UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1236

Research Mentor Information
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Primary Research Mentor Name: Veronica White
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): vwhite@eng.famu.fsu.edu
Position Title: Faculty
FSU College (if applicable): FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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Additional Research Mentor(s)
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Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from above): Khiran Kumar
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): kc25i@fsu.edu
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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: Crisis Response Planning Tool
Project Keywords: Data Visualization, High Proformance Computing, Public Policy
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: Yes
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 2
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
Open to all majors, with preference given to engineering and computer science and related majors

Project Location:: Engineering Building B, option to work remotely or in-person
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation?: Venom or FSU bus system to engineering campus
Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s):: Fully Remote
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work?: 7-10
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work?: Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Overall Research Project Description:
This project will create a free online tool to aid jurisdictions nationwide in deciding how to best respond to emergency calls involving mental and behavioral health issues. The tool would allow decision-makers to enter data reflecting their community and return results of how their community would perform under various crisis response policies. A past 6-page conference paper listed below covers the type of research that will feed into the application. This project will require collaboration with multiple students working on various aspects. Currently an early version of the applicaiton, created in RStudio exisits. 

You will help build up the underlying dataset through running jobs on the FSU computing cluster and provide feedback to other members of the team. You will work on completeing the Gadseden County, FL case study or the Honolulu, HI case study. 



Research Tasks:
Data Collection, Data analysis, working with High Preformance Computing, providing feedback to academic papers, working with R and R studio

Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
GitHub or Github Desktop (required)
VScode (recommended)
R and R studio (recommended)
working with High Preformance Computing (recommended)

Mentoring Philosophy:
It is my goal as a faculty member to be a mentor to students from a variety of backgrounds and programs. I promise to provide a safe environment built on mutual respect and understanding, hold you accountable to the goals you set, and provide guidance on what research and meaningful research deliverables are. I aim to build relationships with my students that make them feel supported and valued. I expect you to do your best and communicate quickly when personal and research-related issues arise, especially when they impact your work and progress. I look forward to working with you, learning about what motivates you, and working together to achieve our goals. 

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable):: https://vmwhite.github.io/docs/IISE_2024_CARES.pdf
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Current lab members: https://vmwhite.github.io/lab_members.html


Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable?: Yes
Roundtable times and Zoom links:
T/Th 12pm to 5pm https://fsu.zoom.us/j/95629400981 

Roundtable Info:
- Day: Thursday, September 4
  Start Time: 4:30
  End Time: 5:00
  Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/95629400981 
- Day: Thursday, September 4
  Start Time: 1:30
  End Time: 2:00
  Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/95629400981 

UROP Program Elements
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Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication: Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation: Yes
Materials Grant: Yes
UROP Poster Presentation: Yes

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Year: 2025
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