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Energy Interdependencies The security of the United States is recognized to be inextricably linked to the health and well-being of our national infrastructure (President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, 1997). The national infrastructure comprises highly complex and non-linear feedback links between transportation, communications, power, financial, and natural systems. Because of rapid urbanization, the decay of infrastructure, and the possibility of economic and information warfare, terrorist attacks, and natural disasters, a detailed understanding of how infrastructure elements function is vital for an assessment of their vulnerabilities - including responses to crisis situations, and planning for sustainable growth and infrastructure development. D-4 has many years of physical infrastructure modeling and analysis experience, leading the Infrastructure Assurance and Analysis Project (IAAP) and actively involved in the TRANSIMS traffic simulation program and ELISIMS Electricity Industry Simulation System. Recently, we have begun two new projects: the SOFIA project for developing interdependent infrastructure models and the Fossil Fuel Industry Simulation System for modeling the effect of policy on the US fossil fuel infrastructure. In addition, we were heavily involved in the Urban Security Project, which investigated the relationships between urban infrastructure and the natural environment. Our group has in-depth expertise in modeling and assessment of the electrical power grid, the natural gas pipeline network, and the transportation system, as well as experience in energy analysis, stormwater modeling, technology assessment, and various aspects of the banking system.
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Look at some business slides on where
D Division wants to go in the area of national infrastructure
analysis and modeling. 
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