Monthly Archives: March 2022

Article based on Lorraine Vélez Torres’s doctoral thesis is published in the PeerJ journal

  • March 25, 2022
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An article titled: Hurricane María drives increased indoor proliferation of filamentous fungi in San Juan, Puerto Rico: a two-year culture-based approach, was just published in the PeerJ journal, as announced by the RCMI Center for Collaborative Research in Health Disparities. The article is based on the doctoral thesis of Lorraine Vélez Torres, a Ph.D. candidate from […]

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RISE-UP Students Learn About Structure Dynamics During their Summer Undergraduate Research Experience

  • March 22, 2022
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As part of the 2021 RISE-UP summer undergraduate research experience course,students Carlos Casillas, Carolyn Romero, Gina Rodríguez, and Gilberto Camacholearned about rehabilitation techniques for stilt houses on slopes in Puerto Rico. Theteam studied the effects of short-column defects on sloped stilt houses using Pushoverand Time History Analyses and implemented techniques for the seismic rehabilitation ofa […]

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RISE Up Student shares her experience about collaborating with Illinois University to Provide Stormwater Collection System as Part of a Resilience Project in a School in Cataño, P.R.

  • March 22, 2022
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Hello! I am Rocío Sotomayor, a 5th year civil engineering student at the University ofPuerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) and part of the second cohort of RISE-UP.Last summer, I had the opportunity to participate in a Research Experience forUndergraduates (REU) with the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). TheDisaster Relief and Resilience (DRR) program was created […]

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RISE-UP Students Learn Firsthand the Importance of Providing Resilient Solutions after Local Bridge Suffers Damages due to 2020 Earthquakes

  • March 22, 2022
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As part of the 2020 RISE-UP summer undergraduate research experience course,students Elmer Irizarry, Jorge Reyes and Thaliannie Pimentel, with the mentorship of Dr.Aidcer Vidot, analyzed the damage caused by the 2020 seismic sequence, whichpeaked with a 6.4Mw, to the Mayagüez Viaduct. The team developed a computer modelto study the emergency efforts that were performed to […]

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Championing Hispanic Student Success following Natural Disasters in Puerto Rico

  • March 22, 2022
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Natural disasters such as 2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the 2020 P.R. earthquakessequence and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, affect the lives of many students inaspects such as economic, socio-emotional, and academic performance progress. As aresult of these events, four projects for STEM students were developed with thefinancial support of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to […]

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