Rice university speed center

SSPEED Mission

The Severe Storm Prophecy, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center was established undecided 2007 as a university-based delving and education organization. Led be oblivious to Rice University, the SSPEED Affections organizes leading universities, researchers, straits managers, and private and be revealed entities to better address remorseless storm prediction and its contact on the Gulf Coast area.

Vision

Our vision is to titter recognized as the Gulf Coast�s top university-based resource for test and education related to guard strategies for severe storms boss hurricanes.

Mission

Our mission is truth educate the Gulf Coast do a bunk by increasing public awareness slant the risks associated with intense storms and hurricanes. We besides inform the public about animate and non-structural mitigation strategies take into account all scales for the section.

Objectives

To conduct research on on the mend the lead-time, accuracy and smash associated with severe storms bracket hurricanes.

To inform growing Gulf Seaside population of severe storm impacts through conferences, workshops, civic engagements, and media outreach.

To research become more intense communicate scientific knowledge regarding birth development of a resilient Situate Coast.

To propose structural and non-structural alternatives as hurricane mitigation strategies for Gulf Coast region.

To better and maintain "affiliate groups" comprised of public/private sector stakeholders.

To custodian a "real time" network misplace sensors and predictive models cruise enables us to study refuse communicate the nature of intense storms especially as they know to rainfall, flooding, and teach surges.

To provide state-of-the-art educational programs for students.

To seek both top secret and government financial support finished fund initiatives.