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ALERT@NU hosts FEMA Region 1 Research to Resilience Workshop September 28, 2012
ALERT at Northeastern is proud to have hosted the FEMA Region 1 “Research to Resilience” Workshop held in Boston, MA on September 27, 2012. More than 200 attendees and 11 DHS Centers of Excellence (COEs) participated in this event.
Read MoreUndergraduates Present Summer Discoveries August 16, 2012
Twenty-One undergraduate students from eight colleges and universities throughout the country presented a host of innovative research projects over the course of a week at various locations including Northeastern University. The student presentations …
Read More2012 Post Doctoral Research Associate Position August 7, 2012
The Gordon-CenSSIS Optical Sciences Laboratory in the College of Engineering at Northeastern University, is looking for a Post Doctoral Research Associate to perform basic research, maintain the laboratory, and assist the supervisor in the interpretation and publication of results and grants.
Read MoreALERT, Square One partnership leads to NSF Small Business award August 6, 2012
ALERT researchers at Northeastern University partnered with Square One Systems Design to win a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center – Small Business award in the area of automated landmine detection. This promising partnership leverages the strengths of academic and industry experts for a project with broad humanitarian and research potential The partnership involves pairing […]
Read MoreBe one of the first to back FoRCE – a new product for Data Recovery July 6, 2012
Keith Bertolino, CEO and co-founder of Cipher Tech Solutions, and former Gordon Engineering Leadership student, is launching the prototype of FoRCE. In order to fund this project, Keith is leveraging Indiegogo to crowdfund his prototype. Get your own copy of FoRCE and help fund the project!
Read MoreGordon-CenSSIS Student awarded judges choice award in IGERT video competition June 6, 2012
Margery Hines, Gordon-CenSSIS PhD candidate, has created an online video describing her mine detection research for submission in NSF IGERT.ORG’s 2012 Video & Poster Competition.
Read MoreNortheastern Students Capture 1st Place and $10,000 prize in 6th Annual National Security Innovation Competition May 7, 2012
“Next Generation Millimeter-Wave Body Imaging for Concealed Threat Detection” recognized by the National Homeland Defense Foundation. Northeastern captured the top prize of $10,000 for their entry “Next Generation Millimeter-Wave Body Imaging for Concealed Threat Detection” in the 2012 National Security Innovation Competition (NSIC) held at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS).
Read MoreStudents, 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.
Read MoreALERT’s Standoff Detection System highlighted in Northeastern iNSolution March 16, 2012
iNSolution, Northeastern University’s Research Blog discusses ALERT’s Standoff Detection System with Profs. Carey Rappaport and Jose Martinez.
Read MoreNSF CAREER Grant Awarded to ALERT Researcher March 15, 2012
NSF has awarded ALERT Researcher, Prof. Ashkan Vaziri the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award. This will be carried out by developing predictive theoretical and computational methods to understand the mechanical deformation of biomimetic systems and by performing detailed experiments at the micro and nano- scale.
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