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IIIA People

IIIA Leadership Team

	Dr. John B. Noftsinger - Vice Provost for Research and Public Service and Executive Director for IIIA Research Interests: Recent Publications: Contact Info: Office: ISAT 365 Phone: (540) 568-2700 Email: noftsijb@jmu.edu
	Dr. George H. Baker - Associate Director for Infrastructure Assurance Research Interests: Recent Publications: Contact Info: Office: ISAT 262 Phone: (540) 568-8767 Email: bakergh@jmu.edu
	Cheryl J. Elliott - Assistant Director for Marketing and External Relations Research Interests: Recent Publications: Contact Info: Office: DDM2, Room 112; MSC 3804 Phone: (540) 568-4442 Email: elliotcj@jmu.edu
	Patricia E. Higgins - Associate Director for Information Analysis and Modeling Research Interests: Information Analyst Program Development, Modeling Recent Publications: Contact Info: Office: DDM@, Room 120; MSC 3804 Phone: (540) 568-1727 Email: higginpe@jmu.edu
	Dan Kane - Programmer/Analyst Office: ISAT 263 Phone: (540) 568-3304 Email: kanedk@jmu.edu
	Steve Knickrehm - Associate Director for Policy Research Interests: Recent Publications: Contact Info: Office: HHS 3150 Phone: (540) 568-3497 Email: knickrsc@jmu.edu
	Ken Newbold - Director of Research Development and Associate Director for Administration and Finance Research Interests: Information Analyst Curriculum Development Recent Publications: Contact Info: Office: ISAT 360 Phone: (540) 568-1739 Email: newbolkf@jmu.edu
	Becky Rohlf - Fiscal Technician Office: ISAT 253 Phone: (540) 568-3640 Email: rohlfrl@jmu.edu
	Amy Ballard - Administrativel Assistant Office: ISAT 253 Phone: (540) 568-3640 Email: ballaram@jmu.edu

IIIA Fellows
The Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance (IIIA) welcomes recognized researchers in our core competencies within Infrastructure Protection and Information Assurance.

Key criteria for IIIA Fellows include:
* demonstrated significant contributions through scholarship or practice in infrastructure and/or information assurance.
* demonstrated effectiveness as leader and communicator in infrastructure and/or information assurance (including publication).
* demonstrated excellence in and commitment to teaching and mentoring university students.
* proven record of obtaining and managing external research grants.

	Massoud Amin, University of Minnesota Dr. Amin's research focuses on two areas: 1) Global transition dynamics to enhance resilience, security and efficiency of complex dynamic systems. These systems include national critical infrastructure for interdependent energy, computer networks, communications, transportation and economic systems. 2) Technology scanning, mapping, and valuation to identify new science and technology-based opportunities that meet the needs and aspirations of today's consumers, companies and the broader society. This trust builds coherence between short- and long-term R&D opportunities and their potential impact.
	Dr. Lennis G. Echterling, James Madison University Director of Counseling Psychology. Crisis intervention, Resilience and Thriving, Disasters and Terrorism Dr. Echterling's research interests include counselor education, crisis intervention, disasters and terrorism, resilience and thriving, and brief counseling. Read more here about Dr. Echterling. Dr. Echterling and colleague Dr. Anne Stewart prepared several handouts on dealing with the Virginia Tech tragedy: What Parents Can Do, What Educators Can Do and General Helps.
	Michael D. Deaton, James Madison University and Mark A. Kirk, University of Virginia Drs. Deaton and Kirk have developed a prototype decision support system to support local communities in evaluating and prioritizing the risks posed by hazardous materials transported through or stored in their communities. The concept was validated through interactions with emergency responders and coordinators in Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Charlottesville, and other regions in Virginia. They also spearheaded a proposal to DHS to establish a national center of excellence for high consequence event response R&D.
	Dr. J. Peter Pham, James Madison University Assistant Professor of Justice Studies; Director, Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs J. Peter Pham's contributions toward justice for all are plentiful. As one of the official U.S. delegates, he monitored Liberia's 2005 presidential and legislative polls, the first free elections in the West African country's 150-year history. An insightful observer and prolific writer, Pham, through his books, articles and Congressional testimony, has shed clear light on deadly conflicts in Sierra Leone and Liberia, as well as on U.S. strategic interests around the globe including the war on terrorism. Through his contacts acquired from years as an international diplomat, Pham has organized two major justice conferences at JMU, on trafficking of children and on genocide, and hosted numerous guest speakers to spotlight global problems and potential solutions, inaugurating the Guardian Lecture Series to bring distinguished scholars and practitioners on international issues to JMU. For more on the Dr. Pham and the Nelson Institute, click here. For view "America in Africa" by Dr. Pham, download the booklet.
	Greg B. Saathoff, University of Virginia Dr. Saathoff serves as the Executive Director of the Critical Incident Analysis Group (CIAG) at the University of Virginia, which works to understand the impacts of critical incidents on government and the societies they serve and to counteract these effects through the study of past incidents. CIAG believes studying the incidents in an academic setting, behind closed doors, is not enough. Today's key threat of terrorism involves organizations which know no boundaries and yet are bounded by ideals that motivate its participants toward destructive acts against innocent civilians. Such threats must be examined with candor by a range of professionals including those experts who are actively encountering the threats.

