Attendees: Jerry Lin, Mama Singh, Ana Christensen, Kurt Dyrhaug, Scott Crawford, Xianchang Li, Chunda Chen, and Amy Smith

Not in attendance: All present

Meeting called to order at 1:00 pm by Dr. Jerry Lin

1. Review/Approval of February 2021 Council meeting minutes

a. Minutes accepted and moved by Ana Christensen and Mamta

II. TSUS System Initiative – Homeland Security

a. Sam Houston State University has started an initiative to look into issues pertinent to homeland security, aiming to securing additional external research funds. Interested faculty should contact Dr. Jerry Lin for more details.

b.Initial scoping meeting on the homeland security meeting in Austin, TX on March 29, 2022. Dr. Helen Lou and Dr. Brian Williams will represent LU faculty experts in the meeting.

III. grant performance report out and Discussion

a. Displayed on ORSPAs webpage at lamar.edu Grant performance report

b. Grants documented only for FY21 from Sept 1, 2020 – August 31, 2021

c.Inform if awarded grants not documented on the report

IV. Roundtable

a. Center of Resiliency is requested to provide a clear format to meet the requirements. To capture more insight on the next run, please meet with Dr. Lev Haselbach.

Next meeting is April 4, 2022, at 1:00 pm.

1:28 pm – Meeting Adjourn