ALERT | Awareness and Localization of Explosive-Related Threats

Summer REU Program is underway at ALERT

The ALERT Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) 2013 summer program is currently hosting 9 exceptional undergraduate students at Northeastern University, and ALERT partner institutions.  Prof. Carey Rappaport, Prof. Jose Martinez-Lorenzo, and Mr. Richard Moore, are working with the five ALERT REU students at Northeastern University.  Two students are working with Profs. Brandon Weeks and Louisa Hope-Weeks at Texas Tech University, and two students are working with Prof. Samuel Hernandez at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez.

The summer program, which runs for 10-weeks from June 3^rd – August 9^th , provides students with full-time work experience on ALERT research, as well as meetings and activities geared to enhance professional development.  A few of the students working at NEU begin their involvement in ALERT research through the ALERT Scholars program, which provides freshmen undergraduates an introduction and gateway to engineering research on campus during the spring semester.

Rachel Shaffer, an REU student working with Mr. Moore, began her work with him on Video Analytics through the spring 2013 ALERT Scholars program.  She has become an integral part of his research team, and provided a demonstrated of some of their work during TSA Administrator, John Pistole’s lab visit on June 12^th.

At the end of the program, the REU students will give presentations on their research projects.  Students at Texas Tech University and University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez will present to the group online on August 6^th, and Northeastern University students will present on August 8^th from 9:00am – 1:00pm EST in room 378 in 140 The Fenway.