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Project Reports
The reports listed below are partial or interim results of work funded by the SERRI Program which is sponsored by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under an Interagency Agreement with the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE). The views and conclusions contained in these reports are those of the projects participants and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of DHS, DOE, or the SERRI Program.

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A Regional Resilience/Security Analysis Process for the Nation's Critical Infrastructure Systems ( - )
Report Titles
A Regional Resilience/Security Analysis Process for the Nation's Critical Infrastructure Systems
A Thermal Face Recognition System for Security Applications by Face Pattern Words (Alcorn State University - Dr. Yufeng Zheng)
Report Titles
Final Report: A Thermal Fce Recognition System for Security Applications - A Novel Approach by Face Pattern Words
Aerobic Decomposition as an Alternative Method for Managing Large Scale Animal Fatalities (Middle Tennessee State University - Hugh Berryman)
Report Titles
Aerobic Decomposition- Alternative Method for Managing Large Scale Animal Fatalities
All Hazards Emergency Operations Management System (Jackson State University - Edward Collins)
Report Titles
All Hazards Emergency Operations Management System (AllHaz) Phase II - Final Report
All Hazards Emergency Operations Management System (AllHaz) Phase III - Final Report
Analysis of WMD Materials in Waste and Storm Water Treatment Infrastructures in Southeastern US Cities (Mississippi State University - R. T. Jubin)
Report Titles
Estimating the Transport and Fate of Dispersed WMD Materials in Urban Sanitary Wastewater and Storm Water Treatment and Handling Systems (Redacted Version - Official Use Only Version Available upon Request from the Authors)
Assemilation of NEXTRAD radial Winds in a Regional Mesoscale Model and the Use of a Lagrangian Model to Estimate the Transport and Dispersion of Gases/Particles over the Southern U.S. (Mississippi State University - Dr. Haldun Karan)
Report Titles
Assemilation of NEXRAD Radial Winds in a Regional Mesoscale Model and the Use of a Lagrangian Model to Estimate the Transport and Dispersion of Gases/Particles over the Southern United States
Assessing the Potential of Photocatalytic Building Materials for Protecting Infrastructure and Developing Resiliency to Natural and Manmade Disasters (University of Southern Mississippi - Dr. Janice Paige Phillips)
Report Titles
Assessing the Potential of Photocatalytic Building Materials for Protecting Infrastructure and Developing Resiliency to Natural and Manmade Disasters: Phase I
Assessing the Potential of Photocatalytic Building Materials for Protecting Infrastructure and Developing Resiliency to Natural and Man-made Disasters: Phase II
Assured Strategic Communications During Natural and Willful Disasters (Mississippi State University - Dr. Lori Bruce)
Report Titles
Assured Strategic Communications During Natural and Willful Disasters
Biosensor Research (Middle Tennessee State University - Dr. Andrienne Friedli)
Report Titles
Biosensor Research: Phase I Final Report
Biosensor Research Phase II Final Report
Business Continuity Planning Gap Analysis for Small Minority-Owned Businesses in Mississippi (Alcorn State University - Dr. William Piper)
Report Titles
Business Continuity Planning Gap Analysis
Capturing Hurricane Katrinia Data for Anlaysis and Lessons-Learned Research (Mississippi State University - Dr. David R. Shaw)
Report Titles
Capturing Hurricane Katrina Data for Analysis and Lessons-Learned Research
CARRI - Institute for Advanced Biometrics and Social Systems Studies (IABS3) ( - )
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Providing Access to Resilience-Enhancing Technologies for Disadvantaged Communities and Vulnerable Populations
Community and Regional Resilience Initiative (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Mr. Warren C. Edwards)
Report Titles
A Regional Resilience/Security Analysis Process for the Nation's Critical Infrastructure Systems