Reseachers & Students

Mohamed Aboutabl - CyberRange Laboratory
Cyber Security Laboratory Development/Operation
Office: ISAT 207
Phone: (540) 568-7589
Email: aboutams@jmu.edu

David Bernstein - Computer Science
Designing a Computerized System for Table-Top Emergency Response Exercises
Office: ISAT 257
Phone: (540) 568-1671
Email: bernstdh@jmu.edu

Joseph Blandino - Integrated Science and Technology
Risk Assessment Using LabView
Office: ISAT 372
Phone: (540) 568-2752
Email: blandijx@jmu.edu

George Coffman - CISAT Lab Operations
Development of Diagnostics for the Detection of Exposure in Agents of Biowarfare
Office: ISAT 315
Phone: (540) 568-2767
Email: coffmagl@jmu.edu

Faramarz Damanpour - College of Business
Development of Financial Model to Estimate the Cost of Internet Securities and Risk Management
Office: ZSH 326
Phone: (540) 568-3079
Email: damanpfx@jmu.edu

Dr. Michael Deaton - Hazardous Materials Management
HAZMAT Tracking and Management
Office: HHS 3212
Phone: (540) 568-2725
Email: deatonml@jmu.edu

Geoffrey Egekwu - SCADA Systems/RFID Technologies
Manufacturing SCADA Vulnerabilities/Protection Test Bed, Impact of RFID Technology on Critical Infrastructure Information Systems
Office: ISAT 352
Phone: (540) 568-2795
Email: egekwoug@jmu.edu

Steven Frysinger - National Park Information Sharing, Hazardous Materials
HAZMAT Tracking and Management, Information-Driven Law Enforcement for National Park Service Infrastructure Protection
Office: ISAT 309
Phone: (540) 568-2710
Email: frysinsp@jmu.edu

Michael Hall - Communication Sciences and Disorders
Multi-Dimensional Model of Vocal Deception
Office: JOHN 122
Phone: (540) 568-7877
Email: hallmd@jmu.edu

Helmut Kraenzle - Integrated Science and Technology
Geographic Information System for Simulating Container Movement
Office: HHS 3228
Phone: (540) 568-6849
Email: kraenzhx@jmu.edu

Robert McKown - Integrated Science and Technology
Vaccine Development Using Expressed Proteins
Office: ISAT 326
Phone: (540) 568-2776
Email: mckownrl@jmu.edu

J. Peter Pham - Justice Studies
Politics, Economics, Rights and Law in Africa and American Security Interests
Office: PSM 114
Phone: (540) 568-2281
Email: phamjp@jmu.edu

Ronald Raab - Vaccine Development
Vaccine Development Using Expressed Proteins
Office: ISAT 327
Phone: (540) 568-2729
Email: raabrw@jmu.edu

Samuel Redwine
CIP Risk Assessment Model Development, JMU Campus Network Assessment, Local Water Distribution System Assessment,
Trust and Dependability
Office: ISAT 212
Phone: (540) 568-6305
Email: redwinst@jmu.edu

James Ridings - SCADA Systems
Manufacturing SCADA Vulnerabilities/Protection Test Bed
Office: ISAT 105
Phone: (540) 568-2788
Email: ridingjl@jmu.edu

Gene Tucker - Integrated Science and Technology
Air Quality Sensing and Alert/Alarm System Development
Office: ISAT 107
Phone: (540) 568-2708
Email: tuckerwg@jmu.edu

IIIA Advisory Board

The mission of the Institute is to facilitate development, coordination, integration, and funding of activities and capabilities of the James Madison University academic community to enhance information and critical infrastructure assurance at the federal, state, and local levels. The Institute is guided by an advisory board of a distinct group of individuals representing business, industry and government.

Mike Becraft, SI International
Daniel Caprio, Department of Commerce
Robert Cofod, BankDetect
Grant Cooley, Predicate Logic
Jeffrey Deason , VITA
Rahgu Dev, Paladion
Gene Garlick, Integic
Matthew Keller, Corsec
Michael King, Northrop Gruman
Philip Lacombe, General Dynamics
David Ladd, Microsoft
Richard Little, Keston Infrastructure Institute (USC)
Vic Maconachy, National Security Agency
Louis McDonald, CIT
Saadat Mileek, CISCO
Jeffrey Payne, Cigital
Brendan Peter , Daon
Benson Plowman, Luna Innovations
John Rice, Dept. of the Navy
Lee Zeichner, Zeichner Risk Analystic

Looking for a few good people...

Since IIIA is JMU's homeland security research institute, we are interested in assisting our faculty and students with research and development projects that relate to protecting our nation. Through an annual RFP process, new research projects are funded each year.

Visit our news page to read about newly funded projects. Or browse through the Research Portfolio to see what we've been funding and developing.