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class=\"page-head\"><div class=\"wrap\"><h1>Research<\/h1><p>We model how extreme events ripple through infrastructure and communities, and design decisions that make both more resilient.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<section><div class=\"wrap measure\"><p class=\"lead\">Natural disasters, cyberattacks and pandemics keep revealing how vulnerable our communities and built environment are. We combine advanced AI, statistical learning and robust optimization to examine the impacts of chronic and acute shocks on sociotechnical systems, develop risk-informed decision models, and identify cost-effective adaptation measures.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"tint\"><div class=\"wrap\"><h2>Funded projects<\/h2><div class=\"grid g2\" style=\"margin-top:20px\">\n<article class=\"card\"><span class=\"tag\">NSF SAI<\/span><h3>Integrating equity in wildfire emergency management<\/h3><p>A Human-centered, Equity-focused, Risk-informed Decision-making (HERD) framework for critical infrastructure in the wildland-urban interface. Study regions: Mora and Taos Counties, NM, and Larimer County, CO. <a href=\"#sai\">Workshop photos and publications<\/a>.<\/p><\/article>\n<article class=\"card\"><span class=\"tag\">NSF RAPID<\/span><h3>Cascading failure after Hurricane Fiona<\/h3><p>How grid and transportation failures affected socially vulnerable Puerto Rican communities, and how recovery was prioritized. Led with Dr. Diana Ramirez-Rios. <a href=\"#rapid\">Photos, video and publications<\/a>.<\/p><\/article>\n<article class=\"card\"><span class=\"tag gold\">DOE Science Synthesis Prize \u00b7 2025<\/span><h3>AI and the barriers to renewable grid integration<\/h3><p>A synthesis of the challenges and opportunities of integrating renewable energy into the grid, with policy recommendations. OASIS UB was one of eight winning teams. <a href=\"#doe\">Poster and outputs<\/a>.<\/p><\/article>\n<article class=\"card\"><span class=\"tag warm\">NSF FIRE \u00b7 $2M \u00b7 2026\u20132029<\/span><h3>REKINDLE<\/h3><p>Resilient Engineering through Knowledge Integration for NetworkeD Lifelines and Ecosystems. UB leads this collaboration with UC Berkeley, Northeastern University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. <a href=\"#rekindle\">Project details<\/a>.<\/p><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"rekindle\" class=\"rapid\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n  <div class=\"rapid-head\">\n    <div><span class=\"tag warm\">New \u00b7 NSF FIRE program \u00b7 $2 million<\/span>\n      <h2>REKINDLE: preparing communities for wildfire&#8217;s cascading disasters<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"lead\">Wildfires can set off debris flows and flash floods that cut roads and interrupt power and water for communities already struggling to recover. REKINDLE (Resilient Engineering through Knowledge Integration for NetworkeD Lifelines and Ecosystems) will develop AI-powered tools that connect these hazards, the infrastructure they disrupt and the people affected, so decision-makers can plan for them together.<\/p>\n      <p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/news\/releases\/2026\/09\/university-at-buffalo-national-science-foundation-wildfire-resilience.html\">Read the UB announcement<\/a><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <dl class=\"facts\">\n      <div><dt>Lead principal investigator<\/dt><dd>Dr. Sayanti Mukherjee (UB)<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Partners<\/dt><dd>University at Buffalo (lead), UC Berkeley, Northeastern University, and the U.S. DOE Pacific Northwest National Laboratory<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Duration<\/dt><dd>September 2026 \u2013 August 2029<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Testbeds<\/dt><dd>Los Angeles and Montecito, California<\/dd><\/div>\n    <\/dl>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"grid mods\"><article class=\"card mod\"><span class=\"tag\">Module 1<\/span><h3>Hazard risks<\/h3><p>GeoAI and physics-based models of wildfire and the debris flows and flash floods that follow, with uncertainty bounds.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"card mod\"><span class=\"tag\">Module 2<\/span><h3>Infrastructure risks<\/h3><p>Graph machine learning and network science for cascading failures across power, water and transportation.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"card mod\"><span class=\"tag\">Module 3<\/span><h3>Societal risks<\/h3><p>Household surveys, focus groups and serious games to measure the social burden of lifeline disruptions.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"card mod\"><span class=\"tag\">Module 4<\/span><h3>Resilience decisions<\/h3><p>Multi-level optimization, scaled with AI, for pre-fire hardening and post-fire recovery.