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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 |
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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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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. 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... |