Research

Climate Change and Environmental Security Climate-Change-and-Environmental-Security

Since 2007, Drs. Jim Ramsay (Homeland Security program coordinator) and John Lanicci (MSA program coordinator) have been teaching a course in Environmental Security. They examine how extreme weather events and climatic anomalies can destabilize different regions of the world, exacerbating existing geopolitical problems and leading to security challenges for the U.S. and its allies.

4D Flight Management System Trajectory Based Operations

The first phase of research and demonstration of Trajectory Base Operations (TBO) concepts, a key NextGen component, using a fielded 4 Dimensional (4D) Flight Management System (FMS). This Task will include a baseline data collection demonstration that will be conducted at a major U.S. airport(s).

Next-Generation Air Transportation System Weather Research

Various activities in support of NextGen weather research, development, testing of new capabilities and specifically supporting activities regarding weather and air traffic management integration research at the Florida NextGen Test Bed facility at the Daytona Beach International Airport.

Daily weathercasts

Each day, television and radio weathercasts are prepared and delivered to various radio and television outlets, providing students with real-world experience for their resumes.

Forensic Synoptic Analysis

Acquisition and digitization of weather information from pre-instrumental time period

The Ethiopian Famine of 1984 to 1985

Book Chapter for Food and Famine in the 21st Century to be published by ABC-CLIO Publishing.

Agriculture in a changing climate

Global climate change is forecast to cause major shifts in the general circulation of the atmosphere, which will lead to variations in the length of the growing season and the alteration of precipitation patterns.

Weather Technology In the Cockpit Pilot Training Requirements

In 2009, we began a multi-year research project funded by the FAA to examine general aviation pilot education and training issues associated with using real-time weather information in the cockpit. Alongside teams from the University of North Dakota and University of Alaska-Anchorage, our Embry-Riddle team included faculty from the Human Factors and Systems and Doctoral Studies departments.

Evolution of a Companion Website An Assessment of Online Ancillaries

Proceedings paper and presentation accepted for the International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education, Rhodes, Greece

Environmental Security Research

We are developing a methodology for studying the ways in which extreme environmental events and climatic anomalies can affect human and national security considerations.

East central Florida Extreme Weather Events

I am interested in analysis of extreme weather events that have taken place in east-central Florida. These include the Christmas Day 2006 tornado, Ground Hog Day tornado outbreak, and the Daytona-area flooding event of May 2009.