SPARC | DRR

Introduction

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) group at SPARC laboratory was established by Dr.Hastak in 2006. The DRR group at SPARC is involved in various areas of research such as impact of disasters on critical infrastructure (including civil, civic, social, financial, environment and education) in terms of loss in service, vulnerability, severity and the capacities required to make a community more resilient.
Within this context, DRR group is working on protection of critical infrastructure, enhancing resilience of a community, assessing social and economic impacts on communities and industries, capacity building of communities for expediting recovery, effective debris removal management system, sustainability issues in drought conditions and disaster finance and policy issues.

Research Keywords

Disaster recovery, Policy & Insurance, Debris, Disaster impact Assessment, Capacity building, Critical infrastructure management, Housing construction, Resilience, Criticality, Sustainability, Vulnerability, interdependent infrastructural system

DRR Members

Name	Status	Working Area	Email
Saumyang Patel	Ph.D.	Disaster insurance & Infrastructure policy	smpatel@purdue.edu
Kyubyung Kang	Ph.D.	Supply chain resilience corresponding to critical infrastructure impacted by natural disasters	kyukang@purdue.edu
Sayanti Mukhopadhyay	Ph.D.	Power grid resilience, Economic analysis, Strategic Decision Making related to Resilience Investments	mukhopa0@purdue.edu
Jooho Kim	Ph.D.	Disaster Debris/waste management including a design of temporary debris/waste management site	joohoya@gmail.com
Juyeong Choi	Ph.D.	Stress-strain capacity analysis for a post-disaster infrastructure system	Choi2817@purdue.edu

DRR Alumni

Name	Status	Research Title / Area	Email
Eun Ho Oh	M.S., (2008)	Identification of the impact of critical infrastructure on associated industries: analysis of a flood disaster event	ohe@purdue.edu
Eun Ho Oh	Ph.D., (2010)	Severity Of Social And Economic Impact Due To Flood Damaged Critical Infrastructure On Associated Communities And Industries	adeshmuk@purdue.edu
Abhijeet Deshmukh	M.S., (2010)	Identification of the impact of critical infrastructure on associated industries: analysis of a flood disaster event	ohe@purdue.edu
Saumyang Patel	M.S., (2010)	200 Manufactured Houses in 30 Days after Disaster	smpatel@purdue.edu
Akanksha Sinha	M.S., (2012)	A holistic framework for capacity building to achieve sustainable water management system in arid and semi-arid lands of Africa	sinhaa@purdue.edu
Abhijeet Deshmukh	Ph.D., (2016)	Disaster impact Assessment	adeshmuk@purdue.edu

Journal Publication


Choi, J., Deshmukh, A., and Hastak, M. (2016). “Increase in Stress on Infrastructure Facilities due to Natural Disasters.” International Journal of Urban Sciences
Mukhopadhyay, S., Halligan, J. and Hastak, M. (2016). “Assessment of major causes: Nuclear power plant disasters since 1950”, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment(Under review)
Oh, E. H., Deshmukh, A., and Hastak, M. (2013). “Criticality Assessment of Lifeline Infrastructure for Enhancing Disaster Response” Nat. Hazards Review, vol.14(2), page 98-107.	Download
Patel, S. and Hastak, M. (2013) "A framework to construct post-disaster housing", International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. 4 Iss: 1, pp.95 - 114.	Download
Deshmukh, A., Oh, E. H., and Hastak, M. (2011). “Impact of Flood Damaged Critical Infrastructure on Communities and Industries” Built Environment Project and Asset Management (BEPAM), Vol. 1 Iss: 2, pp.156 - 175.	Download
Oh, E. H., Deshmukh, A., and Hastak, M. (2010). “Identification of the Impact of Critical Infrastructure on Associated Industries: Analysis of a Flood Disaster Event,” International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 25-49. 2010.
Deshmukh, A., Oh, E. H., and Hastak, M. (2010). “Application of Severity Assessment Tool (SAT) to 2008 Midwest Flood affected Areas”, Special Issue of the International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering: "Social and Economic Impacts of Flooding", Int. J. of Safety and Security Eng., Vol. 1, No. 2 (2011) 147–161.
Oh, E. H., Deshmukh, A., and Hastak, M. (2010). “Disaster impact analysis based on inter-relationship of critical infrastructure and associated industries: A winter flood disaster event.” International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 1(1), 25–49.	Download

