UW Research
Paros Center for Geohazards Research
Description
A center to understand and mitigate environmental and geologic hazards, with an emphasis on facilitating applications that deliver actionable information from novel and emerging sensing technologies.
Collaborators
Internal
- College of the Environment
- School of Oceanography
- Department of Earth and Space Sciences
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science
- Applied Physics Laboratory
- eScience
- Paul Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI)
- Natural Hazards Reconnaissance Facility
- Center for Disaster Resilient Communities
External
- Columbia University, University of Massachusetts, University of Oregon, and academic research centers
- NSF Centers – Cascadia Coasts and Coasts and Peoples (CoPes) Hub, Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT), Statewide California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
- Government – USGS, Washington State Geological Survey (DNR) and Emergency Management Division (Military Dept.), DOGAMI, NOAA PMEL, Navy
Funding
- Jerome M. Paros