1. Semantics-Driven Knowledge Discovery System for Wide Area Monitoring of Electric Power Grid (Dr. Nicholas Younan) -in progress
A
new innovation related to critical infrastructure protection and cybersecurity for electric power systems would be to provide a well
engineered human-machine interface that allows knowledge discovery for comprehensive wide area monitoring across the State of Mississippi
and the southeastern part of the United States. This would permit the integration of data and information between electric utilities
before an incident - allowing for detection of terrorist threats, prevention of cascading failures through remedial actions, and innovative
solutions for restoration efforts.
2. Simulation-Based Decision Support System for Water Infrastructural Security(Dr. Mustafa Altinakar) -in progress
Water infrastructures such as dams, levees, water control structures, etc. are critical. infrastructures
whose incapacitation/destruction may have a serious negative impact on our nation’s security. We propose the development of a new
“systems approach” for carrying out threat-risk vulnerability analysis of water resources and water-related infrastructures based
on robust, state-of-the-art, realistic two-dimensional (2D) numerical simulations. The proposed approach yield spatial variability
of solved variables and various criteria computed by 2D numerical models, and thus eliminates the deficiencies of the currently used
one-dimensional approach, which is neither sufficiently reliable nor provides enough information for a detailed damage analysis. The
present proposal also involves development of innovative spatial risk and uncertainty analysis methods and procedures making use of
the rich level of spatial information provided by two-dimensional approach.
3. Nano-Particle Reinforced Composites
for Critical Infrastructure Protection (Dr. Alexander H.D. Cheng) -in progress
This project investigates the use of the recent
advancement in material, structure, and building technologies for the protection of critical infrastructures, which include governmental
buildings, emergency response system (police station, fire house, hospital), oil and gas pipelines, power and communication transmission
towers, etc., against terrorist threats, as well as natural disasters. The new structural/building technologies developed from this
research can be used to improve the survivability of these structures. The findings, recommendations, and tools derived can become
a part of the decision support system for local, state, tribal and regional leaders and emergency responders for better preparedness. Find
project-related fact sheet information for Molecular Dynamics, Atomic Force Microscopy, Particle Dynamics, Dynamic Mechanical
Analysis, Impact and Energy Absorption, AUTODYN Simulation, Component Simulation and Evacuation Simulation at the
OleMiss SERRI project.
4.
Rule Set Automation in Support of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIPRSA)
(Enterra Solutions/ORNL/Richard Hale) -in progress
Responses
to attacks or damage to critical infrastructure are frequently suboptimal because the responders do not have critical information,
do not understand the environment, are not aware of important plans and lack the tools to guide their initial decisions thereby relegating
their responses to reacting to events rather than guiding and directing events along a logical and responsive pathway. Current progress
in automated decision making processes and systems provide substantial promise to solve this problem. Working closely with ORNL, Enterra
Solutions LLC (Enterra) will provide the design and deployment of a repeatable solution for Critical Infrastructure Protection associated
with the management of radiological releases at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Specifically, Enterra will make use of radiological
field measurement data from the HFIR sensor suite, along with the emergency operations rules and requirements embedded within the
Laboratory’s SBMS procedures for response to radiological emergencies.