<\/p><\/article><\/div>\n  <p class=\"meta\" style=\"margin-top:18px\">In the news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/news\/releases\/2026\/09\/university-at-buffalo-national-science-foundation-wildfire-resilience.html\">UB News<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/coe.northeastern.edu\/news\/northeastern-joins-2m-nsf-funded-effort-to-build-resilience-against-wildfire-and-its-cascading-aftershocks\/\">Northeastern University<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/news\/community\/article_fa603011-f3dc-5f8d-8df2-677245b37a94.html\">The Buffalo News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"sai\" class=\"rapid tint\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n  <div class=\"rapid-head\">\n    <div><span class=\"tag\">NSF SAI \u00b7 $750,000<\/span>\n      <h2>Integrating equity in wildfire emergency management of critical infrastructure<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"lead\">A Human-centered, Equity-focused, Risk-informed Decision-making (HERD) framework that helps emergency managers and infrastructure operators plan wildfire preparedness and recovery around the needs of socially vulnerable communities in the wildland-urban interface.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <dl class=\"facts\">\n      <div><dt>Principal investigator<\/dt><dd>Dr. Sayanti Mukherjee (UB)<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Co-PIs<\/dt><dd>Dr. Susan Clark and Dr. Jose Walteros (UB), Dr. Jungwon Yeo (UCF)<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Study regions<\/dt><dd>Mora and Taos Counties, NM (2022 Hermits Peak\/Calf Canyon Fire); Larimer County, CO (2020 Cameron Peak Fire)<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Stakeholder workshop<\/dt><dd>July 14, 2024, Broomfield, CO<\/dd><\/div>\n    <\/dl>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"grid mods\"><article class=\"card mod\"><span class=\"tag\">Module 1<\/span><h3>Infrastructure vulnerability<\/h3><p>Cascading failure of interdependent power, gas, water and road networks under incomplete information.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"card mod\"><span class=\"tag\">Module 2<\/span><h3>Social burden<\/h3><p>A Capabilities Approach metric for how service disruptions affect households, from surveys and focus groups.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"card mod\"><span class=\"tag\">Module 3<\/span><h3>Equitable recovery<\/h3><p>Bilevel optimization to coordinate recovery and allocate funds across independent stakeholders.<\/p><\/article><article class=\"card mod\"><span class=\"tag\">Module 4<\/span><h3>Polycentric governance<\/h3><p>Decision models for collaboration among agencies, utilities and communities.<\/p><\/article><\/div>\n  <h3 class=\"sub\">Workshop, July 2024<\/h3>\n  <div class=\"gallery two\"><figure class=\"g wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sai-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sai-1.jpg\" alt=\"The UB and UCF team at the NSF-funded workshop on equitable wildfire emergency management and critical infrastructure, Omni Interlocken Hotel, Broomfield, CO (July 14, 2024).\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>The UB and UCF team at the NSF-funded workshop on equitable wildfire emergency management and critical infrastructure, Omni Interlocken Hotel, Broomfield, CO (July 14, 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"g wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sai-workshop-2024.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sai-workshop-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Mock participation session: workshop attendees review the project's draft household survey instrument and give feedback (July 2024).\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Mock participation session: workshop attendees review the project&#8217;s draft household survey instrument and give feedback (July 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n  <h3 class=\"sub\">Related publications and talks<\/h3>\n  <ul class=\"pubs\"><li><span class=\"id\">J27<\/span><span>Ganguly, P., Mukherjee, S., Walteros, J., and Herrera, L. (2025). \u201cA Three Level Framework to Improve Resiliency of Electricity Distribution System Under Wildfire Scenario: A Worst Case Analysis\u201d, European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR), Volume 326, Issue 3, 1 November 2025, Pages 707-723 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ejor.2025.04.035\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">U1<\/span><span>Roy, P., and Mukherjee, S. (2026). \u201cGreater Need, Lower Access: A Two-Stage Machine Learning Framework Revealing Socioeconomic Determinants of Post-Wildfire Resource Deployment\u201d, International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction (under review).