Technogenesis TV explores: How Safe are our Nation's Ports?

How vulnerable are our nation's ports and waterways? How are the various arms of our military and government agencies working together to ensure top security? What new technologies are being developed to help protect our nation's ports and how does this impact the American people? The chairman of a House of Representatives' transportation subcommittee and a commander in the United States Coast Guard explore these questions and more on the next edition of Technogenesis.

Technogenesis is a weekly TV program produced by Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens), in cooperation with cn8, the Comcast Network. The program will feature the commentary of Congressman Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2) and Commander Mike McAllister of the United States Coast Guard.

The Technogenesis program, "Homeland Security - How Safe are our Nation's Ports?" airs at 7 p.m., on cn8, the Comcast Network, each of the following Sundays in New Jersey and parts of neighboring states, including the Philadelphia and Baltimore regions: April 28, May 12, May 26 and June 9. The program will also appear at various times throughout the week on the local Comcast outlets in Prince William and Fairfax counties, Va., as well as Prince George's County, Md. Please check for local listings.

Hosted by Stevens President Harold J. Raveche and veteran TV journalist Steve Taylor, each program includes special guests from the areas of science, technology, government, education, business or industry.

Rep. LoBiondo serves as chairman of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee and is a member of the Subcommittee on Aviation and the House's Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. LoBiondo is currently working to pass the "Maritime Transportation Anti-Terrorism Act of 2002," which recently received unanimous approval by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

Co-produced by Stevens and Comcast, the half-hour Technogenesis programs feature government, research and industry leaders discussing some of the most challenging real-world issues facing science and technology today.

The Comcast Network is one of the nation's largest regional cable networks reaching close to 4 million households in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University, 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 2,234 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with more than 400 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.

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