BIO

Hi, my name is Luke Marzano. I am a 19 year old freshman here at Florida State University from Melbourne Beach, Florida. I am majoring in economics but minoring in biology and chemistry while taking all of my pre-medical prerequisite courses to eventually attend medical school. I am keenly interested in the study of economics and plan to fuse that with my passion for the medical field through mission work and possibly hospital management in the future. I chose this project because of its ties to infrastructure and therefore economics, but hope to research a wide variety of topics related to economics, medicine or both during my time at Florida State.

Communicating STEM - Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Response

Abstract

The Resilient Infrastructure and Disaster Response (RIDER) Center is a branch of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering that specializes in research regarding minimizing the effects of both natural and man-made disasters. For this project, the Global Sustainability Group (GSG) was sponsored by the RIDER Center with the goal of communicating the research being conducted to the stakeholders involved with the RIDER Center. GSG is a non-profit environmental organization started by the undergraduate researcher that seeks to improve the community, specifically the environment, through community service, education and outreach. The method of communicating STEM research to RIDER’s stakeholders was for GSG to host a different event for each of RIDER’s four laboratories and one research initiative. All events were accompanied by blog posts on the GSG website, globalsustainabilitygroup.com, as well as informative social media posts on platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. Through the communication of STEM research conducted by the RIDER Center, stakeholders will be more informed and likely to contribute in meaningful ways that help facilitate further research. Ultimately, this allows for a better understanding of disasters and necessary measures to prevent or limit the extent of them. This saves not only time and money, but the lives and homes of innocent people all over the world.

Keywords: Sustainability, Resilient Infrastructure, RIDER Center