The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to announce the recipients of the South Carolina Resilience to Extreme Storms: Research on Social, Environmental, and Health Dimensions of the October 2015 Catastrophic Flooding funding initiative.

Investigator Names and Departments	Project Titles
Dennis Allen, Baruch Institute Matthew Kimball, Baruch Institute	Impacts of a rapid, deep and persistent salinity decrease on fish and invertebrate populations and ecosystem function in the North Inlet estuary, SC
Heather Brandt, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior Gabrielle Turner-McGrievy, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior Daniela Friedman, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior Delia West, Exercise Science	Examining Use of Social Media as a Response and Recovery Strategy during the #SCFlood of October 2015
Carol Boggs, Biological Sciences John Nelson, Biological Sciences	Flooding effects on a newly described and very rare plant species, Stachys caroliniana
Anindya Chanda, Environmental Health Sciences Geoff Scott, Environmental Health Sciences	Investigation of mold infested USC buildings affected by October 2015 flood: comparison with original mold infested areas
Hanif Chaudhry, Civil Engineering Jasim Imran, Civil Engineering Enrica Viparelli, Civil Engineering Dwayne Porter, Environmental Health Sciences Robin Kloot, Environmental Health Sciences	Collection and analysis of perishable data on failure of earth dams and their impact on water quality
Susan Cutter, Geography	Cascading spatial impact of rainfall extremes on residents
Robert Dawson, Neuropsychiatry Clayton Copeland, School of Library and Information Science	Learning from lived experiences: Disaster preparedness and response during SC’s historic 2015 flood and impacts on people with disabilities
Peter Duffy, Theatre and Dance Allison Anders, Educational Studies Thaddeus Davis, Theatre and Dance Tanya Wideman-Davis, Theatre and Dance Kathleen Robbins, Art	Creative Responsiveness: Connecting stories of resiliency in crisis
Christopher Emrich, Geography Melanie Gall, Geography Nathan Hunyh, Civil & Environmental Engineering	Leveraging Perishable Impact Data into Long Term Recovery Forecasting
Melanie Gall, Geography Tamara Sheldon, Darla Moore School of Business Larianne Collins, Geography	Indirect Costs of School Closures triggered by the 2015 Flash Floods
Sarah Gassman, Civil Engineering Inthuorn Sasankul, Civil Engineering Charles Pierce, Civil Engineering Enrica Viparelli, Civil Engineering Nathan Hunyh, Civil Engineering	Collection of Perishable Data from Failed Geosystems During a 1,000 Flood Event: Pipe Culverts
John Grego, Statistics David Hitchcock, Statistics	River Gage Estimation
Samantha Hastings, Library and Information Sciences Feili Tu-Keefner, Library and Information Sciences Jingjing Liu, Library and Information Sciences	Roles of Public Libraries During A Natural Disaster: How Do Information, Technology and User Support Add Value to Communities
Nathan Huynh, Civil Engineering Narges Kaveshgar, Civil Engineering Joseph Von Nessen, Darla Moore School of Business	Transportation Network Fragility and Economic Losses
L. Allen James, Geography	Mapping River Erosion and Geomorphic Change Caused by an Extreme Flood
Joseph Johnson, Physics Kendra Albright, Library and Information Sciences Francisco Blanco-Silva, Mathematics Amir Karami, Library and Information Sciences Phillip Moore, University Technology Services	A Foundational Information Infrastructure for Future SCFLOODS Impact Research
Amir Karami, Library and Information Sciences Zhenlong Li, Geography	A Computational Framework for Tracking Reports, Opinions and Feelings of People in Social Media Before, During and After a Natural Disaster: Twitter Case Study in the 2015 South Carolina Flood
Bret Kloos, Psychology Anna Scheyett, Social Work	Contexts of Recovery: Investigating Patterns of Social Support and Coping in Two Communities
Xiaoming Li, Health Promotion, Education & Behavior Shan Qiao, Health Promotion, Education, & Behavior Jianjun Hu, Computer Science and Engineering Sayward Harrison, Psychology Bijie Bie, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior	Building a disaster-resilient community: A study of community social support during the 2015 flooding
Zhenlong Li, Geography Cuizhen Wang, Geography Diansheng Guo, Geography Christopher Emrich, Geography	Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Flood Impact by Integrating Satellite, VGI and Social Media Data: Rapid Assessment of the October Flood
