Tracy Kijewski-Correa
Pulte Institute for Global Development; Engineering; Keough School of Global Affairs
William J. Pulte Director, Pulte Institute for Global Development; Professor of Engineering and Global Affairs; Academic Director, Integration Lab
- Engineering for international development
- Disaster risk reduction
- Resilient and sustainable communities
- Civil infrastructure and housing
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NPR
Homes are increasingly at risk from floods. Elevation can help
June 11, 2025
Because of the cost, home elevation doesn't always make sense for homeowners, says Tracy Kijewski-Correa, a professor of engineering and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame who studies disaster risk reduction.
phys.org
Protective actions need regulatory support to fully defend homeowners and coastal communities, study finds
January 17, 2025
Led by Tracy Kijewski-Correa, professor of engineering and global affairs at the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, the study, published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, explored how homeowners respond in the aftermath of hurricanes when reconstruction becomes necessary.
NewsNation
Florida continues building in high-risk areas
October 17, 2024
“We got to a situation in our country that, while we don’t lose as many lives in storms, our losses are rising because we have more people coming to the coast and we have therefore grown our exposure to these storms,” said Tracy Kijewski-Correa, a disaster-risk reduction specialist. “We have a climate that’s changing, that’s going to be, regrettably, the perfect storm.”
CBC
Is it time for Anderson Cooper and other reporters to come in from the hurricanes?
October 11, 2024
"I've seen two-by-fours shot through the walls of buildings in these storms," said Tracy Kijewski-Correa, a professor of engineering at the University of Notre Dame and an expert on disaster risk reduction and civil infrastructure. "That could be Anderson's body."
South Bend Tribune
ND expert: New norms in extreme storms like Milton means you must heed warnings locally
October 10, 2024
There’s a new reality. And it’s changing what our local weather forecasters and emergency responders are trying to anticipate, says Tracy Kijewski-Correa, an engineering professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Fast Company
How to handle compounding disasters in the face of climate change
August 18, 2024
Tracy Kijewski-Correa is a professor of engineering and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
Nature
Messaging risk to drive coastal adaptation
June 26, 2024
Tracy Kijewski-Correa: The acute effects of climate change are already manifesting, yet coastal residents have taken little action to mitigate these effects or adapt to them.
Science Magazine
‘Hybrid’ disaster response shows how localization saves lives
June 18, 2024
Tracy Kijewski-Correa, professor of engineering and global affairs and the William J. Pulte Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, part of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, was the lead author for the study, published in the Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering.
Inside Indiana Business
Notre Dame unifies, strengthens poverty fight with new initiative
February 21, 2024
A new anti-poverty initiative launched at the University of Notre Dame with a $100 million gift from an alumni couple will look for new ways of thinking and talking about the issue. “Notre Dame’s Poverty Initiative is driven by a moral imperative to prioritize the needs of the poor and vulnerable, rooted in Catholic social teaching” said Notre Dame economist Jim Sullivan, co-founder and director of the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities. Tracy Kijewski-Correa, director of the university’s Pulte Institute for Global Development, said the initiative is looking for new ways to manage the issue and express its impacts. “Poverty is not just material deprivation,” she said. “It affects everything and every part of a person.”
MediaFeed
Home climate-proofing can lower your bills. Why people still aren’t doing it
June 26, 2023
“The messaging we’ve been using about avoiding losses in the future — you do this today and in the future you shall be spared — it doesn’t work,” says Tracy Kijewski-Correa, a professor, director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development at the University of Notre Dame, and a co-author of the study.
USA Today
The US isn’t ready for stronger hurricanes, experts say. How structures are built could help.
October 16, 2022
Hurricane recovery can last at least a decade and sometimes longer, said Tracy Kijewski-Correa, an engineering and global affairs professor at the University of Notre Dame who has worked on several major disasters, including 2017's Hurricane Harvey in Texas.
Science
For scientists, Hurricane Ian is posing threats—and opportunities
September 30, 2022
Events like Ian offer a “very good stress test” for buildings, says Tracy Kijewski-Correa, director of the program and a civil engineer at the University of Notre Dame.
National Geographic
New lab to simulate 200 mph hurricanes in quest to make storm-resistant homes
June 17, 2022
But turning that science into on-the-ground home improvement will be another challenge, says Tracy Kijewski-Correa, a structural engineer at Notre Dame University and NICHE co-lead researcher.
The Atlantic
Here Come the First Responders ... And the Engineers?
September 19, 2021
When you first see the sheer magnitude of destruction at the site where a hurricane made landfall, “there’s usually a take-your-breath-away moment,” says Tracy Kijewski-Correa, a structural engineer at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
Hakai, Smithsonian Magazine
When a Natural Disaster Hits, Structural Engineers Learn From the Destruction
September 16, 2021
When you first see the sheer magnitude of destruction where a hurricane made landfall, “there’s usually a take-your-breath-away moment,” says Tracy Kijewski-Correa, a structural engineer at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.