Category: News

  • Join the SETx-UIFL Spring Seminar Series 2025

    Join the SETx-UIFL Spring Seminar Series 2025

    The SETx-UIFL Spring Seminar Series 2025 offers a great opportunity to engage with SETx-UIFL researchers addressing critical challenges in resilience, sustainability, and innovation. This year weekly seminar series will take place every other Friday at 10 AM, starting January 24, 2025. Join us to explore advanced research and practical solutions tailored to the needs of…

  • Davon Chargois wins  Engagement Award

    Davon Chargois wins Engagement Award

    Davon Chargois, grant manager for SETx-UIFL, received an award from Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce for his innovative approaches to creating collaborative engagements between the SETx-UIFL, the Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce, and the Southeast Texas Community.

  • A Look at the SETx-UIFL 2024 Annual Meeting

    A Look at the SETx-UIFL 2024 Annual Meeting

    Dr. Maestre, Nov 26th 2025 (published) The SouthEast Texas Urban Integrated Field Laboratory (SETx-UIFL) hosted its 2024 Annual Meeting in Beaumont, Texas, from November 17-19. The event brought together nearly 70 researchers, students, stakeholders, and community leaders to present the project advances and discuss solutions to the environmental issues in the Beaumont and Port Arthur…

  • Highlights from the 2024 Urban Integrated Field Laboratory Principal Investigators Meeting

    Highlights from the 2024 Urban Integrated Field Laboratory Principal Investigators Meeting

    By Dr. Maestre, November 17th 2024 (published) The 2024 Principal Investigators Meeting, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), took place on October 27-28 in Rockville, MD, bringing together nearly 100 researchers from the four Urban Integrated Field Laboratories (UIFLs) funded by the DOE. Over two days, participants engaged in dynamic discussions on climate…

  • 2024 Urban Integrated Field Laboratory Principal Investigators Meeting

    2024 Urban Integrated Field Laboratory Principal Investigators Meeting

    By Dr. Maestre, October 25th 2024 (published) As climate change continues to pose significant challenges worldwide, experts and researchers from the Urban Integrated Field Laboratory (UIFL) funding program (DOE) are convening for the 2024 Principal Investigators Meeting that will take place in Rockville, MD on October 27-28th. This U.S. Department of Energy hosted event aims…

  • SETx-UIFL Summer Institute 2024

    SETx-UIFL Summer Institute 2024

    The SETX-UIFL Summer Institute 2024 took place from May 14-16 in Beaumont, Texas, hosted by Lamar University. This exciting event brought together over 30 researchers and students from various fields.

  • SETx-UIFL Spring Seminar Series 2024

    SETx-UIFL Spring Seminar Series 2024

    From January 26th – April 19th, 2024, SETx-UIFL successfully organized a biweekly seminar series featuring the work of our researchers. Seven seminars covered a wide range of topics corresponding to different themes in the SETx-UIFL project.

  • SETx-UIFL Members Joining the AGU23

    SETx-UIFL Members Joining the AGU23

    SETx-UIFL members joined thousands of other scientists at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual meeting in San Francisco, CA.

  • Southeast Texas Urban IFL 2023 Annual Meeting

    Southeast Texas Urban IFL 2023 Annual Meeting

    The 2nd Annual Meeting of Southeast Texas Urban IFL (SETx-UIFL) was hosted at Lamar University on October 8-10th. The annual meeting is where SETx-UIFL scientists and students gather to share the latest research updates and discuss collaboration ideas for the forthcoming years.

  • Lamar University’s Center for Resiliency at the Tekoa Academy Tree Wrapping Ceremony

    Lamar University’s Center for Resiliency at the Tekoa Academy Tree Wrapping Ceremony

    On Friday, September 29th, Tekoa Academy hosts a brief tree wrapping ceremony with green, blue and white ribbons, signaling Tekoa’s green zone. Davon Chargois, Lamar University’s Grants Manager from the Center for Resiliency was invited to speak to the junior and senior classes at Tekoa Academy.