Education and Outreach Activities within the Consortium for Verification Technology

The Consortium for Verification Technology (CVT) was funded by the United States National Nuclear Security Administration to provide the research and development and human capital needed to address technology and policy issues in treaty-­--compliance monitoring. The CVT consists of thirteen universities and eight national laboratories, forming a diverse, geographically distributed team committed to educating the next generation of nuclear-­--nonproliferation specialists. Throughout the five-­-- year duration of the project, new courses will be developed, and existing courses will be enhanced through interdisciplinary research performed by CVT team. These curricula will provide a unique opportunity for students to be trained in a unique blend of technical and policy-­--related content. The result will be a large pool of students and professionals who are trained in the complexities of international treaty verification. This paper describes the relevant curricula that are already available at CVT institutions and describe plans for future content development.