The following are ongoing projects of the Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, Led by Texas A&M University.
Novel Tools & Technologies
Development of a Truck Border Crossing Delays and Disruptions Economic Impact Assessment Model
Issue: During 2019, more than six million trucks crossed from Mexico into the United States…
A Low-Cost, High-Throughput Method Using Dogs to Detect Contraband in Shipping Containers
Issue: Transnational criminal organizations are capitalizing on the difficulty and expense of detecting containerized contraband…
Supply Chain Defense
U.S.-Mexico Risk Task Force to Support the Health Supply Chain Systems for Infrastructure and Workforce Threatened by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Issue: COVID-19 knows no borders, and its effects on people and the economy have taken…
COVID-19 Impacts on U.S. Ag Commodity Market and Trade
Issue: The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated impacts on global economic activity have unprecedented implications…
COVID-19 Looking Forward: Rise of Global Supply Chains, Networks and the Risk of Interruptions
Issue: The COVID-19 pandemic and associated shutdown of economic activity, first in China, then in…
Systematic Risk Assessment
Platform to Support Development of Risk Scenarios Posed by COVID-19 and Converging Threats on the U.S. Trade Supply Chain Infrastructure
Issue: Given the complex and disruptive nature of COVID-19 to supply chains and infrastructure systems,…
Animal and Plant Disease Epidemiology 101 and 102 Courses
Issue: The nearly 30,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers…
Comprehensive Curriculum Gap Analysis and Needs Assessment
Issue: Biological threats and hazards can significantly impact our nation’s health, critical infrastructure, and the…