People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) By Richard Nira and Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture As tens of thousands of Texans…
In this NASA handout image, Hurricane Harvey is photographed aboard the International Space Station as it intensified on its way toward the Texas coast on August 25, 2017. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images) By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture As Harvey’s record-setting rainfall inundated wide…
By Texas A&M University Environmental Health and Safety In accordance with the new System Regulation on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Texas A&M University has established a Supervising Authority to review and approve unmanned aerial system (UAS)/drone flights that occur on campus. These rules apply to faculty, staff,…
Marc St. Peter, left, and Chris Wisor lend a hand cleaning up as floodwaters from Hurricane Irma recede September 13, 2017 in Middleburg, Florida. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) By Christine Crudo Blackburn, Gerald W. Parker and Morten Wendelbo, Texas A&M University, for The Conversation Even as the floodwaters from Hurricanes Harvey…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOvHeFXSqPY By Chris Scoggins, Texas A&M University College of Engineering International fears of nuclear war were once concerns of the Cold War era, but geopolitical and international developments within the last century have placed countries like North Korea and Iran at the forefront of nuclear tensions and capabilities. As concerns…
In this handout provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, The Coast Guard assessed damage and offered search and rescue assisitance during an overflight from Port Aransas to Port O’Connor, Texas, August 26, 2017. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Johanna Strickland/U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images) By Keith Randall,…
By Leslie Lee, Texas A&M College of Geosciences While you read this, an unmanned Wave Glider surface vehicle is riding swells alone in the Gulf of Mexico, collecting critically needed post-Hurricane Harvey water quality data. Thanks to a Texas A&M University partnership with Liquid Robotics, the Wave Glider’s…
People stand in a flooded neighborhood as Texas moved toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey on September 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture City planning staff in Norfolk, Va., a coastal city of 243,000,…
An engineering research team that includes Dr. Shankar Chellam will address water scarcity issues by addressing filtration challenges. By Kristina Ballard, Texas A&M University College of Engineering By the year 2025 it is projected that nearly 2 billion people will live in areas of water scarcity. These projections…
By Rae Lynn Mitchell, Texas A&M University Health Science Center When people think of the oil and gas industry, typically public health is not the first thing that comes to their minds. However, this is an extremely important domain for public health researchers as S. Camille Peres, PhD,…