Coastal regions contain dense population centers, vital assets/infrastructure, and are ecologically invaluable. Yet, they are routinely threatened by extreme winds, storm surges, and intense rainfall from landfalling storm systems, frequently occurring simultaneously or sequentially and causing compounding or cascading impacts to the built environment. Climate change will exacerbate coastal hazards, and landscape changes as well as risky urban development practices may worsen hazard impacts. With the goal of improving the resilience of coastal communities, the Gori research group focuses on multi-hazard risk assessment under non-stationary climate and environment conditions. Our research falls into three main categories: 1) climate change impacts on storm climatology and hydrometeorological extremes, 2) probabilistic methods for high-resolution delineation of compound flood hazard, and 3) the interaction of coastal hazards, climate change, and the built environment.

 

News

• Oct. 2024 – Catherine Jackson joins the group as a PhD student. Catherine has a B.S. in CEVE from Rice University. Welcome!
• Sep. 2024 – We received funding from NSF to develop multi-modal AI systems for situational awareness during hurricanes (Avi is Co-PI)
• Sep. 2024 – Avi is interviewed by Spectrum News about integrating climate change into Texas state policy.
• Sep. 2024 – Yanmo Weng joins the group as a Postdoctoral Scholar. Yanmo has a PhD in CEVE from Texas A&M University and received a Rice University Academy Fellowship. Welcome and congratulations!
• Aug. 2024 – Dongwook Kim joins the group as a PhD student (co-advised with Dr. James Doss-Gollin). Dongwook has a B.S. and M.S. in CEVE from Hanyang University. Welcome!
• Aug. 2024 – Madison Guerinot joins the group as a PhD student. Madison has a B.S. in CEVE from Vanderbilt and a J.D. from University of Virginia. Welcome!
• Aug. 2024 – We received funding from the Ken Kennedy Institute to establish a Research Cluster on AI for Climate Risk and Resilience (AICRRR) (Avi is Co-PI)
• Jul. 2024 – Avi is interviewed by The Defender on Hurricane Beryl’s impacts in Houston.
• Jul. 2024 – Avi is interviewed by the Texas Tribune on extreme weather trends in Texas
• Mar. 2024 – Avi gives a seminar in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Texas A&M University
• Feb. 2024 – Avi gives a webinar on compound coastal risk for the Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events.
• Jan. 2024 – Avantika (Avi) Gori joins the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University as an Assistant Professor.