Conference Publication


Mukhopadhyay, S., and Hastak, M. (2016). “Sustainability in context of resilience enhancement and capacity building strategies”, 6th International Conference on Building Resilience, September 7th – 9th, 2016, Auckland, NZ
Mukhopadhyay, S., and Hastak, M. (2016). Risk of natural disasters on economic growth of a country: A random parameter panel-data analysis” 12th International Conference of International Institute for Infrastructure Resilience and Reconstruction (IIIRR), August 5th – 7th, Kandy, Sri Lanka (abstract accepted, paper submitted).
Choi, J., Kang, K., and Hastak, M. (2016). "Infrastructure Supply Chain Robustness to Disasters by Strain Capacity Design of Critical Infrastructure." 12th International Conference of International Institute for Infrastructure Resilience and Reconstruction (IIIRR), August 5th – 7th, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Kim, J., Yu, D., and Hastak, M. (2016). “Impacts of a collective action in a disaster-affected community to site a temporary debris management site.” 6th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2016, August 28 - September 1, 2016, Davos, Switzerland.
Mukhopadhyay, S., and Hastak, M. (2015). “Public utility commissions to foster resilience investment in power grid infrastructure.” Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (in press).
Deshmukh, A. and Hastak, M. (2014). "Ex-Ante Infrastructure Capacity Building for Improving Community Resilience to Natural Disasters." Proceedings of the First International Conference on Infrastructure Failures and Consequences (ICIFC), 16- 20 July 2014, Melbourne, Australia
Kim, J., Deshmukh, A., and Hastak, M. (2014)."Selecting a Temporary Debris Management Site for Effective Debris Removal.” Proc,. 10th International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Resilience and Reconstruction (I3R2), 20–22 May 2014, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, 214-218	Download
Mukhopadhyay, S., Haligan, J., and Hastak, M. (2014). “Compare and Contrast Major Nuclear Power Plant Disasters: Lessons Learned from the Past.”, Proc,. 10th International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Resilience and Reconstruction (I3R2), 20–22 May 2014, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, 163-169	Download
Kim, J., Deshmukh, A., and Hastak, M. (2013). "Effective debris management for a resilient community." The Seventh International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC-7), Honolulu, Hawaii, June 18-23 2013.	Download
Sinha, A., Patel, S., and Hastak, M. (2013). "Capacity Building to Achieve Sustainable Water Management System in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs)." Abstract Accepted in World Building Congress 2013, Brisbane, Australia, May 2013.	Download
Deshmukh, A. and Hastak, M. (2012). “A Framework for Enhancing Resilience of Community by Expediting Post Disaster Recovery”, Proceedings of the 8th International Institute for Infrastructure, Renewal and Reconstruction (IIIRR) conference, Kyumamoto, Japan, August 2012.	Download
Hastak, M., Yoon, Y., Deshmukh, A., and Patel, S. (2012). “Restoring and Improving Urban Infrastructure – A Grand Challenge for Civil Engineering”, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering conference, Ankara, Turkey, October 2012.	Download
Patel, S. and Hastak, M. (2012). "Risks for Financial Agencies in Providing Affordable Disaster Insurance to Developing Countries." Proceedings of International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC 2012), Davos, Switzerland, August 2012. (Conference presentation / Abstract only)	Download
Patel, S. and Hastak, M. (2012). "Sovereign Disaster Risk and Critical Infrastructure Management for Developing Countries." Keynote Speech to be Presented by Hastak, M. at The 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Built Environments (ICSBE 2012), Kandy, Sri Lanka, December 2012. (Speaker: Makarand Hastak / Abstract only)
Oh, E. H., Deshmukh, A., and Hastak, M. (2010). “Vulnerability Assessment of Critical Infrastructure, Associated Industries, and Communities during Extreme Events”, Proceedings of 2010 Construction Research Congress, Purdue University, Indiana, USA.	Download
Deshmukh, A., Oh, E. H., and Hastak, M. (2010). “Assessing Social and Economic Impact on Communities and Industries Due to Disaster Impacted Infrastructure: A Case Study of 2008 Midwest Flood in the US.” Proceedings of the 5th i-REC conference, July 15-20, 2010, Ahmadabad, India.
Deshmukh, A., Oh, E. H., and Hastak, M. (2010). “A Framework to Assess the Social and Economic Impacts on Communities and Industries due to Loss in Serviceability of Infrastructure Networks after Floods”, Risk Analysis VII & Brownfields V, pp 655, Proceedings of FRIAR, May 2010, Milan Italy.
Patel, S., Naderpajouh, N., and Hastak, M. (2010). "A Protocol to Construct Post-Disaster Homes in Short Time Span in the USA." Proceedings of 5th International i-REC Conference (Information and Research for Reconstruction), Ahmedabad, India, July 2010. (Conference presentation / Abstract only)	Download
Patel, S., and Hastak, M. (2010). "200 Houses in 30 Days after Disaster." Proceedings of International Institute for Infrastructure Renewal and Reconstruction (IIIRR), International Conference on Disaster Management, Honolulu, HI, USA, November 2010.
Oh, E. H., Deshmukh, A. and Hastak, M. (2009). "Risk Assessment of Critical Infrastructure in Disaster Preparedness and Response," Proceedings of the 16th Annual Canadian Construction Research Forum, August 9-11, 2009, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Oh, E. H., Deshmukh, A. and Hastak, M. (2009). "Infrastructure Risk Management in Preparedness of Extreme Events." Proceedings of the ICCEM/ICCPM Conference, May 27-30, 2009, Jeju, Korea.
Patel, S., Naderpajouh, N., and Hastak, M. (2009). "Post-Disaster Housing- A U.S. Perspective." International Symposium on Wenchuan Earthquake Reconstruction Efforts (ISWERE), Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, China, September 2009.
Hastak, M., Dietz, E., Oh, E.H. and Deshmukh A. (2009). “2008 Midwest Floods Impact Analysis on Critical Infrastructure, Associated Industries, and Communities”, Proceedings of 2009 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.	Download
Oh, E. H. and Hastak, M. (2008). "Impact Analysis of Natural Calamities on Infrastructure and Industries." Proceedings of 4th i-REC Conference, April 30-May 2, 2008, Christchurch, New Zealand

