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Safety and Security of our Critical Infrastructure By: Ali Maher Director, CAIT

CAIT RUTGERS. Safety and Security of our Critical Infrastructure By: Ali Maher Director, CAIT. Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation Civil &Environmental Engineering. C A N A D A. Montreal. Ottawa. Philadelphia. Houlton, ME. Saint Albans, VT. Toronto. Ogdensburg, NY.

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Safety and Security of our Critical Infrastructure By: Ali Maher Director, CAIT

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  1. CAIT RUTGERS Safety and Security of our Critical InfrastructureBy:Ali MaherDirector, CAIT Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation Civil &Environmental Engineering

  2. C A N A D A Montreal Ottawa Philadelphia Houlton, ME Saint Albans, VT Toronto Ogdensburg, NY Halifax Detroit, MI Buffalo, NY Chicago, IL Cleveland, OH 75 mile Boston 200 mile 300 mile ATLANTIC OCEAN Baltimore TEUs by Zipcode 400 mile Port of NY & NJ 0 - 6000 Y # Rutgers/CAIT 6000 - 29000 Y # 29000 - 119000 # Y 119000 - 594000 Source : Moffatt and Nichol Engineers, Based on adjusted PIERS data # Y Port of NY/NJ moves $90 Billion in Cargo / year

  3. CAIT RUTGERS Transportation Infrastructure of New Jersey • Lifeline of State’s Economy • More than 6000 bridges and 35000 miles of roadways • Major aviation, rail and lifeline hub for the region • Heavily congested corridor environment • Excellent laboratory for implementation of new ideas

  4. NJ Transportation Facts

  5. CAIT RUTGERS

  6. CAIT RUTGERS Transportation Infrastructureof New Jersey • New Jersey (Gov. Whitman’s 1998 plan, NJ FIRST). $30 billion, 12-year transportation vision. • “FIX IT FIRST” • Eliminate bridge deficiencies on national highways. • Repair deficient state highways. • Resolve flooded state road problems. • “PLAN TODAY” • Construct missing highway links. • Develop intermodal connections. • Construct and complete light rail lines.

  7. URS Greiner Inc. • 3M Products • CAMTEA • ITE • Ford Motor Co. • Advanced Technology Concepts • Stantec Inc. • McLaren Engineering Group • Turner Construction • ATC, Inc. • Advanced Infrastructure Design Inc. • Fredrick Harris Inc. • Raython Transportation • Parsons Brinkerhoff • L-3 Communications • TSA-Advet • Future Fuels Consulting • MTS Systems • Hogentogler Inc. • Advanced Power Assoc. • H-Power Inc. • Millennium Cell Inc. • Neocon Inc. • Recon Controls Inc. • Messer • W.L. Gore & Assoc. • Acentech Inc.

  8. Critical Infrastructure SectorsFuture Research Challenges

  9. The Protection Challenge (Transportation)

  10. National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets, the Strategy, February 2003 Cross-sector Security Initiatives • Planning and Resource Allocation • Information Sharing and Warnings • Personnel Survey, Building Human Capital and Awareness • Technology and Research & Development • Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis

  11. Technology and Research & Development • Coordinate Public-Private security R&D • Coordinate standards for compatibility of communication systems • Explore methods to authenticate and verify personnel identity • Improve technical surveillance, monitoring and detection capabilities • Condition monitoring of bridges, tunnels and transit stations • Detection of CBR residues in transportation corridors • Integration of sensor information with legacy IMS

  12. RESEARCH AREAS AT CAIT

  13. RESEARCH AREAS AT CAIT (Cont’d)

  14. RESEARCH AREAS AT CAIT (Cont’d)

  15. Selected Collaborative Projects Within SOE • Past collaboration • Optical Fiber Stress and Strain Sensors (with Prof. Sigel) – NSF sponsored • Optical Fiber Chemical sensors (with Prof. Sigel) – EPA sponsored • Piezo-electric ceramic composite WIM (with Prof. Safari) – FHWA sponsored • Pending and Future Collaboration • Integrated piezo-electric ceramic composite structural sensors (both active and passive sensors) • Advanced chemical sensors (in-situ, real-time) • Sensors for chemical, biological residues • Integration into legacy incident management systems • New Project Funded by NSF, “Security of Transportation Infrastructures against Biohazards”

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