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Portrait of Dr. Yongmei Lu

Dr. Yongmei Lu

  • Professor at College of Liberal Arts, College of Liberal Arts
  • Professor at Dept of Geography & Environmntl Studies, College of Liberal Arts

Grants

2024

  • Lee, Jieun (Principal), Langham, Gary (Principal), Rock, Amy (Co-Principal), Ramasubramanian, Laxi (Co-Principal), Lu, Yongmei (Supporting), RaQuelle, Risha (Supporting), Skop, Emily (Supporting), Wangui, Edna (Supporting), Kemp, Karen (Supporting). Golden Compass Onward: Geospatial sciences Alliance for International women faculty Advancement (GAIA), National Science Foundation, Federal, $1000000. (Funded: April 2024 - Present). Grant.

2023

  • Iyanda, Ayodeji Emmanuel (Principal), Lu, Yongmei (Co-Principal), Carrillo, Genny (Co-Principal), Chang, Chiung-Fang (Co-Principal), Han, Daikwon (Co-Principal), Huang, Xiao (Co-Principal), Jones, Christopher (Co-Principal), Lu, Tianjun (Co-Principal), Washington, Joyee (Co-Principal), Ye, Xinyue (Co-Principal). Community-driven Geospatial Approach to Improving Public Health Data Systems in Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine - Gulf Research Program and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Federal, $1488160. (Submitted: June 2023, Funded: October 2023 - August 2025). Grant.

2018

  • Howard, Krista J (Principal), Ceballos, Natalie A (Supporting), Grimes, Thomas (Supporting), Dailey, Stephanie Layne (Supporting), Lu, Yongmei (Supporting), Lee, Hsun Ming (Supporting), Sharma, Shobhit (Supporting), Lawrence, Grayson B (Other). Does Social Media Make Us Sick? A Pilot Study on the Effects of Social Media on Physiological Reactivity and Mental Health, MIRG, Texas State University, $23784. (Funded: July 2018 - February 2020). Grant.
  • Lu, Yongmei (Principal), Howard, Krista (Co-Principal), Grimes, Tom (Co-Principal). Social Media and Mental Health among College Students, Texas State University, $12000. (Funded: January 16, 2018 - May 31, 2018). Grant.

2014

  • Lu, Yongmei (Other). NSF CC*IIE Networking Infrastructure: Enabling and Improving Data-Driven Research at Texas State University, National Science Foundation, $499896. (Funded: 2014 - 2016). Grant.

2011

  • Yao, Y (Principal), Lu, Yongmei (Co-Principal). The Specialization and Concentration of 3D Urban Functions in a 2-D Space – A Case Study of Beijing, National Science Foundation of China, $386000. (Funded: 2011 - 2014). Grant.

2010

  • Lu, Yongmei (Principal). Service-Learning: An Effective Approach to Combine Training and Education for GIS Students, Texas State University Faculty Fellow Funding, $1500. (Funded: 2010 - 2011). Grant.

2008

  • Lu, Yongmei (Principal). Coordinating between Beijing and its Surrounding Areas for the Development of National Main Functional Regions, Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform, $80000. (Funded: 2008). Grant.
  • Lu, Yongmei (Principal). A Randomized Experiment of License Plate Recognition Technology in Mesa, AZ, United State Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, $33000. (Funded: 2008 - 2010). Grant.
  • Rossmo, K (Principal), Lu, Yongmei (Co-Principal). Criminal Hunting Paths: An Analysis of the Spatial Behavior of Recidivists, United State Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, $149758. (Funded: 2008 - 2009). Grant.

2005

  • Lu, Yongmei (Principal). Spatial Pattern and Socio-economic Analysis of Juvenile Offense and Offenders’ Travel Behavior in Dallas and Surrounding Counties: One of the two components for the Risk Assessment Instrument Pilot Project, Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division, $8500. (Funded: 2005). Grant.
  • Sansom, A (Principal), Lu, Yongmei (Co-Principal). Evaluation of Groundwater Chemistry in Gonzales County, Texas and Educational and Technical Assistance to Groundwater Conservation Districts in Texas, US Environmental Protection Agency, $145400. (Funded: 2005 - 2007). Grant.

2004

  • Lu, Yongmei (Principal). Urbanization in Socialist China: A planning process or a marketing process?, Texas State University Library Research Grants, $1300. (Funded: 2004). Grant.
  • Zhan, F (Principal), Lu, Yongmei (Co-Principal). Border Health and Environment Threats Security, United States Department of Defense, $94933. (Funded: 2004). Grant.

2003

  • Lu, Yongmei. Building the Right Roads – A GIS-based Traffic Analysis Method to Identify Location Needs for New Roads and Roads Expansion, Southwest Texas State University Research Enhancement Program, $8000. (Funded: 2003). Grant.
  • Rossmo, K (Principal), Lu, Yongmei (Supporting). Geographic Patterns and Profiling of Illegal Crossings of the Southern U.S. Border, United State Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Office of Science and Technology. (Funded: 2003 - 2005). Grant.