New $1.1M Grant: Restoring Basic Needs After Hurricanes, Disasters
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 11:28
in Mathematics & Economics
A new six-year, $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will allow researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate how different civil infrastructures within a city or county - such as roadways, water and power utilities, hospitals, banks, or law enforcement - interact with each other and with the natural environment after a disaster.