News & Events
David 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. For users without YouTube access: ALERT 101: Airport Screening Tecnologies Inspired by the success of TED (www.ted.com) and other educational media forums, ALERT has developed the […]
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
Read MoreALERT Researcher Jose Martinez is awarded the Best Paper Award at HST ‘12 November 20, 2012
Assistant Professor Jose Martinez was awarded the Best Paper Award at the 2012 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST ’12). The award was given for his paper entitled, “A Compressed Sensing Approach for Detection of Explosive Threats at Standoff Distances using a Passive Array of Scatters”. The twelfth annual IEEE Conference on Technologies for […]
Read MoreALERT welcomes United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano November 19, 2012
While on Northeastern’s campus to give the keynote address for the university’s Veterans Day ceremony, the Honorable Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security visited the ALERT offices and labs to view demos and speak with students and researchers.
Read MoreHandheld IED Detection Device with Firestorm Emergency Services November 8, 2012
ALERT research out of Missouri University of Science and Technology, led by Prof. Daryl Beetner, is currently working to develop methods to indirectly detect and locate explosives by identifying the electromagnetic emissions from these electronic initiators. This approach has the advantage that a device can potentially be detected from tens or even hundreds of meters away in a very short period of time using relatively small, inexpensive, low-power sensors.
Read MoreBreakthroughs in Ionic Polymer Characterization November 7, 2012
Research led by ALERT investigator Prof. Louisa Hope-Weeks at Texas Tech University, could make the sensitive materials used in detonators safer for mining and military use, as well as less harmful to the environment.
Read MoreTransition Task at CLE: The Student Perspective November 6, 2012
The ALERT project VAST (Video Analytic Surveillance Transition) is an effort that addresses the needs of the TSA to monitor and mitigate threats by individuals to airport security. ALERT and the TSA Ohio Senior Federal Security Director put together a team of researchers from three COE partner universities (NEU, BU and RPI) and TSA practitioners to develop and transition solutions to “in-the-exit” and “tag and track” issues at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE).
Read MoreAssociate Director presents at the first DHS Science and Technology(S&T) Research Council Webinar October 25, 2012
ALERT Associate Director, Carey Rappaport was invited to speak at the first DHS Science and Technology(S&T) Research Council Webinar on Monday, October 22nd. Prof. Rappaport participated in the Explosives Detection Panel, which discussed the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review mission flow down to potential technology solutions supported by S&T with subject matter experts (SMEs) from DHS […]
Read MoreAn Introduction to the Research and Industrial Collaboration Conference (RICC) October 3, 2012
For more than a decade, the RICC has fostered in-depth dialog among members of the academic, industrial and government communities interested in collaboration in subsurface sensing and imaging and homeland security related topics.
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