Nystrom, Lynn A.2015-10-292015-10-292008-12-18http://hdl.handle.net/10919/61625The failure of the New Orleans' levees after Hurricane Katrina struck the coastal city in 2005 is now labeled "the worst engineering disaster of the United States" by a professional organization that knows -- the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).text/htmlIn CopyrightCollege of EngineeringPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations