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News
NTIRI Members awarded the U.S. Department of Labor Grant
NTIRI Director Dr. Shahandashti, members Dr. Roy and Dr. Yin, along with Dr. Balderama, have been awarded the U.S. Department of Labor grant administered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for FY 2025. NTIRI members will develop training and educational materials for resilience workers during debris removal and clean-up on hazard awareness, avoidance, and controls and inform workers of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Read More
NTIRI International Collaboration Spotlight
University of Innsbruck’s researcher and former visiting scholar at NTIRI, Dr. Hajibabaei, presented the collaborative research at EWRI 2021 USA and CCWI 2024 Italy
Dr. Mohsen Hajibabaei, former visiting scholar at NTIRI from the University of Innsbruck, presented collaborative research with NTIRI faculty at the EWRI 2021 conference in the United States and the CCWI 2024 conference in Italy. Read More
NTIRI Alumni Spotlight
NTIRI Alumni Dr. Kim joins Wayne State University as an Assistant Professor
NTIRI alumni Dr. Sooin Kim joined Wayne State University as an Assistant Professor after graduating from the University of Texas at Arlington. Alumni Dr. Kim contributed to several National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research project led by NTIRI’s members Dr. Shahandashti, Dr. Yasar, and Dr. Makhmalbaf.
NTIRI Student Highlight
Ph.D. Student Sushil Bhatta presented at ICTD 2024
NTIRI student Sushil Bhatta presented his work on enhancing physics-based predictive models for identifying rainfall-induced slope susceptibilities by incorporating the impact of land cover at the International Conference on Transportation and Development (ICTD) 2024.