IN THIS MODULE YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT:
- What is the meaning of resilient built environment and infrastructure while facing a disaster?
- How could we design highly resilient structures?
- How do we protect existing structures?
- How can we mitigate the effects of climate change in structures?
- What is structural design and how to impart a desired character to the resultant structural entity in terms of safety and serviceability?
- What are networks and how do we design resilient networks in a city?
INSTRUCTOR FOR THIS MODULE:
LANDOLF RHODE-BARBARIGOS, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Miami’s College of Engineering, Email: LXR382@MIAMI.EDU, phone: (305) 284-3489
Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Miami’s College of Engineering. He is an expert in structural morphology, which investigates the relationship between structures, as well as their form, function, material and forces. He focuses on lightweight structures, such as tensegrity systems, as well as coastal applications, including eco-friendly solutions for shoreline protection.
LECTURE
READING ASSIGNMENT
- Reading a- Structures and Networks- Auld, HE (2008b) Adaptation by design: The impact of changing climate on infrastructure. Journal of Public Works and Infrastructure 3: 276���288
- Reading b- Structures and Networks- Spalding MD Ruffo S Lacambra C et al. The role of ecosystems in coastal protection: adapting to climate change and coastal hazards. Ocean Coast Manage. 2014; 90: 50-57
- Reading c- Structures and Networks- Schoonees, T., Gijón Mancheño, A., Scheres, B. et al. Hard Structures for Coastal Protection, Towards Greener Designs. Estuaries and Coasts 42, 1709–1729 (2019)
- Reading d- Structures and Networks- Barabási AL, Bonabeau E. Scale-free networks. Scientific American. 2003; 288(5):60-9
- Reading e- Structures and Network- Havlin, S., Kenett, D.Y., Ben-Jacob, E. et al. Challenges in network science: Applications to infrastructures, climate, social systems and economics. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 214, 273–293 (2012).
CRITICAL THINKING ASSIGNMENT
PROBLEM STATEMENT: What engineering measures can we introduce to increase the climate resilience and resistance of structures and infrastructure networks that compose coastal cities like Miami? Identify critical parameters, grand challenges, and strategies for the implementation of such solutions using Little River as a case study.
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