#### Disaster Science and Management

### **Louisiana State University**

The Louisiana State University (LSU) offers an interdisciplinary
graduate minor in Disaster Science and Management (DSM). It is designed
for graduate students throughout LSU who wish to include in their
graduate studies a core of courses in the science and engineering of
natural or man-made hazards, preparedness, mitigation, response and
recovery of disasters. Students are encouraged to utilize the extensive
hazards research capabilities of LSU and orient their thesis or
dissertation research towards hazards or disasters. Non-thesis degree
programs may be available from some LSU departments.

This multi-disciplinary approach is designed to prepare individuals for
careers in a wide range of disciplines in business and industry,
government, the not-for-profit sector, and academia that require a broad
understanding of disasters and hazards. The minor in Disaster Science
and Management provides students with:

-   A broad understanding of the nature and impact of disasters on the
    natural, built and human environments;

-   A basis for establishing strategies to effectively plan for
    disasters, mitigate the adverse effects of disasters, respond to
    disasters, and recover from disasters.

This program of study is based on a coordinated approach to training of
graduate students from diverse academic and fields of research and
study. Each graduate student's program of study can be tailored to
his/her interests within their home department or school. Every student
receives a broad-based foundation through coursework, seminars, and
research studies.

##### PARTICIPATING UNITS

The DSM Graduate Minor (13 hours) has been designed to build on the
course offerings of academic coursework at LSU from the following
academic units and programs:

> • School of Architecture (ARCH), College of Art and Design
> [http://www.arch.lsu.edu](http://www.arch.lsu.edu/)
>
> • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CE): College of
> Engineering -- [http://www.ce.lsu.edu](http://www.ce.lsu.edu/)

• Disaster Science and Management
[http://www.dsm.lsu.edu](http://www.dsm.lsu.edu/)

• College of Education (EDUC) <http://coe.ednet.lsu.edu/coe/>

> • Department of Environmental Studies (IES), School of the Coastal and
> Environment [http://info.envs.lsu.edu](http://info.envs.lsu.edu/)
>
> • Department of Geography and Anthropology (GEOG), College of Arts and
> Sciences [http://www.ga.lsu.edu](http://www.ga.lsu.edu/)
>
> • School of Human Ecology
> [http://sun.huec.lsu.edu](http://sun.huec.lsu.edu/)
>
> • School of Landscape Architecture (LA), College of Art and Design
> [http://appl003.lsu.edu/design/landarch.nsf/index](http://www.la.lsu.edu/)
>
> • Department of Oceanography And Coastal Sciences (OCS), School of the
> Coastal and Environment <http://www.ocean.lsu.edu/>
>
> • Department of Political Science, <http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/poli>
>
> • Department of Political Science, University of New Orleans
> <http://poli.uno.edu/>
>
> • School of Public Health, LSU Health Sciences Center
> [http://publichealth.lsuhsc.edu](http://publichealth.lsuhsc.edu/)

• Department of Religious Studies
<http://wwwartsci.lsu.edu/phil/indes.html>

• School of Social Work (SW) <http://www.socialwork.lsu.edu/>

• Department of Sociology, College of Art & Design
[http://www](http://www/).lsu.edu/sociology

• Department of Sociology, University of New Orleans
[http://soci.uno.edu](http://soci.uno.edu/)

• Urban and Public Affairs, University of New Orleans
<http://cupa.uno.edu/>

**LSU Institutes and Centers**: Many LSU institutes and centers have
faculty with specialized knowledge or skills in hazards and disaster
related disciplines. These units include:

• Louisiana State University Hurricane Center
[http://www.hurricane.lsu.edu](http://www.hurricane.lsu.edu/)

• Southern Regional Climate Center
[http://www.srcc.lsu.edu](http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/)

• Earth Scan Laboratory
[http://www.esl.lsu.edu](http://www.esl.lsu.edu/)

• Forensic Anthropology / Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Lab

<http://www.faceslab.lsu.edu/>

• Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute
[http://www.lwrri.lsu.edu](http://www.lwrri.lsu.edu/)

