Session 1: Sunday 7 pm
EXPLOSIVES DETECTION PROBLEMS
Discussion Leader: Jonathan Shoham, Director for Counter-Terrorism and Detection of Explosives, Israel
Principal Speakers:
- David Boyd, Director, Science and Technology, NIJ, USDOJ, - "Explosives Detection: The Universe of Requirements"
- Lyle Malotky, Scientific Advisor, Aviation Security, USFAA - "State of the Art in Explosives Detection"
- Iouri Tarabrine RF Ministry of Emergency Situations - "Application of New Technologies for Deterring Illicit Trafficking of Explosives"
Session 2: Monday 8:30 am
X-RAY DETECTION TECHNIQUES
Discussion Leader: Harry Martz, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Principal Speakers:
- Joel Gray, Iowa State, Center for Non-Destructive Evaluation, - "Application of an X-ray Inspection Simulation for Optimizing Inspection Procedures for Explosives Detection"
- Phillip Rizo, LETI, Grenoble, FR - "Dual Energy X-ray Tomography"
- Ian Raitt, DERA, CES Sector - "Coherent X-ray Scattering"
Session 3: Monday 7 pm
VAPOR PARTICLE SAMPLE COLLECTION
Discussion Leader: Susan Hallowell, FAA Technical Center
Principal Speakers:
- Harry A. Gowadia, Pennsylvania State U. - "Role of Body Heat and Mass Transfer in Explosive Trace Detection"
- Marian Langford, DERA - "Development of a Vapour Dispersion Theory"
- Ed Poziomek, Old Dominion U. - "Use of Solid Phase Extraction Techniques in Sampling"
Session 4: Tuesday 8:30 am
OPTICAL TECHNIQUES
Discussion Leader:Jeff David, Office of Special Technology
Principal Speakers:
- Phil J. Hargis, Jr. & Al Lang, Sandia National Laboratories - "Remote Detection of Explosives using Fluorescence Spectra"
- Jeff Steinfield, MIT - "IR and Raman Spectroscopy"
- Herb Funsten, Los Alamos National Lab, and Jimmie Oxley, URI - "Optical Signature Detection of Deflagrating Explosives"
- Ian Hayward, U. Leeds - "Use of Raman Spectroscopy in Detection of Illicit Materials"
Session 5: Tuesday 7:00 pm
MISCELLANEOUS DETECTION TECHNIQUES
Discussion Leader: Ray Mintz, U.S Customs Service
Principal Speakers:
- Al Garroway, U.S. Naval Research Lab - "Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance"
- Ann Kusterbeck, U.S. Naval Research Lab - "Bio-detection"
- Robin Hiley, Defense Research Agency, UK - "Direct Chemiluminescence Detection of Explosives"
Session 6: Wednesday 8:30 am
BIOLOGICAL DETECTION SYSTEMS
Discussion Leader: Regina Dugan, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Principal Speakers:
- Larry J. Meyers, Auburn U - "The Use and Misuse of the Explosives-Detecting Dog-Handler Team"
- Steve Nicklin & Helen Almey, ESC Dept. CESS. - "Explosives Detection: A Review of the Canine Capability"
- K. Champness, University of Melbourne - "Breeding and Rearing of Detector Dogs"
- James A. Petrousky, Office of Special Technology - "Canine Olfaction Thresholds"
Session 7: Wednesday 7:00 pm
SPECTROMETRIES -- MASS AND ION MOBILITY
Discussion Leader: Keith Ward, (U.S.) Office of Naval Research
Principal Speakers:
- Wayne Grietz, Oak Ridge National Lab - "High Sensitivity Determination of Explosives & Their Metabolytes Using MS Techniques"
- Jack Beauchamp, CalTech - "Mass Spectrometric Detection of Explosives: A Challenge for Gas Phase Ion Chemistry"
Session 8: Thursday 8:30 am
NUCLEAR DETECTION TECHNIQUES
Discussion Leader: John Pennella, Dahlgren
Principal Speakers:
- George Vourvopoulos, Western Kentucky U - "Transportable Pulsed Neutron Explosives Detection Systems"
- Jack Overly & Harlan LaFevre, University of Oregon - "Explosive Detection/Identification by FNTS"
- Alex DeVolpi, Argonne National Lab - "Integrated Nuclear Techniques to Detect Illicit Materials"
Session 9: Thursday 7 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: "What Have We Learned?"
Discussion Leader: Hal Whiteman, Transport Canada
- Paul Rothstein, Georgetown Law School
- Pat Griffin, Sandia National Lab
- John Widdowson, UK Defense Evaluation and Research Agency
- Nick Cartwright, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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