Miami Dade College

Faculty & Institution Building

Climate Change Effects on Socially Impacted Communities

Through the project, Miami Dade College (MDC) will assess impacts and risks generated by climate change in socially vulnerable coastal communities in the U.S., with emphasis on Miami-Dade County’s minority-majority area affected by environmental hazards. Capacities will be developed for the identification, understanding, and evaluation of impacts and risks. Generated data will be gathered, analyzed, evaluated, and disseminated to MDC faculty and
students, as well as PIT-UN and non PIT-UN members in an effort to strengthen partnerships within and beyond PIT-UN. Project activities will contribute to the elimination of equity and access barriers by raising awareness of social/urban vulnerability and risks under climate change to an underrepresented population. It will also contribute to resilience building in communities with high social vulnerability and large minority populations.

Principal Investigator

Carlos Genatios, Director of Engineering, Technology & Design

Educational Offerings, Career Pipeline/Placement, Faculty & Institution Building, Strengthening the PIT University Network

GISEC3: Social and Urban Vulnerability Analysis for Resilience Building

Building on the existing GISEC (Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Awareness and Community Engagement) project launched in 2019, GISEC3: SURE (Social and Urban vulnerability analysis for REsilience building) will contribute to the assessment of social vulnerability and environmental risk raising awareness of the ethical and societal urgency that climate change, disasters, and resilience building require.

Principal Investigator

Carlos Genatios, PhD, Chair Eng-Tech Miami Dade Coll/Innovation Board City Coral Gables/Dir Geopolis: Network Environmental Risk Reduction

Career Pipeline/Placement

Geographic Information Systems for Environment and Community, Phase 2 (GISEC2)
To continue expanding an academic pathway in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) within an IT framework that includes environmental hazards and natural disasters risk reduction and public interest orientation. In Phase 1 this pathway included the launch of a College Credit Certificate (CCC) in GIS, a stackable component of an AS in IT. In Phase 2, we will add a high school Dual Enrollment articulation as well as the articulation of a BS program in IT. Phase 2 will also continue: faculty development; a software platform for project learning and environmental hazard modeling and awareness that supports institutional building; communication with the community; and PIT-UN network strengthening through multiple collaborations and partnerships.

Principal Investigator

Carlos Genatios, PhD, Chair Eng-Tech Miami Dade Coll/Innovation Board City Coral Gables/Dir Geopolis: Network Environmental Risk Reduction

Educational Offerings

Miami Dade College’s Miami Budget Project

Through the Miami Budget project Miami Dade College will enable students to create a participatory budget app for the City of Miami and its residents in partnership with Microsoft and Code for Miami.

Principal Investigator

David Freer, Professor, Computer Science

Faculty & Institution Building

GIS for Environment and Community (GISEC) 

The GISEC project focuses on the creation of an academic pathway (College Credit Certificate and AS degree) that includes a modeling platform for project learning with applications in natural disaster risk reduction, as well as activities for community awareness in urban resilience.

Principal Investigator

Carlos Genatios, Ph.D