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A Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence

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Projects

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

Hundreds of cars waiting in line to cross U.S. Mexico border

Development of a Truck Border Crossing Delays and Disruptions Economic Impact Assessment Model

March 24, 2021

Issue: During 2019, more than six million trucks crossed from Mexico into the United States…

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Black dog sniffs for contraband among shipping containers in Washington

A Low-Cost, High-Throughput Method Using Dogs to Detect Contraband in Shipping Containers

March 24, 2021

Issue: Transnational criminal organizations are capitalizing on the difficulty and expense of detecting containerized contraband…

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Supply Chain Defense

Rio Grande on the USA Mexico border in Texas

U.S.-Mexico Risk Task Force to Support the Health Supply Chain Systems for Infrastructure and Workforce Threatened by the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 24, 2021

Issue: COVID-19 knows no borders, and its effects on people and the economy have taken…

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Woman wearing a mask shopping for meat at a grocery store

COVID-19 Impacts on U.S. Ag Commodity Market and Trade

March 24, 2021

Issue: The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated impacts on global economic activity have unprecedented implications…

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Person dressed in PPE packing surgical masks into a shipping box

COVID-19 Looking Forward: Rise of Global Supply Chains, Networks and the Risk of Interruptions

March 24, 2021

Issue: The COVID-19 pandemic and associated shutdown of economic activity, first in China, then in…

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Systematic Risk Assessment

Red 18-Wheeler driving on highway in Texas Desert

Platform to Support Development of Risk Scenarios Posed by COVID-19 and Converging Threats on the U.S. Trade Supply Chain Infrastructure

March 24, 2021

Issue: Given the complex and disruptive nature of COVID-19 to supply chains and infrastructure systems,…

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Brown cow eating from a hay bail

Animal and Plant Disease Epidemiology 101 and 102 Courses

March 24, 2021

Issue:  The nearly 30,000 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers…

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Image of the back end of a border patrol pickup truck and desert landscape

Comprehensive Curriculum Gap Analysis and Needs Assessment

March 24, 2021

Issue: Biological threats and hazards can significantly impact our nation’s health, critical infrastructure, and the…

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Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense

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518D Agriculture and Life Sciences Bldg.
College Station, TX 77843-2142

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