ORC description:
Technologies in Homeland Security
B01 MacLean: T,TH 10-11:50, x-hour W 3-3:50

This course will provide students with an introduction to the current and emerging technologies used in homeland defense and the practitioners who use them. Topics covered in class include personal protective equipment, physical and cyber security systems, communications and information technologies, information assurance, WMD detection, robotics, simulation, exercise and training technologies. Students will gain a detailed understanding of the role technology plays in protecting the homeland.

Dist: TAS

Introduction: Recent global events have encouraged the United States Department of Homeland Security to take a technological approach to all-hazards readiness and response. Leveraging and redesigning existing technologies, along with engineering new emergency response systems is critical to the nation's security. Homeland security technologies span a number of engineering disciplines from materials science to information technology, providing applied examples of multiple disciplines cooperating to protect the homeland. Knowledge and understanding of the issues related to homeland security technologies is critical to citizens interacting with emergency personnel and for engineers developing next generation response systems.

Syllabus [pdf]

Prerequisites: None

Textbook Information: Reading materials to be provided by instructors.