Education
Ph.D. in Urban & Regional Science, Texas A&M University
MA in Environmental Studies, University of Illinois at Springfiled
BE in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Tamkang University (Taiwan)
Bio
Dr. Wei is an Associate Professor in the Department of Security, Fire, and Emergency Management and received his Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Science with a concentration in Emergency Management from Texas A&M University.
Dr. Wei has conducted a number of multidisciplinary research projects on hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, tornadoes, water contamination, and pandemic influenza that were supported by the NSF, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), US Army Corps of Engineers, Texas A&M University, and City University of New York. Regarding the scholarship, Dr. Wei has published 11 scientific articles in top peer-reviewed journals (i.e., International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction; International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters; Journal of Risk Research; Journal of Transportation Security; Natural Hazards; and Natural Hazards Review), 2 encyclopedia entries in Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management, and 1 paper in a professional magazine of Security Management. These contributions to the social science and practice of emergency management have been widely recognized.
Course Taught
ESA 101: Introduction to Emergency Management
ESA 355: Geographic Information Systems for Emergency Services
FIS 101: Introduction to Fire Science
FIS 319: Hazard Identification and Mitigation
FIS 401: Seminar in Fire Protection Problems
PMT 720: Geographic Information Systems for Public Safety and Emergency Management
PMT 760: Emergency Management: Mitigation & Recovery
PMT 763: Emergency Management: Preparedness
SEC 715: Analytic Methods in Protection Management
