As part of the 2021 RISE-UP summer undergraduate research experience course,students Luis Lamboy, Natalia Marrero, Sebastián Feliciano and Luz Bonilla, with thementorship of Dr. Luis E. Suárez, highlighted the importance of preserving historicalbuildings in Puerto Rico by repairing and rehabilitating them to withstand seismicactivity. The team developed a case study of the Ponce Massacre Museum […]

As part of the 2020 RISE-UP summer undergraduate research experience course,students Juan Hernández, Nildalice Berríos, Henry López and Dem Santiagohighlighted the seismic vulnerability of the deteriorated and aging schools in PuertoRico. The students with their mentor, Dr. Luis Daza, developed a case study of theElvira Vicente Middle School in Yauco, PR. The rehabilitation alternative was […]

As part of the 2021 RISE-UP summer undergraduate research experience course, students Alejandra Delgado, Gabriel Meléndez, Michael Ortíz, Juan Ponte, and Paula Stoddard, along with their mentor, Dr. Luis Daza, developed a case study titled “The deterioration of natural infrastructure on the coasts of Puerto Rico” using the beach “Caza y Pesca” in Arecibo, PR […]

As part of the 2020 RISE-UP summer undergraduate research experience course, students Alexander Cruz, Rubén Leoncio, Alexandra González and Javier Sierra, along with their mentor, Dr. Luis E. Suárez, analyzed the damages suffered in the housing of units 1 and 2 of the Costa Sur Power Plant Complex after the January 2020 earthquakes in Peñuelas, […]

Taken from https://riseup.upr.edu/ RISE-UP student Yesenia Rivera participated in the NOAA CESSRST Summer Bridge program in summer 2020. In order to study concentration changes after the COVID-19 shutdown in Puerto Rico, her research included a coast section from the municipalities of San Juan and Ponce. Remote sensing techniques were used to quantify levels of nitrogen dioxide […]

Taken from https://riseup.upr.edu/ RISE-UP students Laura Garcia Canto and Elmer Irizarry coauthored a paper that was presented at the 18th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education, and Technology. In the paper they discuss how they were able to use the training acquired in RISE-UP in a real-life, post-disaster situation. After the January 2020 earthquakes, they participated […]

Taken from https://riseup.upr.edu/ Rey Montalvo, RISE-UP Graduate Research Assistant, attended the 3rd annual Rio Grande Valley STEM Education Conference, where he presented the poster titled “Using Case Studies for Research and Teaching in Undergraduate Courses in Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure”. The poster presented the findings of implementing an interdisciplinary Project-Based Learning (PBL) method to generate possible […]