Computational Tools for Water Security (University of Mississippi - Dr. S. Y. Wang)
Report Titles
Final Report for Computational Tools for Water Security
Final Report for Computational Tools for Water Security (Attachment A)
Final Report for Computational Tools for Water Security (Attachment B)
Final Report for Computational Tools for Water Security (Attachment C)
Final Report for Computational Tools for Water Security (Attachment D)
Data-Sharing Middleware for Information Dissemination Among Heterogeneous Sources (University of Tennessee - Dr. Hairong Qi)
Report Titles
A Data Sharing Middleware Prototype for Information Dissemination among Heterogeneous Data Sources - Volume 2
Control-Based Real-Time Metadata Matching for Information Dissemination
A Data Sharing Middleware Prototype for Information Dissemination among Heterogeneous Data Sources – Volume I
Development of a Software Tool for Modeling the Impact of Explosions in Urban Environments (Jackson State University - Dr. Shahrouz Aliabadi)
Report Titles
Development of a Software Tool for Modeling the Impact of Explosions in Urban Environments
Development of Improved Shock Propagation Algorithms for VISAC Facility Vulnerability Code (C. D. Sulfredge and J. S. Tolliver, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Development of an Ensemble Modeling System for the Simulation of Realistic Levee Overtopping Flows from Hurricanes (Jackson State University - Dr. Marvin Watts)
Report Titles
Development of an Ensemble Modeling System for the Simulation of Realistic Levee Overtopping Flows from Hurricanes
Development of an Integrated Sensor System for Real-time Monitoring of Metabolites of Organophosphorus Chemical Warfare Agents, Pesticides, and E. coli in Food and Water (Alcorn State University - Dr. Yolanda Jones)
Report Titles
Development of Sensors for Food and Water Safety
Development of an Integrated Simulation Tool for Predicting Disastrous Flooding, Water Contamination, Sediment Transport and their Impacts on the Environment (University of Mississippi - Dr. Yafei Jai)
Report Titles
Development of an Integrated Simulation Tool for Predicting Disastrous Flooding, Water Contamination, Sediment Transport and their Impacts on the Environment
Investigation on Levee Breach Closure Procedures
Development of an Integrated Simulation Tool for Predicting Disastrous Flooding, Water Contamination, Sediment Transport and their Impacts on the Environment - Phase I and Phase II Final Report
Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Kit (DMARK) (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Dr. Hamilton Hunter)
Report Titles
Damage Mitigation and Recovery Kit (DMARK) Functional Manual
DMARK: A Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Toolkit (Final Report)
DMARK Phase II: A Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Toolkit (Final Report)
Disaster Response Intelligent System (Jackson State University - Dr. Gordon Skelton)
Report Titles
Disaster Response Intelligent System (DRIS)
Disaster Response Intelligent System – Phase III (Jackson State University - Dr. Gordon Skelton)
Report Titles
Disaster Response Intelligent System - Phase III Final Report
Disruptions to Rail – Impacts Analysis and Decision (Mississippi State University - Dr. Bethany Stich)
Report Titles
Disruption to Rail - Impact Analysis and Decision Support: Analyzing Congestion and Capacity Impacts from Disruptions to Critical Infrastructures in the Rail Network
Multi-Modal Transportation Disruption & Reroute Simulation Framework
Effective Mold and Contaminant Remediation for Flood and Water Damaged Homes (Mississippi State University - Dr. Terry Amburgey)
Report Titles
Effective Model and Contaminant Remediation for Flood- and Water- Damaged Homes (Phase 2 Final Report)
Effective Model and Contaminant Remediation for Flood and Water Damaged Homes
Flood Proof Commercial and Fortified Residential Construction for Neighborhood-scale, Mixed used Buildings (Mississippi State University - Dr. David Perkes)
Report Titles
Floodproof Construction: Working for Coastal Communities
