The NIMSAT Institute is built on the foundations of three advanced technologies:
- Supercomputing
- Visualization & GIS technologies
- High-speed optical communications
These assets are available to the Institute through its partnerships with these listed below and other various academic and private sector organizations.
Louisiana Immersive
Technology Enterprise (LITE)
The Institute's powerful technology infrastructures and expertise are being leveraged to develop various enterprise and supercomputing applications as used in the following projects:
State of Louisiana Emergency Operations Plan: Fuel Modeling Project
Purpose: The project seeks to map vulnerabilities and critical infrastructure interdependencies, and to improve its understanding of energy supply systems, by conducting energy data analysis and by enhancing its communications and coordination with the private sector. Additionally, the goal is to build regional energy assurance capability with other Gulf of Mexico states to better coordinate and communicate state-wide and with one another on energy security, reliability, and emergency response issues.
Objectives:
· An assessment of Louisiana’s Energy Profile and Vulnerabilities
· Development of procedures within the Business Emergency Operations Center (B-EOC) for improved coordination with the energy industry to monitor and respond to potential shortages in energy supply systems, minimize disruptions to energy supply chains, and accelerate the recovery of key energy industry critical infrastructures
· Development of an Energy Supply-Demand Model that provides integrated information retrieval, monitoring, and analysis to minimize fuel supply disruptions at gas stations
· Development of an Evacuation Fuel Plan and fuel monitoring system
· Development of a Smart Grid policy for cogenerated power
· Incorporation of the project results into Louisiana’s existing “State of Louisiana Emergency Operations Plan” and Administrative Policy.
· Training of public and private sector stakeholders on the plan
· Conduct of state and regional exercises that include Louisiana, and the broader Gulf of Mexico region
Supported by: U.S. Department of Energy, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Risk Communication: COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH (CEO) INITIATIVE
Purpose: To provide tools for effectively communicating risk to Louisiana businesses and citizens, and to provide an improved system of hazards data collection and management.
Objectives: To provide R&D services and technical support to Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) and its stakeholders in developing and launching a web-based risk communication and hazard data management platform, for the general public, and an executive training program. The portal is expected to provide easy access to hazard and risk related data as an effective mechanism for the communication of risk.
Supported by: GOHSEP in partnership with the Louisiana Recovery Authority and FEMA
Hazard Mitigation: DISASTER RESISTENT UNIVERSITY (DRU)
Purpose: To ensure that the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's mission of achieving excellence in instruction, research and public service is maintained in the event of a natural or man-made disaster.
Objectives: To implement an all-hazards based strategy for the management of disasters for UL Lafayette through the creation of a Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP), to improve business continuity for critical University business, financial and other key operations, and to create an awareness program on natural and human-caused hazards for students, faculty and staff. Leveraging expertise in 3D Modeling and Visualization, the HMP will be developed alongside a 3-D Model of the University that will serve as an analysis, training and outreach tool for stakeholders.
Other Primary Contributors: James Lee Witt & Associates and UL Lafayette School of Architecture and Design
Supported by: FEMA
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