University research centers of excellence for homeland security : a summary report of a workshop / Alan Shaw ; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Alan.

Alan Shaw, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--Research--United States--Congresses.

National security.

Civil defense--Research--United States--Congresses.

Civil defense.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (30 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In establishing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Administration and Congress determined that science and technology should play a key role in the nation's efforts to counter terrorism. Congress included an S&T directorate prominently in the DHS. Within that directorate, is the Office of University Programs, which is responsible for sponsoring a number of homeland security centers of excellence in the nation's universities. These centers are to work on a spectrum of short- and long-range R&D and carry out crosscutting, multidisciplinary work on a variety of threats. To assist it in planning for these centers, TSA asked the NRC to hold a workshop to generate a broad range of ideas to draw on to help define the centers. This report presents the results of that workshop including the major ideas that emerged from the discussions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309166096

0309166098

9780309532723

0309532728

OCLC:

60779377