• Coastal Morphodynamics Laboratory
[http://www.opa.ga.lsu.edu](http://www.opa.ga.lsu.edu/)

> • CADGIS (Computer Aided Design Geographic Information System
> Laboratory)

[http://cadgis.lsu.edu](http://cadgis.lsu.edu/)

• Office of Community Design and Development, College of Art and Design

<http://www.ocdd.lsu.edu/>

• LSU Agricultural Center <http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/wwwac/>

**Administration**

John C. Pine

Director, Disaster Science and Management

112E Howell Russell Hall

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, LA 70803-5705

Telephone (225) 578-1075

FAX (225) 578-4420

Email <jpine@lsu.edu>

Website [http://www.dsm.lsu.edu](http://www.dsm.lsu.edu/)

**ADMISSIONS**

A student must be accepted by the LSU Graduate School and an LSU
Graduate Program. After acceptance into a departmental program, the
student should work with their faculty advisory committee to identify
specific coursework that will be taken in Disaster Science and
Management as a part of their graduate studies at LSU.

##### FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Graduate research assistantships may be available from participating
department, institutes, and centers. The primary source of financial
support is contracts and grants with individual faculty associated with
the Disaster Science and Management minor.

**REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE**

To earn the minor, a student must have an approved course of study from
their graduate committee and satisfy the requirements of the Minor in
Disaster Science and Management. The DSM Minor is intended to complement
and extend the student's primary academic program at LSU.

Students interested in the Minor in Disaster Science and Management in
either the Masters or Doctorate program should complete the DSM Plan of
Study Form and submit it to the DSM Director. The student's DSM Plan of
Study Form will be maintained in the DSM Office and any changes
impacting the DSM Minor should be coordinated with the DSM Director.
Coursework must be clearly delineated as to which hours count as major
coursework and which as minor coursework.

Doctoral students interested in the DSM Minor should complete the
Graduate School Program of Study Form and list Disaster Science and
Management as a minor field. A representative from the DSM faculty
should be included as the Minor Professor. Approval of the Minor
"program of study" is provided by the DSM Director.

> **Curriculum**

**[Required Core Courses]{.underline}** (4 hours)

> • Policies and Practices of Emergency Management (DSM 7000) (3 hours)
>
> • Disaster Science and Management Seminar (DSM 7910) (1 hour)

**[Electives]{.underline}** \* (9 hours) \* At least three hours must be
at the 7000 level. Electives must include courses from at least two
different departments (i.e., all nine hours cannot be from the same
academic department). Other hazards and disaster-related courses not on
the current elective list may be included with written approval from the
DSM program director.

[Disaster Science and Engineering]{.underline} \*

> • Coastal Engineering (CE 4320) (3 hours)
>
> • Engineering Application so f Remote Sensing (CE 4560)
>
> • Natural Hazards and the Built Environment (CE 4745) or Hurricane
> Engineering (CE 4445)

• Quantitative Risk Assessment (EMS 4020)

• Applied Ecology (ENVS 4010)

> • Environmental Chemistry (ENVS 4101 see also CHEM 4150)
>
> • Environmental Toxicology (ENVS 4477)
>
> • Meteorology (GEOG 4013) or Weather Analysis and Satellite
> Meteorology (OCS 4021)
>
> • Climatology (GEOG 4014) or Microclimatology (GEOG 4015) or World
> Climates (GEOG 4017) or Coastal Climatology (GEOG 7942)
>
> • Geographical Hydrology (GEOG 4018) or Hydrology (CE 4200) or
> Advanced Hydrology (CE7260)
>
> • \* LSU HSC - Occupational Health and Medicine
>
> • \* LSU HSC - Principles of Epidemiology
>
> • \* LSU HSC - Principals of Environmental Health
>
> • \* LSU HSC - Environmental Health & Medicine
>
> • Coastal Morphodynamics (OCS 4024)
>
> • Physical Oceanography (OCS 4170) or the Ocean World (GEOG 4028)
>
> • Environmental Pollution Transport Processes (OCS 4040)

