Welcome to the Virtual 2020 Homeland Security Research Showcase!
December 1-2, 2020
We are pleased to introduce this site for the Seventh Annual Homeland Security Research Showcase. The showcase aims to offer Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) students, both on-campus and online, the opportunity to present their original research to the broader university community. This internal EKU site provides student presentations recorded in 2020 and based on research conducted in Homeland Security courses.
Mission and Research
The EKU Homeland Security program aims to prepare graduates seeking careers protecting life and assets as homeland security and emergency management practitioners, who will become critical and creative thinkers, effective communicators, and leaders in their professional communities. Conducting research to produce high-quality scholarship is a desired skill of homeland security professionals. Likewise, research offers students the opportunity to contribute knowledge to the following disciplines that constitute homeland security:
Disaster Management
Intelligence Studies
Security Management
General Topics Category
Ali Alghfeli
Exploring the Need for a Domestic Counterterrorism Organization (HLS 321W)
Jenna Bicknell
Is TSA Activity Keeping Airports Safe? (HLS 321W)
Caitlin Brown
Electromagnetic Pulse (HLS 465)
Nathaniel Calloway
Ballistic Air Missile Defense Systems (HLS 441)
Alyia Maulden
Virtual Reality Training Tools (HLS 441)
William Morgan
COVID-19 Impacts on Border Patrol Operations (HLS 321W)
Kristopher Scott
Border Security: Technology vs. Human Capital (HLS 321W)
Dusty Weigold
3D Printing Does What? (HLS 441)
Disaster Management Category
Jasa Connelly
Artificial Intelligence Being Used in Disaster Recovery (HLS 441)
Douglas De Mand
Next Generation 911 Technology (HLS 441)
Jake Hawthorne
Technology in Disaster Management (HLS 321W)
Harrison Rohleder
Infectious Disease, Epidemics, and Pandemics (HLS 465)
Claire Schneider
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) (HLS 441)
Scott Schwarberg
Conducting Emergency Shelter Operations During a Pandemic (HLS 465)
Nick Solomon
Natural Disasters and Emergency Preparedness (HLS 321W)
Patrick Ward
The Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment (EDGE) (HLS 441)
Intelligence Studies and National Security Category
Kristin Carrico
Boko Haram: Funding Terrorism Through Sex Trafficking and Slavery (HLS 430)
Ashley Chaney
Human Trafficking Detection Through Artificial Intelligence (HLS 441)
Michael Dixon
Impact of International Drug Trade on the United States (HLS 321W)
Jazmine Gardner
Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) (HLS 430)
Kelli Mason
Al-Qaeda (HLS 430)
Alyia Maulden
Patriot Front (HLS 430)
Daniel Montgomery
Impact of Terrorism on the U.S. Economy (HLS 321W)
Colton Nevitt
Government Monitoring of Cell Phones and Internet Activities (HLS 321W)
Clayton Rein
Impact of Leadership in Domestic Violent Extremism Organizations (HLS 321W)
Megan Riley
Agroterrorism (HLS 465)
Trevor Ripberger
Sovereign Citizen Movement (HLS 430)
Corey Toney
Ku Klux Klan (HLS 430)
Security Management Category
Fares Ayyash
Deceptive Audio-Visual Technologies and DeepFake (HLS 321W)
Michael Coffey
Economic Struggles in Security Management (HLS 321W)
Haley Gossett
Biometric Identification: Facial Recognition (HLS 441)
Parker Hennings
Effectiveness of Walls in Border Security (HLS 321W)
Ana Loreto
Fingerprint Recognition (HLS 441)
Megan Pierce
Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure (HLS 321W)
Sara Selby
Evolution of Data Protection Laws in Cybersecurity (HLS 321W)
Carter Stovall
Quantum Computing: Communications and Cyber Security (HLS 441)