Senate hearing focuses on repairing levees in New Orleans.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-18 November 2005-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Senate hearing focuses on repairing levees in New Orleans(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17112005 Troy, N.Y. - It is clear that there were multiple causes for the levee failures in New Orleans, but researchers need to gather more data to better understand what they were and how to rebuild properly after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, according to testimony today before the U.S.

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Tom Zimmie, professor and acting chair of civil and environmental engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, offered his perspective on the degree to which the preliminary findings on the failure of the Gulf Coast levees are being incorporated...