ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ the Center for Resiliency
Our Mission
To provide service, outreach, and education, through research and engagement, mobilized through a network center and data collaborative, for improvement in all aspects of resilience including infrastructure, socio-economic well-being, health, the environment, and universal design in confronting multi-disaster events in the Gulf Coast region.
Our Vision
The Center will serve the State of Texas by establishing a networking center and data collaborative for multi-disaster resilience in alignment with the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ vision of leadership in quality educational opportunities, community engagement, economic impact, the environment, and accessibility.
Our History
The Center for Resiliency was established in the summer of 2021 to serve the State of Texas in assisting with establishing a networking center and data collaborative to provide service, outreach, and education for improved multi-disaster resilience in the Gulf Coast region. Our vision is to advance the capacity of Texas’ resilience to the perils either man-made or natural that befall our citizens on a regular basis. The Center presents a futuristic paradigm for higher education in Texas. Whereas university extension services disseminate centralized information regionally, the Center for Resilience provides a model for completing the circle by gathering regional information from numerous stakeholders and then compiling, analyzing and funneling the knowledge locally, regionally, statewide, and beyond.
Community Resiliency Model
The capacity of a complex system to adapt and maintain its function and support the well-being of the interdependent subsystems through adversity.
Natural
Environmental / Engineering / Geospatial / Biology
Build Infrastructure
Local Industry / Engineering / Physics
Economic and Financial
Economic Development / Local Business
Social, Human and Cultural
Social Work / HealthCare / Art / Education / History / Sociology
Political and Government
Politics / Public Administration / Emergency Management / Criminal Justice
Resources for Investigators
- MAXQDA Software
- Endnote Software
- OriginProSoftware
- RTK Base Station
- Weather Station
- NetZero House
- GaBi Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Software
- Wellness Room Located Inside Cherry Building
For More Information Contact
Marilyn Guidry, Assistant Director of Research and Data Management
MGuidry11@lamar.edu
Center for Resiliency is apart of the Signature Centers on the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ campus. The Signature Center also houses Center for Advances in Port Management and Center for Midsttream Management and Science located in the Cherry Building.
The Signature Center was established in 2021 and all three Centers share a common commitment research, community engagement, education, and serving Southeast Texas and surronding areas industries.
Center for Advances in Port Management Center for Midstream Management and Science Center for Resiliency