######### 

######### Planning and Mitigation \*

> • Urban Design and Planning (ARCH 4062)
>
> • Community Design Studies (ARCH 7070)
>
> • Selected Topics in Architecture: Issues in Sustainability (ARCH
> 4221)
>
> • Crisis Management (DSM 4600)
>
> • Environmental Economics (ECON 4320)
>
> • Environmental Hazards Analysis (ENVS 4262)
>
> • Environmental Law and Regulation (ENVS 7043) or Land Use Law and
> Regulation (ENVS 7045)
>
> • Spatial Modeling of Environmental Data (ENVS 7050)
>
> • Environmental Remote Sensing (GEOG 4045), Advanced Remote Sensing
> Seminar (GEOG 7975), Engineering Applications of Remote Sensing (CE
> 4560), Satellite Oceanography (OCS 7170), or Remote Sensing in
> Engineering Research (CE 7500)
>
> • Geographic Information Systems (GEOG 4047) or Advanced Geographic
> Information Systems (GEOG 7973)
>
> • Methods of Spatial Analysis (GEOG 4048) or LSU HSC - Spatial
> Analysis
>
> • Planning Disaster Resilient Communities (LA 4277)
>
> • Seminar on Coastal Zone Management (OCS 4465) or Coastal Resources
> and Management (GEOG 4029)
>
> • \* UNO - Urban Land Use Planning & Plan Making (MURP 4010G)
>
> • \* UNO - Development and Environmental Management (MURP 4160G)
>
> • \* UNO - Environmental Analysis (SOC 6871)
>
> • \* UNO - Disasters & Geographic Information Systems (MURP 4050)
>
> • \* UNO - Environmental Planning (MURP 4140G)
>
> • \* UNO - Planning for Neighborhoods & Small Communities (MURP 6010)
>
> • \* UNO - City and Regional Planning (MURP 4800G)
>
> • \* UNO - Introduction to Historic Preservation (MURP 4010G)
>
> • \* UNO - Planning for Hazards (URBN 4159G)
>
> • \* UNO - American City Planning (MURP 4200G)
>
> • \* LSU HSC - Emergency Response to Disasters & Terrorism

######## **Social Dimensions** 

> • Environmental Historical Geography (GEOG 4080)
>
> • Family Stress Management (HUEC 4064)
>
> • Management of Family Resources (HUEC 7065)
>
> • The Contemporary Family (HUEC 7051)
>
> • Theories in Family Science (HUEC 7057)
>
> • International Conflict and Cooperation (POLI 4048)
>
> • International Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4059)
>
> • Comparative Politics of the Middle East (POLI 4061)
>
> • \* UNO - Politics of the Developing Areas (POLI 4710)
>
> • Organizational Analysis for Public and Nonprofit Organizations (PADM
> 7911)
>
> • Program Evaluation (PADM 7917)
>
> • The Modern Middle East (REL 4096 and HIST 4096)
>
> • Selected Topics in Sociology: The Sociology of Terrorism (SOCL 4091)
>
> • Human Ecology (SOCL 4711)
>
> • Topics in Sociology (SOCL 4091)
>
> • Crisis Intervention (SW 4500)
>
> • \* UNO - Sociology of the Environment (SOC 4871)

\* LSU graduate students interested in enrolling in courses offered by
the University of New Orleans (UNO) or the LSU Health Science Center
(LSU HSC) should complete a "Louisiana State University Multi-Campus
Application." This form initiates the enrollment process for the UNO and
LSU HSC campuses. Students list on the LSU Multi-Campus Application Form
the specific courses to be taken at the "Host Campus" (UNO or LSU HSC).
Students interested in enrolling at UNO or LSU HSC should discuss the
courses they would like to take with their graduate faculty advisor and
then complete the form. Questions concerning these courses and the
Disaster Science & Management Program should be directed to the
Director, Disaster Science & Management. The form should be submitted to
the LSU Graduate School for processing.

