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PenGPT LLM-Guided Red-Team Automation With Persistent Shell Execution

Arabella Moore

Xing Liu, Ph.D

2026

Insider Threats in the Water Sector A Growing and Underestimated Risk

Alec Davison

David Pounder

2026

AI Technologies and the Water Utility Sustainability Gap Helping Rural Utilities Build Capacity Without Deepening Cyber-Operational Risk

Jason M. Nichols, PhD

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2026

A Lawful Drone Security Framework for Private Texas Port Operators

Art Wolfskill, Ph.D

Michael Wolfskill

2026

The Hurricane Hospital System: A Framework for Shelter-in-Place Hospital Operations Along the Texas Gulf Coast

Michael Mastrangelo

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2026

Inland Waterway Mobility and Safety: A Case Study in Sabine-Neches Waterway

Golnoosh Toosi

Xing Wu, Ph.D

2026

New Regulations on Above-Ground Storage Tanks and Vessels in Texas The Texas Aboveground Storage Vessel Safety Program

Edison Sripaul

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2026

Coastal Resiliency: Port of Houston

Kayed I. Lakhia, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CFM

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2026

AI-Enabled Self-Healing Supply Chain for Contested Logistics

Willow Yang, Ph.D.

Pamela Zelbst, Ph.D.

2026

Maritime Risk Symposium 2026 Official Proceedings

IHS

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2026

Hospital Evacuation: A Five-Phase Framework for Detection, Response, and Recovery

William Ellegood, Ph.D.

Pamela Zelbst, Ph.D.

2026

Protection Guidance to Accelerate the Licensing and Deployment of Small Modular Reactors into the Texas Grid (ERCOT)

Michael Cohen

Tim Roxey

2026

Port Operations Cyber Risk Assessment An Operations-Based Approach to Port Cyber Risk A Port Houston Proof of Concept

John A. Wilson

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2026

Strengthening Cybersecurity in Rural Communities: An Overview of Cost-Effective Strategies to Mitigate Threats

Alexander Kinney, Ph.D

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2026

An AI-Driven Threat Intelligence and Vulnerability Assessment Framework for Maritime Operational Technology Compliance

Qingzhong Liu, Ph.D

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2026

Modernizing Threat and Hazard Identification for Healthcare

Adam Lee MBA, MS, CEM

Katie Linn MS, CEM

2026

The CySOs Toolkit: Neuro-Educational Components for Rapid "Humanware™" Fortification in the Maritime Domain

Dr. Ekaterina Kostioukhina, MD

Israel Reyes

2026

Normalcy Bias As a Human Factor in Risk Management

Peter S. Lehmann, Ph.D.

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2026

Escalating Cyber Risk to Critical Infrastructure: Geopolitical Conflict, Operational Technology Vulnerabilities, and Resilience Strategies for Energy Systems

Chuck Russell

Israel Reyes

2026

Water Network Topography for the State of Texas: A Scale Free Network

Nathan Jones, Ph.D

Chris Callaghan

2026

Introducing the Texas Water Network Explorer (TWNET) Tool

Nathan Jones, Ph.D

Christopher Callaghan

2026

Business Continuity and Resilience in Times of Crises: The Importance of Disaster Panic Myth-Busting

Natalie D. Baker, Ph.D

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2022

Mental Health Peer Support in Civilian Businesses

Zeno Franco, Ph.D

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2022

Remote Detection of Anger: Wearables

Zeno Franco, Ph.D

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2022

Defending Texas Ports From Malicious Drones: Authority Gaps, Emerging Federal Pathways, and Operational Readiness After the FY26 NDAA

Art Wolfskill

Michael Wolfskill

2026

How CIP Practitioners Identify, Infer, and Validate Trust Networks: Using SNA to Identify Evidence-Based, People-Centric Best Practices

Michael Maloney

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2026

Predictive Analytics for US Maritime Workforce Development and Supply Chain Resilience A Machine Learning Approach to Rebuilding Shipbuilding Capacity

Qingzhong Liu

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2026

Strengthening U.S. Maritime Readiness Through a National Resilience and Risk Framework

Alison Svrcek

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2026

Maritime Cybersecurity: Patching the Holes in Control System Cybersecurity

Joe Weiss, PE, CISM, CRISC

Scott Lynn

2026

Workplace Violence in Healthcare: Issues, Consequences and Best Practices for Prevention and Mitigation

Scott Lynn

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2024

Texas' Water and Wastewater Workforce Crisis: Challenges and Solutions for Infrastructure Resilience

Ashley Myers

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2026

The Relationship Between the Reliability and Resilience of the Texas Rural Electric Grid and Texas Rural Economic Development

Thomas Watson

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2026

Crowded Sky New Threats and Opportunities for Homeland Security in the Cislunar Economy

Nick Reese

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2023

Examining Use Cases for Drones (UAS/RPAS) at the Texas Medical Center

Bryce S. Allen, MPS

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2023

Collaboration Not Convergence: Exploring Cyber-Physical Security Convergence to Prevent or Mitigate Techno-Kinetic Attacks

Insight Forward

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2023

Safe & Secure Addressing Workplace Violence

Griselda Munoz

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2023

Comparative Analysis of NLP Model for Detecting Depression on Twitter

Khushi Gupta

Razaq Jinad

2023

Ensuring the Cybersecurity of Texas’ Critical Infrastructures

Brooke Nodeland

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2023

Detecting Deepfakes Under Anti-Forensics Processing Mixed with Seam Carving and Copy-Move Forgery in JPEG Images by Using SOTA Deep Learning Models

Qingzhong Liu

Naciye Celebi

2023

Cyber- Security Threat: Benchmarking Cybersecurity Response Procedure for Hospitals in Texas

Narasimha Shashidhar, Ph.D

Cihan Varol, Ph.D

2023

Convergence of Mission and Moment: Imagining the Emerging Technology Analyst

Nick Reese

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2023

DeepGray: A Novel Approach to Malware Classification Using Grayscale Images with Deep Learning

Harshitha Polsani

Haodi Jiang

2023

Countering Workplace Violence in Healthcare: Voices from the Field

Magdalena A. Denham, Ph.D

Mark V. Denham, Ph.D

2023

A Framework For Understanding Disaster – Related Violence Against The Public Health Workforce: Literature Scan and Analysis

Kelly Fitzgerald

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2023

Regulating Artificial Intelligence in the State of Texas: Challenges and Opportunities

Alexander Kinney, Ph.D

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2026

Cargo Theft in the Transportation Sector: A Comparative Analysis of Texas and Mexico

Nathan P. Jones, Ph. D

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2026

Supply Chain Mapping for Emergency Management Decision Making

Mark Scott

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2023

Mitigating Cybersecurity Threats to Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities

Peter S. Lehmann, Ph.D.

Alexander B. Kinney, Ph.D.

2023

Improving Texas Homeland Security: A Practical Framework for Joint Hospital–Chemical Industry Emergency Planning

Mike Mastrangelo

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2023

Deep Learning Approaches for Fingerprint Verification

Nikita Dalvi

Van Vung Pham

2023

Mobile Emergency Power During and After Natural Disasters and Shortages

Ebrahim Karan

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2023

Enhanced Decision-Making Framework for the Southern States to Comply With the New Federal Retroreflectivity Pavement Rule

Momen Mousa

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2023

The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement in Critical Infrastructure Protection

Joseph A. Schafer

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2023

Supply Chain Risks of Illicit Trade in Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals

Jay P. Kennedy

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2023

Drones and Port Security at the Port of Brownsville

John P. Sullivan

George W. Davis

2023

Towards a More Effective Policy Model for Responding to Workplace Violence in the Texas Healthcare System

Alexander B. Kinney, Ph.D.

Peter S. Lehmann Ph.D.

2023

Social Network Analysis Using Machine Learning

ABM Rezbaul Islam

Ahsan Ul Islam

2023

Rationale and Process for Continuity of the Economy

Benjamin L. Ruddell

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2023

Resilience to High Consequence Cascading Failures of Critical Infrastructure Networks

Arthur Mouco, PhD

Benjamin L. Ruddell, PhD, PE

2023

Workplace Harassment and Violence: A Primer on Critical Strategies for Small and Medium‑Sized Businesses

Narasimha Shashidhar, Ph.D

Cihan Varol, Ph.D

2023

Unseen Threats to Texas Critical Infrastructure: The Risk to Buried Utilities and Targeted Policy Solutions to Protect Them

Benjamin Dierker

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2023

Forensic Digital Data Sanitization: A Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Narasimha Shashidhar, Ph.D

Cihan Varol, Ph.D

2023

Towards Trajectory Prediction‑Based UAV Deployment in Smart Transportation Systems

Fan Liang

Xing Liu

2023

Supply Chain Risks at US/Mexico Border

Alston German

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2023

The Rise of Workplace Violence: Addressing Healthcare’s Greatest Threat

Eric S, Clay

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2023

Violence and Harassment in the Workplace

Bitna Kim, Ph.D

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2023

Assessing Critical Energy Infrastructure Using Geo-Spatial Technologies

Mark R. Leipnik, Ph.D

Kerry Billington

2023

Water and Wastewater Critical Infrastructure

Robert Warren

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2024

Adversarial Actors and Artificial Intelligence: Propaganda Processes and Threats to Critical Infrastructure

Andrew P. Davis, Ph.D

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2024

Enhancing Insulator-Defect Detection in Transmission Lines with the Latest YOLO Object Detection Models

Qingzhong Liu

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2024

Enhancing Fraud Detection in Financial Transactions Using Random Forest and Graph Convolutional Neural Networks

Qingzhong Liu

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2024

Deep Learning Based Traffic Accident Detection

Fan Liang

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2024

The Level of Preparedness in Non-acute Healthcare Providers Can Impend Your Healthcare System Infrastructure in Disasters

Fidel J. Calvillo

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2024

Leveraging Large Language Models for Behavior-Based Malware Detection Using Deep Learning

Tosin Akinsowon

Haodi Jiang

2024

Clinical Diagnoses and Their Role in Workplace Violence in Healthcare: A Review of the Literature

Karen Nelson, Ph.D

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2025

Cybersecurity Training Effectiveness in Texas Rural Hospitals for Texas Hospital Association

J. Chialastri

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2025

Truck-Drone Delivery Systems: Assessing Emerging Risks and
Opportunities in Transportation Logistics

Juan Zhang, Ph.D

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2025

Networks Under Pressure: Structural Cohesion and Collapse In Critical Infrastructure Organizations

Andrew P. Davis, Ph. D

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2026

Lone Star Freight: Assessing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience in Texas Logistics

Benjamin Dierker

Owen Rogers

2026

Twin Streams: Simulating Biological Wastewater Treatment with Leak-Sensitive Digital Twin Systems

Xing Liu, Ph.D

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2025

AI in Critical Infrastructure for Transportation

Alston German

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2024

Algorithms and Dataset for Anomaly Detection in Smart Video Surveillance for Infrastructure Safety

Hamed Tabkhivayghan

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2022

Generative AI for Advanced Security Frameworks in Transportation Networks

Josh Aliu

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2025

Ransomware: A Contemporary Security Threat

Michael S. Vaughn

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2022

AI-Driven Malware Detection: Leveraging LLM - Based Behavioral
Embeddings for Cybersecurity

Wadduwage Shanika Perera

Tosin Akinsowon

2025

Enhancing Crisis Resilience in Healthcare Supply Chains: A Strategic and Tactical Framework for Crisis Management Readiness Assessment

Dr. Willow Yang

Dr. Pamela Zelbst

2024

Enhancing and Adapting Security Risk Assessment Strategies on Critical Infrastructure Utilizing IoT Devices using NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

Cihan Varol, Ph.D

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2024

An Evaluation of the Current Infrastructure for Treating Mental Illness In Texas Correctional Facilities

Eric Connolly

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2024

Methods for Modern Education & Training on Emergency Management & Continuity In Healthcare - Foundations and Concepts

Bryce S. Allen

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2024

Leveraging Digital Transformation & Artificial Intelligence in the
Transport Industry (SMBs): Solving Economic and Global
Competitiveness Challenges

M. Nadia Vincent

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2025

Water and Wastewater Systems: An Appraisal of the Cyber Risks and Threats Facing This Critical Infrastructure

Cihan Varol, Ph. D

Narasimha Shashidhar

2024

The Growing Role of Artificial Intelligence in Tomorrow's Urban Hydrological Infrastructure

Liya Abera

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2025

Risk to Critical Infrastructure: Due to Dependence on Access to Space-based Capabilities

Jim Platt

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2024

What’s the Weakest Link in Your Supply Chain?

Justen R. Noakes

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2024

Analysis of the Hospital Preparedness Program

Adam Lee MBA, MS, CEM

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2025

Incorporating Fear Into Security Risk Assessments

Russell Lundberg, Ph.D

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2022

Artificial Intelligence Governance and Standards Guidance for the Texas Grid

Thomas Watson

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2024

Infant Abduction from Healthcare Facilities: Prevalence, Explanation, and Risk Mitigation

Peter S. Lehmann, Ph.D

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2024

The Impact of Winter Storm Uri on Hospitals: Overcoming a Disaster Within a Disaster

David A. McEntire, PhD, SFHEA

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2022

Prohibiting Government Entities from Paying Ransoms in
Ransomware Attacks: A Policy Analysis

Hannah Kyle Kinney

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2025

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