McGill professor linked to U.S. military

Student uncovers ties between Professor of Mechanical Engineering and research on development of thermobaric bombs

By Drew Nelles
The McGill Daily

A McGill student has uncovered links between the U.S. military and an engineering professor.

Cleve Higgins, an activist with the radical student group GrassRoots Association for Student Power (GRASPÉ), discovered that a research project co-authored by Mechanical Engineering Professor David Frost was presented at a July 2006 International Detonations Symposium in Virginia. The paper received funding from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a combat support division of the U.S. Department of Defense.

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