The SSPEED Center was formulated based on a core faculty participant team. Each member brings a unique talent to the Center, and many of the involved faculty has worked together on related evacuation and flooding projects in the region.
- P.B. Bedient, Center Director, Rice University
- H.S. Rifai, Co-Director, University of Houston
- J. Granato, University of Houston
- J. Padgett, Rice University
- J.H. Pardue, Louisiana State University
- B. Wolshon, Louisiana State University
- G. Wells, University of Texas at Austin
- C. Dawson, University of Texas at Austin
- J. Benavides, University of Texas at Brownsville
- C. Lewis, Texas Southern University
- S. Brody, Texas A & M University, College Station
- F. Olivera, A & M University, College Station
- B. Merrell, A & M University, Galveston
- B. Seitz, A & M University, Galveston
Our Private and Government Partners include:
- Houston Galvestion Area Council
- Texas Medical Center
- Vieux and Associates, Inc.
- Walter P. Moore
- Dodson and Associates, Inc.
- TC&B
SSPEED Center UH has established partnerships with the Weather Research Museum, Bayou Preservation Association, and the Galveston Bay Foundation. We continue to build relationships with other entities, either non-profit or private, that have a vested interest in our topics of research and education.