News & Events
ALERT and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Receive $750,000 DARPA Award May 16, 2013
ALERT and Los Alamos National Laboratory have received a $750,000 DARPA award for their partnership in Nuclear Magnetic Quadrupole Resonance research.
Read MoreALERT Co-Director Provides Insight on Marathon Bombing Devices April 20, 2013
ALERT Co-Director Jimmie Oxley speaks with Rhode Island News Team 10 about the types of explosive devices used in the Boston Marathon Bombings.
Read MoreConnections are made at ASPIRE March 28, 2013
The ALERT COE and its predecessor, the Bernard M. Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems has had a thirteen year history of close collaboration with our industrial partners. To continue this tradition, we have instituted a new annual event, the Annual Student Pipeline Industry Roundtable Event otherwise known as ASPIRE.
Read MoreADSA09 – Call for Speakers February 4, 2013
ALERT is actively looking for speakers for the ADSA09 – Ninth Workshop for Algorithm Development for Security Applications: New Signatures for Explosive Detection for Aviation Security
Read More2013 ALERT REU Summer Program Now Accepting Applications January 16, 2013
We are accepting applications for the upcoming ALERT REU Program. The 10-week paid summer program offers undergraduate engineers the opportunity to engage in ALERT research
Read MoreFollow-on Funding Awarded to Dr. Conrad Jones January 16, 2013
Dr. Conrad Jones, a faculty member at Southern University, was awarded $50,000 of follow-on funding through the DHS Summer Research Team Program for MSIs
Read MoreNational Research Council seeks Applications for Research Associateships December 6, 2012
The National Research Council of the National Academies announces the 2013 Graduate, Postdoctoral and Senior Research Associateship Programs to be conducted on behalf of federal research laboratories and affiliated institutions in over 100 locations throughout the United States. They are seeking applications for graduate, post-doctoral & senior research associateship awards.
Read MoreDavid Castanon discusses ALERT-related research December 6, 2012
Watch Professor Castanon talk about his work in luggage screening, video analytics and explosives detection with the National Science Foundation:
Read MoreALERT presents the first installment of ALERT 101: Airport Screening Technologies December 1, 2012
We invite you to watch the first episode of ALERT 101 which focuses on the applications of Millimeter Wave Scanning and Backscatter X-ray in Airport Security Screening. Inspired by the success of TED (www.ted.com) and other educational media forums, ALERT has developed the ALERT 101 video series. Each video short will feature different [...]
Read MoreALERT Researcher Carey Rappaport discusses his work with Northeastern University November 28, 2012
Watch Professor Rappaport talk about his Homeland Security Related Research with Northeastern University
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