Jessica Jensen, assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Management, gave a presentation Feb. 15 at the 47th annual Governor's Homeland Security and Emergency Management Conference in St. Paul, Minn. Jensen's presentation, titled “How Big, How Bad: Measuring Return on Investment for Emergency Management Performance Grant,” discussed efforts under way to develop a system that would measure return on investment for all Department of Homeland Security preparedness grants and challenges associated with designing a measurement system that would be simple, relevant and valued by jurisdictions participating in preparedness grant programs.

Daniel J. Klenow, department head, and Dong Keun Yoon, assistant professor of emergency management, also gave a presentation at the conference. Their presentation, titled "Profiling County Tornado Vulnerability in Minnesota,” reviewed tornado incidence trends and vulnerability patterns in Minnesota counties and drew implications for mitigation planning.