Disaster Operations and the Industrial Health Unit

Industrial Automation in Unit Operations Labs

Chemical engineering unit operation labs do an excellent job of integrating the whole curriculum and exposing students to pilot-scale systems. Where they are often lacking, though, is the exposure to and use of real-life industrial automation by the future graduates. A unit operation lab that has been automated using industrial level paradigms and equipment is the focus of this paper. A partner...

Toward the way forward: the national children's disaster mental health concept of operations.

Although increasing evidence suggests that children are at particular risk from disasters and evidence-based practices have been developed to triage and treat them effectively, no strategy or concept of operations linking best practices for disaster response is currently in place. To our knowledge, this report describes the first effort to address this critical gap and outlines a triage-driven ...

Membrane Operations for Industrial Applications

Disaster and Mental Health

I express heartfelt gratitude to all the members of Indian Psychiatric Society for bestowing upon me the responsibility of the office of the President of Indian Psychiatric Society. I believe your blessings and guidance will help me to do justice to the confidence reposed in me. I have pondered a lot to select the topic of the customary Presidential-address to be delivered on this auspicious oc...

OR/MS research in disaster operations management

Disasters are large intractable problems that test the ability of communities and nations to effectively protect their populations and infrastructure, to reduce both human and property loss, and to rapidly recover. The seeming randomness of impacts and problems and uniqueness of incidents demand dynamic, real-time, effective and cost efficient solutions, thus making the topic very suitable for ...