I am Associate Professor in the College of Integrated Science and Technology at
James Madison University. I directed the start-up and now serve as Technical Director of
the JMU's Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance (IIIA). Much of my
career was spent at the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) and the Defense Threat Reduction
Agency (DTRA) developing protection strategies and guidelines for strategic systems. I
led DNA's EMP program during 1987-94 and recently served as a member of the
Congressional EMP Commission Staff. A primary research interest stems from my tenure as
the director of the Springfield Research Facility, a national center for critical system
vulnerability assessment. I am applying lessons-learned from my DoD experience to
critical civilian infrastructure and community resilience. In addition to teaching, I
consult in the areas of infrastructure assurance, high power electromagnetics, nuclear
and directed energy weapon effects, and risk assessment. I presently serve on the
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Homeland Security Executive Board and the
Virginia Alliance for Secure Computing and Networking. 

Articles

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Investigation of Stun Guns as Intentional Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Sources (with Ryan C. Tuttle), EUROEM Symposium Abstracts (2008)
 

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Summary of 2008 Homeland Security Symposium at the National Academies: Fostering Public-Private Partnerships (with Cheryl J. Elliott), The Critical Infrastructure Protection Report (2008)
 

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EMP: A National-Scale Threat to the U.S. Infrastructure, The Critical Infrastructure Protection Report (2007)
 

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Enhancing Homeland Security: Development of a Course on Critical Infrastructure Systems (with Richard G. Little), Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (2006)
 

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The Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Common Consumer Device as an Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Source (with Nathan L. Olive, Joseph M. Darragh, and Joseph D. Rudmin), Proceedings of the Int'l Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (2005)
 

Books

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Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program (with John T. Christian, Bilal M. Ayyub, Dwight A. Beranek, Mark M. Hankewycz, Jeremy Isenberg, L. Michael Kaas, David A. Klinger, Richard G. Little, John A. McCarthy, Charles I. McGinnis, Karlene H. Roberts, Randy Rossman, and Craig D. Uchida) (2008)
 

Presentations

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Electric Power: Cyber and Electromagnetic Security Issues, Commonwealth of Virginia Energy and Sustainability Conference (2007)
 

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A Vulnerability Assessment Methodology for Critical Infrastructure Sites, DHS Symposium: R&D Partnerships in Homeland Security (2005)
 

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A Unified Topological Approach to Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Protection (with J. Philip Castillo and Edward F. Vance), 2nd International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Electromagnetic Ecology (1995)
 

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Potential for a Unified Topological Protection Approach to Electromagnetic Environments (with J Philip Castillo and Edward F. Vance), North American Radio Science Meeting and International IEEE/APS Symposium (1991)