Welcome to the North Texas Institute for Resilient Infrastructure, where innovation meets resilience for a stronger tomorrow. Explore our cutting-edge research, transformative projects, and community-driven solutions and education that shape the future of infrastructure resilience in North Texas and beyond.
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 Member Spotlight
Professor Karbhari delivered a keynote speech on resilient and sustainable design at Ecological Resilient & Sustainable Development Goal Integration Conference
Professor Vistapas Karbhari was invited to present a keynote lecture at CECT 2024 – Civil, Environment and Construction Technology: Ecological Resilient & Sustainable Development Goals Integration Conference organized by Graphic Era University in Dehradun, India. The focus of the presentation was on the perceived conflict and synergies between resilient and sustainable design and how these could be potentially addressed through the use of advanced composite materials as part of developing Intelligent Structural Systems.
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.