Texas Disaster Information System
Texas Disaster Information System (TDIS) Planning Phase
SPONSOR:
The Texas General Land Office
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PROJECT MANAGER:
The cornerstone project for the Institute is the Texas Disaster Information System (TDIS). This project is currently in the planning phase, but will be an interactive, analytical, and visual web-based spatial data system designed to support more resilient decision making at the state level.
Primary Goals and Objectives:
- collect, create, and provide analytical tools, information and data that support disaster resilience efforts for the state of Texas;
- consolidate data and information spread across a wide array of agencies and systems into one single disaster preparedness resource;
- use and transform data to better prepare Texans for and mitigate against disasters across the state; and
- provide reliable and timely insights for a diverse group of stakeholders to make decisions during different stages of disasters.
Steering Committee
Charles Cook
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Jerry Cotter
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Nick Fang
University of Texas – Arlington
Sam Hermitte
Texas Water Development Board
Leslie Lenser
Texas A&M University – System
Steven Mikulencak
Texas A&M University – AgriLife Extension
Ali Mostafavidarani
Texas A&M University
Michael Ouimet
Texas Division of Emergency Management
Tyler Payne
Texas General Land Office
Hugh Roberts
Water Institute
Alika Valdez
Texas Division of Emergency Management
Richard Wade
Texas Natural Resources Information System
Larry Weber
University of Iowa
Gordon Wells
University of Texas
Reem Zoun
Texas Water Development Board
Project Management
Suzanne Pierce
Texas Advanced Computing Center (UT)
Planning Support
Anna Dabrowski
Texas Advanced Computing Center (UT)
Chris Jordan
Texas Advanced Computing Center (UT)
William Mobley
Texas A&M University – Galveston
Jeff Reichman
January Advisors
Katharine Teleki
Teleki Consulting, LLC
