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
Avantika Gori
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2018
Thesis
Quantifying Impacts of Development on Floodplain Evolution and Projections of Future Flood Hazard: Applications to Harris County TX
Current Position
Ph.D. Student, Princeton University
Christina Hughes
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2015
Thesis
Watershed-scale Distributed Hydrologic Modeling and Assessment of Low Impact Development Features in White Oak Bayou, Houston, TX
Current Position
Senior Associate, Walter P Moore
Connie Do
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2019
Thesis
Development of a Framework to Simulate Storm Surge-Induced Aboveground Storage Tank Spills
Current Position
Graduate Engineer, Walter P Moore
Dr. Andrew Juan
Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2016
Thesis
Evaluating the Hydrodynamic Performance of Green and Gray Infrastructure in Urban Watersheds for the Greater Houston Region
Current Position
Research Scientist, Rice University
Dr. Antonia Sebastian
Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, December 2016
Thesis
Quantifying Flood Hazard & Risk in Highly Urbanized Coastal Watersheds
Current Position
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Ben Bass
Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2018
Thesis
Improvements to the Characterization of Tropical Cyclone Flood Risks with Advanced Statistical and Numerical Modeling Methods.
Current Position
Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California
Dr. Jacob Torres
Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2016
Thesis
Novel Computational and Probabilistic Methods for Characterizing Joint Flood Hazards under Extreme Cyclone Events
Current Position
Managing Partner and Principal, Torres & Associates, LLC
Dr. Katherine Anarde
Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2019
Thesis
Transformation & Morphological Impact of Low-Frequency Waves during Hurricane Attack
Current Position
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ferne Maulsby
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2019
Thesis
Quantifying Risk Reduction of Flood Mitigation Measures for an Urban Watershed in Houston, Texas
Current Position
Hydrology and Hydraulic EIT, WGA
John Nicholas Irza
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2017
Thesis
Addressing Uncertainty in Residential Damage Estimates from Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge with a Focus on Variability in Structure Elevations.
Current Position
Water Engineer, Arcadis
Meera Gadit
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2020
Thesis
Current Position
Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology
Mikaela Mahoney
M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University, May 2016
Thesis
Future Water for Texas: Evaluating the efficacy of groundwater availability model in south central Texas by using actual pumping data from 2000-2014.
Current Position
Hydraulic Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers