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.mov

Ali Alghfeli

Exploring the Need for a Domestic Counterterrorism Organization (HLS 321W)

Jenna Bicknell.mov

Jenna Bicknell

Is TSA Activity Keeping Airports Safe? (HLS 321W)

Caitlin.mov

Caitlin Brown

Electromagnetic Pulse (HLS 465)

CALLOWAY - 441 - BAGGETT.mp4

Nathaniel Calloway

Ballistic Air Missile Defense Systems (HLS 441)

MAULDEN.mp4

Alyia Maulden

Virtual Reality Training Tools (HLS 441)

William Morgan.mov

William Morgan

COVID-19 Impacts on Border Patrol Operations (HLS 321W)

Kristopher Scott.mov

Kristopher Scott

Border Security: Technology vs. Human Capital (HLS 321W)


WEIGOLD - 441 - BAGGETT.mp4

Dusty Weigold

3D Printing Does What? (HLS 441)

Disaster Management Category

Connelly - 441 - BAGGETT.mp4

Jasa Connelly

Artificial Intelligence Being Used in Disaster Recovery (HLS 441)

DEMAND - 441 - BAGGETT.mp4

Douglas De Mand

Next Generation 911 Technology (HLS 441)

Jake Hawthorne.mov

Jake Hawthorne

Technology in Disaster Management (HLS 321W)

Harrison.mov

Harrison Rohleder

Infectious Disease, Epidemics, and Pandemics (HLS 465)

SCHNEIDER - 441 - BAGGETT.mp4

Claire Schneider

Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) (HLS 441)

Scott.mov

Scott Schwarberg

Conducting Emergency Shelter Operations During a Pandemic (HLS 465)

Nicholas Solomon.mov

Nick Solomon

Natural Disasters and Emergency Preparedness (HLS 321W)

WARD - 441 - BAGGETT.mp4

Patrick Ward

The Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment (EDGE) (HLS 441)

Intelligence Studies and National Security Category

Carrico, Kristin Poster Board Presentation-1.mp4

Kristin Carrico

Boko Haram: Funding Terrorism Through Sex Trafficking and Slavery (HLS 430)

CHANEY - 441 - BAGGETT.mp4

Ashley Chaney

Human Trafficking Detection Through Artificial Intelligence (HLS 441)

Michael Dixon.mov

Michael Dixon

Impact of International Drug Trade on the United States (HLS 321W)

Jazmine Gardner Posterboard zoom_3.mp4

Jazmine Gardner

Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) (HLS 430)

Kelli Mason Posterboard HLS 430.mov

Kelli Mason

Al-Qaeda (HLS 430)

Maulden.A. Posterboard PatriotFront-1.mp4

Alyia Maulden

Patriot Front (HLS 430)

Tallon Montgomery.mov

Daniel Montgomery

Impact of Terrorism on the U.S. Economy (HLS 321W)

Colton Nevitt.mov

Colton Nevitt

Government Monitoring of Cell Phones and Internet Activities (HLS 321W)

Clayton Rein.mov

Clayton Rein

Impact of Leadership in Domestic Violent Extremism Organizations (HLS 321W)

Megan.mov

Megan Riley

Agroterrorism (HLS 465)

Trevor Ripberger Posterboard.mov

Trevor Ripberger

Sovereign Citizen Movement (HLS 430)

Corey Toney Posterboard HLS 430.mov

Corey Toney

Ku Klux Klan (HLS 430)

Security Management Category

Fares Ayyash.mov

Fares Ayyash

Deceptive Audio-Visual Technologies and DeepFake (HLS 321W)

Coffey Showcase.mp4

Michael Coffey

Economic Struggles in Security Management (HLS 321W)

Haley Gossett - HLS 441 - BAGGETT.mp4

Haley Gossett

Biometric Identification: Facial Recognition (HLS 441)

Parker Hennings.mov

Parker Hennings

Effectiveness of Walls in Border Security (HLS 321W)

LORETO - HLS 441 - BAGGETT.mp4

Ana Loreto

Fingerprint Recognition (HLS 441)

Megan Pierce.mov

Megan Pierce

Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure (HLS 321W)

Sara Selby.mp4

Sara Selby

Evolution of Data Protection Laws in Cybersecurity (HLS 321W)

STOVALL - 441 - BAGGETT.mp4

Carter Stovall

Quantum Computing: Communications and Cyber Security (HLS 441)