Annual Reports and Publications
Reports
2021 DHS Center of Excellence Summit Slide Deck
2020 Annual Review Meeting
MSC Center Overview (PDF) - Dr. Hady Salloum, Director MSC
VTS Radar for Small Vessel Detection (PDF) - Dr. Hugh Roarty, Rutgers University
Safety and Security in Remote Bridge Operations (PDF) - Mr. Randall Sandone, University of Illinois / CIRI COE
Low Cost Covert Sensors for Remote Locations (PDF) - Dr. Alexander Sutin, Stevens Institute of Technology
RF Surveillance of Vessels with Illegal Activity (PDF) - Mr. Timothy Flynn, Stevens Institute of Technology
MSC Educational Programs (PDF) - Ms. Beth Austin-DeFares, MSC Director of Education
Annual Reports
Publications
MSC researchers, students, and administrators have published the following papers and journal articles.
Daniel Kadyrov, Alexander Sedunov, Nikolay Sedunov, Alexander Sutin, Hady Salloum, and Sergey Tsyuryupa, Improvements to the Stevens drone acoustic detection system, Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 46, 045001 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0001602
Sutin, A., Salloum, H., Sedunov, A. and Sedunov, N., 2022. Directional processing in the assessment of wind turbine noise. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151(4), pp.A83-A83. (Publication is forthcoming)
Sedunov, A., Salloum, H., Sedunov, N., Francis, C., Tsyuryupa, S., Merzhevskiy, A., Kadyrov, D. and Sutin, A., 2022. Stevens Passive Acoustic Detection System (SPADES-2) and its prospective application for windfarm underwater noise assessment. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151(4), pp.A239-A239 (Publication is forthcoming)
Sedunov, Alexander, Haddad, D., Salloum, H., Sutin, A., Sedunov, N., and Yakubovskiy, A., Stevens Drone Detection Acoustic System and Experiments in Acoustics UAV Tracking, 2019 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), Woburn, MA, 5-6 November 2019.
Donatelli, Nicholas, Flynn, T., and Macari, M., A Lightweight, Low-Cost, Wideband Software-Defined Radio Test Bed, 2019 IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), Woburn, MA, 5-6 November 2019.
Sutin, Alexander, Yakubovskiy, A., Salloum, H.R., Flynn, T.J., Sedunov, N. and Nadel, H., 2019. Towards an Automated Acoustic Detection Algorithm for Wood-Boring Beetle Larvae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Buprestidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 112(3), pp.1327-1336.
Alexander Sedunov, Hady Salloum, Alexander Sutin, Nikolay Sedunov and Sergey Tsyuryupa, UAV Passive Acoustic Detection, 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), Crystal City, VA, 2-3 May, 2018.
Alexander Sedunov, Hady Salloum, Alexander Sutin and Nikolay Sedunov, Long-term testing of acoustic system for tracking low-flying aircraft, 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), Crystal City, VA, 2-3 May, 2018.
Salloum, Hady, Alexander Sutin, Alexander Pollara, Detecting Illegal Fishing Activity with Acoustic Technology | Passive acoustic methods help USCG fight illegal fishing, U.S. Coast Guard Proceedings, USCG Proceedings, Vol75 No1 Spring 2018
Modulation of high frequency noise by engine tones of small boats
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 142, EL30 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4991345
Alexander Pollara, Alexander Sutin, and Hady Salloum
Pollara, Alexander, Alexander Sutin, Hady Salloum. Passive Acoustic Methods of Small Boat Detection, Tracking and Classification. 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, Waltham, MA, 25-26 April 2017.