Temporary Disaster Housing Unit
Fusion Center Interoperability (Y-12 National Security Complex - Mary Regan)
Report Titles
Sharable Information Capture Tool (SICT) Prototype
Fusion Center Smart Search Analytics (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Dr. Chad Steed)
Report Titles
Final Report: Guided Text Search Using Adaptive Visual Analytics
Geophysical Signatures of Compromised Zones within Earthen Embankments and Levees (University of Mississippi - Dr. Craig Hickey)
Report Titles
Rapid Assessment of Potential Hazards in Levees and Earthen Dams
High Performance Agent Based Topic Monitoring (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Mr. Jim Treadwell)
Report Titles
Discovery, Analysis, and Characteristics of Event Impacts
Increasing Community Disaster Resilience through Targeted Strengthening of Critical Infrastructure (Mississippi State University - Dr. Isaac L. Howard)
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2008 Geotextile Tubes Workshop - Final Report
Levee Breach Geometries And Algorithms To Simulate Breach Closure
Rapid Pavement Repair Guidance in Response to Hurricane Damage
Dewatering Soil for Use as an Emergency Construction Material for Disaster Recovery
Physical Testing and Hydraulic Simulation of Wave Overtopping of Earthen Levees
Use of Geotextile and Geomembrane Tubes to Construct Temporary Walls in a Flooded Area
Use of Geotextile and Geomembrane Tubes to Construct Temporary Walls in a Flooded Area
Physical Testing and Hydraulic Simulation of Wave Overtopping of Earthen Levees
Development of an Emergency Construction Material for Disaster Recovery - Report No. 70015-006
Guidance for Using Cementiously Stablized Emergency Construction Materials - Report No. 70015-008
Temporary Earthen Levee Protection from Overtopping Using Rapid Deployable Armouring System - Report No. 70015-010
Temporary Earthen Levee Protection from Overtopping Using Rapid Deployable Armouring System - Report No. 70015-010
Numerical Modeling of Bridgers Subjected to Storm Surge for Mitigation of Hurricane Damage - Report No. 70015-005
Full Scale Testing of Hot-Mixed Warm-Compacted Asphalt for Emergency Paving - Report No. 70015-011
Summary Report for SERRI Project Titled Increasing Community Disaster Resilience Through Targeted Strengthening of Critical Infrastructure - Report No. 70015-000
Information Sharing Policy Review (Y-12 National Security Complex - Frances Butler)
Report Titles
Fusion Center Interoperability: Data Definition and Characterization (May 2008)
Fusion Center Interoperability: Data Definition and Characterization Phase II Report (January 2009)
Fusion Center Interoperability Phase III Final Report
Final Report: Multistate Sharing Initiative
Innovative Levee Strengthening and Testing under Full-Scale Overtopping Conditions (Jackson State University - Dr. Farshad Amini)
Report Titles
Full-Scale Overtopping Tests on Three Innovative Levee Strengthening Systems
Innovative Levee Strengthening and Testing under Full-Scale Overtopping Conditions (Phase 2)
Mechanical Characterization of Materials for Innovative Levee Strengthening Systems
Integrated Threat Tracking and Information System (University of Kentucky - Dr. Joe Crabtree)
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A Conceptual Model of "Total Threat Assessment" for Kentucky (Morehead State University / Michael Hail)
The North American Transportation Security Center
Integrated Visual Application of the Rapid Levee Condition Assessment Model: A Tool for Water Resource Infrastructure Protection (University of Southern Mississippi - Dr. David Patrick)
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Integrated Visual Application of the Rapid Levee Condition Assessment Model: A Tool for Water Resource Infrastructure Protection (Phase I Report - Final Draft)
Integrated Visual Application of the Rapid Levee Condition Assessment Model: A Tool for Water Resource Infrastructure Protection (Phase I (2010 - 2011) Interim Report
Integrated Visual Application of the Rapid Levee Condition Assessment Model: A Tool for Water Resource Infrastructure Protection - Final Report
