{"id":64080,"date":"2008-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-launches-5-15-million-federal-center-of-excellence-in-explosives-research\/"},"modified":"2008-10-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T00:00:00","slug":"uri-launches-5-15-million-federal-center-of-excellence-in-explosives-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/10\/uri-launches-5-15-million-federal-center-of-excellence-in-explosives-research\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 launches $5.15 million federal Center of Excellence in Explosives research"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tOne of 12 national centers established by U.S. Department of Homeland Security<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 15, 2008 — With the touch of a lighter to specially treated gauze, Jay M. Cohen of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security launched the department\u2019s new Center of Excellence in Explosives, Detection, Mitigation, Response and Characterization at the 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\n\tAs the undersecretary for science and technology ignited the letters spelling out \u201c溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d officials from federal, state and local government, the 溏心vlog免费B站, co-lead institution Northeastern University, and students applauded as the gauze burst into bright, brief flames.<\/p>\n


\nThe Center will bring $5.15 million to 溏心vlog免费B站 over the next three years. <\/p>\n


\n\t“We’re excited about the work this Center will do,\u201d Cohen said. \u201cDetecting, defeating, and destroying explosive devices before they can get to their target is a critically important goal. If you get the bomber, you don\u2019t need to worry about the bomb.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tCohen joined U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin, Gov. Donald L. Carcieri, Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts, 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers, Center Co-Director Jimmie Oxley, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of chemistry and co-director of its Forensic Science Partnership, and members of various military and law enforcement agencies in the launch.<\/p>\n


\n\tBeing named a center of excellence in explosives research adds to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s reputation as a world leader in the field, with the governments of Israel and the United Kingdom and U.S. agencies such as the FBI, Department of Defense, and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms relying on 溏心vlog免费B站 expertise for the past 15 years. In addition, international and national media make Oxley their first call when they need expert commentary on an attack involving explosives.<\/p>\n


\nCarcieri applauded the University for its leadership role. \u201cThe launch of this Center of Excellence burnishes the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s reputation as a national asset in science and technology,\u201d noted Carcieri. \u201cIn addition, the enriched training for science teachers, which is included in this project, is an extremely valuable tool to enhance science education for students of every age.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tOxley has assembled a nationally and internationally renowned team for the research and education project that will enhance teacher training in science in kindergarten through high school, undergraduate and graduate science education at participating universities, and stimulate explosives research in the areas of detection, mitigation, response and characterization.<\/p>\n


\nIn addition to Oxley, the research team at 溏心vlog免费B站 is comprised of Arun Shukla, Simon Ostrach Professor and chairman of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics; James Smith, professor of chemistry; William Euler, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and a co-director of the Sensors and Surface Technology Partnership at 溏心vlog免费B站; Hamouda Ghonem, professor of mechanical engineering; Otto Gregory, professor of chemical engineering who co-directs the sensors partnership; and Carl-Ernst Rousseau, associate professor of mechanical engineering. 溏心vlog免费B站 technical leads Shukla, Smith and Euler will aid Oxley and Northeastern Co-Director Michael Silevitch, professor of electrical and computer engineering, in overseeing research at California Institute of Technology, New Mexico State University, Hebrew University, and Soreq Nuclear Research Center in Israel, as well as Northeastern University partners at Texas Tech University, Washington State University, and Missouri University of Science and Technology. <\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 researchers will be working with 21 graduate students at the outset, and by next summer Oxley hopes to have two Rhode Island elementary or secondary schoolteachers working in the laboratories of each of the 溏心vlog免费B站 researchers.<\/p>\n


\nCarothers said by establishing such a center at 溏心vlog免费B站 and Northeastern, Undersecretary Cohen and the Department of Homeland Security have recognized the groundbreaking interdisciplinary and international work at the two universities. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis award speaks to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s ability to bring diverse researchers with wide ranging perspectives and expertise to bear on significant societal issues and crises,\u201d said Carothers. \u201cWe thank Undersecretary Cohen and the Department of Homeland Security for recognizing 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s global leadership in this arena. We also take great pride in the work of Dr. Oxley and her colleagues who have brought distinction to 溏心vlog免费B站 in the research discipline of explosives, energetic materials and pyrotechnics for the past 15 years. Because of her and her team\u2019s work, our world is becoming a safer place.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nOxley said all of the members of her team are already involved in leading research in the field. \u201cBut we have assembled these scientists to maximize their talents to deal with homemade bombs and improvised explosive devices as a threat to safety around the world,\u201d she said. \u201cLook at the outstanding groups we have to work with leading research into security and counter-terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n

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