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The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center was asked to identify if cleaning chemicals applied by electrostatic sprayers are effective at sanitizing touch surfaces. COVID-19 has highlighted the need for innovative sanitation methods for touch surfaces. Electrostatic sprayers that apply charged cleaning solutions to various surfaces have been identified as potential solutions for large-area decontamination. The concept is that the charged spray droplets will adhere to […]
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Dr. Ron Edmond
Crisis Communications Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Dr. Ron Edmond serves as the crisis communications SME for Summit Exercises
and Training. He works with a unique cadre experienced in the CBRNE arena, creating customized learning and training opportunities centered on crisis and risk communication expertise. He delivers in person, virtual, and hybrid training courses using traditional (i.e., lectures, advanced organizers) and industry best practices (i.e., use of social media platforms) as instructional methodologies to build resiliency, mitigate risk, and respond to significant events before, during, and after crises using risk and crisis communication techniques.
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Strength in standards development has been instrumental to the United States’ global technological leadership. Standards development underpins economic prosperity across the country and fortifies U.S. leadership in the industries of the future at the same time. Bolstering U.S. engagement in standards for critical and emerging technology spaces will strengthen U.S. economic and national security. The U.S. government has long engaged in these standards development processes […]
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Arctic Angels Put Freeze-Dried Plasma to the Test
Team members with U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity participated in an arctic conditions assessment of its Freeze-Dried Plasma (FDP) program recently, partnering with the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Wainwright, Alaska to assess performance…
Reimagining Gunshot Detection for Enhanced Community Safety
New and improved gunshot detection technology will soon make American communities of all sizes safer. The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and its industry partner Shooter Detection Systems (SDS) developed SDS Outdoor, a gunshot detection system that builds…
ERDC-CERL Helps Develop Novel Disaster Relief Vehicle
Researchers with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) recently collaborated with government and industry partners to develop a new way to offer relief in a time of…
DoD Investing in Wearable Technology That Could Rapidly Predict Disease
The Defense Innovation Unit, also known as DIU, in partnership with the private sector, has developed a wearable device that was highly successful during the COVID-19 pandemic in identifying infections. “The Defense Department is looking…
BARDA Support Protects Against Drug-Resistant Threats
Antimicrobial products play a critical role in improving healthcare outcomes while also ensuring that the nation is prepared to respond to public health emergencies, including both naturally occurring and man-made biothreats. Drug-resistant bacteria and fungi…
DoD Leaders Observe “Nearly Invisible” CWMD Training Mission
FORT STORY, Virginia – A highly specialized team from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) trained Special Operations Forces during a countering weapons of mass destruction (CWMD) scenario with an almost-impossible task: to operate completely…
National Defense Science & Technology Strategy 2023
As the 2022 National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy (NDS) make clear, the United States is in the midst of a decisive decade where the terms of geopolitical competition between the world’s major powers…
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Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES 2023)
Join us in person in beautiful New Orleans for the third installment of Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems, MiNES, to focus on research in the fission reactor materials community. The MiNES conference series grew out…
Micro Radiation Emergency Medicine (MicroREM)
REAC/TS course teaches treatment and care of patients involved in radiological or nuclear incidents. This virtual course is an abridged version of REAC/TS’s Radiation Emergency Medicine (REM) class. It focuses on the fundamentals of medical…
Mixed-Hazardous Waste Consequence Management Event | Real-Time Tabletop Exercise
Overview This training event is a three-day, in-person tabletop exercise (TTX) hosted by the Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC). Day 1 will provide a detailed background briefing on the scenario and presentations…