Collection

2014 Public Policy Colloquium

Authors

Pramod Khargonekar, National Science Foundation

Tagged Divisions

National Science Foundation

tissues and cells RoboticsInfrastructure Systems Fundamental research to enable design of resilient and sustainable infrastructure systems Historical approaches and successes  Earthquake resistant structures (e.g. base isolation, novel materials, improved building codes)  NEES – unique national facilities “at scale”  Integration of engineering and social sciences for infrastructure management and hazard mitigation  RAPIDs: Learning from real-world examples Looking forward  Protecting from multi-hazard threats and evolving trends (climate change, demographics, etc.)  Design of infrastructure systems as