In RHIMAL, we integrate the physics-based structural modeling and testing methods with cross-disciplinary methods and tools, including but not limited to data analytics, ML, AI, and network science to address the challenges of enhancing the hazard resilience of the built infrastructure and infrastructure system with community-centered objectives.

DIRECTOR:

Gaby Ou, Assistant Professor of Civil and Coastal Engineering
School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment
University of Florida
460E Weil Hall
Gaby.Ou@essie.ufl.edu

Vision

Build a resilient human-infrastructural environment that satisfies a community’s core needs and values.

Mission

Understand the vulnerability of infrastructure and infrastructural systems to natural hazards through pushing the frontier of our knowledge in regional civil infrastructure performance simulation, estimation, and assessment during natural hazards.

Values

Passion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Excellence