Alumni Teams
Team Members: Radian Belu, Ph.D., DeShon Swafford and Trinity Reed
Center Name: Critical Infrastructure Resilience institute (CIRI)
Center Host Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Project Title: Improving the resilience and emergency service restoration in the aftermath of an extreme event by microgrids
Faculty Institution: Southern University and A&M College
Faculty Team Member: Dr. Omar Camarillo
Center Name: Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis (CINA)
Center Host Institution: George Mason University
Project Title: Content Analysis of Twitter: Gangs, Cartels and Tweets
Faculty Institution: Eastern New Mexico University
Faculty Team Member: Dr. Dahwei Chang
Center Name: Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC)
Center Host Institution: University of Anchorage Alaska
Project Title: Thermodynamic Drivers to Predicting Sea Ice Growth/Melt and Optimization Algorithm for Arctic ICECON Calculation
Faculty Institution: Arizona Western College
Faculty Team Member: Dr. Michelle Dovil
Center Name: Coastal Resilience Center (CRC)
Center Host Institution: North Carolina State University
Project Title: The place we call home: the risk perceptions and place attachments of coastal communities at risk for sea level rise in North Carolina
Faculty Institution: Florida A&M University
Faculty Team Member: Dr. Kulwinder Kaur
Center Name: Coastal Resilience Center (CRC)
Center Host Institution: Old Dominion University
Project Title: An examination of mental health effects of hurricanes on vulnerable populations in coastal North Carolina and implications for resilience
Faculty Institution: Elizabeth City State University
Faculty Team Member: Dr. Sybil Rosado
Center Name: Critical Infrastructure Resilience institute (CIRI)
Center Host Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Project Title: Changing the Culture of Cybersecurity Awareness Among Small Businesses
Faculty Institution: Benedict College
Faculty Team Member: Dr. Vernon Scott
Center Name: Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis (CINA)
Center Host Institution: George Mason University
Project Title: Guilty by Association: How Minority Status and Community Characteristics Contribute to the Race Crime Proxy
Faculty Institution: Trinity Washington University
Faculty Team Member: Dr. Adan Vela
Center Name: Center For Accelerated Operational Efficiency (CAOE)
Center Host Institution: Arizona State University
Project Title: Data-enabled Proactive Emergency Response
Faculty Institution: University of Central Florida
Faculty Team Member: Dr. Nursen Zanca
Center Name: Borders, Trade & Immigration Institute (BTI)
Center Host Institution: University of Houston
Project Title: The Global Terrorism Index (GTI): Methodology & Meaning
Faculty Institution: University of the Incarnate Word
Team Members: Dr. Eranna Guruvadoo, Gabrielle Watkins and Taylor Sherritt
Year: 2018
Center Name: Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC)
Center Host Institution: University of Alaska Anchorage
Project Title: Ice Condition Index (ICECON) for Vessel Navigation in the Arctic Seas
Faculty Institution: Bethune Cookman University
Team Members: Dr. Nicholas Holubowitch and Gray Medina
Year: 2018
Center Name: Awareness & Location of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT)
Center Host Institution: Purdue University
Project Title: Electrochemically-enhanced swabbing with polypyrrole for explosives detection
Faculty Institution: Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Faculty Team Member: Dr. Torina Lewis and Michael English
Year: 2018
Center Name: Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE)
Center Host Institution: Arizona State University
Project Title: Data Analytics: Hindsight, Insight, and Foresight to Develop Elite Human Performance
Faculty Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Team Members: Dr. Sara Kien, Ashley Lee, and Tatyanna Begay
Year: 2018
Center Name: Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis (CINA)
Center Host Institution: George Mason University
Project Title: The Mechanisms by which Social Contagion of Extreme Violence Spreads within Communities
Faculty Institution: Diné College
Team Members: Dr. Vivek Tandon, Angel Rodarte and Jorge Navarrete
Year: 2018
Center Name: Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI)
Center Host Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Project Title: Development of Decision Making Framework for Enhancing Climate Resiliency of Transportation Infrastructure
Faculty Institution: The University of Texas at El Paso
Team Members: Dr. Samuel Olatunbosun, Cytyra Martineau & Nathanial Edwards
Year: 2017
Center Name: Center for Borders, Trade, and Immigration Research (CBTIR)
Center Host Institution: University of Houston
Project Title: Emerging Cyber Security Breaches from Sub-Saharan Africa Zone: Assessing the Perils and Socio-economic Impacts on the US Homeland.
Faculty Institution: Norfolk State University
Team Members: Dr. Alley Butler, Victor Carreon & Juan Elizondo
Year: 2017
Center Name: Maritime Security Center (MSC)
Center Host Institution: Stevens Institute of Technology
Project Title: Virtual Reality Applications in Maritime and Port Security
Faculty Institution: University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley
Team Members: Dr. Gurcan Comert & Jacquan Malik Deontrez Pollard
Year: 2017
Center Name: Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI)
Center Host Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Project Title: Studying Cyber Attack Detection Models for Transportation Systems
Faculty Institution: Benedict College
Team Members: Dr. Ricardo Infante, Omar Lourido-Canales and Annette Medina-Valentin
Year: 2017
Center Name: Center of Excellence for Awareness & Localization of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT)
Center Host Institution: University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Project Title: System Setup for Detection of High Energetic Materials
Faculty Team Member: Ricardo Infante
Faculty Institution: University of Puerto Rico
Team Members: Dr. Bernadette Holmes, Bryan Clayborne & Mikel Johnson
Year: 2017
Center Name: Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC)
Center Host Institution: Old Dominion University
Project Title: A Sociological Framework for Understanding Climate Change, Sea-level Rise and Coastal Flooding in the African American Community: A Systems Approach
Faculty Institution: Norfolk State University
Team Members: Dr. Camellia Okpodu & Raisa Barrera
Year: 2017
Center Name: Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC)
Center Host Institution: Old Dominion University
Project Title: A Systems Approach: Developing Cross-Site Multiple Drivers to Understand Climate Change, Sea-level Rise and Coastal Flooding for an African American Community in Portsmouth, VA
Faculty Institution: Norfolk State University
Team Members: Dr. Samuel Olatunbosun, Cytyra Martineau & Nathanial Edwards
Year: 2017
Center Name: Center for Borders, Trade, and Immigration Research (CBTIR)
Center Host Institution: University of Houston
Project Title: Emerging Cyber Security Breaches from Sub-Saharan Africa Zone: Assessing the Perils and Socio-economic Impacts on the US Homeland.
Faculty Institution: Norfolk State University