Completed Projects
Information Systems and Interoperable Comm- User Directed Organizations of Displays Under Time Stress
Dr. Carswell with the University of Kentucky has studied specific issues: First, do decision-makers make appropriate use of interactive options that allow them to spatially reorganize information to suit their momentary goals? Second, do these interactive options enhance performance efficiently, increase user satisfaction with the visualization environment, or reduce perceived stress?
Prevention Technology- Community Risk and Vulnerability Assess Tool
Dr. Pam Collins with Eastern Kentucky University has developed a handheld “Procedural Anytime Anywhere Learning (PAAL)” tool to be used by communities to identify unique critical assets that may be considered for national security protection.
Prevention Technology- Improved Preparedness and Response to Threats to the Public
Dr. Pam Collins with Eastern KY University has evaluated a version of the Compressus Vigilent Command Sight software system to determine its usability in emergency response situations.
Prevention Technology- Positive Negative Fuzzy Systems for Disaster Prediction and Emergency Vehicle Routing
Dr. John Lilly with the University of Louisville has developed fuzzy logic systems that consist of simple linguistics to solve the routing problem. The research concerns the use of positive/negative (P/N) fuzzy logic to aid in (1) disaster prediction and (2) the routing of emergency vehicles in urban areas in the event of a disaster.
Prevention Technology- Private Security Technology Assessment
Dr. Pam Collins with Eastern KY University has conducted a nationwide survey of security professionals to obtain data that will update the current body of work in order to provide insight on the security industry and its relationship to law enforcement and other business sectors. It also seeks to define future trends.
Prevention Technology- Rail Tank Car Leakage System (RLEAKS)
Dr. Phil Womble with Western Kentucky University is developing an autonomous rail car leakage detection system (RLEAKS) that will detect and locate leaks in the pressurized rail tank cars from holes on the order of 100 microns in diameter. RLEAKS provides an easy to use, low-cost, non-intrusive generic system for detection and localization of leaks on pressurized tank cars.
Prevention Technology- Simulations of Castrophic Events and Associated Emergency Reponse for Planning for Mid-America
Dr. Haulk Cetin with Murray State University simulated scenarios for flooding below Kentucky Dam and Barkley Dam resulting from dam breaches, and evaluated losses and emergency preparedness response planning. A database that includes a three dimensional (3D) Geographic Information System (GIS) model of potential impact of flooding in the areas below Kentucky Dam and Barkley Dam has been developed.
Wide-Area Rapid Iris Image Capture with Pan-Tilt-Zoom Cameras
Dr. Ruigang Yang with the University of Kentucky is developing computer vision techniques to automatically detect, track, and extract high-resolution iris images using steerable pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras. This project will create a system to rapidly capture iris images of human subjects in uncontrolled environments at long range.