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Department of Homeland Security National Center of Excellence in Transportation Security May 7, 2008.

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1 Department of Homeland Security National Center of Excellence in Transportation Security May 7, 2008

2 TRANSIT Teaching & Research for Advanced National Security of Inter-modal Transportation TRANSIT Research Education/ Training CTI CGFCC Other Partners

3 Motivation Secure and safe transportation for the nation Requires Resilient and smart transportation infrastructure facilitating Prediction Protection Preparedness & Partnership

4 UConn Research Lead Tougaloo Education Lead TSU Petrochem Lead ArkansasSJSULong I URutgers Conduct research of new technologies, tools and advanced methods and develop educational and training methods and policies to defend, protect, and increase the resilience of the nation's multi- modal transportation infrastructure

5  Chem/Bio/Expl. Sensors  Infrastructure hardening  Remote inspection & monitoring  Emergency traffic modeling DHS CoETS DHS CoE R&D Education & Training Policy  First responder training  Optical/RFID tagging  Port security  UUV/UGV/UAV Coordination  Video/Data Surveillance

6 Existing Research Infrastructure Connecticut Transportation Institute (CTI) –Connecticut Advanced Pavement Laboratory (CAP Lab) –Connecticut Cooperative Highway Research Program –Technology Transfer Center (CT T 2 ) University Transportation Center (UTC) Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center (CGFCC) Booth Engineering Center for Advanced Technologies (BECAT) Center for Optics, Sensing & Tracking in Homeland Security Institute of Material Science (IMS) Existing Educational/Training Infrastructure College of Continuing Studies

7 Affiliated DHS Divisions Explosives Border & Maritime Command, Control and Interoperability Infrastructure Protection

8 UConn Site Visit May 12 – 13, 2008 Visitors: –Dr. Mary Ellen-Hynes –Mike Tobia –Mila Kennett Topics –Transportation security, and education and public policy –Advanced materials (advanced materials that do not burn, melt, self-clean, self-heal, are blast resistant, mold proof, need no maintenance, etc) –Multi-hazard solutions, sustainable design and materials –Inland waterways


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