Monthly Archives: November 2021

To preserve resilience stories and document the infrastructure damage caused byHurricanes Irma and Maria and the 2020 earthquakes in Puerto Rico, the timelycollection of evidence is essential. A two-pronged approach strategy was developed,the first being the collection of data using tools such as case studies and the second arepository of information intended to keep records, […]

Two graduates of the first cohort of RISE-UP start graduate school and work asteaching assistants in RISE-UP. Henry M. López De León is pursuing a Master ofArchitecture program at UPRRP. Henry stated: “I believe in the opportunities they offerthe students and I also hope that the bond they created with the three campuses willinspire others […]

RISE-UP faculty co-author a paper that highlights the “Resilient Infrastructure andSustainability Education – Undergraduate Program” (RISE-UP) and was published in theInternational Journal of Natural Disasters, Accidents and CivilInfrastructure (RIDNAIC). RISE-UP seeks to develop a new generation ofengineering and architecture professionals who work in an integrated manner toaddress challenges caused by natural events, based on an […]

RISE-UP students Luis Lamboy, Luz Bonilla, Sebastian Feliciano and Natalia Marreropresented their research titled “Historic Buildings Seismic Rehabilitation Using RubberBase Isolators: Case Study of the Ponce Massacre Museum, P.R.” at the Mega ViernesCivil conference held in the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, PR on July 16, 2021. The goal of their research was […]

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 […]