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Keith Stallman is the meteorologist in charge here at the National Weather Service in Atlanta. He is talking about a special survey conducted this past spring and summer by Dr….
Source: WGCL CBS 46 / Published: October 16, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
There’s a lot of traffic incidents throughout a normal day. In a year, that number can be mind-boggling. At the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety (CAPS), those…
Source: WIAT CBS 42 / Published: October 1, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Outreach, Research
Here’s something that may be a bit surprising. The folks over at the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety, or CAPS, looked at collisions involving trucks between 2009 and 2013….
Source: AL.com / Published: August 11, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Outreach, Research
Hoover, Ala. (WHNT)– Many of us living in the Tennessee Valley do not need a movie to show us how extreme mother nature can be. Damage following a strong tornado…
Source: WHNT 19 / Published: August 8, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
Where were you January 28th, 2014? Were you stuck in your car for 20 hours on I-285? Were you desperately trying to get your kids home from school? What did…
Source: WXIA NBC 11 / Published: June 25, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
Surviving a tornado in a wood-frame residential home is enhanced by an intact roof and standing walls, but light-weight garage doors can be the weak link to allowing high winds and pressure changes into a home that can lead to the removal of the roof and collapsed walls, according to a study of damage left behind by a powerful tornado in Moore, Okla., in 2013 by researchers at The University of Alabama and other institutions.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 30, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Laura Myers, Dr. Thang N. Dao
It’s the stuff nightmares are made of. You’re driving. There’s a tornado right behind you. It’s big, it’s powerful, and it’s gaining on you. You can’t outrun it. There’s nowhere to go. What…
Source: AL.com / Published: April 24, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
Creating innovative technology for law enforcement may be the claim to fame for the Center for Advanced Public Safety, but, as is the case for many in Alabama, a tornado…
Author: Judah Martin / Published: April 7, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Research / Features: Dr. Allen Parrish, Dr. Laura Myers
Not surprisingly, vehicle crashes increased during the winter storm the last week of January in Alabama, but the iced roads shifted the risk of fatal crashes to rural roads away from the clogged roadways in the state’s urban metro areas, according to an analysis of crash data by researchers at The University of Alabama.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: February 12, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Research, UA News
A recent study of Alabama traffic data by the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Public Safety predicts the days near Christmas this year will likely be more dangerous on…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: November 23, 2013 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Outreach, Research / Features: Dr. David Brown
In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,800 students and more than 150 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.
