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                                <p>Two months after Hurricane Harvey struck, professionals are continuing to research the catastrophic effects on the coast to learn how to improve construction in the future.</p><p>The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, supported one team to study wind damage and two others to study geotechnical impacts. The GEER team Hurricane Harvey South led by Nina Stark, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, consisted of six other researchers from universities across the nation including Iman Shafii, Texas A&amp;M civil engineering Ph.D. student. While the reconnaissance fieldwork was conducted from Sept. 2-5, research is still ongoing for the foreseeable future.</p><p>Reconnaissance research takes place immediately after a storm to collect data quickly in order to avoid losing perishable information. According to Stark, research included making measurements of erosion depths in some locations, collecting sediment samples and performing geotechnical tests.</p>
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                        <p>Normally, equipment is used to collect test samples as far as 50 feet below the surface. However, equipment was not available due to Hurricane Harvey and test samples had to be collected by hand.</p>
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                        <p><strong>Iman Shafii</strong>, a Ph.D. candidate in the Civil Engineering Department, has been conducting erosion tests on soil samples collected in areas affected by Hurricane Harvey. The data is used to assess the erosion impact on the coast and to find ways to prevent future disasters. </p>
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                        <p><strong>Iman Shafi,</strong> a Ph.D. candidate in the Civil Engineering Department, records the properties of the soil samples collected before conducting erosion tests.</p>
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                        <p>Normally, equipment is used to collect test samples as far as 50 feet below the surface. However, equipment was not available due to Hurricane Harvey and test samples had to be collected by hand.</p>
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                        <p>During the EFA test, water flows over the sample, slowly eroding the sample.</p>
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        </div></div></div><p>This reconnaissance research was Shafii’s first time working hands on in the field after a catastrophe. When he was a master’s student, Shafii researched erosion after hurricane Katrina.</p><p>“I brought up some samples to the Texas A&amp;M Soil and Erosion lab which is where I work on my PhD,” Shafii said. “The research is ongoing and we are analyzing data. The primary goal of the GEER mission is to learn from these disasters.”</p><p>While the reconnaissance research has been completed, Stark said some of the most important work is still ahead.</p><p>“I expected a severe amount of damage,” Stark said. “At the same time, there were features that performed extremely well. For a direct site by site comparison of design expectations and performance, more research will need to be done. But it is important to do this research to be even better prepared for such events in the future.”</p>
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