Faculty Profile

Hao-Che Wu

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Emergency Management and Disaster Science
College
College of Health and Public Service

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Texas A&M University, 2013. 
Major: Urban and Regional Science
Dissertation Title: Perceptions on Hurricanes Information and Tracking Maps
MA, Ming Chung University, 2004. 
Major: Dept. of Economics
Dissertation Title: Financial Depth and Economic Growth in China
BS, Chinese Culture University, 2001. 
Major: Dept. of Economics





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
EMDS 5120.001, Applied Statistics in Disaster Science, Spring 2024 
EADP 3010.900, Principles of Emergency Management, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    EMDS 5950.005, Master's Thesis, Fall 2023 
                    

                    EADP 3020.001, Methods in Emergency Management, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3010.900, Principles of Emergency Management, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EMDS 5950.005, Master's Thesis, Spring 2023 
                    

                    EADP 3020.001, Methods in Emergency Management, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3010.900, Principles of Emergency Management, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EMDS 5950.005, Master's Thesis, Fall 2022 
                    

                    EADP 3020.001, Methods in Emergency Management, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EMDS 5800.003, Seminar in Emergency Management and Disaster Science, Fall 2022  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3020.002, Methods in Emergency Management, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3010.900, Principles of Emergency Management, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3010.900, Introduction to Emergency Management, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3010.900, Introduction to Emergency Management, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EMDS 5800.001, Seminar in Emergency Management and Disaster Science, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EMDS 6800.001, Seminar in Emergency Management and Disaster Science, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3045.001, Disaster Response and Recovery, Spring 2020 Syllabus

