Louisiana State University

Where research meets practice.

The Stephenson Disaster Management Institute works to save the lives of people and animals by improving how disasters are managed, through applied research, executive education, and software that Louisiana’s agencies use every day.

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In service GMPro v3 · STARS · DELTA · SMART · TimeShield · L’EAU · Operating Picture See the software

Our mission

Our mission

To save the lives of people and animals by continuously improving disaster management through leadership in applied research and executive education.
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An applied research institute of Louisiana State University, at the Louisiana Emerging Technology Center in Baton Rouge.

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We also build the software Louisiana’s agencies run on.

Our emergency managers and software engineers work on one team. Seven platforms are in service today for GOHSEP, State Police, the Department of Health, the National Guard, and more, each one designed, built, and run by SDMI.

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What we do

Services and research

Work with SDMI.

Bring us a research question, an exercise to plan, or a system your agency needs built.

Email sdmi@lsu.edu

Louisiana Emerging Technology Center, 3rd floor · Baton Rouge, LA 70803