Check out what happened at our center throughout 2025, featuring highlights from our past events, key milestones, and updates from the year.
Recognized Among Lehigh's 2025 Research Highlights
Celebrating 2025's establishment of the Consortium for Enhancing Resilience and Catastrophe Modeling (CERCat).
Proudly Presented at AGU25
The Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience was represented at the 2025 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Conference in New Orleans, LA.
Joined the United Nations Faculty Fellows Program
Dr. Paolo Bocchini, Director of the Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience (CAT), has been named an inaugural fellow in the new LU/UN Partnership.
Join us at AGU25!
Join us on December 18th at AGU25 for our session : "Interdisciplinary Advances in Catastrophe Modeling and Disaster Resilience."
Invited Seminar: Dr. Minghui Cheng from University of Miami
It was a pleasure to host Dr. Minghui Cheng and learn about his research on Intelligent decision support for civil infrastructure: From digital twins to large language models.
Celebrating our student and our newest Ph.D., Dr. Xinyue Wang
Xinyue successfully defended her dissertation and officially earned her Ph.D.!
Guest Lecture Series - CAT401 Fall 2025 Semester
A recap of our successful Guest Lecture Series in CAT401!
Dr. Ethan Yang Appointed as Associate Director
We're pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ethan Yang as Associate Director of the Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience.
We're Hiring
We invite applications for a tenured Associate/Full Professor position with a specialization in the field of economics and finance of risk and insurance.
Lehigh's 2025 Research Symposium
CAT proudly presented at Lehigh University's 2025 Research Symposium.
CERCat Projects are Underway
Our CERCat researchers and industry partners are teamed up and tackling our following first round of projects.
Attended the United Nations Climate Summit
On September 24, Dr. David Casagrande and a group of Lehigh University students had the remarkable honor of attending the United Nations Climate Summit.
ARISE-US Conference: Building Connections for Resilient Communities
Our Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience at Lehigh University proudly spent October 1-2, 2025 attending the ARISE-US conference in Providence, RI. This was a key event for the US Chapter of the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) ARISE Global Network.
CERCat Inaugural Industry Advisory Board Meeting
On August 7-8, 2025 the Consortium for Enhancing Resilience and Catastrophe Modeling (CERCat) held its inaugural Industry Advisory Board Meeting.
Our Industry Advisory Board played a critical role providing project feedback and their voting helped us prioritize the key projects we’ll tackle together during our first year.
Joined 'The Risky Science Podcast' to Discuss: "Fixing the Risk Modeling Gap: Building a Bridge between Academia and the Private Sector."
Dr. Paolo Bocchini, Director of the Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience (CAT), and Director of the Consortium for Enhancing Resilience and Catastrophe Modeling (CERCat), joins The Risky Science Podcast to discuss research and innovation in catastrophe risk modeling.
The Consortium for Enhancing Resilience and Catastrophe Modeling (CERCat) is Established!
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our research consortium dedicated to advancing the fields of catastrophe modeling and resilience. This dynamic initiative led by Lehigh University and Rice University will build strong partnerships between leading university researchers and expert industry professionals. By uniting academic rigor with practical expertise, CERCat aims to tackle critical research challenges and collectively elevate the standards and capabilities within the catastrophe modeling sector.
Presented at the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) 2025 Conference
From May 27 - 30th, 2025, representatives from the Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience (CAT), attended the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) 2025 Conference in Anaheim, CA.
15th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering
Representatives from the Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience (CAT), and from the newly established Consortium for Enhancing Resilience and Catastrophe Modeling (CERCat)*, were pleased to attend the 15th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering (ACWE) in St. Louis, MO from May 19-22, 2025.
Attended the 2025 World Bosai Forum in Sendai City, Japan
Dr. Ethan Yang, a faculty member in the Center for Catastrophe Modeling and Resilience, and Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Lehigh University, attended the 2025 World Bosai Forum in Sendai City, Japan from March 7th to March 10th, 2025.
We're Attending the RAA Cat Risk Management Conference in Orlando, FL
Our Center is attending the 2025 Cat Risk Management Conference hosted by the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) in Orlando, FL. Join us for our Breakout Session on February 27th from 9:30 - 10AM
2024: The Year in Photos
Relive some of the biggest moments from the past year at Lehigh.