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Research Projects Taking Place at Michigan Universities:

Homeland Security


  • An environmental forecasting system for lakes
  • Dendrimer nanocomposites in combating bio and chemical terrorists attacks
  • Detection and control of infectious weapons of mass destruction
  • Interaction of electromagnetic radiation with biological tissues
  • Next generation night vision technology
  • Methods of detection of bioaerosol weapons
  • Nano-fibrous materials for treatment of chemical and biological contaminations
  • Porous metal foam heater for filtration and mitigation of airborne biological contamination
  • MAJOR - Multiple Agency and Jurisdiction Organized Response Disaster Management Project
  • Development of portable room-temperature gamma-ray detectors
  • Identification and interdiction of illicit nuclear materials
  • Methods for real-time surveillance of nuclear materials
  • Radiation source imaging
  • Sensors for rapid, reliable and specific detection of chemical agents
  • Detecting attacks and intrusions on the Internet
  • Information security
  • HANDS: Homeland Awareness Notifying Detection Systems
  • Secure communications in all-optical networks
  • In-Situ gamma-ray characterization and low background environmental sampling
  • Improving rescue operations using simulation technology
  • Numerical simulations of explosions to minimize damage
  • Protection programs for long span suspension bridges against terrorist attacks
  • Strengthening bridges and tunnels to withstand highenergy blast or impact
  • Warning systems for dam failure
  • Airborne anti-terror sentinels
  • Coatings to protect military equipment and vehicles from corrosion, chemical and biological agents
  • Law enforcement intelligence for managers: a "quick start" toolbox
  • Mobile robotics for search & rescue
  • Securing the food supply chain
  • Autonomous uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAV's) for homeland security
  • Advanced sensors used to identify structural integrity
  • COMET: continuous management of trajectory data
  • Data-gathering wireless sensor networks
  • Distributed biosensor networks for homeland security
  • High throughput screening of sensors for toxin and chemical warfare agent detection
  • Homeland security interconnect computer grid
  • Immunological detection with a magnetically-confined, electron-relay enabled conductimetric biosensor
  • Microfluid devices for pathogen genotyping
  • Mitigation and detection technologies for drinking water quality protection against chemical and biological agents
  • Mitigation of chemical agents released in public transport terminal by adaptive control of the ventilation system
  • Unmanned ground vehicles
  • Molecular sensors of chemical agents
  • Nanoparticle sensor, imaging, therapeutic molecules
  • Nanoscale chemosensors
  • Real-time coastal ocean security using high-frequency radar
  • Remote underwater sensors - stationary and mobile
  • Security protocol for wireless sensor networks
  • Assessment and design of commercial ships for blast resistance
  • Terror-resistant autopilot
  • Aluminum metal-matrix composite for a lightweight M2 Bradley fighting vehicle track system
  • Computer-based home security systems




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