DHS Education Programs
DHS Education Programs
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Vivianette Giusti Vélez, Dr. Liz Diaz Vázquez and Anais Vázquez Rivera analyzed improved methods for detecting explosive traces as part of a summer research program sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security. Read more... |
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Augusto Tentori helps to develop a prototype device for human radiation exposure detection. Time is of the essence in a potential mass population radiological event, where thousands of people would be exposed to radiation and their survival could hinge on prompt medical diagnosis and treatment. Read more... |
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Dr. Thomas Liu and student Monty Bains created a Web service for data analyisis and visualization as part of the Department of Homeland Security Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions. Read more... |
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For the second summer in a row, Christina Doerter, a senior disaster management major at Jacksonville State University, returned to ORNL to study ways communities may enhance their “resilience” — the ability to quickly recover key services after a hurricane or other disaster strikes. Read more... |
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Jamaur Bronner, using computers to examine previous research into aspects of the human decision-making, sought to identify elements of that process omitted from current computer models that experts use to ascertain how human emotion affects foreign leaders’ decisions. Read more... |
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Dr. Nelly Mateeva researched toxin-detection systems to help protect the food supply during an adventurous summer at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, and the University of Minnesota. Read more... |
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Ashton Lesiak studied soil radiation levels to evaluate the possible effects on people and the environment during her research with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s HS-STEM Summer Internship Program. Read more... |
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Dr. Chin Chang advanced counterterrorism efforts at the Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, Ca., by participating in the 2009 DHS Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions at the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events. Read more... |
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Anna Bruton spent the summer of 2009 at Howard University researching the responsiveness of law-enforcement officers during the Hurricane Katrina crisis. Read more... |
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Matt Jaramillo participated in research at the Computational Human Behavior Center (CHBC) under auspices of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Scholarship and Fellowship program, administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. Read more... |
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Ashley Anderson, a participant in the DHS Scholarship and Fellowship Program, uses organizational behavior to examine why some ethnic minorities resort to terrorism, and why others do not. Read more and watch video... |
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Kristen Lancaster writes code for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for specialized software that will gather safety information, including details about radioactive materials carried by trucks, at interstate weigh stations. Read more... |
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Buki Fatima Baruwa studied how to prioritize wide-area restoration of a large urban area following a terrorist attack involving aerial release of aerosolized anthrax. Read more... |
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Hope College student Eric Dulmes measures the impulse of test aircraft explosions using a high-speed video as part of his internship with U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Laboratory. Read more... |
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Christopher Copeland assisted in the analysis of materials subjected to high levels of radiation in tests at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Read more... |
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Amber Stoesser, a participant in the DHS Scholarship and Fellowship Program, creates interesting and innovative curricula for teaching the next generation of terrorism researchers. Read more and watch video... |
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Moses Davis, a participant in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security HS-STEM Summer Internship Program, is developing skills in simulation models at ORNL to contribute to transportation security improvement projects. Read more... |
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Chelsea DeCapua, a participant in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Scholarship and Fellowship Program, uses geographic information systems to identify new ways to improve emergency response. Read more and watch video... |
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Dr. Patricia Hatch and Shawnta Lloyd focused their research on ricin, a natural toxin that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has designated as a possible agent of biological warfare. Read more and watch video... |
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Cecilia Serrano spent the summer with two of her National Hispanic University students studying how certain bacteria can be used by terrorists to contaminate our nation's food supply. Read more... |
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Leslie Koyama, a participant in U.S. DHS HS-STEM Internship Program, spent the summer researching the mechanisms of DNA repair at Sanida National Laboratory. Read more... |
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Dr. Walter Shumate and his students researched survival times of viruses on household surfaces, as well as which commercially available methods are best for recovering viruses from surfaces. Read more... |
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Dr. Jessie Walker and students, Kierra Smith and Tarsheika West, researched cyber security during natural disasters while participating in the U.S. Department of Homeland Sercurity’s Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions. Read more... |
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As a participant in the DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program, Shaun Galvan worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory synthesizing gold and silver particles to enhance Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy analysis of explosive substances. Read more... |
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Dr. Edu B. Suarez-Martinez hopes to lessen the probability of a pandemic flu occurring through her research of the distribution of avian influenza virus receptors in Puerto Rican wild, migratory and non-migratory birds. Read more... |
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Brian Taylor, third-year graduate student at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, majoring in Aerospace Engineering. Watch video... |
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Mary Wilson spent the summer of 2008 researching the characterization of RNA dependent RNA polymerase of New World hantaviruses at the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense. Read more... |
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Dr. Rolin Mainuddin of North Carolina Central University spent the summer with two of his students—Mitchell Wallace and Aimee Williams—lending their knowledge in social sciences to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security gain more intelligence around the process of radicalization, including why some people become radicalized while others do not. Read more... |
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Dr. Terri Adams-Fuller and her undergraduate research team from Howard University studied the responsiveness of public safety officers during the Hurricane Katrina crisis. Read more... |
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Undergraduate Matthew Dickenson studied leadership transitions within terrorist organizations while participating in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security HS-STEM Summer Internship Program. Read more... |
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April Gillens prepares samples for analysis in an isotope ratio mass spectrometer as part of her research internship for the Department of Homeland Security to determine stable isotope “signatures” that could help stop illicit trafficking of nuclear materials. Read more... |
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Mark Croce of the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a physics undergraduate. Mark spent a summer at Los Alamos National Laboratory working in the Nuclear Science and Safeguards Technology Division. Watch video... |
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Jinju Yi, Stanford University, and Vijay Jain, Harvard University, were awarded a Department of Homeland Security scholarship at the International Science and Engineering Fair for their research in detection technology, applicable in both the medical industry and national defense. Watch video... |