Virginia Tech business professor Chris Zobel is studying supply chains and how they will operate in disaster situations. Here is a press release from the university: Not-for-profit and government ...

Chad Beam provides the ins and outs of the implementation of GIS, advanced communication systems and predictive modeling to ensure that staffing, to whatever extent, is utilized most effectively. A ...

Research importance: Agencies want to simulate the impact of events that occur in one sector, such as the power grid, on other sectors, such as public water supplies or telecommunications networks.

When Hurricane Katrina barreled across the Gulf Coast in late August 2005, devastating New Orleans and the surrounding area, the trail of destruction meant one of the largest rebuilding efforts from a ...

Since 2017, our country has dealt with numerous unprecedented disasters, including a global pandemic. These catastrophes have had the positive effect of inspiring businesses to intensify their ...