UROP Project

Public Policy, App Development, Data Visualization

Research Mentor: Dr. Veronica White, she/her
Department, College, Affiliation: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Contact Email: vwhite2@fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor):
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Faculty Collaborators:
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Looking for Research Assistants: Maybe one more
Number of Research Assistants: 3
Relevant Majors: Open to all majors, with preference given to engineering, criminology/criminal justice, public health, social work, and related majors.
Project Location: Engineering building B
Research Assistant Transportation Required: There are multiple bus routes from FSU to Engineering campus, for example M to D and F to L can get you to the Engineering Campus.
Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 5-10 hours depending on student availability,
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link: Not participating in the Roundtable

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. This work you will do will help translate research into practice. 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.

Research Tasks: Depending on how your role fits with the other students designated to the project, you may be assigned to do some combination of the following:
Data analysis, data visualization, planning application layout, dataset creation, dataset preparation and pre-processing, UI design, literature review, working with individuals with various expertise, research writing, and presenting.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Required:
Interest in mental and behavioral health community response

Recommended with the expectation that additional time will be dedicated to learning any missing skills. Not all skills may be required for all students; I will work with you to determine how you can best contribute with the skillset you have and want to develop:
Data visualization
UI design
Dataset Management and creation
Data analysis
Research writing/documentation
Application tool experience such as RShiny or Google Scripts.