Dr. Michelle Hummel is an Associate Professor of Water Resources in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. Her research focuses broadly on understanding how coupled human-natural systems respond to climate-driven disturbances in coastal regions through the development and application of numerical, statistical, and geospatial models. She has assembled interdisciplinary teams with colleagues from engineering and social sciences to pursue federal funding for projects that advance how coastal regions monitor and respond to natural hazards and climate impacts. Overall, her research efforts are contributing to an improved understanding of the physical drivers of flood hazards, the resulting impacts on coastal populations and infrastructure systems, and the effectiveness of mitigation and adaptation strategies meant to enhance resilience to future events. Dr. Hummel holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Oswald Jenewein is an architectural and urban designer, researcher, and teacher in the field of Ecological Design and Urban Sustainability. His cross-disciplinary projects focus on co-creating climate resilience in the built environment on the territorial, urban, architectural, and social scale and include participatory processes in developing smart and connected cities. Oswald is an Assistant Professor of Architecture & Urbanism at the College of Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington. He founded and directs FUELED – the Future Environments Lab for Ecological Design at UT Arlington – a design and research lab focusing on topics of climate resilience architecture and urban design. Oswald is also a Visiting Lecturer of Architecture at the Institute of Design, Department of Spatial Design at the University of Innsbruck, and served as a reviewer at the Technical University of Delft, University of Tallinn, Texas A&M University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and as HKS Top Projects Juror.
Dr. Karabi Bezboruah is a Professor in the Department of Public Affairs and Planning at the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA) at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Bezboruah serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Success and Research at the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA). Dr. Bezboruah also serves as the director of the two doctoral programs in CAPPA. These are the Public Administration & Public Policy (PAPP), and Urban Planning and Public Policy (UPPP). Dr. Bezboruah teaches administration and policy courses in the Department of Public Affairs. She teaches the core courses in the Nonprofit Management specialization track and facilitates the graduate Certificate in Urban Nonprofit Management. She applies service-learning pedagogy in her courses, and has worked with community organizations, nonprofits, and local government agencies. Dr. Bezboruah’s research includes cross sector collaboration, nonprofit management and leadership, strategic management, community development, cross-sector comparisons, NGOs – organizational role, gender role, leadership role & NGO effectiveness. Her work is in the intersection between public policies and organizational behavior, and she frequently collaborates with other disciplines to conduct research on policy issues surrounding health, housing and the environment.
Dr. Yonghe Liu is an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the University of Texas at Arlington. He obtained the B.S. and M.S. degree from Tsinghua University in 1998 and 1999 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from Rice University in 2004. His research interests are wireless networks, systems, and applications, Internet of Things, energy efficiency in mobile systems, and application of AI.