The primary focus of the RnR Summit this year was uniting the community by strengthening collaborative recovery efforts to address recent challenges and build resilience through informed planning.

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Encore Presentations

Room 1

8:30 - 8:45am   Welcome

• Dr. Jaime Taylor, President - Lamar University
• Teressa Duesler, Assistant Directorof Engagement for the Center for Resiliency - Lamar University

8:45 - 9:45am   Panel/Speaker

• Sponsored Panel Forum - COVID 19: Threat and Opportunity for Economic Resiliency of Southeast Texas, Virtual SETX Economic Development and Analysis Resource Center (EDARC) - Drs. Gevorg Sargsyan, Enrique Venta, James Slaydon and Ricardo Colon

10:00 - 11:30am  Break-out Session: Business

• Advisory Board Discussion - COVID 19: Threat and Opportunity for Economic Resiliency of Southeast Texas, Virtual SETX Economic Development and Analysis Resource Center (EDARC) - Drs. Gevorg Sargsyan, Enrique Venta, James Slaydon and Ricardo Colon

12:20 - 1:20pm   Panel/Speaker

• USACE (US Army Corp. Engineers) Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay

1:30 - 3:00pm   Break-out Session: Social Work

• 1:30 - 2:00pm   Mental Health Intervention, Networking and Diversion (MIND) - Drs Ginger Gummelt and Mamta Singh, Karen Roebuck, Lori Wright and Stephan Malick
• 2:00 - 2:30pm   The Health and Wellness Landscape in SETX: An Assessment of Jefferson, Hardin, Orange and Liberty Counties - Dr. Ginger Gummelt and Lori Wright
• 2:30 - 3:00pm   The Trauma of Natural Disaster - Nicole Molina, Giselle Santini, Cierra Lewis, Lachrisa Patrick, Amaurie Stevens, Tracy Pham and Macro Social Work Practice Collaborators

3:30 - 3:30pm   Closing

• Lanie Brown, Representative for Brian Babin

Room 2

10:00 - 11:30am   Break-out Session: Science

• 10:00 - 10:30am   Study of Triobological Properties of Vegetable Oil - Arun Kumar Pandey and Dr. Xuejun Fan
• 10:30 - 11:00am   Subsidence Rate Variability in SETX from Successive GPS Surveys - Golnoosh Toosi and Drs. Joseph Kruger and Xing Wu
• 11:00 - 11:30am   Failure Study on Power Grid Infrastructure Under Extreme Weather Conditions - MD Rashedul Islam and Dr. Xuejan Fan

1:30 - 3:00pm   Break-out Session: Science

• 1:30 - 2:00pm   Quantifying Chemical Contaminants in SETX Surface Water Bodies - Angel Gutierrez, Lauren Nelson, and Drs. Perumalreddy Chandrasekaran*, Ozge Sen, Sylvestre Twagirayezu, and Suying Wei*
• 2:00 - 2:30pm   Investigating Sevaral Solar-Based Methods to Collect Renewable Energy - Dr. Stefan Andrei, Huiling Lui and Solomon Fensico Eugine
• 2:30 - 3:00pm   Installation, Testing and Data Analysis for a Weather Station - Dr. Stefan Andrei, Harini Doppalapudi, Ramanpreet Singh, Venkata Raghu Vishnumolakala and Mufakir Qamar Ansari