Salloum to present paper at NJTC’s Mid-Atlantic Defense/Homeland Security Showcase

HOBOKEN , N.J. ― Dr. Hady Salloum, Director of Maritime Security Technology Applications , was chosen to present his paper on the Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence for Port Security and The National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce and Coastal Environments (CSR) at NJTC’s 3 rd Mid-Atlantic Defense/Homeland Security Showcase. The paper will be presented at the Defense and Security Expo on June 19 th at Sarnoff Corporation in Princeton , N.J.

Salloum’s paper focuses on the Stevens recently awarded center that will be established to help the DHS University Programs meet their goals for research and education in Port Security, which is called The National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce and Coastal Environments (CSR). The Center will be physically located on the Stevens campus in Hoboken, N.J. CSR team members are Rutgers University, University of Miami, University of Puerto Rico, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Monmouth University, JBC International, Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the Pacific Basin Development Council (PBDC), Nansen Environmental Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), and the US Merchant Marine Academy Global Maritime and Transportation School. In addition to these partners, the Center will work with the existing and newly formed DHS Centers of Excellence as well as with related institutions like the Naval Postgraduate School and the US Coast Guard Academy. CSR projects include Maritime Domain Awareness, Space-Based Wide Area Surveillance, Vessel Detection, Tracking, and Monitoring, HF Radar for Multiple Applications, Search and Rescue, Environmental Monitoring, Human and Organizational Factors influencing MTS Security and Coastal Safety, Resiliency, and MTS Recovery and Continuity of Operations.

Salloum is a Stevens’ alumnus and Distinguished Service Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He was instrumental in winning the award from the Department of Homeland Security for a National Center of Excellence for Port Security led by Stevens. Prior to Stevens, he spent 20 years at Bell Communications Research/Telcordia Technologies, where he had many positions ranging from Member of the Technical Staff to Vice President. Early in his career at Bellcore, he worked on Broadband Access Technologies, including Fiber to the Premises, DSL, and Wi-Max and published more than 100 papers in this area, mainly on fiber-to-the-home. He was also active in many national and international standards committees that were responsible for defining SONET/SDH and ATM. Salloum also developed system requirements for fiber to the home that are used today by service providers worldwide. He is an active senior member of the IEEE serving as technical editor for the IEEE Communications magazine. He also served as operations editor, feature editor, and guest editor for the magazine and chaired the North Jersey PES Chapter. He is also a member of Tau Beta Pi.

About NJTC

The New Jersey Technology Council provides business support, networking opportunities, information, advocacy and recognition of technology companies and their leaders. Founded in 1996, NJTC's more than 1,200 member companies work together to support their own enterprises while advancing New Jersey's status as a leading technology center in the United States. In its efforts to serve the technology industries of the State of New Jersey , the New Jersey Technology Council plans networking, informational and educational events for high-tech executives in the following sectors: Communications; eBusiness, MultiMedia & Consumer Technologies; Engineering, Energy & Environment (E3); Electronics; Life Sciences and IT/Software. In addition, peer groups, bring together business people with similar interests and objectives. These peer groups include: Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Information Officers, VC & Financing, and Women In Technology.

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Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

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