Dennis Mileti
Dennis S. Mileti is professor emeritus at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he served as Director of the Natural Hazards Center from 1994-2003. He is the author of many publications, most on the societal aspects of hazards and disasters. His book, Disasters by Design, summarized the knowledge of all fields of science and engineering regarding natural hazards and disasters and made recommendations for shifts in national policies and programs.
Mileti has had the opportunity to work on a variety of exciting hazards-related projects over the years including providing oversight to the U.S. Army Corps' investigation of why the levees failed (and the subsequent societal impacts) during Hurricane Katrina, for which he was awarded the U.S. Army's Civilian Medal of Honor. He also designed NIST's congressional study of the evacuation of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11 and has also chaired the Committee on Disasters in the National Research Council of the National Academies and the Board of Visitors to FEMA's Emergency Management Institute. Mileti has served as a California Seismic Safety Commissioner and he works as a consultant in the private, public, and legal sectors in matters related to emergency management and public warning risk communication.
Mileti currently oversees and works with colleagues at different universities on a DHS-sponsored project to comprehensively test public warning messages for communication over mobile devices.
Related Resources from Dennis Mileti
Communicating Actionable Risk for Terrorism and Other Hazards
With Michele Wood, Megumi Kano, Melissa Kelley, Rotrease Regan, and Linda Bourque
Risk Analysis, 2012