Introduction to Preventative Engineering

1. Introduction to Preventative Engineering Zbigniew M. Bzymek UConn & Eliot Brown Storrs CT MECE 2018 Presentation

2. Preamble The World is developing and changing Heraklit from Efez “ Panta rhei” (“Everything Flows”) Nature, societies, economy, technology - everything changes The changes very often bring dangers The dangers are created by Nature and Humans (Intentionally and Unintentionally) Engineering as a profession has obligation to protect societies from those dangers (a privilege of engineers is to make positive revolution )

3. What Is Preventative Engineering • Engineering • Technology • Innovation • Study, Design, and Construction • BTIPS Module - Prediction: Changes from Negative into Neutral, from Neutral into Positive • Protecting societies & individuals • Creating structures, equipment, regulations • Regulatory Policy - human friendly

4. Thesis • Preventative Engineering will be a new combining aspect of engineering. This engineering will focus on modern prevalent problems that continue to cause harm to lives, economies, and prevent human growth.

5. Branches of Engineering A new branch of engineering called Preventative Engineering is proposed. Preventative Engineering is the innovation and design that looks into the disasters that mankind directly face and endure.

6. Influence of nature: • Air: Hurricanes, cyclones and other • Water: rains, hail, rivers , ocean • Earth: earthquake, tsunami, volcano

7. Hurricanes

8. Cyclones

9. Some Strongest Hurricanes/Cyclones - Devastations Hurricane Maria The Great GalvestonHurricane Hurricane Camille Hurricane Jeanne Cyclone Ockhi Bhola Cyclone

10. Hurricanes Increasing Intensity? • Climate Change • Intensity increase • Warmer waters • Warmer air • Higher Sea levels • Global warming • Weakening atmospheric • Currents • Rebuild in coastal areas • Population of Atlantic Gulf Coast region 52 million (2000) to 60 million (2016) https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2018/08/coastal-county-population-rises.html John Schwatz - New York Time https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/climate/humans-hurricanes-causes-effects.html

11. Protection From Hurricanes - Ideas • Rising intensity from hurricanes • need new solutions • Upgraded tracking system • gives warning sooner • Disperse air flow and pressure • Control wave distortion • Direct analysis of hurricanes • develops new understanding MIT scientist Moshe Alamaro developed system to rob hurricanes of what they build from which is warm water. [12]

12. Tornado

13. Earthquakes

14. Earthquake Information Mexico Earthquake 2017 Impact -Buildings demolished -Transport systems destroyed -Lives lost -Economic backtrack

15. Natural Disasters • Natural Disasters of Wildfires, Hurricanes, and Earthquakes alone cost $306 billion in 2017 Number of reported events

16. Teachings • Understanding of these disasters specifically and directly • Better understanding of our planet and therefore other planetary objects and spatial structures • Understanding of planet and composite • Impacts and results • New technologies and inventions • Unknown knowledge to discover

17. Human Caused • New technologies create new problems and hazards • Structures/buildings • Space exploration • Global warming • Ecosystems • AI (Artificial Intel.) • Nuclear plants • Sinking Cities • New York • Tokyo

18. Precautions for Buildings • Vertical transportation • Efficient exit strategies • Building sway • Maintenance & inspections • Extreme precautions and emergencies • Overall efficiency www1.rmit.edu.au Challenges for all include extreme situations and extreme exit strategies from such tall buildings in case of a disaster.

20. Images of Buildings The Oldest Skyscraper - In Chicago - now destroyed

21. Implementing Preventative Engineering • Research domain • College major • Government funding • Combination with different domains of engineering • Especially Mechanical Engineering

22. Possibilities From Preventative Engineering Ideas to create inventions • Chair on steps • Flying car • Flying segway • Flying rescue vehicles • Fire rescue vehicles • Personal parachutes • Street safety equipment (boats, hot air balloons) https://www.businessinsider.com/earthquake-resistant-buildings-2011-3 Inventions will continue to be made, but this major will help progress technologies that are imminent. This will have direct beneficial outcomes with the global economy, markets, safety, ease, governmental systems, protection strategies, and much more that cannot even be predicted.

23. Heavy prevention equipment - student ideas • Vertical starting airplanes • Helicopters • Paraschoots • Slides on line • Slides inside of a tube • Pneumatic containers rolling down the stairs • Pneumatic guns shooting out people with parachute away from a burning tall building • Backpack extinguishers

24. Summary • Regulatory solutions • Economical solutions • User friendly solutions • Environmentally stable solutions • Safe solutions • Easy to maintain solutions No limit to the possibilities http://www.intellectualventureslab.com/invent/hurricane-season

25. Citations https://www.weather.gov [7,8] https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/outreach/history/ [7,8] https://www.climate.gov [8] Hurricane Increasing Intestity- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/climate/humans-hurricanes-causes-effects.html Protection from Hurricanes MIT person- [11] https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2005/06/09/anti-hurricane-technology https://www.weather.gov/lmk/tornado_climatology [12] www.ceramics.org [19] http://www.intellectualventureslab.com/invent/hurricane-season [24]

26. Acknowledgments Eliot Brown, UConn Students, UConn Faculty and Staff who supported the Idea, George Assard III, Steve White and SOEHELP team, Prof. Katie Kornacki of Caldwell University for language advisory.