The International Center for 9/11 Studies was founded to encourage scientific study and public education efforts regarding the attacks of 9/11.  In doing so, the Center creates multidisciplinary, cross-national research teams, drawing strongly but not exclusively from the engineering and physical sciences, to respond to needs and opportunities in the broad areas of 9/11 research and education. The overarching goal of the Center is to provide actionable knowledge and a conceptual basis to encourage better understanding of the 9/11 attacks.

The Center has been involved in a number of projects in furtherance of its Mission.  Some of these include:

• Submitting public comments on the NIST Report on the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7
• Publishing papers in peer reviewed scientific journals
• Encouraging the release of relevant information from government agencies, including NIST, under the Freedom of Information Act