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RISE-UP Project Undergraduate Research Assistant Presents a Case Study Related to Coastal Erosion in Puerto Rico

  • October 28, 2019
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Taken from https://riseup.upr.edu/ Aimed at understanding natural processes and establishing a discussion forum for these issues, the Hemispheric Center for Cooperation in Research and Education in Engineering and Applied Science (CoHemis) of the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez (UPRM) sponsored its Seventeenth National Meeting of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems of Puerto Rico […]

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Students from Three UPR Campuses Collaborate to Identify and Evaluate Buildings That Are Potentially Seismically Vulnerable

  • October 23, 2019
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Taken from https://riseup.upr.edu/ As part of the activities of the interdisciplinary project Resilient Infrastructure and Sustainability Education – Undergraduate Program (RISE-UP), funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the students of the program attended the Rapid Visual Screening conference presented by Dr. Ricardo López, professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying at the […]

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RISE-UP Program Begins

  • August 19, 2019
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Taken from https://riseup.upr.edu/ As a memorable event for the University of Puerto Rico, a group of 30 students from the Mayagüez (UPRM), Río Piedras (UPRRP) and Ponce (UPRP) campuses met last Saturday, August 17, 2019 to begin what represents the first course of the Resilient Infrastructure and Sustainability Education – Undergraduate Program (RISE-UP) curricular sequence. […]

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RISE-UP Students Recognized for “Best Overall Student Poster” at ASEE=SE

  • March 10, 2019
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Taken from https://riseup.upr.edu/ The Civil Engineering and RISE-UP students Laura García Canto and Elmer Irizarry received the “Best Overall Student Poster” recognition at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) – Southeastern Section annual conference held March 8-9 in Auburn, Alabama. The poster is titled “Enhancing Student Preparedness through Experiential Learning: Lessons Learned from Assessing […]

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