HARVEY-RELATED ACTIVITIES
HARVEY-RELATED ACTIVITIES
HARVEY-RELATED ACTIVITIES
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the next five days the storm devastated the Texas coast, dropping over 36 inches of rain over 2500 sq mi area and causing unprecedented levels of damage. Harvey is likely the costliest storm in U.S. history, exceeding Hurricane Katrina. Life-threatening flooding in the City of Houston and surrounding areas caught the world’s attention.
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the next five days the storm devastated the Texas coast, dropping over 36 inches of rain over 2500 sq mi area and causing unprecedented levels of damage. Harvey is likely the costliest storm in U.S. history, exceeding Hurricane Katrina. Life-threatening flooding in the City of Houston and surrounding areas caught the world’s attention.
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the next five days the storm devastated the Texas coast, dropping over 36 inches of rain over 2500 sq mi area and causing unprecedented levels of damage. Harvey is likely the costliest storm in U.S. history, exceeding Hurricane Katrina. Life-threatening flooding in the City of Houston and surrounding areas caught the world’s attention.
Severe Storm Prediction, Education, & Evacuation from Disasters Center
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
The SSPEED Center is committed to equipping and educating a disaster-trained workforce. Our partnerships are designed to expose high school and university students to our research center's work to protect the Gulf Coast from the impacts of severe storms. Read more below.
Study Abroad 2019
Rice & LSU Engineering Students Study in the Netherlands & England
Rice & LSU will partner this summer in a jointly led Study Abroad Program in Rotterdam and London. Students with interests in water management, environmental protection, and global sustainability will experience two key locations as it pertains to Civil and Environmental Engineering: the Dutch coastal water management system and London’s urban water management and sustainability initiatives.
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The SSPEED Center teamed up with the Young Owls Leadership Program (YOLP) at Rice to engage with nearly 60 local high school students through a lecture on the impact of Hurricane Harvey on Houston and why we need a disaster-trained workforce. After the lecture, the SSPEED Center taught the students about engineering principles through hands-on projects with water rockets and a bridge building activity. Learn more.
NSF-PIRE 2019
SSPEED Students to Research in Netherlands
National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) is a research and education program on coastal Flood Risk Reduction (FRRP) between the U.S. and the Netherlands. This international collaboration suppors excellence in research and learning across the engineering and management sciences, leading to new knowledge that will transform the way floods are dealt with in the U.S and around the world.
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