DHS Science and Technology Infrastructure/Geophysical Division

According to the DHS S&T website, the Infrastructure and Geophysical Division of Homeland Security Science and Technology "focuses on identifying and mitigating the vulnerabilities of the 17 critical infrastructure and key assets that keep the United State's society and economy functioning."

The division is currently led by Chris Doyle. It is supervised by the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, currently being Jay M. Cohen.

The 2007 High Priority Technical Needs Brochure published by Homeland Security defines critical focus areas for Infrastructure and Geophysical research, falling primarily under the categories of "incident management":


 * Integrated Modeling, Mapping and Simulation
 * Personnel Monitoring (Emergency Responder Locator System)
 * Personnel Monitoring (Physiological Monitoring of Firefighters)
 * Incident Management Enterprise System
 * Logistics Management

and "infrastructure protection":


 * Analytical tools to quantify interdependencies and cascading consequences as disruptions occur across critical infrastructure sectors
 * Effective and affordable blast analysis and protection for critical infrastructure; improved understanding of blast failure mechanisms and protection measures for the most vital critical infrastructure