Investigation of a Surge and Wave Reduction by Vegetation (University of Mississippi - Dr. Weiming Wu)
Report Titles
Investigation of a Surge and Wave Reduction by Vegetation (Final Report - Phase 1 - 31 March 2011)
Investigation of a Surge and Wave Reduction by Vegetation (Final Report Appendices - Phase 1 - 31 March 2011)
Investigation of a Surge and Wave Reduction by Vegetation - Interaction of Hydrodynamics, Vegetation and Soil (Final Report - Phase 2 - 27 August 2011)
Law Enforcement Regional Technology Assessment (LERTA) and Gap Analysis (Saliant, Inc. - Lee Reese)
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Law Enforcement Regional Technology Assessment (LERTA): A Survey of Law Enforcement Homeland Security Preparedness in the Southeastern United States (Full Report)
LERTA: A Regional Survey of Law Enforcement Preparedness and Response for Homeland Security (Summary Report)
Levee Assessment via Remote Sensing (Mississippi State University - Dr. James Aanstoos)
Report Titles
Levee Assessment via Remote Sensing: Phase I
Levee Assessment via Remote Sensing: Phase II
Localization and Tracking System (LTS) of a Client Process for an Internal Wireless Network (Tennessee State University - Dr. Tamara Rogers)
Report Titles
Localization and Tracking System of a Client Process for an Internal Wireless Network
Mississippi Groundwater, Surface Water, and Dam Inventory and Vulnerability Assessment (University of Mississippi - Dr. Robert Holt)
Report Titles
Vulnerability Assessment of Mississippi Surface Water, Groundwater, and Dams (Final Report)
Water Resources Vulnerability Assessment Tool (WRVAT) User Manual
Mobile Computing and Application Development Initiative (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Dr. Edmon Begoli)
Report Titles
CLAERA - Collaborative, Location Aware Emergency Response Application
Mobile Damage Assessment Testbed (RunMobile Inc. - Ms. Lisa Seyler)
Report Titles
Mobile Damage Assessment Testbed Development: DARS360 Assessment, Testing, and Evaluation
Modeling Micro-Economic Resilience and Restoration After a Large Scale Catastrophe: An Analysis of the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina (University of Southern Mississippi - Dr. David Butler & Dr. Edward Sayre)
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Modeling Micro-Economic Resilience and Restoration after a Large Scale Catastrophe: An Analysis of the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina - Phase I Final Report (25 January 2012)
Resilience and Restoration after a Large-Scale Disaster: An Analysis of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - Phase II Final Report
Multi-Fidelity Tools for Blast Analysis in Urban Environments (Mississippi State University - Dr. David Thompson)
Report Titles
Multi-Fidelity Tools for Blast Analysis in Urban Environments
Multi-Purpose, Multi-Scale Storm Surge and Flood Forecasting for Planning and Preparedness (Jackson State University - Dr. Shahrouz Aliabadi)
Report Titles
Multi-Purpose, Multi-Scale Storm Surge and Flood Forecasting for Planning and Preparedness
Nano-Enhanced and Bio-Inspired Composite Materials for Mitigation and Protection of TIH Railcars and Stationary Tanks against High Power Impact (University of Mississippi - Dr. Ahmed Al-Ostaz)
Report Titles
Nano-Enhanced and Bio-Inspired Composite Materials for Mitigation and Protection of TIH Railcars and Stationary Tanks against High Power Impact
Nano-Particle Reinforced Composites for Critical Infrastructure Protection (University of Mississippi - Dr. Alexander H.D. Cheng)
Report Titles
Final Report: Nano Particle Reinforced Composites for Critical Infrastructure Protection
Phase II Final Report: Nano Particle Reinforced Composites for Critical Infrastructure Protection - With Multi Hazard Extension (No Appendices)
Nerve Agents: Enhanced Understanding of Chemical Mechanisms and Interactions with Environment and Relevant Surfaces Addressed by Computational Approaches (Jackson State University - Dr. Jerzy Leszczynski)
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Nerve Agents: Enhanced Understanding of Chemical Mechanisms and Interactions with Environment and Relevant Surfaces Addressed by Computational Approaches
