Using biological materials as flame retardants, defining the characteristics of soil liquefaction during earthquakes and collecting disaster data with aerial drones are among the twelve disaster resilience research projects awarded just over $6 million by the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST). The University of Texas at San Antonio received $798,892 for research

This year’s Engineering Lean Six Sigma (ELSS) conference is being held in Orlando, FL, and participants are invited to compete in the poster competition at the conference. The conference is taking place September 25-27, 2017, in Orlando, FL, and is hosted by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). The 2017 ELSS Poster Session