**DSM Curriculum Committee**

The required and elective coursework for the DSM Minor has been
established by the DSM Curriculum Committee. This Committee is composed
of graduate faculty who have an ongoing interest and research focus in
hazards, disaster science, or emergency management. Graduate students
are encouraged to talk with any member of the DSM Curriculum Committee
to discuss their course of study and recommend additional courses
offerings that may be included as electives for the DSM Minor.

> Craig E. Colten (Department of Geography and Anthropology -- Cultural
> and Historical
>
> Geography) <ccolten@lsu.edu>
>
> Mark Gasiorowski (International Studies) <pogasi@lsu.edu>

M.E. "Betsy" Garrison (School of Human Ecology and College of
Agriculture)

<hcgarr@lsu.edu>

Janice M. Hinson (College of Education) <jhinson@lsu.edu>

C. Barrett Kennedy (School of Architecture) <arkenn@lsu.edu>

Barry D. Keim (Department of Geography and Anthropology) <keim@lsu.edu>

> Marc L. Levitan (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
>
> <levitan@hurricane.lsu.edu>

Stephen Namikas (Department of Geography & Anthropology -- Physical
Geography)

<snamik@lsu.edu>

John C. Pine (Disaster Science and Management) <jpine@lsu.edu>

Carol Plummer (School of Social Work) <plummerc@lsu.edu>

James Richardson (Public Administration) <parich@lsu.edu>

> David Sobek (Political Science) <dsobek@lsu.edu>
>
> Elizabeth Mossop (School of Landscape Architecture) <mossoop@lsu.edu>
>
> Nan G. Walker (Department of Oceanography And Coastal Sciences)
>
> <nwalker@antares.esl.lsu.edu>
>
> Rick Weil (Department of Sociology) <fweil@lsu.edu>

**Research Facilities**

Central components of LSU\'s capacity to characterize actual hazards and
simulate potential disasters such as floods, a hurricane storm surge,
tornado, hurricane winds, chemical incidents or acts of terrorism
include direct and remote sensing labs, as well as modeling labs. The
computer simulation models and labs allow faculty and graduate students
to characterize and understand the impacts of disasters and hazards. The
modeling programs utilize a variety of data obtained from direct and
remote sensing sources as well as satellite images. The models and
methods used in the LSU labs complement other modeling efforts adopted
by NOAA, FEMA, and USGS. The models use data reflecting local weather
conditions, terrain, or physical structures as part of the data input.
Other data sources are used to monitor the actual physical event such as
the extent of flooding or the dispersion of the chemical release or wind
land fire.

LSU Hurricane Center - established in 2000 to facilitate
interdisciplinary research initiatives for hurricanes and other natural
and man-made hazards. The Center collaborates with many other academic
and research units on campus, providing access to many laboratories. It
also maintains its own GIS/Environmental Modeling laboratory housing
several workstations and severs.

The Computer Aided Design & Geographic Information Systems (CADGIS)
Research Laboratory at Louisiana State University is dedicated to
teaching and research in the areas of computer aided design, geographic
information systems, remote sensing, image processing, and other
computer applications in art, architecture, design, geography and
anthropology, interior design and landscape architecture. Founded in
1984, this multidisciplinary computer laboratory is maintained by the
College of Art and Design and the Department of Geography and
Anthropology. It also provides specialized support to other academic
research units of the University, to state and federal agencies, and to
private organizations.

Several laboratories are within the Coastal Studies Institute. The LSU
[Earth Scan Laboratory]{.underline} is one of the few university-based
remote sensing programs with its own satellite data receiving stations,
and has an extensive library of historical imagery. The Laboratory has
newly enhanced hardware and software capabilities for the acquisition
and processing of Terra and Aqua MODIS (via X-band antenna), SAR (via
X-band antenna), Oceansat OCM-1 (via X-band), GOES-8 GVAR (stationary
antenna), Orbview-2 SeaWIFS and NOAA AVHRR (via L-band antenna). Earth
Scan Lab hardware includes 2 Sun Ultra-60s, 1 Sun Ultra-10, 1 Sparc5,
1SGI Challenge-L file server, 1 Dell PowerEdge 2400 file server and 4
LINUX workstations. Seaspace Terascan 3.1 handles data capture,
archiving, processing and visualization. Multi-year data archives are
maintained, of which the twelve year archive of NOAA AVHRR data is the
longest. Louisiana State funding of a high speed X-band antenna,
operational since February 2001, has made possible the reception of
MODIS data from Terra and Aqua as well as SAR data from Radarsat and
ERS-2. The high repetition rate of GOES-8 GVAR imagery enables
near-continuous atmospheric surveillance of storm systems over much of
the western hemisphere from the LSU site.

