About: Overview
Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence - Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management (DIEM) is structured to conduct innovative research on natural hazards and disasters and disseminate the knowledge developed to hazard scholars and practitioners, community officials, individuals and other end-users. The Center achieves its mission through four research focus areas: 1) Coastal Hazard Modeling; 2) Engineering to Enhance the Resilience of the Built and Natural Environment; 3) Disaster Response and Social Resilience; and 4) Planning for Resilience (Figure 1). Core research is facilitated, advanced and disseminated through cross cutting programs in Advanced Information Systems and Education and by an active Advisory Board comprised of hazard scholars and practitioners. The Center is designed to combine the expertise and experience of a highly interdisciplinary group of hazards scholars, resulting in the development of a robust, sustained research agenda used to aid stakeholders affected by natural hazards and disasters.
