Dr. Wael El-Dakhakhni, Director of The McMaster Institute for Multi-hazard Systemic Risk Studies (INTERFACE), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for research and academic cooperation with Dr. Khalid M. Mosalam, Director of the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER), USA. The parties agreed to cooperate on mutually beneficial research activities focused on mitigating multi-hazard risk on critical infrastructure in Canada and the United States. Both parties will facilitate the following activities to further research and academic interaction between them: 1.…

NSERC is pleased to announce the 2016 competition results for the Discovery Accelerator Supplements Program (DAS). Link to article

With more than 140 partners around the world, the research will position Canada as a global leader in cold regions water science. The seven-year program will develop ways of forecasting and mitigating water-related threats—such as devastating floods, droughts and degraded water quality—that come with changing climate and expanding economies. “With this unprecedented investment and one of the largest research collaborations in the world, we will transform the way communities, governments and industries in Canada and other cold regions of the…

The Marcellus Shale has transformed the Appalachian Basin into an energy juggernaut. Even amid a recent drilling slowdown, regional daily production averages enough natural gas to power more than 200,000 U.S. homes for a year.