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book Chapter
Brindle, T., Huang, S., Wu, H., Lin, C., Lu, J., Lindell, M. K., Davis, C. A., Yu, K., Taciroglu, E.  (2022). Households’ Protective Actions in Response to a Nighttime Earthquake: The 2018 Eastern Taiwan Earthquake. Lifelines 2022: Advancing Lifeline Engineering for Community Resilience. (1), 397-410.  Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Press. 
Wu, H., Huang, S., Lindell, M.  (2020). Evacuation Planning. The Handbook of Urban Disaster Resilience: Integrating Mitigation, Preparedness and Recovery Planning. (1), 206-222.  New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Group. 
Wu, H., Arlikatti, S., Prelog, A., Wukich, C., Companion, M., Chaiken, M.  (2017). Household response to flash flooding in the United States and India: A comparative study of the 2013 Colorado and Uttarakhand disasters. Understanding Vulnerability, Building Resilience: Responses to Disasters and Climate Change. (1ed), 37-48.  New York, NY: CRC Press. 
Wu, H., Lindell, M., Prater, C.  (2014). The Logistics of Household Hurricane Evacuation during Hurricane Ike. Logistics: Perspectives, Approaches and Challenges. 127-140.  Hauppauge, NY: NOVA Science Publishers. 
Hung, C., Wu, H., Cao, M. J. (2014). The post-Olympic Games’ spatial socio-economic vulnerability and its restructure process: case study at a central area of the Olympic games in Beijing, China.. Urban Planning: Practices, Challenges and Benefits. 73-88.  Hauppauge, NY: NOVA Science Publishers. 
Journal Article
Li, Y., Greer, A., Wu, H.  (2024). Applying Extended Parallel Process Model to Understand Households' Responses to Tornado and Earthquake Risks in Oklahoma. Risk Analysis. 44(2), 408-424. 
Wu, H., Murphy, H., Greer, A., Clay, L.  (2024). Evacuate or Social Distance? Modeling Evacuation Decisions in a Dual-Threat Environment. Risk Analysis. 44(3), 724-737. 
Greer, A., Huntsman, D., Wu, H., Murphy, H., Clay, L.  (2023). Household Hurricane Evacuation During a Dual-Threat Event: Hurricane Laura and COVID-19 Corresponding. Transportation Research Part D: Environment and Transportation. 121, 103820. 
Li, Y., Wu, H., Greer, A., Huntsman, D.  (2022). Drivers of Household Risk Perceptions and Adjustment Intentions to Tornado Hazards in Oklahoma. Weather, Climate and Society. 14(4), 1177–1199. 
Caffee, B., Wu, H.  (2022). Factors affecting firefighter occupational cancer risk adjustment. Other. 2(8), 1-7. 
Strimaityte, D., Tu, C., Yanez, A., Itzhaki, I., Wu, H., Wu, J. C., Yang, H.  (2022). Contractility and Calcium Transient Maturation in the Human iPSC-Derived Cardiac Microfibers.. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(31), 35376-35388. 
Hyman, A., Arlikatti, S., Huang, S., Lindell, M. K., Mumpower, J., Prater, C. S., Wu, H.  (2022). How Do Perceptions of Risk Communicator Attributes Affect Emergency Response? An Examination of a Water Contamination Emergency in Boston, USA. Water Resources Research. 58(1), e2021WR030669. 
Huntsman, D., Wu, H., Greer, A.  (2021). What Matters? Exploring Drivers of Basic and Complex Adjustments to Tornadoes Among College Students. Weather, Climate and Society. 
Greer, A., Wu, H., Murphy, H.  (2020). Household adjustment to seismicity in Oklahoma. Earthquake Spectra. 36(4), 2019-2032. 
Wu, H., Greer, A., Murphy, H.  (2020). Perceived stakeholder information credibility and hazard adjustments: a case of induced seismic activities in Oklahoma. Natural Hazards Review. 20(3), 04020017. 
Chang, R., Greer, A., Murphy, H., Wu, H., Melton, S.  (2019). Maintaining the status quo: understanding local use of resilience strategies to address earthquake risk in Oklahoma. Local Government Studies Journal. 45(3), 433-452. 
Greer, A., Wu, H., Haley, M.  (2018). A serendipitous, quasi-natural experiment: Earthquake risk perceptions and hazard adjustments among college students. Natural Hazards. 93(2), 987-1011. 
Murphy, H., Greer, A., Wu, H.  (2018). Trusting government to mitigate a new hazard: the case of Oklahoma earthquakes. Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy. 9(3), 357-380. 
Aditya, A., Wu, H., Arora, H., Mukherjee, S.  (2017). Amorphous metallic alloys: pathways for enhanced wear and corrosion resistance. JOM. 69(11), 2150--2155. Springer US. 
Wei, H., Wu, H., Lindell, M., Prater, C., Shiroshita, H., Johnston, D., Becker, J.  (2017). Assessment of households' responses to the tsunami threat:  A comparative study of Japan and New Zealand.. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. (25), 274-282. 
Aleski, J., Wu, H.  (2017). Getting engaged: Facebook and the fire Service. Other. (11), 69-79. 
Xia, C., Yu, J., Shi, S. Q., Qiu, Y., Cai, L., Wu, H., Ren, H., Nie, X., Zhang, H.  (2017). Natural fiber and aluminum sheet hybrid composites for high electromagnetic interference shielding performance. Composites Part B: Engineering. 114, 121--127. Elsevier. 
Xia, C., Yu, J., Shi, S. Q., Qiu, Y., Cai, L., Wu, H., Ren, H., Nie, X., Zhang, H.  (2017). Natural fiber and aluminum sheet hybrid composites for high electromagnetic interference shielding performance. Composites Part B: Engineering. 114, 121--127. Elsevier. 
Lindell, M., Mumpower, J., Huang, S., Wu, H., Samuelson, C., Wei, H.  (2017). Perceptions of protective actions for a water contamination emergency. Journal of Risk Research. 20(7), 887-908. Taylor & Francis. 
Huang, S., Wu, H., Lindell, M., Wei, H., Samuelson, C.  (2017). Perceptions, behavioral expectations, and implementation timing for response actions in a hurricane emergency. Natural Hazards. 88(1), 533-558. 
Wu, H., Greer, A., Murphy, H., Chang, R.  (2017). Preparing for the new normal: Students and earthquake hazard adjustments in Oklahoma. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. (25), 312-323. 
Steinberg, A., Wukich, C., Wu, H.  (2016). Central social media actors in disaster information networks.. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 34(1), 47-74. 
Lindell, M. K., Prater, C., Wu, H., Huang, S., Johnston, D. M., Becker, J. S., Shiroshita, H.  (2016). Immediate Behavioral Responses to Earthquakes in Christchurch New Zealand and Hitachi Japan,. Disasters. 40(1), 85-111. 
Wu, H., Lin, C.  (2016). The Ridership of Airport Rail Transit and Taoyuan.. Other. 1(1), 7-20. 
Jon, I., Lindell, M. K., Prater, C. S., Huang, S., Wu, H., Johnston, D. M., Becker, J. S., Shiroshita, H., Doyle, E. E., Potter, S. H., McClure, J., Lambie, E.  (2016). Behavioral Response in the Immediate Aftermath of Shaking: Earthquakes in Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand, and Hitachi, Japan.. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13(11), 1137. 
Lindell, M. K., Mumpower, J. L., Huang, S., Wu, H., Samuelson, C. D. (2015). Exposure path perceptions and protective actions in biological water contamination emergencies. Other. (13-21), . 
Lindell, M., Prater, C., Gregg, C. E., Apatu, E. J., Huang, S., Wu, H.  (2015). Households' Immediate Responses to the 2009 Samoa Earthquake and Tsunami. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 12, 328-340. 
Wu, H., Lindell, M., Prater, C.  (2015). Process Tracing Analysis of Hurricane Information Display. Risk Analysis. 35(12), 2202-2220. 
Wu, H., Lindell, M., Prater, C.  (2015). Strike Probability Judgments and Protective Action Recommendations in a Dynamic Hurricane Tracking Task.. Natural Hazards. 79(1), 355-380. 
Wu, H., Lindell, M., Prater, C.  (2014). Effects of Track and Threat Information on Judgments of Hurricane Strike Probability. Risk Analysis. 34(6), 1025-1039. 
Lin, C., Siebeneck, L. K., Lindell, M., Prater, C., Huang, S., Wu, H.  (2014). Evacuees' information sources and reentry decision making in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. Natural Hazards. 70, 86882. 
Siebeneck, L., Lindell, M. K., Prater, C., Wu, H., Huang, S.  (2013). Evacuees’ reentry concerns and Experiences in the Aftermath of Hurricane Ike. Natural Product Communications. 65, 2267-2286. 
Huang, S., Lindell, M. K., Prater, C., Wu, H., Siebeneck, L.  (2012). Household Evacuation Decision Making in Response to Hurricane Ike. Natural Hazards Review. 13(4), 283-296. 
Wu, H., Lindell, M. K., Prater, C.  (2012). Logistics of Hurricane Evacuation in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Transportation Research. 15(4), 445–461. 
Hung, C., Wu, H.  (2005). Local State Governance and its Own Basic Industry: Case Study in Quemoy Kaoliang Liquor Inc. Other. 3(1), 26-31. 
Research Report
Clay, L., Greer, A., Murphy, H., Wu, H.  (2022). Risk Messaging During Syndemics. Other. 9, .  Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Center. https://hazards.colorado.edu/weather-ready-research/risk-messaging-during-syndemics



