Vishnu’s CEE Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Vishnu received the CEE Outstanding Graduate Student Award for her exceptional graduate studies. Congratulations, Vishnu!
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Our New Project Being Featured on WSU Insider
Our new NSF Project on wildfire-resilient power grid planning is featured on WSU Insider. Please find the link below:
Successful Completion of Abdel’s Dissertation Proposal
Abdel-Aziz Sanad passed his preliminary examination and will become a doctoral candidate from Summer 2025. Congratulations, Abdel!
Successful Completion of Vishnu’s PhD Defense
Congratulations to Dr. Vishnupriya Jonnalagadda, for completing her Ph.D. defense on “Advances in Uncertainty Analysis for Infrastructure Risk and Resilience Assessment.”
Safety Science Paper
Our paper, “Analyzing Wildfire Evacuation Dynamics with Agent-Based Modeling in Damaged Road Networks”, has been published in Safety Science. Please find the full paper in the link below: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2025.106835
New NSF Project
Dr. Lee has been awarded a new $1M research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lead a project on wildfire-resilient power grid infrastructure planning that incorporates the views and perspectives of communities. More details can be found here.
Fire Technology Paper
Our paper, “Understanding Evacuation Behavior During Wildfires: Exploring Key Factors Affecting Evacuee Behaviors and Developing Predictive Models for Decision-Making”, has been published in Fire Technology. Please find the full paper in the link below: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10694-024-01683-w
Abdel’s VCEA Student Excellence Award
Abdel was honored with the VCEA Student Excellence Award in recognition of his exceptional work as a teaching assistant. Congratulations, Abdel!
Vishnu’s Prestigious Awards
Vishnu has been honored with the prestigious 2024 WSU Chancellor’s Award for Leadership and the WSU Graduate School’s Worthy, DePauw and Wang Service Leadership Award, recognizing her exceptional leadership. Congratulations, Vishnu!
Natural Hazards Paper
Our paper, “Quantifying the Role of Insurance in Tornado-Impacted Community Recovery: A Survey and Simulation-Based Approach”, has been published in Natural Hazards. Please find the full paper in the link below: https://trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/78adc5b8-0507-425d-a80e-a6cd648b7734?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nonoa_20240313&utm_content=10.1007/s11069-024-06525-0