Director's Message
Dear SENTRY Community,
In recent months, SENTRY has closely engaged our network of researchers, students, staff, and a growing list of industry and academic partners in our work. Looking ahead, I am working closely with SENTRY researchers and administrators to prepare for our Biennial Review on March 13, 2024.
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The Biennial Review is a chance to demonstrate the unique value of our projects as we seek to address knowledge gaps not currently addressed by other Department of Homeland Security research and development programs. My thanks to you, our SENTRY family, for your focus and cooperation as we work to showcase our research and potential to better secure soft targets and crowded places. Read on to learn more about SENTRY's latest happenings. | |
SENTRY Welcomes
New Research Projects in 2024
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In response to our 2023 Call for Proposals, SENTRY welcomes five new research projects to our center. Selected based on their proposed methodology and relevance to our mission, each project will contribute to one of our fundamental research areas to enhance security for soft targets and crowded places.
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Stay connected and contribute to discussions in these upcoming events. | |
Reconnect Workshop 2024: AI for Security and Security for AI: A Two-way Exploration: Held in Pennsylvania from June 16 - June 19, 2024, this year’s workshop is focused on the dynamic and rapidly evolving field of AI and its potential to transform our approach to cybersecurity. Faculty from Community Colleges and Minority Serving Institutions are encouraged to apply. Learn more and apply before March 15, 2024. | |
Virtual Training on Enhancing School Safety Using Behavioral Threat Assessment and Preventing Mass Attacks in Our Communities: The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) offers live virtual training events on violence prevention to community safety stakeholders recurring throughout the year. Click here to learn more about the events and register for available dates. | |
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Join the DHS Peers Program and be a catalyst for change in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. SENTRY, with funding from the DHS S&T Office of University Programs, is partnering with the NSF INCLUDES Engineering PLUS Alliance and its stEm PEER Academy to engage a cadre of 2024 DHS PEERs. These PEERs, working closely with the DHS Centers of Excellence and their affiliated partners, will implement evidence-based practices to increase the number of BIPOC and women students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering and other STEM disciplines.
If you're passionate about this cause, don't miss the chance to apply for the 2024-2025 stEm PEER Academy. Admitted applicants to this two-year program will be informed no later than April 17, 2024. Each PEER will receive a $1,000 stipend for participating and $10,000 to fund their Implementation Project. Learn more about DHS PEERs and apply before March 20, 2024.
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Get to Know WPDP Lead Margaret "Midge" Cozzens
Meet Dr. Margaret "Midge" Cozzens, Workforce and Professional Development Program (WPDP) Co-Lead at SENTRY and Distinguished Research Professor at Rutgers University’s DIMACS Center. Midge brings a pragmatic and results-oriented approach to her work, demonstrated through decades of academic and corporate leadership. Learn more about Midge's professional journey.
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Meet SENTRY Student Christopher Wahl
Introducing Christopher Wahl, an aspiring electrical engineering student at the University of Notre Dame who is involved as a research assistant in SENTRY’s Advanced Sensing Technologies research area and a member of the Student Leadership Council. Read on to learn more about Christopher.
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Congratulations SENTRY Awardees! | |
Pictured from left: Michael B. Silevitch, Claire J. Duggan, and Gregory Abowd.
At the Northeastern College of Engineering 2024 faculty and staff awards event, Dean Gregory Abowd announced the renaming of the Center for STEM Education to the Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education. This honor commemorates the extensive contributions of SENTRY Director Michael Silevitch and Center for STEM Education Director Claire Duggan, who each served the academic community for nearly four decades.
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Auroop Ganguly, honored as a 2023 Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), was acknowledged for his groundbreaking contributions in climate data mining and machine learning alongside Tommaso Melodia, recognized for his impactful work in software-defined wireless networked systems. With a background in Civil Engineering, Auroop has been a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) since 2019. | |
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Designing Actionable Solutions for a Secure Homeland (DASSH)
Student Design Challenge 2024
| In a collaborative endeavor between SENTRY and the Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE), the 2024 DASSH student design challenge encouraged problem-solving in the homeland security landscape. From February 23 - 25, 2024, graduate and undergraduate students gathered for an intensive exploration of real-world issues related to this year’s theme, “Cascading Events.” | | |
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