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Researchers at the NSF-NHERI Wall of Wind at FIU are putting manufactured homes to the ultimate test—exposing them to hurricane-force winds to uncover vulnerabilities and identify ways to make affordable housing safer. Read the article: https://t.co/sNCOriKL8A
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Student Spotlight | Celebrating Excellence in Research!
Congratulations to our FIU student Ananda Squire on being selected as a Bill Anderson Fund (BAF) Fellow William Averette Anderson Fund for Hazard and Disaster Mitigation Education and Research!

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Educating about making homes more hurricane resilient with the Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami at the NSF-NHERI Wall of Wind at FIU.
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Research at the NSF-NHERI Wall of Wind at FIU introduces an advanced framework to more accurately recreate downburst-like winds in a laboratory testing. Explore the research: https://t.co/ia5aXvJfoI
Authors: Mohamed Eissa, Ph.D., and Amal Elawady, Ph.D.
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We Test to Understand. We Research to Protect.
At FIU's NSF-NHERI Wall of Wind, researchers are testing manufactured homes to better understand how they fail.
Discover how FIU research is helping advance safer, more resilient affordable housing: https://t.co/qpYPkxlcHi

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Research to Resilience: Innovative wind engineering to help make solar energy more hurricane-resilient at FIU's NSF NHERI Wall of Wind. Read more: https://t.co/LnMBGWqxUS

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Congratulations Dr. Kibria for receiving the Faculty Convocation Award which honors the accomplishments and contributions of FIU faculty. Dr. Kibria has done internationally recognized work in statistics during more than two decades at FIU.
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Another successful Wind Hazard and Infrastructure Performance Center (WHIP-C) held its Annual Industry Advisory Board Meeting recently in Washington, D.C.
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Pleasure to have two days of research with the Wind Hazards Infrastructure Performance Center (WHIP-C) led by @FIU_CEC with collaboration with the @NSF and presentations with universities across the country to determine future investments.

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FIU secures $15 million from the state of Florida for hurricane research facility | FIU News - Florida International University https://t.co/yRpFRAXHMT

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September and October are historically busy hurricane months. We need to finalize our hurricane plan for our family and home, including loved ones with special needs. And don’t forget including your pets in your hurricane plan.
FIU Emergency Mgmt.: https://t.co/S2GE3GYl0f
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While the hurricane season is quiet, make sure you have recent pictures or video of everything you own in all the rooms inside your home. Include a visual tour outside your home as well. Check that you have all your hurricane supplies. FIU EM: https://t.co/S2GE3GYl0f

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NOAA updated the forecast for this hurricane season and maintains its prediction for below-normal tropical activity: https://t.co/3rThq9Hu35
But that does not mean we should lower our preparedness. Now is the time to finalize our family hurricane plan. @NHERI_Network @FIU

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The NSF-NHERI Wall of Wind at FIU in Miami conducted research related to downbursts, which can be extreme and damaging wind events. The research was recently published: https://t.co/lKum0nSvCr
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Now Hiring: NHERI Wall of Wind Site Operations Manager at FIU in Miami: https://t.co/sAPC9Awr83
Help advance research that protects communities from future disasters.
Apply today: https://t.co/WjVBNrb81P
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Tropical Storm Bertha is approaching the Louisiana coast: https://t.co/Us6CYDirUG...
Do you live in a South Florida evacuation zone:
Miami-Dade: https://t.co/eOgjmHekkY...
Broward: https://t.co/s9bu8JZWgx
Check your hurricane supplies: https://t.co/S2GE3GYl0f
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Applications still open to test products designed to reduce the impacts of hurricanes and other extreme weather events at the NSF-NHERI Wall of Wind (WOW) at Florida International University (FIU).
Phase 1 applications are due August 1: https://t.co/wXJsUv3Kik
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NSF-NHERI Wall of Wind at FIU, with the NSF-NHERI Lehigh Experimental Facility, did strong wind research on tall buildings. Engineering Structures: “Real-time multi-directional aeroelastic hybrid simulation for tall building response under wind loading”: https://t.co/g9SOtO3ZJy

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It's hurricane season. Is your plan ready?
> Sign up for FIU Alert and verify your contact information: https://t.co/Mn2TEbWCoT
> Build your emergency supply kit: https://t.co/S2GE3GYl0f
Visit FIU Emergency Management for hurricane resources: https://t.co/7tpiRyJx4s
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It was a pleasure for EEI to be a part of the panel to provide hurricane information for the community.

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NSF-NHERI Wall of Wind research has been selected as an Editor’s Choice in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Journal of Structural Engineering.
Read the paper here: https://t.co/N02IWFV7Ev
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