News Release

04-21-08

2008 Summer Research Awards Announced

UNLV’s Institute for Security Studies recently invited proposals for the 2008 Summer Research Award Program from tenured or tenure-track faculty members. The research is intended to address security in the areas of emergency management, counterterrorism, business continuity, or resilience during a crisis.

The intent of this award program is to help establish UNLV as a source of scholarly thought in the realm of homeland security and to add to the Institute for Security Studies’ collection of original papers that illustrate the breadth and depth of UNLV faculty and student scholarship. The participants awarded funding will perform their work from June 6 through August 15, 2008.

There were fifteen proposals submitted to the ISS in all, two of which will receive funding as recommended by an internal ISS panel augmented by selected subject matter experts. The proposals awarded funding were submitted by:

Dr. Mehmet Erdem, Assistant Professor of Hotel Management, College of Hotel Administration. His proposal was titled: “Disaster and Security Management of Human Resources: Identifying the Security Issues and Critical Success Factors for pre/post Katrina Hotel Industry in New Orleans.”

Dr. Sajjad Ahmad, Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering. His proposal was titled: “Preparing for a Security Threat to a Water Supply: A Simulation Modeling Approach.”