The UMass Computational Social Science Institute is a diverse interdisciplinary community using computational models and methods to help us understand the social world. The Institute promotes dialog and collaboration across our 81 faculty affiliates from 26 departments in 9 colleges at the University of Massachusetts.

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Energy dissipation and buckling mitigation through the use of steel foams. Publications, Resources, links. Smith BH, Szyniszewski S, Hajjar JF, Schafer BW, Arwade SR Characterization of steel foams for structural components.

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UMass IGERT Offshore Wind Energy Program. Engineering, Environment, and Policy. Our goal is to create a community of researchers who understand the technological challenges, environmental implications, socioeconomic, and regulatory hurdles of offshore wind farms. The Potential of Offshore Wind.

We, the Northeast Climate Consortium, provide scientific information, tools, and techniques that managers and other parties interested in land, water, wildlife and cultural resources can use to anticipate, monitor, and adapt to climate change in the Northeast region. Climate change threatens our lands and seas, our wildlife, and our natural and cultural resources. To conserve our natural environment, managers rely on climate model projections to determin.