Security Issues in Transport

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UCL Security Initiative

• Security Issues in Transport
• Professor David Andrews
• Dept of Mechanical Engineering
• University College London

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Security Issues in Transport

• Transport is vulnerable to Terrorism
• Transport is also the Means of introducing
  Chemical, Biological and Nuclear threats to Major
  Cities

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Security for Transport

• Transport systems (air, rail, sea)
• Transport infrastructure (airports, ports,
  stations)
• Vehicles (planes, trains, ships, lorries, buses,
  cars)
• Lawlessness piracy at sea
• Lawlessness illegal immigration (transport
  controls)

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Effects of Security Measures

• On people
• On freight
• - Delays, disruption, increased costs,
  reduction in economic growth, reduced personal
  freedom

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Effects of Vehicle Design and Infrastructure

• Private (cars, boats, planes)
• Private Freight transport
• (lorries, ships, aircraft)
• Publicly accessed vehicles
• (bus, rail, tube, aircraft, passenger ships
  and ferries)
• Infrastructure (Physical barriers, screening
  systems, security systems and people)

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Design Tools

• Computer Aided Ship Design (SURFCON)
• Simulation
• - Personnel
• - Freight movement
• - Transport hubs
• - Security systems and procedures
• - What if scenarios

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SURFCON Carrier Representation
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Transport Research at UCL-Vision

• Focus on Multi disciplinary research with high
  engineering content
• Establish strong industrial partnerships across
  the full range of transport domains
• Strategy to exploit current centres of expertise
  at UCL and forge new ones

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Transport Research at UCL-Capabilities

• Mech Eng -Marine/Design/Systems/ICEng/NDE
• Civil and Environmental Eng - Transport
  Studies/Rail Infrastructure
• Electronic and Electrical Eng - Communications
• Computer Science - Systems/IT
• Other Faculties -Bartlett/Psychology/Laws/Public
  Policy/etc

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Design Research CentreAreas of Interest

• Computer Aided Preliminary Ship Design
• Ship Design Methodology
• The Design Environment - SBD,VR,CE
• Design of Unconventional Vessels
• Design Assessments and Reviews
• Through Life Cost Methodologies
• Discrete Engineering Design Topics

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Design Research CentreCurrent Activities

• Computer Aided Preliminary Ship Design (a)
  Design for Production - SSA LINK funding (b)
  Design for Adaptability - MoD funding (c)
  Mothership Studies -MoD funding
  (d) Design for Personnel - EPSRC
  (e) Design for Littoral Ops - ONR
  
• Discrete Engineering Design Topics
  (a) Dynamic loading response - BAE Sys Marine