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Consulting/Research Projects
 2004
- 2005, Exceed Corporation, Senior Research Associate
Provided subject matter expertise in Exceed’s federal
government strategy consulting projects, including the evaluation
of all Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) Projects within the National Airspace
System Capital Investment Program with respect to Risk Management.
The findings have been published. URL.
2003
- 2004, Proctor and Gamble Int./Covington & Burling LLP.,
Subject Matter Expert
Acted
as a Subject Matter
Expert in 1) determining the extent of physical damage; macro and micro economic
impacts of the August 17, 1999 Kocaeli Turkey Earthquake that resulted
over 17,000
deaths and $60-100 billion losses in Turkish economy, and 2) assessing of the
success
(or failure thereof) of recovery efforts. This independent project includes interviews
with state and local governmental officials, business associations,
and academics.
In
this study, loss estimation was made based on a variety of historical information
collected from publications and interviews. The estimation ties location
information
with the number and type of businesses that suffered losses.
2002
- 2004,
Analysis of Major Terrorism Events and Their U.S. Outcomes
Researched
and
examined systematically the major terrorist events as well as the essential
emergency
management infrastructure, including laws, regulations, practices, expert
systems and
organizational changes that has evolved in the past two decades, using the
TTL as a
visual outline. This joint effort financed by the National Science Foundation.
Resulting document has been published as a Working Paper by the Hazards Center
of
the University of Colorado/Boulder. It is also in the process of being published
as a
book. URL.
May - November 2001, Accenture
(formerly
known as Andersen Consulting), Project Manager and
Research Team Leader
Served as a Project Manager
and Research Team Leader (As a Consultant
to Accenture - formerly known as Andersen Consulting) in conducting a technology
assessment project for NASA for the purpose of assessing the current state
of technology across the full spectrum of government, industry and academia
as it relates to NASA’s Design for Safety (DfS) Program. This assessment
was centered on three main categories: Systems Reasoning and Risk Management,
Knowledge Engineering and Safe Systems, and Resilient Systems and Operations.
This effort helped identify advanced technologies, which were instrumental
in being infused into NASA. The NASA DfS Program is using the study results
in their effort to help achieve ultra-high levels of safety and mission
success for their space program.
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Research Projects
2004
- 2005, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Consultant/Post-Doctoral Research Scientist
Related to her dissertation,
acted as a Consultant/Research Scientist to the Corps in their Homeland Security
Strategic Plan. The tasks included the following:
-- conducting a review of academic and private sector literature, documents
and research on multiple hazard decision-making,
-- developing a methodology to prioritize O&M general funding between
Civil Infrastructure Protection and ongoing maintenance investments,
-- conducting a case study based on the methodology,
-- developing and conducting a workshop of nationally recognized experts
to peer-review the prioritization methodology
1999
- 2002, Dissertation: Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Water Systems as Critical
Lifelines.
This research integrates certain concepts and knowledge
of systems engineering, civil engineering, engineering economy, and the concept
of disaster
risk/vulnerability assessment by means of a stochastic simulation model. This
model simulates the damage associated with natural disasters over the life
cycle of a water supply and distribution infrastructure and predicts the costs
associated with the system failure along with the routine operation and maintenance
costs. The framework proposed in this study support the comparison of alternative
mitigation projects in order to help a utility agency decide and prioritize
its investment strategy. A National Science Foundation (NSF) Quick Response
grant approval was obtained for related research: Principal Investigator: Irmak
Renda-Tanali, Evaluating Impacts of Water Supply Interruption on Communities
Immediately After a Disaster, Natural Hazards Center, Colorado (travel grant).
Related to this research, the following peer reviewed paper has been published:
-- Renda-Tanali, I., and Hekimian, C. D. 2003. “A Simulation Tool For
Life Cycle Costing Of Water Supply Infrastructure In Seismically Active Zones” Int.
Journal of Emergency Management, Vol.1, No.4, pp. 332-345. URL
Additionally, a conference paper was presented at the International Emergency
Management Society’s (TIEMS) 9th Annual Conference that was held May
14-17 in the University of Waterloo, Canada:
-- “A Conceptual Framework
for Assessing Economic Impacts of Mitigation Strategies on Water Systems”, Proceedings
of The 9th Annual International Conference May 14 – 17, 2002, University
of Waterloo, Waterloo (Toronto), Canada, 10 pages. (This paper was awarded
the First Prize (with cash award) for the best paper on May 15, 2002).
March
- May 2002, Principal Graduate Research Associate
Served as a Principal Graduate Research Associate on
a project funded by the
United
States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Assessment of Geospatial
Technology Applications by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World Trade
Center Operations. The purpose of the project was to review, document, assess
and evaluate the Geospatial Technology applications during USACE's response
operations relative to ESF #3 (Public Works and Engineering) support to the
September 11, 2001 disasters at the World Trade Center and Pentagon. USACE’s
role was to mobilize and coordinate resources in order for an effective large-scale
debris removal operation as specified under the Federal Response Plan. This
study resulted in the following report:
-- Shaw, G. L., Renda-Tanali, I. and Coppola, D. June 2002. Assessment of Geospatial
Technology Applications by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World Trade
Center Operations, Technical Report for USACE, 30 pp. URL.
2001
- 2002, Principal Graduate Research Associate
Served as a Principal Graduate Research Associate on a NSF
funded project. (Award CMS 0139309, Principal Investigator: John R. Harrald,
Ph.D.)
