by TIPI Staff | Aug 28, 2022
Rural Libraries and Disasters Investigating resiliency in the digital environment Introduction This research investigates the situations, constraints and opportunities associated with smaller, rural libraries as they cope with disasters. Conceived in the wake of...
by TIPI Staff | Jul 21, 2022
Continuity after Disaster Project Overview Disasters are frequent in Texas, whether fire, hurricanes, floods, extreme weather, or COVID-19. They affect businesses both large and small, and highlight the vulnerabilities of infrastructural systems such as power, water,...
by TIPI Staff | Mar 8, 2022
Flood Resiliency Guide for Small Business Owners Welcome The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) latest Small Business Profile reports 3 million small businesses in Texas, making up 99.8% of Texas businesses. (These figures do not consider the effects of the...
by TIPI Staff | Feb 28, 2021
Understanding Flood Communication & Education in Texas Project Description Think about it… Did you ever learn how to protect yourself against flooding when you were growing up? Probably not, unless you grew up in a flood prone area. However, flood prone areas in...
by TIPI Staff | Feb 21, 2021
Travis County Community-Driven Wildfire Evacuation Drill Project Description Natural disasters are increasing, and communities prone to wildfires need to better understand how to prepare and evacuate before disaster strikes. Preparedness is an important issue because...
by TIPI Staff | Feb 20, 2021
Building Community Resilience with Human-AI Teaming Project Description Our National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded CIVIC project shows how we can train community members to work with expert systems in identifying COVID-19 and other disaster-related risks...
by TIPI Staff | Jan 30, 2018
Past Projects 2014 Austin Digital Inclusion SurveyA team of researchers under the supervision of professors Sharon Strover, Joseph Straubhaar, and Wenhong Chen are collaborating with the City of Austin to perform a survey that assesses digital inclusion among...
