Brown Bag Lecture Archive
The purpose of the series is to highlight the current research of our faculty and students. This is a great opportunity to network with other students and faculty who have similar interest and career paths as well as present your own research and knowledge.
Brown Bags will be paused for July and August
Check out our upcoming Brown Bag on November 21, 2024
12:45 - 2:05 pm
Speaker/Topics: Dr. Anna Jilla "Characterizing dispersion of audiologists in Texas: A study of workforce sufficiency for public health in rural and border communities"
Dr. Berna Tokgoz "CRISys community resilience framework as a practical guideline for decision makers in case of natural hazards"
For more information on previous Brown Bag lecture's or to be a part of our email distribution list to receive notifications on upcoming lectures, please contact one of our Center staff members.
Teressa Robertson, Assistant Director of Engagement teressa.robertson@lamar.edu
Marilyn Guidry, Assistant Director Data/Research mguidry11@lamar.edu
Previous Lectures in FY24
January
- Dr. Seokyon Hwang, the Interim Director and Professor of Construction Management will be presenting on his research "Resilience of Construction Companies in SETX: Disaster Preparedness and Post-Disaster Recovery Capacity."
- Dr. Adam Nemmers and Instructor Teresa Ener, from the Department of English and Modern Languages, will discuss the compilation and publication of "LamarStrong: A Resiliency Reader."
- Ms. Mengjie He, PhD Engineering Candidate, will present on her research, "Dissolved Oxygen (DO) prediction modeling based on Machine Learning Tools."
February
- Dr. Christina Gregory, Assistant Professor of Political Science on "Legal Challenges to Community Resilience: An Investigation of State Law and Community Resilience"
- Dr. Shannon Jordan, Assistant Professor of Health and Kinesiology on her research with the "Summer Camp for Basketball and STEM Learning in Beaumont."
April
- Carla Tucker, Earth & Space Science
- Dr. Xianchung Li, Mechanical Engineering
Speaking on facilities on campus that are available for research. On campus research facilities include GPS Base Stations and the Weather Base Station.
May
- Dr. Jill Killough, Nutrition, Hospitality & Human Services presenting "Resiliency Foodservice Operations in SETX".
- Dr. Sujing Wang, Computer Science "Social Media Analysis for Community Disaster Resiliency"
- Mr. Arip, Civil & Environmental Engineering graduate student presenting "Sinkhole Susceptibility Mapping in Greene County, Missouri through Machine Learning Algorithms".
June
- Students- Jillian Cogbill, James Boucher and Cameron Morgan discuss their experiences working with Dr. Janeal White from Family Studies in the Department of Nutrition, Hospitality and Human Services, on the Pocket Pal Resource Guide, Supporting the Homeless community and the Pillowcase Project.
- Temitope Owoyombo discussed her experience working as a research assistant in the Department of Earth and Space Science on the "Recent Subsidence Rates in Jefferson County from Repeated GPS Benchmark Measurements".
September
- Dr. Sujing Wang and student shared their experiences and results from the 2024 youth summer camps hosted by the college of arts & sciences.
- Angela Clavijo discussed disaster perspectives through immigration and cultural themes through storytelling.
- Stephan Malick & Karen Roebuck presented updates on their MIND project (mental health, intervention, networking and diversion)
October
- Student Suying Wei discussed quantifying chemical contaminants in SETX surface waters.
- Dr. Joseph Kruger demonstrated new methods for determining wilfire risk in Bexar county Texas.
- Dr. Howard Yoder discussed parasites of fishes from SETX waters.
FY23 Lectures
Dr. Xuejun Fan, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering presents "Resiliency and Reliability of Electronics Infrastructure in SETX"
Dr. Maryam Vasefi, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, presents "Cognitive Decline in the Aftermath of A Natural Disaster"
Dr. Agim Kukeli, Instructor of Economics, Department of Business, and Dr. Gevorg Sargsyan, Assistant Professor of Finance, Department of Business, presents "Macroeconomic Effects and Dynamics of Natural Disaster Damages: Evidence from SETX on the Resiliency Hypothesis"
Dr. Chiung-Fang Chang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, presents "Resilience and Recovery Academy"
Dr. Berna Tokgoz, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, presents"Increasing the Oil and Gas Pipeline Resiliency using Drones and Image Processing Algorithm"
Dr. Philip Cole, Chair and Professor of Physics, presents "Tunable Laser Imaging for the Detection of Methane Leaks in Soils"
Nayana Muppavarapu, doctoral student of Civil Engineering, presents "Flood Mitigation and Resiliency"
Dr. Donna Meeks, Professor of Painting and Drawing, presents "Bounce Back: Artmaking and Resiliency"
Dr. Matthew Hoch, Associate Professor of Aquatic & Microbial Ecology, presents "Southeast Texas Coastal Marshes: Value, Resiliency Roles, and Need to Restore"
Dr. Troy Palmer, Assistant Professor of Nursing, presents "Supporting Resiliency in Rural Health Through Telehealth, Telemedicine, and Distance Education."
Dr. Kimberly McGough, Assistant Professor of Counseling, presents "I'm Stronger Today"
Dr. Yueqing Li, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering, presents "Use of Connected Vehicle (CV) Environments to Improve Resiliency of Transportation Systems in Severe Weather"
Dr. Xingya Liu, Associate Professor of Computer Science, presents "Drone-based Internet Access for Temporary Communications during Natural Disasters"
Dr. Ashwini Kucknoor, Associate Professor of Biology presents "Microbial source tracking and pathogen identification before and after storm-water surges on Jefferson County beaches"
Ms. Temitope Owoyombo, a Master student in Earth and Space Sciences working with Dr. Joseph Kruger, presents "Recent Subsidence Rates in Jefferson County from Repeated GPS Benchmark Measurements"
Dr. Kelly Weeks, Associate Professor of Management presents "Oil Price Uncertainty and Strategic Resilience Responses to the Offshore Industry".
Dr. Tracy Benson, Chair and Professor of Chemical Engineering presents "Resilience and Recovery Corp".