Observing and Documenting the Inter-Organizational Response to the September
11, 2001 Terror Attacks. The objective of this project was to acquire and structure
perishable baseline data that is instrumental in supporting the analysis of
the inter-organizational response to the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001. The capture and documentation of the information flows between and among
emergency management and emergency medical decision makers will support future
research that will address the problems of communication, inter-organizational
coordination, and decision making in complex multi-organizational and multi
disciplinary environments. The following report and a conference articles have
been published relevant to this effort:
-- Harrald, J.R., Barbera, J., Renda-Tanali, I., Coppola, D., and Shaw,
G. July 2002. Observing and Documenting the Inter-Organizational Response to
the Attack
on the Pentagon, NSF Report, 50 pp. URL.
-- Harrald, J.R., Renda-Tanali, I. and Coppola, D. May 2002. Observing and
Documenting the Inter-Organizational Response to September 11 Attack on Pentagon, Proceedings
of The 9th Annual International Emergency Management Conference May 14 – 17,
2002, University of Waterloo, Waterloo (Toronto), Canada
2000
- 2001, Principal Graduate Research Associate
Served as a Principal Graduate Research Associate on an
NSF funded research
project (Award CMS 008528, Principal Investigator: John R. Harrald,
Ph.D.) The Collection, Synthesis, and Assessment of Data Describing the Response
to Human Needs Following the 1999 Turkey Earthquakes. The goal of this project
was to enhance the capability of government and non-government organizations
for emergency management, humanitarian relief and recovery planning for potential
major earthquakes in Turkey. The project, conducted by GW and the Association
of [San Francisco] Bay Area Governments, was directed towards the collection,
synthesis and quality assurance of human needs planning data before this data
is lost or the ability to interpret the data is degraded. The resulting databases
are posted on the Internet for researchers and emergency planners and are able
to provide the basis for developing models capable of predicting the service
delivery capability required to meet human needs following future earthquakes
in Turkey, US and elsewhere in the world. This effort resulted in the following
publications and one journal article is pending.
-- Harrald, J.R., Renda-Tanali, I., and Perkins, J.B., The Collection, Synthesis,
and Quality Assessment of Data Describing the Response to Human Needs Following
the 1999 Turkey Earthquakes, NSF Report, Dec. 2001, 32 pp.
-- Perkins, J.B., Harrald, J.R. and Renda-Tanali, I, 1999 Kocaeli and Duzce
Earthquakes: Lessons for Local Governments on Hazard Mitigation Strategies and
Human Needs
Response Planning, Association of Bay Area Governments, Oakland, CA, Publication
Number: P02001EQK, March 2002, 12 pp.
-- Renda-Tanali, I., Harrald, J.R., and Perkins, J.B., “Collection,
Synthesis and Quality Assessment of Response Data Regarding The 1999 Turkey Earthquakes”,
(forthcoming), Proceedings of The 9th Annual International Conference May
14 – 17,
2002, University of Waterloo, Waterloo (Toronto), Canada
1999
- 2000, Principal Graduate Research Associate
Served as a Principal Graduate
Research Associate on an NSF funded research project
(Award CMS 9705644, $223,038, Co-Principal Investigator: John R. Harrald,
Ph.D.) Development and Analysis of Alternative Housing and Mitigation Recovery
Strategies for Earthquakes. This project focused on modeling the distribution
of uninhabitable housing units, displaced populations as a result and modeling
the cost of feeding and sheltering and other relief costs. The resulting document,
Preventing the Nightmare: Post Earthquake Housing Issue Papers provides
estimates of mass care needs for eleven Bay Area earthquake scenarios and
is being used
to assist planners to estimate response and recovery costs to develop appropriate
strategies.
-- Perkins, J.B., Harrald, J.R., and Renda-Tanali, I., Preventing the Nightmare:
Post Earthquake Housing Issue Papers, Association of Bay Area Governments,
Oakland, CA, May 2000, 21 pp.
--Renda-Tanali, I., and Harrald, J.R., “Cost Estimate Model for Initial
Mass Care Needs Following Catastrophic Earthquakes Affecting the San Francisco
Bay”, Proceedings of the 7th Annual Conference of the International
Emergency Management Society, Orlando, FL, May 2000, 15 pp.
1999
- 2000, Principal Graduate Research Associate
Served as a Principal Graduate Research Associate in conducting
the validity
assessment
study of the United States Coast Guard’s Best
Response Practices. This effort resulted in the following report:
-- Renda-Tanali, I. and Harrald, J.R., Report on the Validity Assessment
of Best Response Practices of United States Coast Guard (submitted to USCG),
Feb. 2000,
36 pp.
1998
- 1999, Graduate Research Associate
Served as a Graduate Research Associate in developing quantitative
and qualitative
models
for the assessment of collision risk and passenger safety
on the Washington State’s Ferries (WSF). (Washington State Transportation
Commission, $775,000). The following report was submitted to the Blue Ribbon
Panel on the WSF and the Washington State Transportation Commission and was
published:
-- Harrald, J. R., Grabowski, M., Van Dorp, J.R., Merrick, J., Renda-Tanali,
I.,
Shrestha S., and Abdulghani, N., The Washington State Ferries Risk Assessment
Final
Report, prepared for the Blue Ribbon Panel on WSF and the Washington State
Transportation Commission (available online) July 1999, 69 pp.
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