<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">C23<\/span><span>Roy, P., Mukherjee, S., and Clark, S. (2026) \u201cAn Integrated County-level Community-aware Analyticsdriven Risk Evaluation (CARE) Index for Wildfire Emergency Management\u201d, in the Proceedings of the European Conference On Safety And Reliability (ESREL), Braga, Portugal; June 14-19, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/cmsweb.com.sg\/rps2prod\/esrel2026\/epro\/html\/esrel26-p26566.html\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">C22<\/span><span>Mukherjee, S., Clark, S. Roy, P., and Schultz, R. (2026) \u201cAssessing how household capabilities and well-being are disrupted in the aftermath of wildfires: A human-centered mixed methods approach\u201d, in the Proceedings of the European Conference On Safety And Reliability (ESREL), Braga, Portugal; June 14-19, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/cmsweb.com.sg\/rps2prod\/esrel2026\/epro\/html\/esrel26-p26531.html\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">C21<\/span><span>Roy, P., Mukherjee, S., and Sankaran, P. (2025) \u201cBLAZE TRACK: Developing Dynamic Wildfire Risk Maps Leveraging MODIS Satellite Imagery and Advanced AI Algorithms\u201d, in the Proceedings of the IISE Annual Conference &#038; Expo 2025, Atlanta, GA; May 31-June 3, 2025.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">C20<\/span><span>Roy, P. and Mukherjee, S. (2025) \u201cComparative Assessment of Inequities in Post-Wildfire Resource Allocation Across the Southwestern US States\u201d, in the Proceedings of the European Conference On Safety And Reliability (ESREL) and Society for Risk Analysis Europe (SRA-E), Stavanger, Norway; June 15-19, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/rpsonline.com.sg\/proceedings\/esrel-sra-e2025\/html\/ESREL-SRA-E2025-P9630.html\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O64<\/span><span>Mukherjee, S., Roy, P., and Clark, S. (2026) \u201cA Data-driven Approach to Quantifying Household Burdens Due to Wildfire-Induced Infrastructure Outage and Capability Disruption\u201d, International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), June 16-18, 2026, Rochester, NY.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O62<\/span><span>Mukherjee, S., Roy, P., and Clark, S. (2026) \u201cCapturing Household Burdens from Wildfire-Triggered Infrastructure Cascades: A Human-Focused Infrastructure Resilience Analytics Framework\u201d, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Conference, submitted to the Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management track, May 7-11, 2026, Reno, NV.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O61<\/span><span>Mukherjee, S., Ganguly, P., and Walteros, J. (2025) \u201cA data-driven three-stage decision making framework to enhance wildfire resilience of electricity distribution systems\u201d, Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual Meeting, December 7-11, 2025, Washington D.C.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O60<\/span><span>Roy, P., and Mukherjee, S. (2025) \u201cIntegrating Big Data Analytics and AI to Model County-level Composite Wildfire Risk and Damage Index in the US\u201d, Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual Meeting, December 7-11, 2025, Washington D.C.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O59<\/span><span>Roy, P., Ganguly, P., and Mukherjee, S. (2025) \u201cA GenAI Integrated Predictive Framework for Wildfire Risk Forecasting of Interdependent Critical Infrastructures Under Information Uncertainty\u201d, Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual Meeting, December 7-11, 2025, Washington D.C.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O58<\/span><span>Roy, P. and Mukherjee, S. (2025) \u201cA People-Centric Approach to Model Risks in Post-wildfire Recovery and Resource Allocation using a Two-stage Machine Learning Modeling\u201d, INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 26-29, 2025, Atlanta GA.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O57<\/span><span>Roy, P., Mukherjee, S., Clark, S., Anbalagan, A. (2025) \u201cDeveloping a Dynamic wildfire Risk Index of Counties Integrating Socioeconomic Aspects\u201d, Natural Hazards Workshop, Researchers Meeting July 16-17, 2025, Broomfield, CO.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O56<\/span><span>Schultz, R., Clark, S., Mukherjee, S., Walteros, J., and Yeo, J. (2025) \u201cHuman-Centered Impact Assessment of Wildfire-Induced Infrastructure Disruptions\u201d, Natural Hazards Workshop, Researchers Meeting July 16-17, 2025, Broomfield, CO.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O54<\/span><span>Roy, P. and Mukherjee, S. (2024) \u201cAssessing inequities and disparities in the post-wildfire recovery of socially vulnerable WUI communities\u201d, Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual Meeting, December 8-12, 2024, Austin TX.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O51<\/span><span>Roy, P., and Mukherjee, S., (2024) \u201cAssessing Inequity in Wildfire Resource Allocation Using a Data-Driven Approach\u201d, Natural Hazards Workshop, Researchers Meeting July 17-18, 2024, Broomfield, CO.