{"id":467,"date":"2008-02-06T11:07:32","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T17:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=467"},"modified":"2014-09-23T09:24:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:24:45","slug":"two-engineering-professors-awarded-nearly-4-million-in-homeland-security-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/two-engineering-professors-awarded-nearly-4-million-in-homeland-security-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Engineering Professors Awarded Nearly $4 Million in Homeland Security Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nOXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi engineering
\nprofessors have been awarded homeland security grants
\ntotaling nearly $4 million for studies on how to predict
\nflood damages and improve infrastructures demolished in
\nnatural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\nThe two awards are being administered by the U.S.
\nDepartment of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory
\nthrough the Southeast Region Research Initiative of the
\nU.S. Department of Homeland Security. The duration of each
\naward is three years.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nOne of the projects uses numerical computational models to
\nsimulate the probable destruction disastrous flooding would
\nhave on coastal cities and towns in the southeastern
\nregion. The research focuses primarily on the environmental
\nimpact of these simulated floods, such as water
\ncontamination and sediment transport.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\nThe second project involves four technical avenues to
\nimprove the integrity of levees and floodwalls in New
\nOrleans and surrounding areas. The resulting proposed
\nbetter-designed structures would be more resilient in the
\nevent of future hurricanes.
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n“This is yet another very strong showing by the School of
\nEngineering researchers,” said Kai-Fong Lee, UM engineering
\ndean. “With five proposals previously funded, the value and
\nimportance of their distinguished contributions to the
\nnational security technologies has again been recognized.”
\nLee said he envisions the establishment of a Research
\nCenter of Excellence for Homeland Security Technology on
\nthe Ole Miss campus. “Right now it’s just a vision in our
\nminds, but each proposal submitted by UM researchers that
\ngets funded brings us one step closer to that goal,” he
\nsaid. Project titles and amounts include:
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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  • “Development of An Integrated Simulation Tool for
    \nPredicting Disastrous Flooding, Water Contamination,
    \nSediment Transport and Their Impacts on Environment” for
    \n$1.8 million. Yafei Jia, associate director for basic
    \nresearch in the National Center for Computational
    \nHydroscience and Engineering, is the principal
    \ninvestigator.<\/li>\n

    <\/span><\/p>\n

    \n“The developed computational models will enhance regional
    \nresilience in the event of hazardous chemical spills
    \nresulting from floods caused by hurricanes and overflowing
    \nrivers,” Jia said. “Using numerical computational models
    \nand physical models we will be able to simulate these
    \nconditions and what is the best course of action to respond
    \nto them.”
    \n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \nThe project is to be conducted by a team of UM faculty and
    \nstudents and researchers at the University of South
    \nCarolina, Jia said. The computational model is to be
    \ndeveloped based on the latest technologies in the areas of
    \nnumerical analysis (the study of algorithms for problems of
    \ncontinuous mathematics), physical experiments conducted on
    \nsite, economic systems (how business and finance relate to
    \nliving conditions) and environmental projections (what
    \necological conditions can be anticipated in light of
    \ncurrent trends), he said.
    \n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

  • “Structural, Material, and Geotechnical Solutions to
    \nLevee and Floodwall Construction and Retrofitting” for $1.9
    \nmillion. Alexander H.D. Cheng, chair and professor of civil
    \nengineering, is the principal investigator.<\/li>\n

    <\/span><\/p>\n

    \n“This project addresses the application of a number of
    \ncreative ideas that can provide new design principles and
    \nretrofitting techniques to enhance the integrity and
    \nresiliency of levees and floodwalls in New Orleans areas,”
    \nCheng said. “We propose four interrelated technical avenues
    \nto address the vulnerability of the hurricane protection
    \nsystem and to improve the overall integrity and endurance
    \nof a reconstructed system.”
    \n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \nCheng said he and three other professors – Chung Song and
    \nAhmed Al-Ostaz of civil engineering, and Raju Mantena of
    \nmechanical engineering – a postdoctoral researcher and
    \nseveral graduate assistants will work together on the
    \nproject. There will also be a number of subcontractors,
    \nincluding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and
    \nDevelopment Center at Vicksburg.
    \n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \nMore than a decade ago, scientists in the NCCHE began
    \ndeveloping mathematical equations for modeling the flows of
    \nrivers, oceans and the connections between the two, earth
    \ntransported by rivers, changes in coastlines and shores
    \ncreated by nature, and water quality. Their software has
    \nbeen applied to assess the impacts of flooding, erosion and
    \nnavigation maintenance during storms, hurricanes or
    \ntyphoons. Since 2005, NCCHE has collaborated with the
    \nCoastal Inlets Research Program in the Coastal and
    \nHydraulics Laboratory and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    \nin the long-term research project.
    \n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \nDisaster preparation has been a longtime priority for UM’s
    \ncivil engineering faculty. Chris Mullen, associate
    \nprofessor, serves as principal investigator on the Disaster
    \nResistant University, or DRU, project. Both the Federal
    \nEmergency Management Agency and Mississippi Emergency
    \nManagement Agency approved the DRU plan last year. Terry
    \nPanhorst, assistant professor of geology, and Charles
    \nSwann, staff geologist at the Mississippi Mineral Resources
    \nInstitute, are co-investigators.
    \n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \nNatural hazards that threaten the university and
    \nsurrounding area include earthquakes, floods, lightning,
    \nhail, severe winter weather, tornadoes, wildfires and
    \nwindstorms.
    \n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \nFor more information about the National Center for
    \nComputational Hydroscience and Engineering, visit
    \n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n
    \nhttp:\/\/www.ncche.olemiss.edu<\/a>.
    \n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \nFor information about civil engineering, visit
    \n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n
    \nhttp:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/depts\/civil?eng<\/a>.
    \n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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