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Disaster Response

Disaster Response section

The group also conducts path-breaking research on humanitarian logistics, an area of profound human impact, to determine the most effective ways to conduct post-disaster humanitarian logistics. The research on humanitarian logistics taps into the knowledge of social sciences to build more realistic mathematical models of humanitarian logistics. The transportation group has pioneered the multidisciplinary study of post-disaster humanitarian logistic operations and has: identified the key lessons learned from the response to the largest disasters of recent times; translated these lessons into actionable policy recommendations; and shared these suggestions with disaster response agencies. As part of the field work, this research group has conducted detailed analyses of the most prominent disasters of recent times, including Hurricane Katrina, the Port-au-Prince earthquake, the tornadoes in Joplin and Alabama, Hurricane Irene, and the Tohoku disasters in Japan.

Research Areas

Humanitarian Logistics

The transportation group also conducts path-breaking research on humanitarian logistics, an area of profound human impact, to determine the most effective ways to conduct post-disaster humanitarian logistics.

Emergency and Evacuation

This research area focuses on emergency and evacuation planning.

Special Events Planning

This research area focuses on the movement of people or goods during large-scale special events.

Disaster Response

  • Cyber Enabled Discovery System for Advanced Multidisciplinary Study of Humanitarian Logistics for Disaster Response
  • Remote Sensing Decision Support System for Optimal Access Restoration in Post Disaster Environments

Network Modeling

  • Cyber Enabled Discovery System for Advanced Multidisciplinary Study of Humanitarian Logistics for Disaster Response

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