Network Behavioral Analysis for Zero-Day Detection (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Dr. Justin Beaver)
Report Titles
Machine Learning for Malicious Transaction Detection in Critical Infrastructures Communications
Pilot Study for Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Best Practices for Small Businesses (Small Planet Works, Inc. - Ms. Janice Banks)
Report Titles
Final Report: Pilot Study for Business Continuity Plannign Best Practices for Small Businesses
Rapid Detection of Agriterrorism via Remote Sensing (Mississippi State University - Dr. Lori Bruce)
Report Titles
Rapid Detection of Agriterrorism via Remote Sensing
Rapid Detection of Agriterrorism via Remote Sensing (Phase II)
Rapid Repair of Levee Breach (Engineering Research and Development Center - Dr. Donald T. Resio)
Report Titles
Development and Demonstration of Rapid Repair of Levee Breaching Technology
Development and Demonstration of Rapid Repair of Levee Breaching Technology
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center: Rapid Repair of Levee Breaches - Final Report to DHS (July 2011)
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center: Rapid Repair of Levee Breaches - Final Report to ORNL (24 September 2011)
Real-Time Detection of Chemicals and Biological Pathogens in Fluids (University of Southern Mississippi - Dr. Gordon Cannon)
Report Titles
Analysis of the Quartz Crystal Microbalance Platform as a Method of Bacterial and Chemical Detection (Phase One Project Report)
Detection of Bacterial Pathogens Using a Portable Quartz Crystal Microbalance Based Immunosensor (Phase Two Project Report)
Real-Time Identification and Monitoring of Barge-Carried Hazardous Commodities (Mississippi State University - Dr. Mingzhou Jin)
Report Titles
Real-Time Identification and Monitoring of Barge-Carried Hazardous Commodities
TRACC: A Software System for Tracking, Risks, Anomalies, Consequences and Communication of Barge-Carried Hazardous Commodity - Phase II Final Report
TRACC: A Software System for Tracking, Risks, Anomalies, Consequences and Communication of Barge-Carried Hazardous Commodity - Phase III Final Report
Real-Time Operations Support for Emergency Evacuations (Mississippi State University - Dr. Li Zhang)
Report Titles
Real-Time Traffic Information for Emergency Evacuation Operations: Final Report
Regional Data Analysis (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Dr. Brian Klump)
Report Titles
Final Report: Machine Learning for Facilitating Analysis at Regional Fusion Centers
Regional Emergency Planning Model for Continuous Disaster Mitigation Response (Western Carolina University - Laura Meyers)
Report Titles
Creation of a Regional Emergency Planning Model
The Regional Emergency Planning Model (REPM): Field Test Results
Residential Roof Covering Investigation of Wind Resistance of Asphalt Shingles (University of Florida - Dr. Forrest Masters)
Report Titles
Phase 1 Report: Roof Covering Investigatino of Wind Resistance of Asphalt Shingles
Research into the Adjustment of the Wind Directionality (Kd) Factor in ASCE 7
Phase II Report: Investigation of the Wind Resistance of Asphalt Shingle Roof Coverings
Resilient Home Program (Federal Alliance for Safe Homes - Timothy Smail)
Report Titles
Gap Analysis of the Impact of Mold and Contaminated Water on Flooded Homes
North Carolina State University Support for the Resilient Home Project -- Final Report, FY 2010-2011
ERDC-CERL Participation in the Resilient Home Program: 2009-2012
Screening of Levees by Synthetic Aperture Radar (Mississippi State University - Dr. James V. Aanstoos)
Report Titles
Screening of Levees by Synthetic Aperture Radar
Secure Border Initiative Unattended Ground Sensor Networks (Mississippi State University - Dr. Patrick Donohe)
Report Titles
Secure Border Initiative Unattended Ground Sensor Networks (SBIUGS)
Semantics-Driven Knowledge Discovery System for Wide Area Monitoring of Electric Power Grid (Mississippi State University - Dr. Nicholas Younan)
Report Titles
Semantics-Driven Knowledge Discovery System for Wide Area Monitoring of Electric Power Grid - Interim Report
