Joseph Wartman and Patricia Gallagher Receive NSF award for the REU Site: Engineering Cities

Joseph Wartman (PI) and Patricia Gallagher (Co-PI) were awarded a $395,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for the Research Experience for Undergraduate site "Engineering Cities." The multidisciplinary REU site will be led by the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, and include participation of faculty from other departments in COE, as well as the College of Arts and Sciences and the Lebow College of Business. The site will focus on research and education in five overlapping areas: (i) Analysis and Mitigation of Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards, (ii) Environmental Quality and Sustainability, (iii) Civil Infrastructure Assessment, (iv) Risk Analysis and Management, and (v) Application of Advanced Technologies for Urban Engineering.