Keynote Presentation


“Post Disaster Capacity Needs for Improving Community Resilience.” Keynote Speaker at CONSTRUCT15. July 28-31, 2015, Perth, Australia.
“Optimal Capacity Needs for Community Resilience during Post Disaster Recovery.” Keynote Speaker at the Building Resilience Conference.” July 15-17, 2015, Newcastle, Australia.
“An Approach towards Expediting Post Disaster Community Recovery.” Invited Speaker at the International Conference on Disaster and Safety Management of Water Infrastructure for Safe Korea.” March 26, 2015, Daejon, South Korea.
“Enhancing Post Disaster Recovery by Optimal Infrastructure Capacity Building.” Keynote Speaker at the Professional Engineers: Challenges in Disaster Management Conference, Dec 18-19, 2014 at GITAM University campus, Visakhapatnam, India.
"Optimal Capacity Building - A Post Disaster Recovery Perspective." Invited Speaker at the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Dec 15, 2014, New Delhi, India.
"Ex-Ante Infrastructure Capacity Building for Improving Community Resilience to Natural Disasters." Invited Speaker at the 3rd National Symposium on Engineering Risk & Insurance Research, August 1-3, 2014, Yichang, China.
"Ex-Ante Infrastructure Capacity Building for Improving Community Resilience to Natural Disasters." Keynote Speaker at the First International Conference on Infrastructure Failures and Consequences (ICIFC), July 16-20, 2014, Melbourne, Australia
“Capacity Building and Resilience for Disaster Risk Reduction.” Invited Speaker at the Innovation in Construction Forum 2014, University of Alberta, June 4-5, 2014, Edmonton, Canada.
“Strategic Capacity Building for Making Communities more Resilient to Natural Hazards.” Invited Speaker at the Stellenbosch University, South Africa, May 7, 2014.
“Profitability and Risk in Construction,” Invited Lecture at Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, July 23, 2013.
“Planning of Multiyear Optimal Rehabilitation Strategies for Infrastructure,” Invited Lecture at the Korean Institute of Construction Technology (KICT), Seoul, Republic of Korea, July 23, 2013.
“Strategic Capacity Building for Making Communities more Resilient to Natural Hazards,” Invited Lecture at the Korean Institute of Construction Technology (KICT), Seoul, Republic of Korea, July 23, 2013.
“Infrastructure & Resource Planning Perspective to Make Communities More Resilient to Natural Hazards.” Invited Lecture at Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guizhou, China, July 15, 2013.
Kim, J., Deshmukh, A. and Hastak, M. (2013). "Effective debris management for a resilient community." The Seventh International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (ISEC7), Honolulu, Hawaii, June 18-23, 2013. – Speaker: Makarand Hastak.
Deshmukh, A and Hastak, M. (2012). “ A framework for enhancing resilience of community by expediting post disaster recovery”, at International Conference on Disaster Management, Kumamoto, Japan, August 2012. – Speaker: Makarand Hastak
Hastak, M., Yoon, Y., Deshmukh, A., and Patel, S. (2012). “Restoring and Improving Urban Infrastructure – A Grand Challenge for Civil Engineering”, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering conference, Ankara, Turkey, October-2012. – Speaker: Makarand Hastak
Patel, S. and Hastak, M. (2012). "Sovereign Disaster Risk and Critical Infrastructure Management for Developing Countries." at The 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Built Environments (ICSBE 2012), Kandy, Sri Lanka, December 2012. – Speaker: Makarand Hastak / Abstract only
Hastak, M. (2011). “ Impact Analysis of Natural Disasters on Critical Infrastructure, Associated industries, and Communities”, May 17th, 2011. – Speaker: Makarand Hastak

Poster Presentations


Kang, K., Park, H., and Hastak, M. (2016). “Criticality Analysis of Supportive Critical Infrastructure Considering Local Community’s Social and Economic Activities: A Case Study of 2010 Flood Event on Geumcheon-gu in Seoul”. US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC), Texas, USA., Aug 10-13, 2016
Choi, J., and Hastak, M. (2016). “Functional Stress-Strain Analysis of the Dynamic Operational Condition of Critical Infrastructure during Post-Disaster Recovery”. US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC), Texas, USA., Aug 10 -13, 2016.
Kim, J., Deshmukh, A. and Hastak, M. (2013). “Visualizing debris management system for a decision maker after natural hazards”. US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC), New Jersey, USA., Aug 8 -11, 2013.
Kim, J. (2012). "Geographical decision making tool for Temporary Debris Management”. US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC), Los Angeles, CA, USA., Aug 7-10, 2012.