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O49<\/span><span>Clark, S., Mukherjee, S., Walteros, J., and Yeo, J. (2024) \u201cSocial Burden of Wildfire-Induced Critical Infrastructure Service Disruptions on Disadvantaged Communities: The Case of Wildfire in the Western U.S. \u201c, Natural Hazards Workshop, Researchers Meeting July 17-18, 2024, Broomfield, CO.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O47<\/span><span>Umar, F. and Mukherjee, S. (2023) \u201cData-Driven Analysis of Equity in Wildfire Resource Allocation\u201d, Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual Meeting, December 10-14, 2023, Washington D.C. (SRA Student Best Paper Award from the SRA Justice, Equity and Risk Specialty Group (JERSG))<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">IP2<\/span><span>Roy, P., Mukherjee, S., Clark, S. (2026). \u201cIntegrating Big Data Analytics and AI to Model Countylevel Composite National Wildfire Risk and Damage Index in the US\u201d.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">IP3<\/span><span>Mukherjee, S.,Clark, S., and Roy, P. (2026). \u201cSocial burden of wildfire-induced infrastructure disruptions using mixed methods approach\u201d.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n  <p class=\"meta\" style=\"margin-top:14px\">In the media: <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-12-inequity-wildfire-resources-california.html\">Phys.org, Dec 2024<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/news.host.html\/content\/shared\/university\/news\/news-center-releases\/2024\/02\/wildfire-research-grant.detail.html\">UB News, Feb 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"rapid\" class=\"rapid\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n  <div class=\"rapid-head\">\n    <div><span class=\"tag\">NSF RAPID \u00b7 2023<\/span>\n      <h2>After Hurricane Fiona: cascading infrastructure failure in Puerto Rico<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"lead\">How did failures of the electric grid and the road network affect socially vulnerable communities after Hurricane Fiona, and how were the recovery and reconstruction of these interdependent systems prioritized?<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <dl class=\"facts\">\n      <div><dt>Stakeholder interviews<\/dt><dd>Feb\u2013May 2023<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Community focus groups<\/dt><dd>April 2023<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Communities<\/dt><dd>Adjuntas, Utuado, Jayuya, Salinas, Caguas, Mayag\u00fcez<\/dd><\/div>\n    <\/dl>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"rapid-grid\">\n    <div class=\"video-card\">\n      <video controls preload=\"none\" poster=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rapid-sra-talk-poster.jpg\"><source src=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rapid-sra-talk.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/video>\n      <p class=\"meta\" style=\"margin:10px 0 0\">Poulomee Roy introduces the project and its disaster impacts framework ahead of the SRA 2024 Annual Meeting (4 min 38 s).<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"card\">\n      <h3>The team<\/h3>\n      <p><strong>PI:<\/strong> Dr. Diana G. Ramirez-Rios. <strong>Co-PI:<\/strong> Dr. Sayanti Mukherjee.<\/p>\n      <p><strong>Researchers:<\/strong> Poulomee Roy, Prasangsha Ganguly, Angelo Soto-Vergel, Judith Brennan, Huize Hou and Esneyder Gonzalez Ponzon.<\/p>\n      <p><strong>Collaborators in Puerto Rico:<\/strong> Arq. Astrid D\u00edaz and Carmen Villanueva (PRODEV).<\/p>\n      <h3 style=\"margin-top:18px\">Approach<\/h3>\n      <p>In-depth interviews with emergency management, utility and municipal stakeholders, and focus groups with residents, analyzed with a hybrid qualitative approach that pairs thematic analysis with AI and natural language processing.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h3 class=\"sub\">From the field<\/h3>\n  <div class=\"gallery\"><figure class=\"g wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pr-adjuntas-focus-group.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pr-adjuntas-focus-group.jpg\" alt=\"Community focus group in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico (2023).\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Community focus group in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico (2023).<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"g tall\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pr-field-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pr-field-1.jpg\" alt=\"The UB research team during fieldwork in Puerto Rico's mountain communities (2023).\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>The UB research team during fieldwork in Puerto Rico&#8217;s mountain communities (2023).