Gordon Wells

Wells is the program manager for the Mid-American Geospatial Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research. Wells also serves as a member of the Governor’s Emergency Management Council, where his team supports the state’s preparedness and response programs for homeland security and natural disasters. His hurricane landfall modeling and simulation results for storm surge and wind impacts are used by the Texas Division of Emergency Management for public meetings, planning and training, and during activations of the State Operations Center for decision support during and after landfall.