National transportation security center of excellence NTSCOE: Research Vision Workshop September 03,

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National transportation security center of
excellence (NTSCOE)Research Vision
WorkshopSeptember 03, 2008

• Mack-Blackwell Rural Transportation Center
• Department of Homeland Security

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Welcome !

• Lets all introduce ourselves
• What are we going to talk about today?
• MBTC, DHS, and the NTSCOE
• NTSCOE Research Roadmap
• How YOU can be a part of it all

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MBTC Overview
Heather Nachtmann, Ph.D. Director, MBTC
Kevin D. Hall, Ph.D., P.E. Executive Director
Stacy Williams, Ph.D., P.E. Director, CTTP
Jack Buffington, RADM (ret.), P.E. Associate
Director
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MBTC historic mission with the D.O.T.

• Funded as a University Transportation Center
  (UTC)
• Essentially a grants program within
  self-stated guidelines, awards projects from open
  calls
• Emphasis on education and technology-transfer
• Generally requires dollar-for-dollar match of
  federal funds

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MBTC Research Policies procedures

• Requirements generally stem from the reporting
  requirements imposed upon MBTC by sponsoring
  agencies
• Proper information deadlines critical
• Typically-required information
• P.I. Bio Sketch std. form available
• Problem statement std. form available

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Establishment of the NTSCoe

• SEC. 1205. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
  CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.(a) ESTABLISHMENT.-The
  Secretary shall establish a National
  Transportation Security Center of Excellence to
  conduct research and education activities, and to
  develop or provide professional security
  training, including the training of
  transportation employeesand transportation
  professionals.(b) DESIGNATION.-The Secretary
  shall select one of the institutions identified
  in subsection (c) as the lead institution
  responsible for coordinating the National
  Transportation Security Center of Excellence.
• (c) MEMBER INSTITUTIONS.-(1) CONSORTIUM.-The
  institution of higher educationselected under
  subsection (b) shall execute agreements with the
  other institutions of higher education identified
  in this subsection and other institutions
  designated by the Secretary to develop a
  consortium to assist in accomplishing the
  goalsof the Center.
• (2) MEMBERS.-The National Transportation
  SecurityCenter of Excellence shall consist
  of-(A) Texas Southern University in Houston,
  Texas(B) the National Transit Institute at
  Rutgers, The StateUniversity of New Jersey(C)
  Tougaloo College(D) the Connecticut
  Transportation Institute at theUniversity of
  Connecticut

(E) the Homeland Security Management
Institute,Long Island University(F) the
Mack-Blackwell National Rural TransportationStudy
Center at the University of Arkansas and(G)
any additional institutions or facilities
designatedby the Secretary.(3) CERTAIN
INCLUSIONS.-To the extent practicable,
theSecretary shall ensure that an appropriate
number of any additional consortium colleges or
universities designated by the Secretary under
this subsection are Historically Black Colleges
and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions,
and Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and
Universities.(d) AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section-(1)
18,000,000 for fiscal year 2008(2) 18,000,000
for fiscal year 2009(3) 18,000,000 for fiscal
year 2010 and(4) 18,000,000 for fiscal year
2011.
HR1, Signed August 2007
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NTSCOE members
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MBTC Vision for the NtsCOE

• Vision Statementa nationally recognized
  research and education center dedicated to
  solving pressing scientific and technological
  issues related to transportation security and
  producing transportation professionals capable of
  leading public and private sector efforts aimed
  at providing U.S. citizens a safe and secure
  comprehensive transportation system.
• Keys
• Research
• Education

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MBTC Vision for the NtsCOE

• Goals
• Develop comprehensive, cost-effective, and
  imminently implementable solutions to critical
  security issues facing transportation
• Prepare transportation professionals for
  leadership rolesin support of securing the
  nations transportation systems

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MBTC Vision for the NtsCOE

• Objectives
• Identify and definecritical technology and
  system needsandto provide engineering solutions
  to those needs
• Develop and institutionalize a system-of-systems
  engineering approach to the development,
  implementation, and management of technological
  solutions
• Recruit, educate, and train graduate students and
  other transportation professionals to use the
  system-of-systems perspective andoperate in
  aresearch and engineering environment

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System of systems

• Day-to-day activities of the people, industry and
  military of the United States are fundamentally
  supported by a set of critical, interdependent
  and complex transportation infrastructure systems
  
• Critical transportation infrastructure systems
  are comprised of many components that act and
  interact
• Transportation systems and the interactions of
  these systems must be technologically capable,
  reliable, resilient and sustainable

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Scope of the effort

• BASE
• Supply Chain Security project
• Infrastructure Protection and Monitoring project
• Exploratory grants
• Enhance ongoing transportation security expertise
• Security for rural transportation networks
• Inland waterways security
• Intermodal Container Security Monitoring
• Hazard routing
• New transportation security ideas
• COMPETITIVE
• System of Systems

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THE ROADMAP

• BASE funding
• 1.2M (300k / yr for 4 years) (FY08 FY11)
• Yr 1 (FY08) 100k planning grant 200k
  project monies
• COMPETITIVE funding
• 1.5m (FY08) competitive proposals
• Competition limited to NTSCOE members
• FY09 FY11 ??? (assume 1.5m /yr)
• OTHER opportunities
• plus ups to BASE funding

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THE ROADMAP

• Plan for BASE funding (due Oct 1)
• 2 year 150k (75k/yr) research project in supply
  chain security
• 2 year 150k (75k/yr) research project in
  infrastructure protection and monitoring
• 1 year 100k -- 1-3 exploratory grants

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THE ROADMAP

• Plan for COMPETITIVE proposals (due Oct 13)
• Typically, 1-2 /yr from MBTC
• Submitted to NTSCOE on behalf of P.I. by MBTC
• Address system of systems approach
• i.d. problem/vulnerability initial risk
  assessment
• Develop engineering solution to
  problem/vulnerability
• Assess solution effectiveness post-implementation
  risk assessment
• Targeted Partners
• Mineta Institute (policy) Rutgers (education)

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Your turn

• Documents due today
• Faculty Interest Form
• Documents due by 09/08/08
• P.I. / Participating Faculty BIO Sketch
• Exploratory Grant Form (if applicable)
• Breakout Sessions
• Supply Chain Security
• Infrastructure Protection
• and Monitoring

Goal Generate ideas regarding projects that we
are capable of doing at UA
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National transportation security center of
excellence (NTSCOE)

• Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center
• Department of Homeland Security

THANK YOU for your Participation Today!!!