Robert D. Waters

Dr. Robert  SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Waters is Manager of the Security Systems Analysis Department within the Security Systems and Technology Center at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque New Mexico. The department performs a wide array of research and applications related to security and vulnerability analyses for high-consequence infrastructures for a diverse set of customers including the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the National Institute of Justice.

Bob also managed Sandia’s Vulnerability and Risk Analysis department that performed analyses for the US NRC and others related to vulnerability analysis of nuclear facilities. He managed Sandia's National Transuranic Waste Program, which focused on streamlining waste characterization processes while maintaining acceptable levels of risk for waste shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).

He has been at Sandia since 1993. Previously, Bob worked for Exxon Co. USA in New Orleans as a drilling and production engineer. Bob has been Adjunct Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and the University of New Mexico teaching graduate-level classes in risk analysis and water treatment.

He has 45 publications including eleven peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

Bob has a doctorate from Vanderbilt University, a Masters Degree from Tulane University and a Bachelors Degree from the University of Kentucky, all in Civil Engineering. 

Engineering for Security

Sandia National Laboratories has provided the systems engineering, design, analysis, and testing for protecting the nation's nuclear weapons and materials within high-security facilities and during transportation since the 1960s. Since the end of the cold war, Sandia diversified its customer base to include agencies responsible for protection of critical civilian infrastructures. This presentation will provide an overview of Sandia's systematic approach to physical security, including our analytical capabilities and experimental facilities, with a focus on the underlying engineering principles.