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Buyers Aware Officially Launches!
The Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas (IDRT) is proud to announce the launch of Buyers Aware https://buyersaware.org, a web-based analytical tool to assess the flood

IDRT Team builds upon DRIP work for new NSF Grant
Pictured Above: Co-Principal Investigators Dr. Keri Stephens and Dr. Andrew Juan meet with Priscilla Vargas, Mayor of Premont, and Todd Wright, City Manager of Orange

Check out IDRT Faculty’s newly released report “The Market Incentives Study – Resilient Structures.”
Texas A&M University of Galveston (TAMUG) was contracted by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) to conduct a study of the effects of resilient structures

Dr. Sam Brody demos Buyers Aware on Evening News
During the interview, Dr. Brody share’s IDRT’s new program that helps Texans better understand their flood risk in heavy rain events. It’s called Buyer’s Aware,

IDRT Researcher, Dr. Jooho Kim, publishes two articles
Dr. Jooho Kim’s latest publications highlight the expanding research of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas into critical areas such as tornado evacuation analytics

IDRT Distinguished Partner and Researchers publish article in Journal of Applied Communication Research
The IDRT team recently published an article called, “Rectifying a flood data desert one step at a time: a co-created, engaged scholarship approach.” Led by