ALERT (Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats) is a multi-university Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence (COE).
One of 9 Centers of Excellence across the country, ALERT is a multi-university, multi-institution, partnership that conducts transformational research, technology and educational development for effective response to explosives-related threats.
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September 4, 2019
Industrial Advisory Board Meeting 2019
The ALERT Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) Meeting will be held on Monday, November 4th from 12:00 – 5:30pm at the Northeastern University Kostas Research Institute in Burlington, MA. The IAB Meeting is hosted by the ALERT (Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats) & Gordon-CenSSIS (The Bernard M. Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems).
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ALERT Graduate Student Cara Coultas-McKenny Places in Poster Competitions
ALERT Chemical Engineering graduate student, Cara Coultas-Mckenney, of Purdue University, won awards in two poster competitions this summer. Cara works as a student researcher on ALERT Project R2-A.3: “A Novel Method for Evaluating the Adhesion of Explosive Residues” under the direction of ALERT Research Thrust 2 Leader, Dr. Stephen P. Beaudoin of Purdue University.
Read MoreAugust 30, 2019
ALERT Phase 2 Year 6 Annual Report Available Online!
ALERT is proud to announce that the Phase 2 Year 6 Annual Report is now available online!
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