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THOMAS COVA

Professor

School of Environment, Society & Sustainability

Orcid identifier0000-0002-4136-5140 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Professor
    School of Environment, Society & Sustainability

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests are environmental hazards, emergency management, transportation, and geographic information science. More specifically, I have long running interests in wildfire warning and evacuation systems, as typified by recent large fires in California, Canada, Australia and Europe.

 

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GRANTS

  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    FIRE-WUI: A CONVERGENT FRAMEWORK FOR LEARNING-BASED SIMULATION OF COLLECTIVE HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN WILDFIRES
    1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2028
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    FIRE-WUI: A CONVERGENT FRAMEWORK FOR LEARNING-BASED SIMULATION OF COLLECTIVE HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN WILDFIRES
    1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2028
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    HOUSEHOLD RESPONSE TO WILDFIRE - INTEGRATING BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AND EVACUATION MODELING TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE RESILIENCE
    1 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2026
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    VEGETATION AND GEOGRAPHIC SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS FELLOWSHIP
    WELINK COMMUNICATIONS13 Sep 2021 - 31 May 2025
    WELINK COMMUNICATIONS
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ENABLING HAZARDS RESEARCHERS
    1 Aug 2019 - 31 Jul 2023
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ENABLING HAZARDS RESEARCHERS
    1 Aug 2019 - 31 Jul 2023
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ENABLING HAZARDS RESEARCHERS
    1 Aug 2019 - 31 Jul 2023
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    ENABLING HAZARDS RESEARCHERS
    1 Aug 2019 - 31 Jul 2023
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Research Data Centers: Wasatch Research Data Center
    National Science Foundation7 Jan 2018 - 7 Jan 2021
    National Science Foundation
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    Evacuation decision making of hospital administrators in Hurricane Harvey
    National Science Foundation10 Jan 2017 - 30 Sep 2018
    National Science Foundation
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    PUBLIC TRANSIT EFFICIENCY
    PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY8 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2018
    PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    TRAFFIC CONGESTION
    PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY8 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2018
    PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    HAZARD MITIGATION
    STATE OF UTAH10 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2014
    STATE OF UTAH
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    UTAH HAZARD MITIGATION UPDATE
    UT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY9 Jan 2011 - 9 Jan 2012
    UT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    PROTECTIVE ACTION TRIGGERS
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION3 Jan 2011 - 30 Jun 2015
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    DECISION MAKING IN WILDFIRES
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION7 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2011
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    GEOGRAPHIC COMPLEXITY/DYNAMICS
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION8 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2006
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    2003 S. CAL. WILDFIRE MAP
    NSF1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2004
    NSF
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    SLC HAZUS VULNERABILITY
    SALT LAKE CITY CORP4 Jan 2001 - 31 Dec 2001
    SALT LAKE CITY CORP
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    HAZUS VULNERABILITY
    SALT LAKE CITY CORP9 Jan 2000 - 31 Dec 2001
    SALT LAKE CITY CORP