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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Eren Erman Ozguven, associate professor in civil and environmental engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Successful Longevity, has been named director
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The RIDER center is an information research hub that provides a central location for resiliency and disaster research. One of the main focuses of the center is to establish and develop emergency plans that
fit the needs of both urban and rural communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Read more about Ozguven’s RIDER center:
<a href="https://isl.fsu.edu/article/isl-faculty-affiliate-eren-erman-ozguven-leads-new-resilient-infrastructure-and-disaster">
https://isl.fsu.edu/article/isl-faculty-affiliate-eren-erman-ozguven-leads-new-resilient-infrastructure-and-disaster</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bill Edmonds, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Institute for Successful Longevity<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Florida State University<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">850-933-7960<o:p></o:p></p>
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