Dr. Michael Shepard speaks Monday evening at UTC about homeland security issues.Michael Shepard, with the Department of Homeland Security, will present “U.S. Department of Homeland Security Detection Programs and Considerations” at 7 p.m. Monday in the Tennessee Room, UTC University Center.
Shepard will explore the complexity of the growing reality of threats of improvised explosive devices to the United States, according to a news release. He also will focus on the challenges to security screening and explosives detection from analytical perspectives.
Shepard is a program manager for the Surface Transportation Program within the Explosives Division of the Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate.
The Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate is the research arm for many federal security agencies, such as the Transportation Security Agency and Secret Service.
This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the UTC Chemistry Department and the Chattanooga Section of the American Chemical Society.