NIHS News

NIHS has executed the contract for the Development of New Materials for the Transportation Sector project

Date:  March 2, 2010

Dr. Issam Harik with the University of Kentucky will be leading the project, the Development of New Materials for the Transportation Sector.

NIHS welcomes Amanda White as the Project Manager

Date:  February 23, 2010

NIHS would like to welcome Amanda White to the team as the Project Manager. Ms. White will assist the Director of Program Management, John Taylor, in overseeing the KCI portfolio of projects.

Ms. White brings her background of knowledge and experience to the team.  A graduate from the University of Kentucky and Marist College, Ms. White is eager to fulfill the duties of the Project Manager and serve an important role at NIHS.

In the photo below, Amanda White

NIHS promotes the KCI program at the TCIP Conference and Expo

Date:  February 11, 2010

NIHS promoted the Kentucky Critical Infrastructure Protection Program (KCI) at the 11th annual Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness (TCIP) Conference and Expo on February 2-4, 2010, at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott in Philadelphia, PA.  NIHS provided information about the KCI program and various projects at the conference. 

The 11th annual Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition highlighted DOJ, DHS, and DoD's technologies, RDT&E investments, and training tools that are currently available and being developed for the emergency responder community, as well as provided a forum for emergency responders to discuss best practices and exchange information. With nearly 1,100 attendees and 150 exhibits and demonstrations, this conference offered a unique opportunity for emergency responders, business and industry, academia, and local, tribal, state, and federal stakeholders to network, exchange ideas, and address common critical incident technology, preparedness, response and recovery needs, protocols, and solutions.

In the photo below, the exhibit hall at the TCIP  Conference

NIHS has executed the contract for the Real Time Decision Support System for Health Care and Public Health Sector Protection Project

Date:  January 29, 2010

NIHS has executed the contract for the Real Time Decision Support System for Health Care and Public Health Sector Protection Project. This project will be led by Dr. Sunderesh Heragu with the University of Louisville. 

The IMDSS project conducts a demonstration of its latest software

Date:  January 15, 2010

Dr. Jim Gantt with Murray State University and ElanTech, who is a partner with the IMDSS project, conducted a demonstration at NIHS on January 15, 2010 to show the latest IMDSS software.   The IMDSS will provide near-real-time data fusion from a variety of local sources and an accompanying decision support system for use by emergency management personnel.  This web-enabled software will collect, share, and analyze data about events as they occur, providing real time situation awareness at the local emergency management level. 

In the above photo, Paul Seabury with ElanTech demonstrates the latest IMDSS software  

The above photo is of the MITOC unit and the server that the IMDSS software operated from during the IMDSS demonstration

The Challenge

The task of assuring the security of our homeland involves protecting the citizens of the United States, the nation's critical infrastructure and key assets. This is necessary to sustain the nation's vitality against terrorism and other threats. This protection must originate at the community level. It requires discovering, developing and deploying new technology that will support first responders and key decision makers in local communities.

The Mission

NIHS' mission is to discover, develop and deploy solutions that protect and preserve the critical infrastructure of the nation's communities.

The Institute

NIHS aligns projects and research objectives with the needs and requirements of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The strategy is to manage a distributed research enterprise that effectively transitions research and development into solutions. NIHS works with DHS to determine technology needs at the community level. Then, teams are quickly assembled from multiple universities to develop solutions to the needs.

The Strategy

Through management of the Kentucky Critical Infrastructure Protections Program (KCI), the National Institute for Hometown Security (NIHS) provides an ongoing, integrated program dedicated to developing new technologies and devices. NIHS works through qualified academic institutions to accomplish the technological objectives.