University Research Centers of Excellence for Homeland Security

University Research Centers of Excellence for Homeland Security

A Summary Report of a Workshop

  • Autor: Shaw, Alan
  • Editor: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309092364
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309532723
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309166096
  • Lloc de publicació:  United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 2004
  • Mes: Maig
  • Pàgines: 31
  • DDC: 350
  • Idioma: Anglés
In establishing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Administration and Congress determined that science and technology should play a key role in the nation's efforts to counter terrorism. Congress included an S&T directorate prominently in the DHS. Within that directorate, is the Office of University Programs, which is responsible for sponsoring a number of homeland security centers of excellence in the nation's universities. These centers are to work on a spectrum of short- and long-range R&D and carry out crosscutting, multidisciplinary work on a variety of threats. To assist it in planning for these centers, TSA asked the NRC to hold a workshop to generate a broad range of ideas to draw on to help define the centers. This report presents the results of that workshop including the major ideas that emerged from the discussions.
  • Front Matter
    • Preface
    • Contents
  • WORKSHOP SUMMARY
    • Introduction
    • Identifying Topics for Research Centers of Excellence,
    • List of Research Topics Identified,
    • Workshop Discussion Leading to Topics Identified,
    • Organizing and Structuring Research Centers of Excellence,
    • Connecting Research Centers of Excellence with User Communities and Transitioning Products to Users,
  • APPENDIXES
    • A: Scope of Work and Workshop Agenda
    • B: Workshop Participants and Biographies