Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Equitable pathways to community disaster resilience
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Academic Level: For most summer research programs, this is your upcoming status as of the fall. Always check with the individual program's website for details.Undergraduates - Junior
Undergraduates - Senior
Description: The overall goal of our research is to safeguard human and physical infrastructure against disasters. We use methods that center community needs and value local knowledge.
To achieve this goal, our team engages with community partners to investigate areas such as:
-Historical and current social inequities in infrastructure impacting resilience.
-Disaster planning and preparation.
-Rural and urban infrastructure challenges and solutions.
-Resilience of water, energy, and transportation systems.
With three universities involved (Kansas State University (KSU), University of Kansas (KU), and Wichita State University (WSU), our participants also leave with a more extensive professional network than other single-college summer programs. Participants will gain:
-$7,000 stipend
-Team-based research experience involving community engagement
-Professional skills, including how to communicate science effectively
-Data analytics and visualization skills
-Career and graduate school opportunities
-Lifelong friendships
Summer housing is provided (on or off-campus), and a meal plan is provided for eating on campus.
This REU program is funded by a Kansas NSF EPSCoR initiative, ARISE, which stands for adaptive and resilient infrastructures driven by social equity.
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Participating Institution(s):(Click an institution to see all programs it hosts or sponsors)Program Materials:This Program can be Described by:Academic Disciplines:
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Computer & Electrical Engineering
Computer Sciences
Operations Research
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences
STEM Fields
Transportation Systems
Urban Planning & Design
Keywords:
Collaborative Research
Computational Modeling
Data Science
Disaster Recovery
Diversity
Engineering Research
Inequality
Interdisciplinary
Risk Analysis
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This program is funded by:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
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