HBKU’s College of Science and Engineering awarded grant to create a national risk management plan for Qatar

HBKU’s College of Science and Engineering awarded grant to create a national risk management plan for Qatar

Doha – Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)’s College of Science and Engineering (CSE) is spearheading critical research to create an effective national risk management plan for Qatar. A new research project - “ReSolVE (Resilient Solutions for Vulnerabilities and Emergencies): An Effective National Risk Management Plan for Qatar”, led by Dr. Sami G. Al-Ghamdi, Associate Professor in the Sustainable Development Division at CSE, and head of the Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) group, as the Project Director and Lead Principal Investigator, has received a QAR 16.1 million (USD $4.4 million) grant award under Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF)’s National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) in the 14th cycle.

ReSolVE was awarded under the new NPRP-Cluster (NPRP-C) focusing on National Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Resilience (NEPRR) thematic area, launched by QNRF to support Qatar’s relevant capabilities. Dr. Al-Ghamdi and his team will work with expert teams from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ), and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q).

During unexpected events or disasters, two major categories of infrastructure and systems are significantly impacted: (i) physical infrastructure (transportation, energy, and water systems), and (ii) healthcare infrastructure. To anticipate and enhance its resilience to unprecedented