Charles Lovell, Biological Sciences William Tufford, Biological Sciences	The effects of historic rainfall and flooding on virulent Vibrio densities in Winyah Bay waters
Douglas Moore, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior Melinda Forthofer, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Ana Teixeira, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Maggi Miller, Epidemiology and Biostatistics	Mapping and assessing the health and social resiliency of the flood-affected community-dwelling elderly across interpersonal and organizational networks
Johnathan Ohrt, Educational Studies Dodie Limberg, Educational Studies Ryan Carlson, Educational Studies	School Mental Health Response and Resilience during the 2015 South Carolina Flood
Joseph Quattro, Baruch Institute Matthew Greenwald, Baruch Institute	Flood Mediated Removal of Introduced Black Basses From Select South Carolina Streams
Sarah Rothenberg, Environmental Health Sciences Mohammed Baalousha, Environmental Health Sciences Michael Bizmis, Earth and Ocean Sciences Susan Lang, Earth and Ocean Sciences	Sewage overflows from the 1,000-year rain event and their impacts on the cycling of carbon and toxic metals in the Congaree River Watershed
Seyedehzahra Samadi, Civil Engineering Mike Meadows, Civil Engineering	Non-stationary Assessment of Rainfall and Runoff Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curves for South Carolina with a Pilot Study on the October 2015 Catastrophic Floods
Inthuorn Sasanakul, Civil Engineering Sarah Gassman, Civil Engineering Charles Pierce, Civil Engineering Enrica Viparelli, Civil Engineering Alicia Wilson, Earth and Ocean Sciences	Collection of perishable data from failed geosystems during a 1,000-year flood event: Dams
Virginia Shervette, USC Aiken	Conservation Biogeography of Freshwater Fauna: Community Dynamics and Habitat Shifts in Response to 1,000-year Rainfall Event and Intense Flooding
William Sudduth, University Libraries Kate Boyd, University Libraries Ashley Knox, University Libraries	SCFLOODS - Digitization and Geo-rectification of Historic Aerial Photography of Richland County, South Carolina, 1938/39-1981
Myriam Torres, Epidemology and Biostatistics Edena Meetze, Arnold School of Public Health	Experiences of Latinos affected by the floods in Columbia, SC
Raymond Torres, Earth and Ocean Sciences	Floodplain geomorphology and circulation
Ercan Turk, Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Administration	Rebranding South Carolina in the Aftermath of the Historic Flood: An examination of South Carolina’s Projected and Perceived Images on Travel Decisions of Potential Tourists
George Voulgaris, Earth and Ocean Sciences Enrica Viparelli, Civil Engineering Paul Ziehl, Civil Engineering Ioannis Rekleitis, Computer Science and Engineering	Rapid Assessment of Bridge Scouring and Recovery Following Extreme Flood Events
Douglas Woodward, Darla Moore School of Business Joseph Van Nessen, Darla Moore School of Business	The Economic Impact of the 2015 South Carolina Flood

 

 26 October 2015

 

South Carolina Resilience to Extreme Storms: Research on Social, Environmental, and Health Dimensions of the October 2015 Catastrophic Flooding

We recently experienced a 1,000-year rainfall event that caused catastrophic flooding in South Carolina. This has led to breach in dams, damage to properties, roads and bridges, loss of homes, contamination of drinking water, and agriculture loss, to name a few of the calamities.

The 2015 October storm provides USC faculty a common platform to help our community through research and examine all aspects of community resilience including the immediate and long-term impacts on both natural ecosystems and human communities.

The Office of the Vice President for Research has created internal mechanisms of funding to support research that is relevant to the SC floods. Click here to download the request for proposals for this initiative [pdf]. Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2015. If you have any questions about this initiative, please contact Beth Herron (803-777-2885).

In addition, our office is planning to organize meetings to share data and information from participating faculty on various aspects of the flood disaster. To that end, all faculty who are interested in receiving emails and any relevant information about opportunities to pursue research on this topic are requested to send an email expressing their willingness to join the listserv to Debbie Gipson. 

12 October 2015