The goal of the lunch series was to introduce research topics for the development of research partnerships across disciplines.
These partnerships served as a foundation for interdisciplinary research endeavors, grant proposal writing, course development, and innovative research applications. Different researchers from across the University were invited to brief a research topic each month for potential research partners.
Alabama’s Water Crisis
December 16, 2014
The goal of the topic is Alabama’s expanding water crisis, caused by population growth and economic development. This month’s speakers were Bennett Bearden, Director of Water Policy and Law Institute and Heather Elliott, Professor of Law. Research focuses on clearly describing Alabama water law and its failings and on recommending that Alabama transition to a statutory structure that regulates water use through a state agency.
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Electron Transfer Switches
November 18, 2014
The lunch topic Electron Transfer Switches, focused on the new types of organic electron transfer materials methods that are being developed and tested in our laboratory. Thanks to our speaker Silas C. Backstock, Department of Chemistry.
CARE Information Mining Capabilities
October 21, 2014
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Electronic Device Applications
September 30, 2014
The topic is electronic device applications. Dr. Patrick LeClair from Physics presented on electronic devices. There was a short tutorial on electronics concepts, and how they are used to store and process information, followed by an overview of a portable electromyography (EMG) device developed in Professor LeClair’s laboratory.
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3D Printing Applications
August 26, 2014
The topic is 3D printing. Andrew Graettinger from Engineering presented on the history of 3D printing, 3D printing at the University, and the future of 3D printing. This topic was of interest to all researchers who have need to create prototypes.
Economic Impact Methodologies for Research
July 29, 2014
The topic is economic impact methodologies for research. Most research grants now require an economic impact component. Ahmad Ijaz from the Center for Business and Economic Research presented these economic impact methodologies with a focus on Input-Output multipliers. This topic was of interest to all researchers who need to include an economic impact component in their grant proposals.
Virtual Reality Technologies and Applied Research
June 24, 2014
The topic is virtual reality technologies and applied research. Dr. Rick Houser from Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling and Dr. Amy Traylor from Social Work presented the use of virtual reality applications in their research.
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Disaster and Severe Weather Research Applications, Part II
May 27, 2014
UA researchers’ primary topic areas include:
- Research on the emotional effects of the tornadoes on children’s behavior
- Extreme event engineering research, including engineering reconnaissance research for Hurricane Katrina, the Tuscaloosa and Joplin tornados and recently the Moore, Oklahoma tornado.
- Post traumatic stress treatment research for severe storm PTSD, using virtual reality technology.
Disaster and Severe Weather Research Applications
April 29, 2014
UA researchers’ primary topic areas include:
- Extreme event engineering research,including engineering reconnaissance search for Hurricane Katrina, the Tuscaloosa and Joplin tornados and recently the Moore, Oklahoma tornado.
- Severe weather research, including research on the weather warning process, severe weather preparedness, and emergencyplanning for disasters.
- Post traumatic stress treatment research for severe storm PTSD, using virtual reality technology.
Criminal Justice Research Applications
March 18, 2014
Criminal justice researchers’ primary topic areas include:
- Cybercrime
- Macro-level Trends in Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking
- Policing and Police Use of Force
- Computer Deviance
- Cyber Forensics
- Human Trafficking
- Epidemiological Criminology
- Sociocultural Context of AIDS/HIV
- Law Enforcement
Introduction to Research and Applications in Public Safety by the Center for Advanced Public Safety
February 18, 2014
CAPS’ primary activities are in public safety technology, but our research footprint extends into many areas, such as:
- Big Data
- Technology Applications to Social Science
- Justice,PublicSafetyandHomelandSecurity
- Emergency and Disaster Response
- Virtual Reality
- Wearable Computing
