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
SSPEED Graduates (since 2015)
Dr. Katherine Anarde
Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2019
Thesis: Transformation & Morphological Impact of Low-Frequency Waves during Hurricane Attack
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Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Connie Do
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2019
​MS Thesis: Development of a Framework to Simulate Storm Surge-Induced Aboveground Storage Tank Spills
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Current Position: Graduate Engineer, Walter P Moore
Ferne Maulsby
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2019
​MS Thesis: Quantifying Risk Reduction of Flood Mitigation Measures for an Urban Watershed in Houston, Texas
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Current Position: Project Engineer, WGA Consulting Engineers
Avantika Gori
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2018
M.S. Thesis: Quantifying Impacts of Development on Floodplain Evolution and Projections of Future Flood Hazard: Applications to Harris County TX
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Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Princeton University
Dr. Ben Bass
Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2018
Ph.D. Thesis: Improvements to the Characterization of Tropical Cyclone Flood Risks with Advanced Statistical and Numerical Modeling Methods.
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Current Position: Water Resources Engineer, Woodard & Curran
John Nicholas Irza
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2017
M.S. Thesis: Addressing Uncertainty in Residential Damage Estimates from Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge with a Focus on Variability in Structure Elevations.
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Current Position: Water Engineer, Arcadis
Dr. Antonia Sebastian
Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, December 2016
Ph.D. Thesis: Quantifying Flood Hazard & Risk in Highly Urbanized Coastal Watersheds
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Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Andrew Juan
Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2016
Ph.D. Thesis: Evaluating the Hydrodynamic Performance of Green and Gray Infrastructure in Urban Watersheds for the Greater Houston Region
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Current Position: Research Scientist, Rice University
Dr. Jacob Torres
Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2016
Ph.D. Thesis: Novel Computational and Probabilistic Methods for Characterizing Joint Flood Hazards under Extreme Cyclone Events
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Current Position: Managing Partner and Principal, Torres & Associates, LLC
Mikaela Mahoney
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2016
M.S. Thesis: Future Water for Texas: Evaluating the efficacy of groundwater availability model in south central Texas by using actual pumping data from 2000-2014.
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Current Position: Hydraulic Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Christina Hughes
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2015
M.S. Thesis: Watershed-scale Distributed Hudrologic Modeling and Assessment of Low Impact Development Features in White Oak Bayou, Houston, TX
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Current Position: Water Resources Team Director, Walter P Moore