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Revised Spring 2014 THE INSTITUTE FOR CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS (ICIS) was established in 1998 with initial funding from the National Science Foundation. ICIS engages in research, education, and outreach in infrastructure, including energy, transportation, water, communication and environmental protection. Agencies that have funded current and recent research include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (through university centers at NYU, USC, and Dartmouth), the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Transportation Region 2 University Transportation Research Center, the NYS Department of Transportation, and the Fund for Public Health in NY. ICIS researchers have also engaged in studies of global climate change impacts on public infrastructure. Contact: Rae Zimmerman, Professor of Planning and Public Administration and Director, Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10012. Phone: 212 998-7432; Fax: 212 995-4162; rae.zimmerman@. /icis CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS NEW YORK STATE RESILIENCY INSTITUTE FOR STORMS AND EMERGENCIES (NYS RISE), Project Sponsor: the State of New York. 2013-2014. /pressnys-rise, /news/newsStory/nys-rise-storm-preparedness-initiative-taps-prof-rae-zimmerman, 2013-2014. ICIS researchers a participating in a new collaborative Institute led by New York University and Stony Brook University for research and education in connection with extreme events related to weather and natural hazards. ICIS researchers are focusing on interdependencies among infrastructures, particularly drinking water, that relate to resiliency and redundancy in the context of extreme events, and monitoring programs that support knowledge of extreme event impacts. SUBURBAN POVERTY, PUBLIC TRANSIT, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND SOCIAL MOBILITY, Project Sponsor: the U.S. De