The [WAVCIS]{.underline} (Wave Current Surge Information System) is also
within the Coastal Studies Institute and is one of several networks of
in-situ atmospheric and water monitoring stations at LSU. This system
includes a network of meteorological and ocean wave and current sensors
located on oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

[Southern Regional Climate Center]{.underline} within the Department of
Geography and Anthropology is one of the six National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) regional climate centers. The Center
collects and archives weather and climate data in the south central US,
including Louisiana and Texas. The ground based weather stations
throughout the United States offer detailed weather information
including air, wind, and temperature readings; the ongoing readings are
transferred in digital form by phone or direct input from the sensors
into computers. The detailed weather data is a critical input for the
modeling labs and hazard computer programs.

[Louisiana Agriclimate Information System]{.underline} (LAIS) - operates
a network of 23 land-based weather monitoring stations. These sensor
systems provide a means of collecting dynamic high resolution data for
coastal hazards. This array of fixed sensors is essential to high
resolution modeling of hurricanes and coastal storms in the Gulf of
Mexico.

Modeling of natural and man-made hazards is essential in understanding
the nature and impact of disasters. The Departments of Environmental
Studies, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, and Civil and Environmental
Engineering have utilized data from direct and remote sensing labs and
worked closely with state and local officials to clarify the potential
impact of hazards on the community resulting from natural and man-made
hazards. The use of advanced satellite imaging from the Earth Scan Lab
and computer modeling programs have allowed interdisciplinary research
teams to assist communities in understand the potential impact of
hazards that evolve suddenly or over time. The modeling laboratories
allow researchers to examine the dynamics of aerosol transport as well
as the impacts of winds on the natural and built environment.

The Department of Physics specializes in computational aerosol transport
model development that aims to describe the size-dependent spatial and
temporal aerosol pathways in enclosed atmospheres. This research has
direct application to cases when particle infiltration into homes and
buildings, or particle releases in the same environment is a concern.

[The Wind Tunnel Laboratory]{.underline} in the Mechanical Engineering.
and Civil & Environmental Engineering Departments includes two low-speed
wind tunnels. One is capable of aerodynamic studies while the other is
modular for either aerodynamic or boundary-layer (Wind-Engineering)
studies. The laboratory is equipped with a Laser-Doppler Velocimetry
(LDV)) system for point-wise measurements of up to two velocity
components, a three-channel Constant Temperature Anemometry (CTA) system
capable of point-wise, time-resolved measurement of up to two components
of velocity, and a High Resolution Digital Photography (HRDP) system for
visualization studies, a pressure scanning system capable of sampling up
to 128 pressure taps, a six component (three forces, three moments)
sting balance for aerodynamic force measurements, and computer-driven
data acquisition and traversing systems.

Louisiana State University is home to one of the largest parallel
architecture BEOWOLF class supercomputers in the world, an Atipa
Technologies Beowulf-class supercomputer with 1,024 Intel Pentium4
processors that are tightly coupled through Myricom\'s myrinet network.
The system allows a multi-disciplinary research team to utilize one of
the most complex and dynamic hurricane models for the Gulf of Mexico.
The model takes advantage of extensive RAM (1 Terabyte) and Disk storage
(40 Terabytes). Early benchmarks indicate that the aggregate system will
be one of the top 6 fastest machines in the world.

