DHS Summer Research Team Program
for Minority Serving Institutions
2012 Competition Guidelines and Materials
DHS Summer Research Team Program
for Minority Serving Institutions
2012 Competition Guidelines and Materials
| Center Name | Center of Excellence for Awareness and Location of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT) |
|---|---|
| Center Host Institution | New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM |
| Project Title | Fourier Transform Ion Mobility Spectroscopy |
| Faculty Team Member | Edward Tarver, III |
| Faculty Institution | University of the Virgin Islands, USVI |
| Center Name | Center of Excellence for Awareness & Localization of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT) |
|---|---|
| Center Host Institution | University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI |
| Project Title | Improved Handling of Explosive Traces |
| Faculty Team Member | Liz Diaz-Vazquez |
| Faculty Institution | University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, PR |
| Center Name | Coastal Hazards Center of Excellence (CHC) |
|---|---|
| Center Host Institution | Jackson State University, Jackson, MS |
| Project Title | The Role of Local Governments in Gulf Coast Community Resilience |
| Faculty Team Member | Ashley Ross |
| Faculty Institution | Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi, TX |
| Center Name | National Transportation Security Center of Excellence (NTSCOE) |
|---|---|
| Center Host Institution | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT |
| Project Title | Evaluation of Signal Processing Based Methodologies for Damage Detection in Civil Infrastructure |
| Faculty Team Member | Luis Montejo |
| Faculty Institution | University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, PR |
| Center Name | National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) |
|---|---|
| Center Host Institution | University of Maryland, College Park, MD | Project Title | An Analysis of Trajectories of Radicalization in the United States |
| Faculty Team Member | Rolin Mainuddin |
| Faculty Institution | North Carolina Central University, NC |
| Center Name | Center of Excellence for Zoonotic and Animal Disease Defense (ZADD) |
|---|---|
| Center Host Institution | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, TX |
| Project Title | The Role of Cellular Proteins in Rift Valley Fever Virus Envelope Glycoproteins Functions |
| Faculty Team Member | James Wachira |
| Faculty Institution | Morgan State University, MD |