Engineers' role in aiding Homeland Security to explored during Congress keynote session

Emily M. Smith
ASME NEWS

WASHINGTON — The keynote session at the 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition will address the role that engineers can play in enabling countries to establish and maintain a national level of homeland security.

The keynote session will kick off a week of activities at ASME's major technical conference, which will take place Nov. 16-21 in Washington. The keynote session will begin at 5:45 p.m. on Nov. 17.

Speakers at the keynote session will include Hugo Poza, who is the vice president of Homeland Security for the Raytheon Company, and John G. Voeller, who is a senior vice president and the chief technical officer at Black and Veatch.

A representative from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is also expected to participate.

Hugo Poza

 

 

Poza's department focuses on providing systems and services to assess, combat, and respond to terrorism and the threat of terrorism. Major programs and products include Biometrics Identifi-cation, Cyber Security, Data Mining/Warehousing/Analysis/Correlation, Explosives Detection and First Responder Command and Communication Vehicle.

John G. Voeller

 

 

At Black and Veatch, Voeller is responsible for strategic technology directions. He is also chair of ASME's Critical Assets Protection Initiative. His background includes serving as the technical leader for the Chemical, Biological, Radiological Technology Alliance, which has worked with a number of companies on advanced technology to deal with terrorist threats.

For more about the activities and events scheduled for the 2003 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, visit www.asme.org or www.rdexpo.com.

 

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