**Graduate Faculty**

Sadik C. Artunc \* Department of Landscape Architecture. Regional
design, design

implementation, recreation and tourism, visual management

**John J. (Jack) Beggs** \* Department of Sociology. Industrial,
race/ethnic/minority relations;

Stratification

**Evan M. Berman \*** Public Administration Institute. Productivity in
Public & Nonprofit

> Organizations, Leadership, Ethics & Values, Human Resource Management,
> Public-Private Relations.

**David Brown \*** Department of Geography and Anthropology. C**l**imate
variability, global change, spatial analysis, North America

**C.S. "Steve" Cai \*** Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering. Bridge Dynamics/Aerodynamics and Vibration Control, Bridge
Analysis and Performance Evaluation, Application of Composite
Materials/new Materials, Development of New Structural System and Design
Methodology, Pre-stressed Concrete Structures.

**Craig Colten** \* Department of Geography and Anthropology.
Historical, environmental, North

America, Louisiana

**Peter Chen \*** Department of Computer Science. Artificial
intelligence, machine learning,

database systems, logic programming, systems security

**Dydia DeLyser** \* Department of Geography and Anthropology.
Historical, cultural, landscape

and social memory, gender, qualitative methods, social science writing

**Jay D. Edwards** \* Department of Geography and Anthropology.
Sociocultural, vernacular

architecture, Louisiana and the South, Caribbean

**Mark Gasiorowski \*** Department of Political Science. Comparative
politics and international

politics, political economy, Third World politics, specialization in the
Middle East

**M.E. "Betsy" Garrison** \* School of Human Ecology. Family processes
and children's

development; family resource management

**Stephanie H. Gray** \* Department of Communication Studies.

**Patrick Hesp** \* Department of Geography and Anthropology. Coastal
geomorphology, Aeolian

geomorphology and dune dynamics, coastal management

**Janice M. Hinson** \* Educational Leadership, Research & Counseling.
Educational Technology.

**Aixin Hou \*** Department of Environmental Studies. Microbial ecology
of natural systems;

> microbial processes and controlling factors of carbon and nitrogen
> cycling; molecular microbiology; heavy metals toxicology in soils and
> sediments; microbial ecology of extreme environments

**Shih-Ang Hsu** \* Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences.
Coastal and marine

meteorology, air-sea interaction

**Jeanne S. Hurlbert \*** Department of Sociology. Stratification;
networkanalysis; labor markets

**Ivor Van Heerden** \* Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering. Natural hazards

**Jeanne S. Hurlbert** \* Department of Sociology. Stratification;
network analysis; labor markets

**Carole L. Jurkiewicz \*** Public Administration Institute. Public
sector ethics, organizational

> values, generational differences in motivation, leader/employee
> performance, and healthcare administrative effectiveness.

**Mary Lou Kelley \*** Department of Psychology.

**Barrett C. Kennedy**, \* School of Architecture. Heritage
conservation, community revitalization,

Web-based training, computer applications in design and planning

**Barry Keim \*** Department of Geography and Anthropology. Climatic
change and variability,

> synoptic climatology, probable maximum precipitation, extreme climatic
> events, hydroclimatology, human dimensions of global change

**Richard H. Kesel** \* Department of Geography and Anthropology.
Geomorphology, soils,

quaternary, climatic change

**John Kiefer \*** Department of Political Science, University of New
Orleans. Public administration

and policy issues that impact disasters and homeland security.

**Nina Siu-Ngan Lam** \* Department of Environmental Studies. Computer
cartography,

GIS, remote sensing, quantitative methods, China

**Shirley Laska \*** Department of Sociology, University of New Orleans.
Environmental/disaster

sociologist; community processes that enhance resiliency to natural
hazards. 

**Michael Leitner** \* Department of Geography and Anthropology. Spatial
analysis and GIS,

computer cartography, Europe

**Marc L. Levitan** \* Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Wind engineering,

> Hurricane engineering, structural engineering, wind effects on
> structures, design for hurricanes and natural hazards

**Anthony J. Lewis** \* Department of Geography and Anthropology. Remote
sensing, physical

geography, geoscience applications of radar imagery

**Kam-biu Liu** \* Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences.
Biogeography, palynology,

Quaternary, North America, China, Ecuador

**John Lowry \*** Department of Geography, University of New Orleans.
Hazards, cartography and,

geographic education.

