A Texas A&M-led team is conducting is conducting research to better understand how urban residential wood-framed buildings are damaged from strong earthquakes at the world’s largest shake table in Japan to improve disaster recovery timetables.
TEES Eminent Professor Dr. Robert Skelton aims to answer four yet-unsolved needs for maintaining long-term life in space with his habitat project funded through NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts Program.
Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) researchers will partner on a $2 million NSF grant to examine how the dynamics of planning, policies, flood control infrastructures, and the social networks affect the capacity of urban communities to recover from major flooding.
Among the 11 teams to receive a U.S. Department of Energy award is a team from the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) led by Dr. Kate Davis.
An abandoned home is seen with the Detroit skyline in the background on September 5, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images) By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Highlights Globally, as of 2007, there were 370 large cities that had shrunk in population by at…
An Alamo cannon is loaded onto a platform at the Texas A&M Conservation Research Laboratory. (Mark Guerrero/Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications) By Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications Note for media: Photo assets are available for download on the Texas A&M University Photo Shelter page (password: Alamo). Please…
Waiting areas in hospitals and clinics designed with patients and their families in mind can be more soothing and hospitable. (Shutterstock) By Leonard L. Berry, Texas A&M University Mays Business School, and D. Kirk Hamilton, Texas A&M University College of Architecture, for The Conversation We spend much of our time…
By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture As La Grange, Texas recovers from post Hurricane Harvey flooding, residents and elected officials are considering Texas A&M student proposals that address the town’s infrastructure, housing and transportation needs. The plans, drafted by urban planning and landscape architecture students, respond to issues…