CCS-CISAC team proposal to establish an Innovative Wide Area Sensing (IWAS) program for detecing chemical and biological threats (CBTs) was approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)!
On October 23, 2021 all the groups working on the project took a team photo to commemorate the project approval.
The group consists of an interdisciplinary team from chemistry, biology, electrical, computer, and mechanical engineering graduate and undergraduate students from the UPRM.
The project is ran by profesor Samuel Hernandez as the main Principal Investigator (PI) representing the Chemistry Department.
The Co-PIs of the project are profesor Eduardo Ortiz representing the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department.
Profesor Carlos Rios representing the Biology Department.
Overseeing the project is the retired U.S. Government scientist Jose Centeno and the CEO of Verluz, LLC. & PAT Inc. Michele Hinricks.
Outline of the proposed research showing the QCL set up for the detection of CBTs.
Static QCL-RT system for (a) indoor and (b) outdoor detection of CBTs.
Dynamic QCL-RT system mounted on UV to detect CBTs on air (a), and ground (b) settings applications.
