The following are completed projects of the Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Led by Texas A&M University.
Research Projects
Borders of the Future
Measuring the Economic Impacts of African Swine Fever Virus on United States Supply Chains
A Validated Method for Environmental Surface Sampling for Detection of African Swine Fever Virus
Threat Assessment of African Swine Fever Tick Vectors, Ornithodoros spp.- US-MX Border and In Proximity to Swine Operations
User-Friendly Online Dashboard for the Assessment of the Risk of African Swine Fever Virus Introduction, Exposure, and Potential Spread into the United States
A low-cost, high throughput method to detect contraband using remote air sampling and detection dogs
Development of a Verifiable, Privacy-Controlled Medical Information Exchange Network –System Concept and Testbed
Sampling Design for Random Inspections
Inspection Tools for Improving the Detection of Invasive Species
A Data-Driven Risk-Based Enterprise for Operational Decision Support
Bayesian Risk Modeling
U.S., Mexico, Canada Risk Taskforce
The Economics of Supply Chains: Existing Research and Open Questions
Education Projects
2024 Summer Research Institute
Blinn College Customs Specialist Scholars Training Program
2023 CBTS Summer Research Institute for Cybersecurity:
2023 CBTS Summer Research Institute for Biothreat Defense
Border Health Workshop
Animal and Plant Disease Epidemiology 101 and 102 Courses
