News Article/Event Archives From February 2014

RI Senator Jack Reed Visits ALERT at URI February 25, 2014

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed met Monday with University of Rhode Island professors from chemistry, engineering and cyber security to see firsthand some of the leading research they are conducting on explosives, explosives detection, and cyber security, and discuss efforts to strengthen URI’s role in physical and cyber security study.

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Fundamentals of Explosives Course February 25, 2014

3-4 May 2012

The University of Rhode Island, a research partner of ALERT, is offering a once-a-year open enrollment course, “Fundamentals of Explosives” from April 29-May 1, 2014.

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VAST program featured on fedscoop.com February 14, 2014

ALERT’s VAST program which resulted from a partnership with the TSA and CLE airport is discussed in an article featured on fedscoop.com in “Researchers solve major security problem for airports”

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