ALERT | Awareness and Localization of Explosive-Related Threats

Students, Apply Today! April 18, 2012

DHS HS-STEM Career Development Program at Northeastern University – ALERT is seeking applications from academically talented graduate engineering students who are interested in pursuing rewarding careers in Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) and related security threat detection fields upon graduation.

Northeastern President meets with Homeland Security Secretary September 29, 2011

One week after opening the George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security, Northeastern President Joseph Aoun traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.  Please visit the Northeastern news website to learn more.

Michael Silevitch quoted in FoxNews article, Northeastern News September 8, 2011

ALERT co-director Michael Silevitch was quoted in a September 8th Fox News article “After 9/11: Ten Years of Tech Made Airports Safer, Experts Say”.  In the article, Prof. Silevitch discusses some of the recent ALERT work in crowd behavior and novel sensors – read more here.

This coverage dovetails with his recent Q&A with Northeastern News, available here

See video of ALERT Researcher Carey Rappaport discussing his suicide bomber detection technique July 11, 2011

Carey Rappaport is researching the next wave of technologies that can detect explosives being concealed on a person’s body. Go to Northeastern’s Youtube Channel to see the video.

NOPP Names “Marine Mammal Detection and Monitoring” Funding Award Winners March 25, 2011

Gordon-CenSSIS Researcher Purnima Ratilal is one of five individuals awarded multiple-year funds for marine mammal detection, classification and localization by the National Oceanographic Partnership Program. Dr. Ratilal’s proposal topic: “Instantaneous Passive and Active Detection, Localization and Monitoring of Marine Mammals over Long Ranges”.