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As hurricane heads up coast, a RENCI supercomputer swings into action

CHAPEL HILL, NC – As Hurricane Matthew slowly makes it way toward the U.S., RENCI’s Dell PowerEdge supercomputer, named Hatteras for the home of North Carolina’s most famous Outer Banks lighthouse, is working overtime to model the storm surge that Matthew could bring to communities along the Eastern Seaboard.  

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Catch a wave

Where can North Carolina find alternative sources of energy to generate new economic opportunities as well as electrical power? A research team led by the University of North Carolina’s Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) is looking east to the waters off the North Carolina coast for answers.

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Sea Change

Researchers use computer modeling to understand rising seas and coastal risks.

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RENCI chief scientist wins DHS award

Rick Luettich, RENCI chief scientist for coastal studies and director of the Center of Excellence for Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management at UNC Chapel Hill received the 2010 Science and Technology Impact Award from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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Supermodels

(Credit: Staff at RENCI at UNC Asheville and RENCI at East Carolina University and Kevin Hill, NC State department of marine, Earth and atmospheric sciences, also helped to develop these animations) Hurricane season is upon us, and while no one can predict how many storms will blow our way this year, RENCI has worked to […]

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RENCI disaster research to be showcased at NC emergency management meeting

The upcoming Spring meeting of the North Carolina Emergency Management Association, the 2007 North Carolina All Hazards Conference, will feature much of the work being done through RENCI’s disaster research efforts.

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