**Mary Manhein \*** Department of Geography and Anthropology. Osteology,
forensic

anthropology

**Kent Mathewson \*** Department of Geography and Anthropology.
Cultural, historical, Latin

America, history of geography

**Brian D. Marx \*** Department of Experimental statistics. Signal
regression, generalized linear

models, ill-conditioned data

**Dimitris Nikitopoulos** \* Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Experimental and numerical

fluid dynamics, two-phase flow and micro-fluidics

**Isabelle Maret \*** Urban and Regional Planning, University of New
Orleans. Urban and regional

Planning, geographic information systems.

**Steven Namikas** \* Department of Geography and Anthropology. Coastal
geomorphology,

hazards, physical geography

**John Pardue \*** Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

**John C. Pine \*** Department of Environmental Studies. Environmental
hazards analysis

and risk assessment, legal issues in emergency management, and emergency
management

**Edward B. Overton \*** Department of Environmental Studies.
Development of field deployable

> analytical instrumentation, development of ultrafast and small GC
> instruments and instrument applications; technology transfer and
> commercialization; evaluation and interpretation of analytical,
> chemical, physical and toxicological data; evaluation of data from
> chemical spills and remediation recommendations.

**Ralph Portier \*** Department of Environmental Studies. Fate and
effect of carcinogens in

> fresh water and marine environments; bioremediation; genetic
> engineering of marine microorganisms; and design of immobilized
> microbe bioreactors.

**Suzanne Pawlowski \***

**Kevin Robbins \*** Department of Geography and Anthropology --
Southern Regional Climate

> Center. Agricultural climatology, network-integrated data management
> and delivery systems,

**Robert Rohli** \* Department of Geography and Anthropology.
Climatology, applied

meteorology, water resources, quantitative methods

**Lawrence J. Rouse, Jr.** \* Oceanography and Coastal Sciences --
Remote sensing, physical

oceanography.

**Julie A. Schroeder** \* School of Social Work. Addictions evaluation
research, criminal justice

issues, capital mitigation, disaster services, crisis intervention

**James Van Scotter \***

**Erno Sajo** \* Department of Physics and Astronomy. Nuclear science,
medical physics

**Bruce G. Sharky** \* School of Landscape Architecture. Professional
practice, site design,

international programs

**Andrew Sluyter \*** Department of Geography and Anthropology.

**David Sobek \*** Department of Political Science. International
conflict.

**Greg Stone** \* Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences.
Coastal morphodynamics and

coastal zone management

**Ivor Van Heerden** \* Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering.

**Nan D. Walker** \* Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences.
Satellite oceanography

ocean climatology, physical oceanography.

**Lei Wang** \* Department of Geography and Anthropology. GIS,
quantitative methods, terrain and hydrological analysis, remote sensing

**Lin Bing Wang** \* Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Image techniques in

> pavement and geomaterials, microstructure visualization, pavement
> testing, numerical simulation

**Carolyn Ware** \* Department of English. Louisiana folklore, women's
folklore.

**Mike Wascom** \* Department of Environmental Studies. Environmental
and natural resources

law; land-use regulation; ocean and coastal resource law, international
law.

**Fredrick Weil** \* Department of Sociology. Political Sociology,
democracy, social change.

**Richard D. White, Jr. \*** Public Administration Institute.

**Chester G. Wilmot** \* Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering. Transportation

planning, travel demand forecasting, prioritization

**Vincent L. Wilson \*** Department of Environmental Studies. Genetic
toxicology with emphasis

> on mechanisms of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis; molecular genetics of
> environmental exposures and human disease.

**Peter R. Wolensky** \* Department of Mathematics. Control theory

**Brian Wolshon** \* Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Traffic and

transportation engineering, intelligent transportation systems, flow
analysis.

**Peter Yaukey**\* Department of Geography, University of New Orleans.
Avian ecology,

biogeography, climatology, and

quantitative methods.

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