<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"g \"><a href=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pr-field-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pr-field-2.jpg\" alt=\"Visiting a community facility with rooftop solar during fieldwork (2023).\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Visiting a community facility with rooftop solar during fieldwork (2023).<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"g face\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pr-nhw-2024.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/pr-nhw-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Mukherjee (left) and Dr. Ramirez-Rios (right) with the team at the 49th Natural Hazards Workshop (2024).\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Dr. Mukherjee (left) and Dr. Ramirez-Rios (right) with the team at the 49th Natural Hazards Workshop (2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n  <h3 class=\"sub\">Publications, talks and data<\/h3>\n  <ul class=\"pubs\"><li><span class=\"id\">D2<\/span><span>Ramirez-Rios, D., S. Mukherjee, E. Gonzalez Ponzon, P. Ganguly, J. Brennan, A. Soto Vergel, H. Hou. (2024) \u201cIn-depth Interviews with Stakeholders\u201d, in RAPID: Exploring Impacts of Cascading Failure and Recovery Efforts of Interdependent Critical Infrastructure in Socially Vulnerable Puerto Rican Communities After Hurricane Fiona. DesignSafe-CI. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17603\/ds2-fq4w-xm79\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">D1<\/span><span>Ramirez-Rios, D., S. Mukherjee, E. Gonzalez Ponzon, P. Ganguly, J. Brennan, A. Soto Vergel, H. Hou. (2024) \u201cCommunity Focus Group Interviews\u201d, in RAPID: Exploring Impacts of Cascading Failure and Recovery Efforts of Interdependent Critical Infrastructure in Socially Vulnerable Puerto Rican Communities After Hurricane Fiona. DesignSafe-CI. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17603\/ds2-daer-ka54\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O55<\/span><span>Ramirez-Rios, D., Mukherjee, S., Soto-vergel, A., Brennan, J., Roy, P. (2025) \u201cSocial Impacts from Disaster-Induced Critical Infrastructure Disruptions\u201d, 35th Annual Conference Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), May 8-12, 2025, Atlanta, GA.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O53<\/span><span>Roy, P., Mukherjee, S., Ramirez-Rios, D., Soto-vergel, A., Brennan, J., Ganguly, P., Hou, H. (2024) \u201cEvaluating Impacts of Hurricane Fiona across Puerto Rico through a Hybrid Qualitative Approach leveraging AI\u201d, Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual Meeting, December 8-12, 2024, Austin TX.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O50<\/span><span>Ramirez-Rios, D., Mukherjee, S., Soto-vergel, A., Brennan, J., Hou, H. and Ganguly, P. (2024) \u201cSynthesizing post-disaster fieldwork data: A comprehensive framework integrating qualitative and quantitative analyses\u201d, Natural Hazards Workshop, Researchers Meeting July 17-18, 2024, Broomfield, CO.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O48<\/span><span>Ramirez-Rios, D., Mukherjee, S., Soto-vergel, A., Brennan, J., Hou, H. and Ganguly, P. (2024) \u201cA Disaster Impacts Framework from Fieldwork Data to Assess Critical Infrastructure Impacts on Communities\u201d, 34th Annual Conference Production and Operations Management Society, April 25-29, 2024, Minneapolis, MN.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">P12<\/span><span>Roy, P., Mukherjee, S., Ramirez-Rios, D., Soto-vergel, A., Brennan, J., Hou, H. and Ganguly, P. (2024) \u201cEvaluating Impacts of Hurricane Fiona on Puerto Rican Communities Leveraging Quasi-Qualitative Approach\u201d, Natural Hazards Workshop, Researchers Meeting July 17-18, 2024, Broomfield, CO.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">P11<\/span><span>Brennan, J., Ramirez-Rios, D., Mukherjee, S., Soto-Vergel, A., Hou, H., and Ganguly, P. (2024). \u201cInfrastructure Failure Impacts on Socially Vulnerable Communities in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona\u201d, Natural Hazards Engineering Engineering Infrastructure (NHERI) Computational Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, USA; February 1-2, 2024<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">IP1<\/span><span>Ramirez-Rios, D., Mukherjee, S., Soto-Vergel, A., Brennan, J., Hou, H., Ganguly, P., Roy, P. (2026). \u201cSocial Impacts from Disaster-Induced Critical Infrastructure Disruptions: A Framework based on Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Fieldwork Data after Natural Hazards\u201d.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"doe\" class=\"rapid tint\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n  <div class=\"rapid-head\">\n    <div><span class=\"tag gold\">U.S. DOE Office of Electricity \u00b7 2025<\/span>\n      <h2>American-Made Science Synthesis Prize: AI for a disaster-resilient, renewable grid<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"lead\">The Science Synthesis Prize, launched in May 2024 as part of DOE&#8217;s Grid Resource Integration Technology (GRIT) prize series, asked teams to map the state of renewable energy integration and identify the key barriers and investment opportunities. Team OASIS UB was one of eight winners, each awarded $10,000.