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Past Research Projects

Community Resilience to Technological Disasters: An Analysis of Risks, Preparedness, and Mitigation Duration: 2019–2022 Funding Agency: T3: Texas A&M Triads for Transformation (Project ID: 1450) Funding Amount: $30,000 PI: Lei Zou Co PIs: Qingsheng Wang, Michelle Meyer Abstract: Community resilience is the community’s ability to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and more successfully adapt to catastrophic…

Current Research Projects

Build Equitable Community Resilience in a Changing Climate by Integrating Multi-hazard Risk and Social Vulnerability Throughout Local Networks of Plans (Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship) Duration: 2023–2026 Funding Agency: National Academies’ Gulf Research Program Funding Amount: $76,000 PI: Siyu Yu…

HRRC Outreach and Engagement

HRRC researchers work with community partners to share evidence-based disaster management information in a variety of ways. If you would like to request an expert for an interview or speaking event, contact us at hrrc@arch.tamu.edu or 979-845-7813. See below for additional information. Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter HRRC Volume 1 HRRC Volume 2 HRRC Volume…

HRRC Research

The Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center conducts convergent research that integrates numerous academic disciplines while engaging with community partners on priority hazard and disaster challenges. As a leader in the field, the Center’s unique expertise is at the intersection of hazard risk and resilience within the built and social environments. Interdisciplinary Grants Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence; $20,000,000; funded…

Representative M.S. in Architecture Thesis Abstracts

2012 Tahseen Hussain – Dr. Xuemei Zhu Building Evaluation Tools to Assess the Usability of Primary Care Clinics Abstract: Primary care clinics play a vital role in the US healthcare system, providing preventative and cost-effective care. New trends in healthcare such as the development of the medical home model for care, the application of electronic medical records (EMRs), the effort to…

HRRC Education Efforts

The Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center is educating the next generation of hazard and disaster scholars. Through educational programs and research opportunities, we facilitate students’ professional and scholarly development. Environmental Hazard Management Certificate The Environmental Hazard Management graduate certificate program studies natural and technological hazards. Students who enroll in this program gain access to: Graduate-level training in…

HRRC Leadership, Fellows & Affiliates

Who we are The HRRC is a network of faculty, researchers, students, and staff interested in hazard and disaster issues. HRRC connects faculty across Texas A&M University who conduct research related to hazards and disasters through our faculty fellow program, with core faculty fellows who dedicate the majority of the research to hazard topics. We also have HRRC…

HRRC News & Events

Events 2025 NSF Wildfire Mitigation Workshop We’re Here Film Screening 2024 Camp DASH 2023 In-person Program in collaboration with Texas A&M University at Galveston 2022 E-Workshop Program In the News 2023 Extreme heat can be a death sentence in Texas prisons, September 28, 2023 Hurricane Idalia survivors can request disaster relief, but…

About the Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center

Texas A&M University’s Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HRRC) is an interdisciplinary research effort. Established in 1988, the HRRC was the first research center dedicated to vulnerability reduction and long-term recovery in the nation. Today, we are one of only two United Nations (UN-OCHA) Collaborative Centers in the world. We serve OCHA as a research and consultant agency with particular…

Heritage Matter Talks

“Preservation Beyond Brick and Mortar: Managing Changes in Recent Past Modern American Synagogues” Anat Geva, Ph.D. (Professor Emerita, Texas A&M University) Tuesday, February 23, 2021 | 5:30–6:30 p.m. Lecture Summary “Preserve my life, for I am holy.” Psalm 86:2 Numerous scholars (e.g., Jester 2014; Forty 2012; Prudon 2008) provide a detailed discussion on material conservation in preserving the recent…