Specifics of DEMON acoustic signatures for large and small boats, Alexander S. Pollara, Gregoire Lignan, Louis Boulange, Alexander Sutin, and Hady Salloum, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 141, 3991 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4989137
Sutin, Alexander, Timothy Flynn, Hady Salloum, Nikolay Sedunov, Yegor Sinelnikov, Helen Hull-Sanders. Vibro-acoustic methods of insect detection in agricultural shipments and wood packing materials. 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, Waltham, MA, 25-26 April 2017
Feature extraction for acoustic signatures of small boats, Alexander S. Pollara, Alexander Sutin, and Hady Salloum. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140, 3451 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4971148
Phase DEMON algorithm for time delay estimation used in small boat tracking, Alexander S. Pollara, Alexander Sutin, Kil W. Chung, and Hady Salloum. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140, 3008 (2016); https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4969327
Cortese, Frank, Timothy Flynn, Christopher Francis, Hady Salloum, Alexander Sedunov, Nikolay Sedunov, Alexander Sutin, and Alexander Yakubovskiy. Experimental security surveillance system for an Island-based facility. In Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), 2016 IEEE Symposium on, pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2016.
Pollara, Alexander, Alexander Sutin, and Hady Salloum. Improvement of the Detection of Envelope Modulation on Noise (DEMON) and its application to small boats. In OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE Monterey, pp. 1-10. IEEE, 2016.
Pollara, Alexander S., et al. Phase DEMON algorithm for time delay estimation used in small boat tracking. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140.4 (2016): 3008-3008.
Pollara, Alexander S., Alexander Sutin, and Hady Salloum. Feature extraction for acoustic signatures of small boats. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140.4 (2016): 3451-3451.
Sutin, Alexander, and Hady Salloum. Stevens acoustic research in the Hudson River. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140.4 (2016): 3350-3350 (invited).
Cross-correlation Method for Measuring Ship Acoustic Signatures, K.W. Chung, A. Sutin and M. Bruno (Feb. 2011) Proceedings, 160th Meeting Acoustical Society of America, 11 1-12.
Bruno, M., A. Sutin, K.W. Chung, A. Sedunov, N. Sedunov, H. Salloum, H.C. Graber, P. Mallas, 2011: Satellite imaging and passive acoustics in layered approach for small boat detection and classification, Maritime Technology Society. Journal, 45(3), 1-11.
Stevens Passive Acoustic System for Underwater Surveillance, A. Sutin, B. Bunin, A. Sedunov, N. Sedunov, M. Tsionsky, M. Bruno (2010). Proceedings, Waterside Security Conference
Concurrent Use of Satellite Imaging and Passive Acoustics for Maritime Domain Awareness, M.S. Bruno, K.W. Chung, H. Graber, A. Sutin, P. Mallas, H. Salloum, A. Sedunov, N. Sedunov (2010). Proceedings, Waterside Security Conference.
Cross-correlation of ship noise for water traffic monitoring, L. Fillinger, A. Sutin, A. Sedunov, Journal of Acoustical Society America and 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Antonio, Texas, 26-30 October 2009.
Passive acoustic classification of vessels in the Hudson River, Michael Zucker, Alexander Sedunov, Vladimir Zhdanov, Alexander Sutin, Journal of Acoustical Society America and 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Antonio, Texas, 26-30 October 2009
MD Sultan A., Kaisar E., Dhanak M., Sapat A., and Charisis A., “Port Recovery in the Aftermath of Oil Spill Incident” conference proceedings at 5th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region, Gainesville FL, November 2017
Kaisar E., and Dhanak M., “A Smart Port Resiliency Assessment and Planning Tool” conference proceedings 2017 International Urban Freight Conference, Long Beach, CA, October 2017.
Austin-DeFares, Beth and Bunin, B., (2015) The Impacts and Benefits of Engaging STEM Students in Maritime Security Research, Marine Technology Society Journal, Blue Futures: Educating the Next Generation, pp. 45-52(8)
DeFares, B., Pullen, J., and Bunin, B. (2014) Maritime Security Summer Research Institute, Cases on Research and Knowledge Discovery: Homeland Security Centers of Excellence, Chapter 5, IGI Global Press