The Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence—Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management
The Department of Homeland Security, Center of Excellence – Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management (DIEM) is funded through a Department of Homeland Security grant. This six year grant, which is renewed annually based on meeting established standards, funds the research, education and administration of center activities.
DIEM HOSTS NATURAL HAZARDS RESEARCH COLLOQUIA
With funding from the US Department of Homeland Security, DIEM hosted a series of natural hazards colloquia, the purpose of which was to gather expert scientists and practioners to identify gaps in our understanding of the physical characteristics of select natural hazards, and to determine a future research agenda in each field. The four colloquia held this far have covered Coastal Hazards (including high winds, storm surge, and flooding); Wildland-Urban Interface Fire; Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering; and Tsunami.
DIEM Contact:
For more information about the Center of Excellence - Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management (DIEM), please contact Program Manager Anna Schwab at akschwab@email.unc.edu / 919-962-0344; or Business Manager Barb Call at bcall@email.unc.edu / 919-962-0319.
Mailing Address:
Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540
Campus Box 7581
Chapel Hill, NC 27517-7581
Upcoming
Events:
Stephens Disaster Institute to Host National Evacuation Conference Feb. 3-5, 2010
Call for Abstracts: September 30, 2009
CWE2010: MAY 2010
COMPUTATIONAL WIND ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM
The Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering will be held in Chapel Hill, NC in May, 2010. The theme for CWE2010 is "CWE Applications for Homeland and Societal Security." Theme topics include natural and human-caused hazards and disasters; linking human health effects and property damage with CWE; simulation of meteorological phenomena; fires in buildings, cities and forests; use of CWE in developing wind energy systems and optimum siting; and much more.....
For more information and to register for CWE2010 click here.
Dissertation Funding Available
PERISHIP DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS in hazards, risk, and disasters.
2010 Deadline: February 1, 2010.
The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) and Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) has established a program that awards dissertation fellowships for work in all aspects of natural and human-made hazards, risk, and disasters in all disciplines.