1.  All Hazards Emergency Operations Management System (Edward Collins) -in progress

A region must not only have the capacity to respond effectively in the short-term but must also have the ability to sustain coordination and control through the request for targeted ex-region response requirements, and to effectively transition to a joint response when ex-region and Federal response capabilities are brought to bear on plans; systems, skills and relationships must exist for local leaders to not only manage their own jurisdiction, but also to collaborate effectively regionally in incident management. This project focus on three specific areas: (1) automate All Hazards Incident Management System with GIS integration (2) applying remote sensing and geographic information systems technology to critical infrastructure protection (3) “Putting Mississippi on the map”; a homeland security community mapping.

 

2.  Disaster Response Intelligent System (Dr. Gordon Skelton)  -in progress

Information technology decision aids and data fusion systems are revolutionizing decision making in operational scenarios. The JSU team is proposing to leverage these advances by developing innovative decision support aids useful for converting and fusing data to useable knowledge for DHS emergency response. Specifically, the JSU team will transition an existing analysis and fusion system developed from an on-going DOD program into a Disaster Response Intelligent System (DRIS). The system is designed to be interoperable with the Jackson State University proposal “All Hazards Emergency Operations Management System (ALLHAZ)” and/or any other open architecture system. The Disaster Response Intelligent System (DRIS) is designed to provide real-time analysis and decision support for the Department of Homeland Security and operational agencies in disaster response.

 

3.  The Education, Operations and Workforce Development Initiative(Edward Collins) -in progress

The nation needs to improve its ability to rapidly deploy homeland security relevant science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) knowledge to a wide range of stakeholders, from the leadership of national, state and local organizations to first and early responders, to the general citizenry and to the future workforce. This project will develop a hub and spoke model for Workforce Development among the colleges and universities in the DHS University Centers of Excellence (COE). COE universities would function as the ‘hubs’ of the homeland security related STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) distribution network. This project will also produce an architecture and prototype for the rapid deployment of technology within the national K-12 thorough Post Graduate Education System infrastructure, and architecture and prototype for implementation of the enabling technology at the Homeland Security Operational Unit level.

 

4.  Multi-Purpose, Mult-Scale Storm Surve and Flood Forecasting for Planning and Preparedness (Dr. Shahrouz Aliabadi) -in progress

We propose the development of a fully integrated framework for the modeling and simulation of storm surge and flood events, with applicability at macro-, meso-, and micro-scale levels. This project is comprised of three components: (1) High-Resolution Storm Surge and Flood Modeling (2) Infrastructure Assessment and Resiliency, and (3) Disaster Preparedness and Response. The proposed (MSFP)2 project employs existing flood, assessment and management (FAM) models and new FAM models developed by project partners, with intended application to the forecast of hurricanes in the Gulf Coast, flood inundation in associated coastal regions, infrastructure assessment, and disaster preparedness and response in an integrated framework.