The Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience was established in 2021 at Lehigh University to provide an interdisciplinary home for the scientific and educational activities of a large number of scholars who have been working on catastrophe modeling and resilience applied to natural disasters and health related threats. [Read more about the Catastrophe Modeling Center]
News
Planning Meeting on Climate, Equity, and Resilience in Catmodeling (CERCAT)
The Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience is hosting an NSF IUCRC planning meeting on October 17-18, 2024.
Read more details on the planning meeting.
Research
Wildfire Risk
Under strong wind and dry weather, power companies can enact Public Safety Power Shutoffs. How should they determine if a shutoff is warranted? We propose a mechanistic approach to assess the risk that power conductor cables oscillate, encroach vegetation, and trigger a wildfire.
Modeling Epidemics
It is now clear to everyone that zoonoses (like COVID-19) are one of the major threats to our society. Several viruses are even more aggressive than COVID-19. The Center proposed a framework for predicting where and when an Ebola outbreak is likely to appear.
PRAISys
Our interconnected world needs a holistic approach to resilience. PRAISys is an open-source, multi-sector, and multi-peril computational platform for resilience assessment that focuses on dependencies, interdependencies, and uncertainty quantification.
Education
Master's Degree
Lehigh University will soon open applications for a Master's Degree in Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience, the first of its kind.
Graduate Certificate
A Graduate Certificate in Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience is a sequence of 4 courses that can be taken as a standalone degree or combined with any M.Sc. or Ph.D. degree.
Undergraduate Minor
Undergraduate students at Lehigh University can study to obtain a Minor in Actuarial Science.