Graduate school was not always part of Casie Venable’s (PhDCivEngr’20) plan. Growing up, she had family members in the construction industry and was surrounded by people who had both a passion and ...

The American Society of Civil Engineers reviewed “The Blessings of Disaster: The Lessons That Catastrophes Teach Us and Why Our Future Depends on It,” a new book by Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished ...

In Louisiana, the main concern for several months out of the year is hurricanes, or more specifically, the wind and storm surge that accompany them. However, an overlooked aspect of these storms is ...

Ilham Siddiq survived the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami and is now using his firsthand disaster knowledge to evaluate the effectiveness of recovery policies. Siddiq, a civil ...

Fighting a two-front battle is never an ideal arrangement, but it is something we must consider. After all, we will almost certainly face another natural disaster in the coming year, on top of the ...

Starting in the department of railway construction in 1920, HIT’s School of Civil Engineering (SCE) has come a long way to become a leader in high-performance structural engineering, multi-disaster ...

Michel Bruneau, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, was featured in The Structural Engineer magazine, published by The Institution of ...

Phillip Cesena transferred to San Franciscquito Canyon in February 1928 to work as a ranch hand, mucking out stalls and exercising ranch animals. Phillip Cesena, 15, showing off his trick riding he ...

Yes, the Versailles Wedding Hall Disaster took place in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 24, 2001. It is considered one of the worst civil engineering disasters in Israeli history, caused by the collapse of ...

Review and Outlook: After paying $6 billion to Iran, how will Biden prevent future ransom grabs? Images: AP Composite: Mark Kelly Catastrophes remind us why government matters. In times of war, ...