Resources: Presentations
DIEM First Annual Meeting: February 17-18, 2009
The Center of Excellence for Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management held its first annual meeting as a collaborative team in Chapel Hill, NC on February 18-19, 2009. Principal Investigators conducting cutting edge research in four Research Focus Areas and two Cross-Cutting Areas presented their projects to fellow partners during the meeting.
Project Presentations
Research Focus Area: Disaster Response and Social Resilience
"Children's Adjustment & Resiliency Post-Disaster: Risk & Protective Factors"
Presented by: Dr. Mary Lou Kelley, LSU; Dr. Ken Ruggiero, MUSC; Dr. Connie Best, MUSC
"Computational Network Modeling"
Presented by: Dr. Sudipta Sarangi, LSU; Dr. Dek Terrell, LSU
"Supply Chain Structure and Management"
Presented by: Dr. Peter Kelle, LSU; Dr. Helmut Schneider, LSU
"Optimizing Knowledge Networks in Disaster Response"
Presented by: Dr. Jim Van Scotter, LSU; Dr. Suzanne Pawlowski, LSU; Tung Cu, LSU
"Citizens and Preparedness: Risk Perceptions and Revealed Preferences"
Presented by: Dr. Sudipta Sarangi, LSU; Dr. Catherine Eckel, UTD; Dr. Rick Wilson, Rice Univ.; Dr. Amy Donahue, UConn; Dr. Candace Fitzpatrick, UConn
"Multi-Organizational Collaborative Leadership"
Presented by: Dr. William Waugh, GSU; Dr. Tricia Wachtendorf, UDel
"Evacuation Models and Dynamics"
Presented by: Dr. Bethany Stitch, MS State; Dr. Carol Lewis, TSU; Dr. David Shaw, MS State; Dr. William Cook, MS State; Dr. Chester Wilmot, LSU; Dr. Brian Wolshon, LSU
Research Focus Area: Engineering to Enhance the Resilience of the Built and Natural Environment
"Engineering to Enhance the Resilience of the Built & Natural Environment"
Presented by: Dr. John Baugh, NSCU; Dr. Downey Brill, NSCU; Dr. Mo Gabr, NCSU; Dr. George List, NSCU; Dr. Margery Overton, NSCU; Dr. Ranji Ranjithan, NSCU; Dr. Rudolph Seracino, NSCU
"Risk Analysis of the Califorinia Bay Delta Levee System"
Presented by: Dr. Robb Moss, Cal Poly
Presented by: Dr. Al Wallace, RPI
Research Focus Area: Coastal Hazards Modeling
"An Assessment of Hurricane Wind Field"
Presented by: Dr. Pat Fitzpatrick, MS State
Presented by: Dr. Randall Kolar, OU; Dr. Baxter Vieux, OU; Pat Fitzpatrick, OU; Dr. JJ Gourley, NWS/SSL
Presented by: Dr. Rick Luettich, UNC-CH; Dr. Jeff Hanson, US ACOE
Research Focus Area: Planning For Resilience
Presented by: Dr. Phil Berke, UNC-CH; Dr. Gavin Smith, UNC-CH
Presented by: Dr. William Waugh, GSU
Cross-Cutting Area: Advanced Information Systems
"Visual Analytics Applied to Natural Disasters, Emergency Response and Coastal Infrastructure"
Presented by: Dr. William Ribarsky, UNC-C
Cross-Cutting Area: Education
"COE for Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management: Education"
Presented by: Dr. Robert Whalin, JSU