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Wu, H. (Principal), Murphy, H. (Co-Principal), Greer, A. (Co-Principal), Clay, L. (Co-Principal), "RAPID Understanding Evacuation, Sheltering, and Reentry Decisions During the Dual Threat of Hurricane and the COVID-19 Pandemic," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $90515 Funded. (September 15, 2020 – August 31, 2023).
Wu, H. (Principal), Murphy, H. (Co-Principal), "Collaborative Research: An Examination of Household Risk Assessment Judgments and Protective Action Decision during Tornado Threats," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $340479 Funded. (September 1, 2017 – August 31, 2023).
Greer, A. (Principal), Wu, H. (Co-Principal), "Household Risk Perceptions and Hazard Adjustments to Earthquakes in Oklahoma," Sponsored by National Science Fundation, Federal, $340570 Funded. (August 9, 2018 – August 8, 2023).
Clay, L. (Principal), Greer, A. (Co-Principal), Wu, H. (Co-Principal), Murphy, H. (Co-Principal), "Weather Ready Research: Risk Messaging During Syndemics," Sponsored by Natural Hazard Center, National, $7500 Funded. (January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021).
Wu, H. (Principal), "RAPID/Collaborative Research: Households Immediate Response During a Nighttime Earthquake," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $40000 Funded. (June 15, 2018 – June 14, 2021).
Wu, H. (Principal), "Local Communities’ Seismic Risk Perceptions and Hazard Adjustment Adoption in Oklahoma," Sponsored by Oklahoma State University, Other, $3000 Funded. (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017).
Wu, H. (Principal), "Flood Emergency Risk Communication and It Missing Link during 2013 September Colorado Flood," Sponsored by Oklahoma State University, Other, $3000 Funded. (July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016).
Wu, H. (Principal), Wukich, C. (Co-Principal), A. P. (Co-Principal), "RAPID: Emergency Evacuations and Risk Communication during the 2013 Colorado Flood," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $39162 Funded. (March 1, 2014 – February 28, 2016).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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