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Workshop on University Research Centers of Excellence for Homeland Security At the request of the Office of University Programs within the Office of Research and Development of the Department of Homeland Security, the National Research Council convened a one-day workshop on January 29, 2004 to explore specific avenues of university research in advancing the nation’s capabilities for developing new science and technology to anticipate, prevent, and mitigate the effects of catastrophic terrorist events. The workshop participants identified and discussed topical multidisciplinary and crosscutting research areas where universities can contribute effectively to the Department of Homeland Security’s mission and to improvements in technology that yield the most cost-effective benefits in detection, prevention, and mitigation of effects. The goal of the workshop was to support the development of a summary report that could be used by the department to help inform the selection of university-based homeland security centers of excellence. The report, University Research Centers of Excellence for Homeland Security: A Summary Report of a Workshop, summarizes the results of the workshop and presents the major ideas that emerged from the day’s discussions. It does not make recommendations. Links to viewgraphs presented at the workshop are provided below. AGENDA
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8-10 a.m.
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Introductory Session
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Welcome
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Peter D. Blair, Executive Director, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council
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Introductory Comments: Workshop Co-chairs
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Charles M. Vest, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor, North Carolina State University
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DHS Overview—Programs, Portfolios, and Expectations for the Workshop
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Maureen McCarthy, Director, Office of Research and Development, Department of Homeland Security
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Mel Bernstein, Director, Office of University Programs, Department of Homeland Security
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Other DHS Representatives
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Relevant Context from the National Research Council Report Making the Nation Safer: the Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism
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Lewis Branscomb, Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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10-10:15
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Break
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10:15-noon
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Session I: Cross-cutting perspectives. Suggestions for multidisciplinary areas that cut across multiple portfolios and other areas of interest
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12-1
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Lunch and informal discussions
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1-2:30
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Session II: Overarching perspectives. Suggestions for areas that encompass DHS needs and goals (including potential future needs and goals) but are not necessarily defined directly by the portfolios
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2:30-2:45
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Break
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2:45-4
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Session III: Examination of results of first two session in terms of what makes sense for a multidisciplinary university center
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Fawwaz Ulaby, Vice President for Research, University of Michigan
Special needs, features, and limitation of multidisciplinary university research programs.
Granger Morgan, Head, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Special features of university research that supports public policy
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4-5 p.m.
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Summary comments and discussion
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PARTICIPANTS Charles M. Vest, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Workshop Co-Chair
Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor, North Carolina State University, Workshop Co-Chair
Thurman J. Allard, Director of Homeland Security, Sandia National Laboratories
Melvin Bernstein, Director of University Programs, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
Thomas Blau, Professor, School for National Security Executive Education, National Defense University
Joseph Bordogna, Deputy Director, National Science Foundation
Lewis M. Branscomb, Professor Emeritus, Public Policy, and Corporate Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
W. Seth Carus, Deputy Director, Center for Counterproliferation Research, National Defense University
Elizabeth L. Grossman, Professional Staff, Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives
William Happer, Professor, Department of Physics, Princeton University
Maureen I. McCarthy, Director of Research and Development, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
M. Granger Morgan, Professor and Head, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Randall S. Murch, Science and Technology Division, Institute for Defense Analyses
Kenneth I. Shine, Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, The University of Texas System
Neil J. Smelser, University Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley
Gary W. Strong, Manager, Behavioral and Biometrics Programs, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
Lydia W. Thomas, President and CEO, Mitretek Systems
Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Vice President for Research, University of Michigan
Vincent Vitto, President and CEO, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
William A. Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering
National Research Council Staff Peter D. Blair, Executive Director, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Alan Shaw, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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