channel 5 interview about a Vanderbilt Engineers Without Borders trip, now underway to Guatemala, lead by Professor Janey Camp. This trip will focus on an assessment into communities in Guatemala to help meet some of their engineering needs and improve sanitation safety around the school grounds. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/vanderbilt-students-to-help-repair-school-in-guatemala
VECTOR Group Attends SRA 2017 Annual Meeting
Dec. 13, 2017— This years SRA annual meeting was held in Arlington, VA from December 10th-14th, 2017. The SRA Annual meeting provides opportunity to discuss all avenues of risk analysis with other risk enthusiasts. The theme of this years meeting is Risk Analysis: The Profession, The Practitioners, The Research. From...
Graduate Student Jinzhu Yu Wins 2017 SRA EISG Student Merit Competition
Dec. 11, 2017—Congrats Jinzhu on winning the student merit award! The Engineering and Infrastructure Specialty Group (EISG) requires that the finalists for the student merit award in EISG submit a YouTube video on their research. Jinzhu was one of three other finalist who submitted YouTube videos. Take a look at Jinzhu’s YouTube video below featuring his research....
VECTOR and UT study: Unscheduled lock closures cost inland waterway shipper supply chain more than $1 billion annually
Dec. 4, 2017—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 $1 billion in additional transportation...
Vanderbilt University Conducting Survey for HOV lane use
Nov. 30, 2017—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 and manage congestion along key...
National Waterways Foundation, In Cooperation with The Maritime Administration Releases Study on “The Impacts of Unscheduled Lock Outages”
Nov. 6, 2017—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 Research at the University of...
New Faculty: Daniel Work, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nov. 3, 2017—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) Daniel Work can’t think of a better place to research traffic issues than Nashville. He’s bringing his expertise...
Professor Janey Camp invited speaker of Poynter Institute Seminar
Oct. 30, 2017—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 about Cyber Security, Hate Crimes,...
Professor Mark Abkowitz was Interviewed by BYU Radio Top Of Mind With Julie Rose
Oct. 23, 2017—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
Professor Janey Camp contributions to the NCAR blog
Oct. 19, 2017—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