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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Scope of Work and Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2004. University Research Centers of Excellence for Homeland Security: A Summary Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10984.
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APPENDIXES

Appendix A
Scope of Work and Workshop Agenda

STATEMENT OF TASK

The National Research Council (NRC) will convene a one-day workshop formed under the auspices of the Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS) in consultation with other NRC divisions 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 will identify specific topical multidisciplinary and crosscutting research areas where universities can contribute most 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 areas of inquiry identified in this workshop will be used by the Department to help inform the selection of a number of university-based homeland security centers of excellence.

WORKSHOP AGENDA

8-10 a.m.

Introductory Session

Welcome

Peter D. Blair, Executive Director, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council

Introductory Comments: Workshop Co-Chairs

Charles M. Vest, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Marye Anne Fox, Chancellor, North Carolina State University

DHS Overview—Programs, Portfolios, and Expectations for the Workshop

Maureen McCarthy, Director, Office of Research and Development, Department of Homeland Security

Mel Bernstein, Director, Office of University Programs, Department of Homeland Security

Other DHS Representatives

Relevant Context from the National Research Council Report Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism

Lewis Branscomb, Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

10-10:15

Break

10:15-12 noon

Session I: Cross-cutting perspectives. Suggestions for multidisciplinary areas that cut across multiple portfolios and other areas of interest

12-1 p.m.

Lunch and informal discussions

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Scope of Work and Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2004. University Research Centers of Excellence for Homeland Security: A Summary Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10984.
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1-2:30

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

2:30-2:45

Break

2:45-4

Session III: Examination of results of first two sessions in terms of what makes sense for a multidisciplinary university center

 

Fawwaz Ulaby, Vice President for Research, University of Michigan Special needs, features, and limitations 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

4-5 p.m.

Summary comments and discussion

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Scope of Work and Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2004. University Research Centers of Excellence for Homeland Security: A Summary Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10984.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Scope of Work and Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2004. University Research Centers of Excellence for Homeland Security: A Summary Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10984.
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In establishing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Administration and Congress determined that science and technology should play a key role in the nation’s efforts to counter terrorism. Congress included an S&T directorate prominently in the DHS. Within that directorate, is the Office of University Programs, which is responsible for sponsoring a number of homeland security centers of excellence in the nation’s universities. These centers are to work on a spectrum of short- and long-range R&D and carry out crosscutting, multidisciplinary work on a variety of threats. To assist it in planning for these centers, TSA asked the NRC to hold a workshop to generate a broad range of ideas to draw on to help define the centers. This report presents the results of that workshop including the major ideas that emerged from the discussions.

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