The CSR has released its Year One Annual Report highlighting its research accomplishments and activities in maritime domain awareness (MDA) and topics in global policies influencing maritime transporation system security and coastal safety.

"It is with great pride that the CSR releases its annual report and highlights the significant accomplishments of its research team and its contributions to the advancement of knowledge and technological capabilities for the safety and security of our nation's Marine Transportation System", said Dr. Michael Bruno, Director, CSR and Dean, Charles V. Schaefer School of Engineering and Science.

Click below to review and download a copy of the CSR Year One Annual Report.

CSR will deliver a one-week module course in Port Security Sensing Technologies (OE-810) at the Stevens campus in Washington, DC on April 19-23, 2010.

Registration is now open.  To learn more, visit http://dc.stevens.edu/academic-programs/maritime-security/

The objective of this course is to enable students to understand the basic technologies used in Port Security applications, to participate in discussions at a management level, and to make management decisions in their areas of responsibility regarding relevant technology-based solutions.  Taught by actual developers of the technologies, students are exposed to the present state-of-the-art as well as the future trends and potential game-changing technology developments that are years away.

The OE-810 course can be taken for graduate credit leading to a Graduate Certificate in Maritime Security, a Master's Degree in Maritime Systems, or for professional development purposes.

Contact Dr. Hady Salloum, Director, Port Security Initiatives, Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce for more information.

Stevens Institute of Technology student Ms. Talmor "Tal" Meir has been selected to present a research poster at the prestigious Fourth Annual U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Annual University Network Summit being held in Washington, DC, on March 9, 2010.

Tal's poster was selected out of 150 submissions nationwide to be presented at the prestigious DHS S&T Annual University Summit. 

Tal’s research project entitled "Coastal Urban Prediction for NYC", involves advancing and analyzing predictive atmospheric models in the metropolitan area. She has worked with Dr. Alan Blumberg and Dr. Julie Pullen in the Maritime Security Laboratory and the Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR) - a DHS Center of Excellence in Port Security, to offer first responders and emergency medical teams with vital information about future atmospheric events that improve efficiency. A major goal of this study is to create a local coupled ocean-atmospheric model for the NYC area.

Tal’s poster presentation comes as part of Student Day, intended to foster networking and continued interest in homeland security fields while highlighting the successes of DHS sponsored students. Student Day provides an opportunity for DHS sponsored students to make presentations on their research; hear from an insightful panel of DHS, federal, and national laboratory employees on employment; receive the latest news from the Student and Alumni Network; and network with other students and Center of Excellence directors.

Congratulations to Talmor Meir on being chosen for this distinction! 

Memorandum of Understanding means Long-term Research for Underwater Sciences

Recognizing the strategic opportunity to form a long term research relationship and become recognized research leaders in the underwater sciences and engineering and port and maritime security, the Stevens Institute of Technology recently entered into an agreement with TNO Defence Security and Safety.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the university and the Netherlands based research organization has the potential to create joint initiatives in the fields of underwater sciences and engineering and port and maritime security, including sensing techniques and sensor performance analysis. The MOU works to enable effective collaboration on research and education and pursuit of new funding opportunities.

“Stevens Institute of Technology and TNO each have extraordinary technical expertise and experience in dealing with the numerous challenges facing our maritime community. The partnership also brings together organizations that work closely with two of the most important ports in the world - Stevens with the Port of New York and New Jersey, and TNO with the Port of Rotterdam,” said Michael Bruno Dean of the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science at Stevens. “My colleagues and I look forward to the challenging work that lies ahead.”

TNO is an independent research organization whose expertise and research make an important contribution to the competitiveness of companies and organizations, to the economy and to the quality of society as a whole. TNO’s unique position is attributable to its versatility and capacity to integrate this knowledge.

The objective of the MOU is to establish a mutually beneficial, cooperative relationship between TNO and Stevens to allow them to individually and mutually improve the following activities:

• Develop an internationally recognized research capability in underwater sciences and engineering and port and maritime security.
• Develop applied research opportunities and application areas for underwater sciences and engineering and port and maritime security.
• Pursue joint internal research and development proposals and collaborate throughout the proposal lifecycle
• Explore internships and participation of faculty, research staff, and students in relevant sponsored activities at each organization.

TNO Defence, Security and Safety provide innovative contributions to the advance of comprehensive security and is a strategic partner of the Dutch Ministry of Defence to build up the defence knowledge-base. We employ our acquired knowledge for and together with contractors.

We focus on Defence in the broadest sense of the word and our involvement covers a range of activities: military operations, military equipment, command & control and operational decision making, threat and protection, instruction and training. In the area of Security and Safety, the emphasis lies on combating crime, calamity and terrorism. TNO also works for the aviation and maritime sectors, markets in which our knowledge can be of good use. In terms of aviation, we concentrate largely on improving safety while for the maritime sector we focus on naval architecture. We collaborate with the defence industry and with small and medium-sized enterprises to develop innovative solutions.

For more information, please visit TNO.nl.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Michael Bruno
Feiler Chair Professor & Dean, School of Engineering & Science
Edwin A. Stevens
Room E-216
Phone: 201.216.5338
Fax: 201.216.8214

mbruno@stevens.edu

To learn more about the Summer Research Institute and to complete an online application, please visit www.stevens.edu/csr/SummerInstitute.