<\/p>\n      <p><a class=\"btn btn-line\" href=\"https:\/\/www.herox.com\/ScienceSynthesis\/update\/7795\">DOE winners announcement<\/a><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <dl class=\"facts\">\n      <div><dt>Team<\/dt><dd>OASIS UB, led by Dr. Sayanti Mukherjee<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Winners announced<\/dt><dd>September 4, 2025<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Focus<\/dt><dd>Intermittency, supply-demand mismatch, cybersecurity and natural hazards in decentralized grids, and where AI can help<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>In the media<\/dt><dd><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niagara-gazette.com\/news\/education\/ub-engineering-professor-emphasizes-need-for-social-economic-buy-in-for-renewable-energ\/article_859aeefd-2a63-4e19-a578-1e52ba0c803c.html\">Niagara Gazette, Nov 2025<\/a><\/dd><\/div>\n    <\/dl>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"doe-grid\">\n    <div class=\"gallery two\"><figure class=\"g tall\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/doe-poster-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/doe-poster-1.jpg\" alt=\"Poulomee Roy with the poster \u201cFrom Chaos to Concurrence: Integration of Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Resilient Decentralized Grid.\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Poulomee Roy with the poster \u201cFrom Chaos to Concurrence: Integration of Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Resilient Decentralized Grid.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"g tall\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/doe-poster-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oasis.eng.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/doe-poster-2.jpg\" alt=\"Poulomee Roy and Dr. Sayanti Mukherjee at the Columbia University CCAE Fall Symposium, New York City (September 26, 2025).\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption>Poulomee Roy and Dr. Sayanti Mukherjee at the Columbia University CCAE Fall Symposium, New York City (September 26, 2025).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n    <div class=\"card\">\n      <h3>What the synthesis covers<\/h3>\n      <p>A systematic literature review of solar, wind, geothermal and hydrogen integration: current U.S. integration practices, the main barriers (intermittency, integration cost, storage, forecasting and aging grid resilience), the opportunities that address them, and policy recommendations grounded in those opportunities.<\/p>\n      <p>The poster extends this to decentralized grids, matching AI methods such as deep forecasting, reinforcement learning, anomaly detection and spatiotemporal models to each challenge, with real case studies like the Texas 2021 freeze and California microgrids.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <h3 class=\"sub\">Publications and presentations<\/h3>\n  <ul class=\"pubs\"><li><span class=\"id\">S1<\/span><span>OASIS UB team, led by Mukherjee, S. (2025). \u201cCritical Need of the Hour for Renewable Energy Integration in the US.\u201d Synthesis submitted to the U.S. DOE American-Made Science Synthesis Prize. Winning submission. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herox.com\/ScienceSynthesis\/update\/7795\">Link<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">U2<\/span><span>Mukherjee, S. and Roy, P. (2026). \u201cFrom barriers to breakthroughs: A systematic literature review bridging technical, economic, and social dimensions of U.S. renewable energy transition\u201d, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences (under review).<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">P13<\/span><span>Roy, P. and Mukherjee, S. (2025) \u201cFrom Chaos to Concurrence: Integration of Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Resilient Decentralized Grid\u201d, Columbia University Center of Advanced Electrification (CCAE) Fall Symposium, September 26, 2025, New York City, NY.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">T23<\/span><span>Columbia University &#8211; Center of Advanced Electrification (CCAE) Fall 2025 Symposium, \u201cDistributed Energy Resources: Navigating the Challenges with Strategic Interventions and Risk-Informed Decision Making\u201d, September 26, 2025, New York City, NY.<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">C24<\/span><span>Roy, P., and Mukherjee, S. \u201cResidential Solar Adoption Under Uneven Household Energy and Housing Burden: A Spatio-Temporal Data-Driven Analysis\u201d, in the IEEE Access Digest, Columbia Center of Advanced Electrification (CCAE) Symposium, September 25, 2026; Columbia NY (accepted)<\/span><\/li><li><span class=\"id\">O65<\/span><span>Mukherjee, S., and Roy, P., \u201cThe Affordability Divide in the Clean Energy Transition: Data-driven Investigation from Residential Solar Adoption in the United States\u201d, Society for Risk Analysis, Annual Meeting, December 6-10, 2026, Atlanta, GA.