Cascading impacts analysis and recovery optimisation for the Canterbury Lifeline Utilities Group

  • September 3, 2024
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Over the past year, our team has been busy with a project for the Canterbury Lifeline Utilities Group, where we mapped out the potential natural hazard risks to our utility, council, and household infrastructure throughout Canterbury. We worked alongside IAM Consulting, Urban Intelligence, and Resilient Organisations to collect over 160 infrastructure datasets and 29 natural […]

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Kendrick Hardaway awarded Fulbright Research Grant in New Zealand

  • August 27, 2024
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A doctoral candidate from Purdue University, Kendrick Hardaway was awarded a 2023-2024 Fulbright US Graduate Award to work with the Civil Systems Research group. His research question: How can communities prepare for climate change uncertainty? “I am honored to receive a U.S. Fulbright Grant due to the program’s deep commitment to international collaboration,” Kendrick says. […]

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Tom Logan awarded Rutherford Discovery Fellowship

  • November 13, 2023
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The Royal Society Te Apārangi has announced that a 2023 Rutherford Discovery Fellowship will go to Dr Tom Logan from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC). Tom, a senior lecturer in Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, is the director of UC’s Cluster for Community and Urban Resilience (CURe) and president of the Australia NZ […]

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