2010 THC Conference

The second annual hurricane conference on education and research will be held on August 6, 2010 at the University Hilton, University of Houston, Houston, Texas. It will feature keynote speakers from local, state and federal agencies. Ongoing research and educational programs at various Universities in Texas and Gulf Coast region will be presented.

2009 THC Conference Proceedings

Final Program (pdf)

Part 1: Presentations

NUECES COUNTY CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM HURRICANES (pdf)
Author: Judge Samuel L. Neal

HURRICANE IKE, POWER SUPPLY AND HOUSTON’S WASTEWATER SYSTEM (pdf)
Author: Ravi Kaleyatodi

HURRICANE IKE, THE DAMAGES, AND ENTERGY’S RESPONSE (pdf)
Author: Vernon Pierce

HURRICANE FORECASTING (pdf)
Author: Mark Chambers

EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS RESPONSE AND RECOVERY (pdf)
Author: Tommy Horton, Andy Compton and Sam Rosania

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM HURRICANE (pdf)
Author: Jack Evins

HURRICANE IKE SURVEY ASSESSMENT AND DAMAGES (pdf)
Author: C. Vipulanandan and M. Liu

Part 2: Posters

TRAFFIC FLOW SIMULATION MODEL FOR NEIGHBOUR HURRICANE EVACUATION (pdf)
Author: J.DANISTAN AND C. VIPULANANDAN

IMPROVING ENTERPRIZE NETWORK PERFORMANCE DURING HURRICANE RECOVERY (pdf)
Author: KHALED KAMEL AND ALADDIN SLEEM

AN INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT OF MODELS USED TO PREDICT CHARACTERISTICS OF EMERGENCY EVACUATION (pdf)
Author:Carol Lewisand and Adams Boxill

MODELING THE POWER OUTAGE AFTER HURRICANE IKE (pdf)
Author: Wei Qiao and C.Vipulanandan

SUPPORTING TELEMEDICINE IN HURRICANE SHELTERS (pdf)
Author: Yuhua Chen, Lei Wang, Vikram Shete, Yiyong Zha, Charles Sou, Shilpa Joshi, Henry Orosco, Abdallah Abu-Rezeq, Ivan Labastida

EVIDENCE OF INCREASED HURRICANE FREQUENCY FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO BASIN OVER THE PAST 4000 YEARS (pdf)
Author: Davin J. Wallace and John B. Anderson

RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES AND UTILITY DAMAGES AFTER HURRICANE IKE (pdf)
Author:Meng Liu and C.Vipulanandan

MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE – CERAMIC NANOCOMPOSITES WITH ENHANCED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES (pdf)
Author:Michael.D.Clark and Ramanan Krishnamoorti

NANOPARTICLE EFFECTS ON PVDF CRYSTALLIZATION AND MORPHOLOGY (pdf)
Author: Mansour Abulbaki and Ramanan Krishnamoorti

CHARACTERIZATION OF THIN PIEZORESISTIVE SMART MATERIAL FOR HURRICANE APPLICATIONS (pdf)
Author:P.Prashanth and C.Vipulanandan

COMPARISON OF PRESSURES ON FLAT ROOF BUILDINGS
USING ASCE 7-05 AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION (pdf)
Author: Siva Vinay Moturi and C.Vipulanandan

WAVE FORCES ON COASTAL PROTECTION MODEL
SHUTTERS USED AGAINST STORM SURGE (pdf)
Author: Siva Vinay Moturi and C.Vipulanandan

HURRICANE AND ANNUAL TEMPERATURE TRENDS IN GALVESTON, TEXAS (pdf)
Author:Kalaiarasi Vembu and C.Vipulanandan