Last weekend, four Calvin engineering students—Nick Liza, Walta Asfaw, David Headley and Dan Nederhoed—packed themselves and their senior design project, a disaster shelter, into a Dodge Caravan and ...

It took engineers nearly half a century to determine why the SS Schenectady, while docked quietly in a harbor off Portland, Ore. one day, suddenly snapped in half. For local residents, the event was ...

Education infrastructure is particularly affected by disasters. In vulnerable communities such as Puerto Rico, these effects can be augmented due to the multi-hazard nature of the island (hurricanes, ...

From floods and forest fires to earthquakes—the frequency and intensity of natural disasters is increasing. This also means ...