ALERT Center News
May 21, 2018
Next Generation Checkpoints
Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske toured the Center for Awareness and Localization of Explosives-Related Threats (ALERT) on Friday to see if the technology Northeastern is working on can be […]
Apr 28, 2017
The Future of Airport Security
ALERT researchers Carey Rappaport, Jose Martinez-Lorenzo, & Octavia Camps are developing cutting-edge technology that can detect suspicious behavior at airports.
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 […]
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 […]
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.