UROP Project

Crisis Response Planning Tool

Data Visualization, High Proformance Computing, Public Policy
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Research Mentor: Dr. Veronica White,
Department, College, Affiliation: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Contact Email: vwhite@eng.famu.fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor): Khiran Kumar
Research Assistant Supervisor Email: kc25i@fsu.edu
Faculty Collaborators:
Faculty Collaborators Email:
Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: 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
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Venom or FSU bus system to engineering campus
Remote or In-person: Fully Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 7-10, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
  • 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

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.

Additional Information

Current lab members: https://vmwhite.github.io/lab_members.html

Link to Publications

https://vmwhite.github.io/docs/IISE_2024_CARES.pdf
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