Brookhaven National Laboratory’s R&D on Advanced Sensor Technology for Homeland Security Applications

The need to harness advanced sensor technology to detect chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE) agents is now in vivid focus. This presentation discusses Brookhaven National Laboratory's new sensor approaches designed to obtain and deliver fast and accurate information to intercept CBRNE materials and respond to a variety of homeland security threats. The talk will cover basic research related to the development of advanced detector materials, applied development of prototype instruments, and the deployment of technology in real-life environments.

Dr. Ralph B. James
Associate Laboratory Director
Energy, Environment and National Security
Brookhaven National Laboratory
APS Fellow, SPIE Fellow, IEEE Fellow, AAAS Fellow
http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=04-109

Editor's Note: In addition to the Distinguished Lecturers and talk abstracts presented above, the following talks are also available: Dr Ralph B. James: Nuclear Radiation Detectors – Past, Present and Future, and Solid-State Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride Gamma Ray Detectors; Dr. J. Pace VanDevender: Ball Lightning – New Physics, New Energy Source, or Just Good Entertainment?; and, Dr. Charles H. Stallings: Pulsed Power – What Is It and Why Should You Care. Abstracts for these talks will be provided in the September Newsletter. Contact Charles Neumeyer (neumeyer@pppl.gov) with suggestions for other Distinguished Lecturers from our community.