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The CREST Center for Geospatial and Environmental Informatics, Modeling, and Simulation was established in December with a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
“The concept is resilience,” said the center’s lead researcher, Dr. Susan S. Lea-Der Chen, professor and associate dean of engineering and computer science in the Faculty of Science and Technology. “What happens if we are hit by a hurricane?
Another purpose of the center is to recruit underrepresented minority scholars in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In addition to undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral opportunities, it also plans to partner with local schools and top schools to raise awareness about STEM.
A team of co-principal investigators will apply equipment such as synthetic intelligence, device learning, and augmented truth to assess the social effects of a crisis on everything from infrastructure to public health. The centre will also expand a core knowledge set based on ancient knowledge. .
In addition to weather phenomena such as hurricanes, other implications of the studies relate to sea level rise and the effect of urbanization on watersheds.
Chen hopes the medium will be to provide the information and studies so that local governments can make informed decisions about the resilience of construction and resource deployment after an extreme event.
“We need to be here to serve our community, just to expand the technology,” Chen said.
Part of this networking service is to inspire diversity in STEM studies and higher education.
African-American and Hispanic staff are underrepresented in STEM fields, according to the Pew Research Center’s 2021 knowledge. Hispanic staff account for 17% of employment in all occupations, but 8% in STEM jobs. The percentage of Hispanic school graduates with a STEM degree will also decrease than the percentage of all school graduates.
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Chen said the medium reflects the diversity of Corpus Christi.
“We want to integrate their talents into STEM, in a different way we will miss opportunities,” Chen said. “We’re very rich in this aspect and we just want to enjoy the diversity we have here. “
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“The concept is to succeed in minorities who are underrepresented,” such as Hispanic and female students, Baca said. “Everyone can pursue STEM careers. “
Chen said the center’s principal investigators will work to guide scholars and inspire other young people from diverse backgrounds to pursue careers in coastal marine science and geospatial computing.
“Diversity is helping any organization: other people from other backgrounds and other points of view,” Chen said.
Olivia Garrett reports on education and network news in South Texas. Contact her at olivia. garrett@caller. com. You can do local journalism by subscribing to Caller-Times.
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