NSIC 2009

The National Security Innovation Competition was an outstanding success with initial entrants from some of the nation's top universities including the Pennsylvania State University, Air Force Institute of Technology, Colorado State University, Michigan Technological University, Rice University, University of Arizona, University of Buffalo, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Washington, and Washington State University.  Preliminary round judges evaluated and graded the submissions and ten finalists were invited to present their projects on May 1st, 2009 at the MITRE facility in Colorado Springs.  

        Kim Warren, DHS/MITRE

        

         Duncan Stewart, Michael Wilcox
 
This one-of-a-kind nationwide university competition was designed to stimulate interest by college students in national security-related innovations and expose novel technologies to a broad audience including industry, academic, and government organizations involved in aerospace, defense, security, and first responder activities.

The winning teams were honored at a reception on Friday night, May 1st at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Colorado Springs:

FIRST PLACE, $5,000 Prize, was awarded to ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: A Hybrid Electrochemical-Colorimetric Sensing Platform for Explosive Detection. Pictured below: Don Addy (NHDF), Matthew Leright (ASU), Mark Volcheff (CHDA).

SECOND PLACE, $2,500 Prize, was awarded to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: Enterprise Network Activities Visualization. Pictured below: Don Addy, Andrew Blaich and Qi Liao (U of Notre Dame), Mark Volcheff.

 

 THIRD PLACE, $1,000 Prize, was awarded to COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: Activity Recognition in a Dense Sensor Network. Pictured below: Don Addy, James Howard (Co School of Mines) and Mark Volcheff.

Other finalists included:

  • Georgia Institute of Technology: First Responder Mobile Tracking System
  • University of Buffalo: Vulnerability Assessment and Response Tool Against 0-Day Exploits
  • University of Arizona: Contactless Fingerprint Sensor
  • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs: Mitigating Drug Resistance in MRSA via Metabolic Inhibition
  • University of Denver: Light-weight High-performance Concrete
  • Virginia Tech: Self powered Border Security Systems

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NSIC Judges:  First Row -- David Masters (Head Judge) Senior program Advisor S&T  Innovation, Dept. of Homeland Security; Kim Warren, Chief Technologiest, DHS Systems Engineering and Development Center, MITRE; Jeff Cooper, Managing Director, New Venture Resources. Second Row -- Ed Doray, Chief, Concepts & Technology Division, NORAD/USNORTHCOM Interagency Directorate; Mary Petryszyn, VP Civil Security & Response Systems, Raytheon Company; Dale Halling, Intellectual Property Attorney, Law Office of Dale B. Halling; Dr. Richard Oldenborg, Program Manager for DOD Programs, Defense and International Technology Program Office, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Luncheon Sponsors:

                                     Delta Solutions & Strategies

 

Reception Sponsor:

 

 

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