College of Architecture Dean Jorge Vanegas begins immediately as the new head of the Texas A&M Institute for Sustainable Communities, a position he will hold in tandem with his deanship, which is scheduled to conclude in summer 2021.

CoSci professor Amir Behzadan is part of an N.S.F. project to create a job interview training system for vets, who often face biases when looking for civilian jobs.

Because fast-forming storms like Laura pose great risks to construction sites, CoSci prof Youngjib Ham is developing an automated site risk assessment procedure in a 50K National Science Foundation-funded study.

As Hurricane Laura’s march to the Gulf Coast continues, first responders tout an app created in part by COSC prof Amir Behzadan that provides flooding facts.

Ryan Ahn, a construction science prof, is developing a virtual reality training environment to reduce workers’ underestimation of job site hazards.

Urban planning prof Michelle Meyer considers crowdsourced natural disaster rescue and its impact on emergency management planning.

Construction science prof KC Choi is studying ways to improve road construction zone safety and efficiency with 224.6K in National Science Foundation funding.

John Nichols' tweaks to a model used to predict coronavirus fatality rates led to a narrower gap between predicted and actual coronavirus cases.

Professor Michelle Meyer investigates how private aid groups can help long-term, post-disaster housing recovery more effectively.