Old news resurfaces in the College of Sciences

It recently surfaced on the COS website that Dr. Fernando Rivera was awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture. I had pervious written a story in the Central Florida Future regarding the study and how Rivera and his team hope to reduce chaos during national disasters throughout the Central Florida region. 

Have you kept yourself prepared for Hurricane Season?

Several tropical storms travel through Florida each year. Those storms leave many people wondering how the results can be avoided, or cause less damage.

After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, it was made apparent to many researchers, specifically UCF faculty members Naim Kapucu, Christopher Hawkins and Fernando Rivera, that something had to be done.

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture funded UCF $387,556 to help aid rural communities throughout the Central Florida region prepare, respond and recover from natural disasters.

Follow link to read more.

http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/research-group-examines-disaster-relief-1.2357037