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Natural Hazards and Risk Assessment

GEOL3000
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UNC Charlotte
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Jake Armour
Jake Armour
Senior Lecturer
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Timeline
  • April 3, 2023
    Experience start
  • April 11, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • May 10, 2023
    Experience end
Experience
2/2 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries
Categories
Risk, audit and compliance Community engagement Environmental sustainability Social justice Scientific research
Skills
civil engineering communication research
Student goals and capabilities

Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on students from University of North Carolina to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. Students will work on one main project over the latter half of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.

Students in this program/course will discuss natural disasters on Earth and their impact on humans. This will include volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and other catastrophic natural phenomena with emphasis on causes, effects and human adjustments.

Student work will include natural hazard identification and risk assessment, risk communication, hazard mitigation and hazard prediction. Students will also be working on hazard preparedness plans as well as post-disaster response and recovery plans. Students will work in small groups of 3-5 to address a wide range of natural hazard resilience challenges - maybe even your own!

Students
Undergraduate
Any level
20 Students
Project
15 hours per Student
Students self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables are negotiable, and will seek to align the needs of the students and the organization.

Some final project deliverables might include:

  1. A 10-15 minute presentation on key findings and recommendations
  2. A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights and recommendations
Project timeline
  • April 3, 2023
    Experience start
  • April 11, 2023
    Project Scope Meeting
  • May 10, 2023
    Experience end
Project Examples

Students in groups of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.

Project activities that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:

  • Demonstrate the ability to apply geologic principles and generalizations already learned to new problems and situations
  • Demonstrate the ability to verbally communicate a scientific topic to the general public and Earth Science professionals effectively
  • Produce professional/technical documents that present both quantitative and descriptive information in well-structured and organized fashion
  • Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate scientific concepts through effective written communication
  • Demonstrate the ability to effectively orally communicate scientific concepts
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the course to review the project scope.

A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.