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section><div class=\"wrap\"><h2>Research areas<\/h2><div class=\"grid g2\" style=\"margin-top:20px\">\n<article class=\"card\"><span class=\"tag\">Infrastructure<\/span><h3>Critical infrastructure risk and resilience<\/h3><p>Lifelines such as power, gas, water and transportation depend on each other, yet topology and interdependency data are often missing. We use simulation, Bayesian networks, generative AI and predictive analytics to assess vulnerability under incomplete information.<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;color:var(--muted);font-size:.92rem\"><li>Vulnerability of interdependent systems under incomplete information<\/li><li>Sewer pipe failure risk and its key drivers<\/li><\/ul><\/article>\n<article class=\"card\"><span class=\"tag\">Energy<\/span><h3>Energy systems resilience<\/h3><p>Extreme heat, cold, storms and drought threaten the energy system. We use statistical learning, GeoAI, remote sensing and deep learning to quantify risks and support planning and policy.<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;color:var(--muted);font-size:.92rem\"><li>Climate-energy nexus under deep uncertainty<\/li><li>Natural disaster impacts on energy systems<\/li><li>Resilience investment decisions for grid regulators<\/li><li>Renewable integration challenges and policy<\/li><\/ul><\/article>\n<article class=\"card\"><span class=\"tag\">Hazards<\/span><h3>Impacts of extreme events<\/h3><p>Wildfires, heat waves, storms and flooding affect health, infrastructure and communities. We use GeoAI, remote sensing, interpretable ML and econometrics to design interventions.<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;color:var(--muted);font-size:.92rem\"><li>Drivers of wildfire spread<\/li><li>Wildfire-induced failure risk of interconnected infrastructure<\/li><li>Minimizing wildfire-induced power outage risk<\/li><li>Disaster impacts on economic growth<\/li><\/ul><\/article>\n<article class=\"card\"><span class=\"tag\">Health<\/span><h3>Population health and healthcare analytics<\/h3><p>Data-centric models for mortality and morbidity risk, disease spread and mental health, informing health policy and resource allocation.<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;color:var(--muted);font-size:.92rem\"><li>Health behaviors and adolescent suicide attempts<\/li><li>Community health and built environment nexus<\/li><li>Suicide disparities across metropolitan areas<\/li><\/ul><\/article>\n<article class=\"card\"><span class=\"tag\">Justice<\/span><h3>Community safety and social justice<\/h3><p>Interpretable AI and optimization to understand the geographic and socioeconomic context of crime and support fair allocation of public safety resources.<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;color:var(--muted);font-size:.92rem\"><li>Socio-environmental factors in felony and misdemeanor rates<\/li><li>Spatiotemporal attack patterns of terrorist organizations<\/li><li>Crime risk for women in developing countries<\/li><\/ul><\/article>\n<article class=\"card\"><span class=\"tag\">Mobility<\/span><h3>Human mobility data analytics<\/h3><p>GPS, phone, social media and transit data reveal how people move before, during and after disasters, and who loses access to critical services.<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;color:var(--muted);font-size:.92rem\"><li>Income segregation in activity spaces under disaster<\/li><li>Forecasting shelter demand<\/li><li>Two-stage forecasting of service demand<\/li><li>Equitable access to food stores under disasters<\/li><\/ul><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/main>\n<footer><svg class=\"footer-wave\" viewBox=\"0 0 1440 80\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M0,40 C240,90 480,0 720,30 C960,60 1200,10 1440,40 L1440,80 L0,80 Z\"\/><\/svg><div class=\"wrap\"><span>\u00a9 OASIS Lab \u00b7 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo<\/span><span><a href=\"mailto:sayantim@buffalo.edu\">sayantim@buffalo.edu<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/footer>\n<script>\n(function(){\n  \/\/ mobile menu\n  var mb=document.querySelector('.menu-btn'), ul=document.querySelector('.nav ul');\n  if(mb&&ul){mb.addEventListener('click',function(){var o=ul.classList.toggle('open');mb.setAttribute('aria-expanded',o);});}\n  var reduce=window.matchMedia&&window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;\n  \/\/ hero video\n  var v=document.getElementById('heroVideo'), b=document.getElementById('vidToggle');\n  if(v&&b){\n    var set=function(p){b.textContent=p?'Pause video':'Play video';};\n    if(!reduce){var pr=v.play(); 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