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Materials for Homeland Security: Materials Science and Technology play an increasingly important role in creating effective new approaches to the prevention of terrorism and the management of operations following a terrorist act. This article reports on the MS & T'05 Symposium on Materials for Homeland Security.(MS & T'05 SYMPOSIUM REPORT)
Advanced Materials & Processes, March, 2006 by Hey, Nigel
Penrose C. Albright, former Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was lead speaker for the Materials Applications for Homeland Security session at the Materials Science and Technology 2005 (MS & T'05) Conference, held in Pittsburgh in September 2005.
The session brought together materials scientists, engineers, analysts, and policy makers to discuss new countermeasures related to anticipating, preventing, responding to, and recovering from acts of terrorism. The Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology directs the primary research and development arm of DHS, tasked with marshalling the intellectual capital of the engineering and scientific communities to develop fresh and effective approaches to safeguard...
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