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Rachel Davidson is the Donald C. Phillips Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the University of Delaware's College of Engineering, with a joint appointment in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. She leads the NSF-funded Coastal Hazards, Equity, Economic prosperity, and Resilience (CHEER) Hub and is a core member of the Disaster Research Center. Her education includes a B.S.E. from Princeton University and M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Prior roles include professorships at Cornell University and visiting positions at Columbia University and the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). She has held the Shimizu Visiting Professorship at Stanford (2022).
Research focuses on disaster risk modeling, infrastructure systems resilience, and regional planning for earthquakes and hurricanes. Her work integrates engineering, policy, and social sciences to address uncertainty in disaster management. Awards include the ASCE Charles Martin Duke Award (2019) and fellowships from the Society for Risk Analysis and ELATE (2015-16).
Her scholarship emphasizes stakeholder engagement, computational frameworks for policy analysis, and innovative tools like REWET for water supply restoration. She has advised on federal grants totaling millions and collaborates internationally. Current projects include hurricane risk mitigation strategies and socio-technical frameworks for resilient infrastructure.