Semantics-Driven Knowledge Discovery System for Wide Area Monitoring of Electric Power Grid - Final Report
Sensorpedia (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Bryan Gorman)
Report Titles
Final Report: Sensorpedia Phases 1 and 2
Final Report: Sensorpedia Phases 1 and 2
Final Report: Sensorpedia Phase 3
Shelby County Sensor Fusion Center (SCSFC) (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Dr. Hamilton Hunter)
Report Titles
SCSFC User Guide
Simulation-Based Decision Support System for Water Infrastructural Security (DSS-WISE) (University of Mississippi - Dr. Mustafa Altinakar)
Report Titles
DSS-WISE Project Final Report
Simulation-Based Decision Support System for Water Infrastructural Security (DSS-WISE) - Phase II Final Report
Simulation-Based Decision Support System for Water Infrastructural Security (DSS-WISE) - Phase III Final Report
Socio-Economic Resilience and Dynamic Micro-Economic Analysis of Large Scale Catastrophe (University of Mississippi - Dr. Richard Forgette)
Report Titles
Socio-Economic Resilience and Dynamic Micro-Economic Analysis for a Large-Scale Catastrophe
Southeast Region Critical Infrastructure Protection Center Initiative (CIPC) (Mississippi State University - Dr. Rayford Vaughn)
Report Titles
Southeast Region Critical Infrastructure Protection Center (CIPC) Phase II - Advances in the Security of Industrial Control Systems
Southeast Region Critical Infrastructure Protection Center (CIPC) Phase III - Advances in the Security of Industrial Control Systems
Specification, Validation and Verification of Imagery Products for Disaster Management and Response (University of Mississippi - Dr. Greg Easson)
Report Titles
Specification, Validation and Verification of Imagery Products for Disaster Management and Response - Phase I Final Report
Specification, Validation and Verification of Imagery Products for Disaster Management and Response - Phase II Final Report
Structural, Material, and Geotechnical Solutions to Levee and Floodwall Construction and Retrofitting (University of Mississippi - Dr. Alexander H.D. Cheng)
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Volume I: Executive Summary and Overview
Volume II: Geotechnical Solutions
Volume III: Structural Solutions
Volume IV: Material Solutions
Volume V: Testing and Validation
Tools for Enhanced Mapping and Managing Post-Disaster Debris (Mississippi State University - Dr. Charles A. Waggoner)
Report Titles
Hurricane Debris Research - Tools for Enhanced Mapping and Managing Post-Disaster Debris (Phase I Report)
Tools for Enhanced Mapping and Managing Post-Disaster Debris – Phase II (Mississippi State University - Dr. Charles Waggoner)
Report Titles
A Tool for Rapid Predcition of Hurricane Damage and Debris Generation
A Tool for Rapid Predcition of Hurricane Damage and Debris Generation
Tornado Safe Rooms (Federal Alliance for Safe Homes - Mr. Eric Vaughn)
Report Titles
Tornado Safe Room Educational Initiative - Give An Ordinary Room An Extraordinary Purpose
Transportation Corridor (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Dr. Cyrus Smith)
Report Titles
Multistate Sharing Initiative - Transportation Corridor (Final Report)
Utilization of Emergency Alert Systems: An Analysis of Oktibbeha County and MSU systems (Mississippi State University - Mr. Dallas Breen)
Report Titles
Incorporating Redundancy into Rural Emergency Alert System Capabilities: An Oktibbeha County, Mississippi Introspective
Virtual Alabama – Ready Rail (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Dr. Pat Hu)
Report Titles
Final Report: Development of a Risk Assessment Tool for Virtual Alabama
War Games for Flood Emergency Managers (University of Mississippi - Dr. Mustafa Altinakar)
Report Titles
Interative Evaluation of Flood Scenarios and Emergency Response
Wireless Authentication, Localization and Tracking System (WALTS) Using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) (Tennessee State University - Dr. Tamara Rogers)
Report Titles
Wireless Authentication, Localization and Tracking System (WALTS) Using Radio Frequency Identification (RFIDs)