Research in this thrust develops tools to model, monitor, and respond to coastal hazards at the network level, going beyond traditional single-structure assessments. This includes condition monitoring, predictive modeling, hazard scenario planning, and decision-support tools for maintenance and disaster response. Together, these tools identify weak points where a single failure could cascade into system-wide collapse, enabling faster, better-informed recovery than conventional methods allow.
Addressing Infrastructure Durability in Response to Coastal Hazards
Coastal hazards rarely affect transportation assets in isolation. A single failure — a flooded roadway, a scoured bridge, a damaged pavement segment — can cascade into network-wide disruption, cutting off communities from hospitals, evacuation routes, and other critical facilities when they are needed most. Most models assess individual structures rather than how interconnected systems respond and recover as a whole.
Projects In This Thrust
Completed Projects
Active Projects
- Agent-Based Modeling for Assessment of Coastal Transportation Network Durability
- Analyzing Pre- and Post-Coastal Hazard Pavement Conditions to Optimize Response Strategies for Coastal Infrastructure Durability
- From Perception to Preparedness: Virtual Reality Simulations of Flooded Roadways in Coastal Communities
- Identification of Unprecedented Coastal Flooding Hotspots for Highway Network Durability
- Improving Post-Disaster Access to Critical Facilities for Coastal Communities
- Present and Future Hazard Scenario Database for Coastal Infrastructural Resilience and Maintenance Planning
- Resilience Based Decision Support System for Critical Transportation Corridors
- Use of Enhanced Visualization Technology to Assess the States of Coastal Transportation Infrastructure
- Using Stochastic Models to Evaluate Puerto Rico's Transportation Infrastructure Flooding Preparedness
- Vulnerability Assessment and Durability of Coastal Freight Networks