ALERT Center News
Apr 07, 2017
3rd year Kurt Jaisle is finalist in 2017 IEEE AP-S Student Paper Competition
ECE student Kurt Jaisle's (E'19) paper, titled "Ray-Based Reconstruction Algorithm for Multi-Monostatic Radar in Imaging Systems," has been selected as a finalist in the 2017 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symposium, Student Paper Competition.
Jun 15, 2016
NU's ALERT Center – Call for White Papers
ALERT is accepting white paper submissions for 2016 and beyond that conduct transformational research, develop technology, and provide educational development to improve effective characterization, detection, mitigation and response to explosives-related threats facing the country and the world.
May 26, 2016
Airport Tech Surveillance
MIE & ECE Assistant Professor Jose Martinez Lorenzo was interviewed by Wired about the technology that ALERT is working to create to monitor risks at airports. Read “The Woeful TSA Doesn’t Need More Staff. It Needs This Tech” to learn more about Professor Martinez Lorenzo’s work. See also CNN coverage.
Apr 28, 2016
Improving Airport Security
ALERT's Carey Rappaport, Jose Martinez Lorenzo, and Octavia Camps each explain the research they are conducting to make airport security checkpoints safer.
Mar 08, 2016
ALERT Featured in Keysight Technologies Spotlight
MIE Assistant Professor Jose Martinez-Lorenzo was featured as a Faculty Spotlight on the Keysight Technologies website for the way ALERT is paving the way for novel safety mechanisms for counter terrorism and healthcare screening.
Oct 22, 2015
Silevitch and Beaty Awarded $1.2M DHS Grant
ECE Prof. Michael Silevitch and ALERT’s John Beaty were awarded a $1.2M two year Task Order contract from the DHS in collaboration with Stephen P. Beaudoin of Purdue University to systematize the processes associated with sampling of trace explosives using swipes for security screening equipment.
Sep 14, 2015
Silevitch, Rappaport, Martinez win $1.2M DHS award
ECE Profs. Michael Silevitch, Carey Rappaport, and Jose Martinez (also with MIE) and ALERT’s John Beaty were awarded $1.2M two-year Task Order DHS contract to transition research from ALERT’s Advanced Imaging Technology Laboratory into technology suitable for commercialization.
Sep 19, 2014
Home Secretary Visits ALERT
Britain’s Home Secretary Theresa May visited ALERT’s Robust Systems Lab & Advanced Imaging Technology Lab before serving as a keynote speaker on human trafficking and slavery .