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2025 University Scholarly Achievement Award
Elaina Sutley was one of three University of Kansas faculty members who received the 2025 University Scholarly Achievement Award. She was recognized for her research into tornado-resistant structural engineering.
I am Striving: Elaina Sutley
Led by the University of Kansas Office of Research, Elaina Sutley speaks on her research and how she is using engineering and social sciences to combat natural disasters.
Other Media
Featured on National Science Foundation’s Natural Hazard Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) DesignSafe-CI, April 11, 2022, “MOVING NATURAL HAZARDS RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE: A SUCCESS STORY.” https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/2022/april/moving-natural-hazard-research-practice-success-story/
Featured on National Science Foundation’s Natural Hazard Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) DesignSafe-CI, February 25, 2022, “FROM NHERI RESEARCH TO ENGINEERING PRACTICE.” https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/2022/february/nheri-research-engineering-practice/
Featured on National Science Foundation’s Natural Hazard Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) DesignSafe-CI, July 31, 2020, “Engineers who engage: Elaina Sutley.” https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/2020/july/engineers-who-engage-elaina-sutley/
Filmed, PBS Series HOME DIAGNOSIS TV, Episode 311: “Equal Opportunity Disaster”, aired March 2024. https://homediagnosis.tv/episode-311-equal-opportunity-disaster
Filmed, PBS Series HOME DIAGNOSIS TV, Episode 306: “Rock Hard”, aired March 2024. https://www.pbs.org/video/rock-hard-w5e4bo/
Filmed, PBS Series HOME DIAGNOSIS TV, Episode 304: “Like a Hurricane”, aired March 2024. https://www.pbs.org/video/like-a-hurricane-cuhduz/
Filmed, PBS Terra Weathered, Episode 8: “Tornado Warning: Survive Nature’s Wildest Winds”, aired April 2021. https://www.pbs.org/video/tornado-warning-survive-natures-wildest-winds-eofpk2/
Interviewed on the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure Podcast, DesignSafe Radio, January 14, 2022, “Episode 107 Protecting Mobile Homes from Tornadoes.” (https://www.designsafe-ci.org/podcast/)
Interviewed on the Structural Engineering Podcast, June 13, 2019, “TCEP 120: The State of the Structural Engineering Industry from the ASCE SEI Structures Congress Part 1 and Part 2.” https://engineeringmanagementinstitute.org/tsec-02-structural-engineering-industry1/
Interviewed on the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure Podcast, DesignSafe Radio, September 1, 2017, “Episode 5 There Used to be Buildings Right There.” (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-zehner/designsafe-radio/e/51320027)
KU Today Articles
Researchers look to see how elevated housing in Florida stood up to Hurricane Michael
UPDATE: In 2022, this research was incorporated into the newest version of ASCE 7, the loads standards for structural engineering adopted by building codes and used throughout the United States. ...
Efficacy of pre-event planning will be key as Florence hits, urban planner says
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas urban planning researcher who has researched long-term risks and natural disasters in the North Carolina region is available to discuss the potential effects of Hurricane Florence, which is expected to hit the East Coast in coming days. ...