Education

In addition to developing the homeland security technologies of the new century, the ALERT team of educational institutions will address the strong and continuing need for personnel trained in Department of Homeland Security technologies. Our program includes:

1. A “distributed university” offering courses in detection, explosives chemistry, blast effects and mitigation to students engaged in doctoral and MS-level research;
2. A graduate program in Engineering Leadership to create a cadre of professional engineers skilled in moving technology from research and development into deployed systems;
3. An undergraduate program including educational modules which can be inserted into existing science, engineering, and criminal justice courses.

This effort will be led by the University of Rhode Island in collaboration with all of the ALERT partners.

Currently Available for May 2008: Introduction to Explosives: Chemistry & Physics