Newswise — Civil engineers improve houses against hurricanes (reported by AIP in April 2007)http://www.aip.org/dbis/stories/2007/17046.htmlDr. Robert C. StrohShimberg Center for Affordable Housing, University of FloridaGainesville, FL
Computer technology gets the word out faster from federal agencies during a disaster (reported by AIP in February 2007)http://www.aip.org/dbis/stories/2007/17023.html Eliot ChristianUSGSReston, VA
Engineers design nails to better resist natural disasters (reported by AIP in March 2007)http://www.aip.org/dbis/stories/2007/17033.html Todd LangstonDirector, Brand ManagementStanley Bostitch1 Briggs DriveEast Greenwich, RI 02818
Atmospheric scientists can now predict storm formation for airplane pilots (reported by AIP in November 2006)http://www.aip.org/dbis/stories/2006/15239.htmlJohn MecikalskiDepartment of Atmospheric SciencesUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville
Meteorologists, atmospheric scientists fly through storms to gather data (reported by AIP in May 2006)http://www.aip.org/dbis/stories/2006/15172.html National Hurricane Center11691 S.W. 17th StreetMiami, FL 33165-2149
Meteorologists say they've seen an increase in tornadoes coming from hurricanes. (Reported by AIP in June 2005) http://www.ivanhoe.com/science/story/2005/06/20si.html Joseph Schaefer contact Public Affairs Officer (PAO)Director, NOAA Storm Prediction Center Norman, Oklahoma
Keli Tarp (PAO)NOAA Weather PartnersNorman, OK 73069
A fleet of floating research instruments covers oceans and report back information for future forecasts. (Reported by AIP in January 2005)Dr. John Gould-- contact Public Affairs Officer (PAO)Scripps Institution of OceanographyArgo Project DirectorOceanographerMario Aguilera (PAO)
Otis BrownPhysicistRosenstiel SchoolUniversity of Miami4600 Rickenbacker Cswy Miami, FL 33149-1098
Research shows hurricanes stir up tiny plants that can clean up the Earth's atmosphere. (Reported by AIP in September 2004 http://www.aip.org/dbis/plankton.html)
Dr. Steven Babin, MD, PhD contact Public Affairs Officer (PAO)MeteorologistJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory11100 Johns Hopkins RdLaurel, MD 20723PAO: Helen WorthPublic AffairsJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab11100 Johns Hopkins RdLaurel, MD 20723
Dr. Russell L. Cuhel, Senior Scientist (PHD)Great Lakes WATER InstituteCenter for Great Lakes Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 600 E. Greenfield Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53204
A discovery about hurricanes and the 'hot towers' that fuel them may help forecasters make better hurricane intensity predictions. (reported by AIP in August 2004)
Owen Kelley -- contact Public Affairs Officer (PAO)MeteorologistGeorge Mason University/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jeffrey B. Halverson, PhD -- contact Public Affairs Officer (PAO)Research Associate Professor of GeographyJoint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET)University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch, Code 912Laboratory for AtmospheresNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
PAO: Cynthia M. O'CarrollPublic Affairs Officer/130NASA/Goddard Space Flight CenterEarth Science DirectorateBuilding 33 Room E105Greenbelt, MD 20771
A scale for hurricanes might help better forecast what kind of impact a storm will have when it hits land. (Reported by AIP in July 2004)
Robert S. Young, PhDGeologist Associate ProfessorWestern Carolina University Department of Geosciences Cullowhee NC 27823
David Bush, PhDGeologistState University of West GeorgiaCarrollton, GA 30118
Engineers have developed a highly resistant glass for homes in hurricane-prone areas. (Reported by AIP in June 2004)
Sanjeev Khanna contact Public Affairs Officer (PAO)University of Missouri-ColumbiaPAO: Jeff Neu
Ocean engineers at the University of Rhode Island created a computer program that can provide fast, accurate ocean-related data at a time of crisis. (Reported by AIP in July 2003)
Malcolm Spaulding Ocean EngineerUniv. of Rhode Island
Hurricanes churn up all kinds of things in the ocean that might help forecasters predict a storm's strength. (Reported by AIP in May 03)
Paul LyonPhysicistEG&G, Inc.Southampton, MA
Peter G. Black, PhDHurricane Research DivisionNOAA/AOML4301 Rickenbacker CswyMiami, FL 33149
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