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Presents a Training Conference… Future of Defense Research &
Engineering from the DoD!
9th Annual
November 16 – 18, 2009
Next Washington, D.C. Metro Area
Generation
Materials for Defense TM
Exploring Applications of Commercially
Viable Materials within the Military
Your First-Hand Opportunity to Hear updates from:
Hear Applications Such As: Zachary Lemnios
Director, Defense Research &
• How the Air Force is shaping the future of its lightweight Engineering, Department of Defense
weapons systems
Stephen Roush
• Alignment of transparent & lightweight material goals Director, Survivability, Structures and
with the USMC evolving strategy Materials Department, Carderock
• How NASA is scaling up its manufacturing of new materials Division, Naval Sea Systems Command
(NAVSEA)
• The structure-property relationship of nanotechnologies
Colonel (ret) James Lasswell, USMC,
• Updates on commercial vehicle applications of green Technical Director and Head, Office of
technology by the Department of Energy Science and Technology, Marine Corps
Warfighting Lab
Dr. Thomas Russell
Director, Aerospace and Materials
Don’t miss updates from the USMC, Army, NAVSEA, Sciences, Air Force Office of Scientific
NAVAIR, Air Force, and the Naval Research Lab! Research
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Who you will meet:
IDGA’s Next Generation Materials
for Defense is a forum for
representatives from military
9th Annual units/organizations, government
agencies, defense
Next manufacturers/contractors, and
technology service providers.
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academic, and private sector leaders
with the following job titles:
•
Program Manager
• Technical Director
• Chief Scientist
• Chief Engineer
Dear Colleague, • Structural Engineer
• Materials Engineer
• Advanced Materials Developer
Future weapons systems still requ
ire the use of lighter and smarter • Material Technology Specialist
that can survive the rigors of batt materials • Technical Director, Materials
le. While this goal is nothing new
technologies for these products exist and the • Head of Nanotechnology
, the process for incorporating
applying new materials into ever and
y day use is costly and time consumi
so, in the current climate of budget ng. More
cuts and accountability these proc
to be reevaluated! esses need
About IDGA
IDGA’s 9th Annual Next Generat The Institute for Defense &
ion Materials for Defense conferen Government Advancement
focus on the application of new mat ce will
erials that are both reducing weig (IDGA) is a non-partisan
providing increased effectiveness for ht and
the military. This year we will plac information based organization
on materials that are needed in the e emphasis dedicated to the promotion of
short term to give you a tangible
understanding of what you need innovative ideas in public service
to do to stay ahead in the productio and defense. We bring together
incorporation of materials into ever n and
yday military use! speaker panels comprised of
military and government
This is your opportunity to maintai professionals while attracting
n your position and competitive
by hearing the trends and new mat advantage delegates with decision-making
erial opportunities that are being power from military, government
Meet with key decision-makers and sought today.
policy influencers – don’t miss out and defense industries. For more
chance to gain knowledge on the on your
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materials and their use within ion Jacobs at 416-597-4710.
military systems and equipment!
Next Generation Materials for
Defense will highlight:
• Design, pro
duction, and sustainment of nava
l materials for coating and
corrosion
• Military infr
astructure protection and resilien
• Needs and
ce
requirements for the individual
warfighter across the services
This event will allow you to meet
and interact with key decision-ma
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to shape the future of new material
s!
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Innovative Material
Application Day
Innovative Material Application Day
Monday, November 16, 2009
Get the intricate details and understand the larger picture of some of the most unique materials to recently emerge and see what
strides are being made to incorporate them into military use. Sessions include overviews of novel materials such as:
• Ultrastrong nanocomposites
• Metamaterials
• Plus, how to improve the process for application!
8:30 am – 9:00 am Registration and Coffee
Hear how hierarchical organization for nanoscale materials can be applied!
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Ultrastrong Nanocomposites with Hierarchical Organization for Advanced Military Applications
Light-weight ultrastrong materials are of paramount importance for the • Understand how nancomposites can be scaled up
Department of Defense. Hierarchical organization of nanoscale materials can • Hear actual opportunities for military application
provide reliable opportunity for the development of next generation
materials that are valuable for a variety of military applications. This session What you will learn:
will address the high loading of nanoscale building blocks for ultrastrong
•
High loading of nanoscale building blocks for ultrastrong composite
composite materials, manufacture of light-weight transparent armor materials
• The manufacturing of light-weight transparent armor materials
materials, enhancement techniques for body armor, and development of • Enhancement techniques for body armor
multifunctional (smart) materials for improved soldier safety and survivability.
How you will benefit: Session Leaders: Nicholas A. Kotov, Chemical Engineering
• Find out about multifunctional materials for improved soldier safety and Department, Materials Science Department, Biomedical
survivability Engineering Department, University of Michigan; Kelechi C.
Anyaogu, Senior Scientist, Nico Technologies Corporation
Hear about design, modeling, fabrication and application
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Lunch will be served of nanstructured nonlinear metamaterials!
Nonlinear Metamaterials – Exploring Applications from Military Imaging to Stealth Technology
Metamaterials open unprecedented opportunities for refractive index • Understand metamaterials from all phases
engineering and enable highly unusual regimes of nonlinear light-matter • Hear about how they can be applied and scaled up for use
interactions. Availability of low-loss, reconfigurable and broadband
metamaterials at optical frequencies is essential for the realization of their What you will learn:
• How you can apply metamaterials to your military applications
applications ranging from military imaging and sensors, with improved
• Hear about future opportunities that these unique materials can offer
resolution and sensitivity to communications and optical stealth
technology. Many of these functionalities benefit from a combination of from military imaging and sensors, improved resolution and sensitivity to
unique linear and nonlinear properties of these materials. This session will communication and optical stealth technology
focus on the design, modeling, fabrication, and applications of
nanostructured nonlinear metamaterials. Session Leader: Natalia M. Litchinitser, Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, The
How you will benefit: State University of New York
• Learn about metamaterails and how they can apply to your military needs
A demonstration of an experimental realization of a
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm cloak design that can conceal real objects!
Demonstration: Showcasing an Experimental Cloak Design for Concealing Objects
The possibility of cloaking an object from detection by electromagnetic waves experiment) and exhibiting extremely low loss. Our experimental results
has recently become a topic of considerable interest. The design of a cloak indicate that this type of cloak should scale well toward optical wavelengths.
uses transformation optics, in which a conformal coordinate transformation is
applied to Maxwell's equations to obtain a spatially distributed set of How you will benefit:
• Understand the unusual characteristics that make this possible
constitutive parameters that define the cloak. Here, we present an • Openly discuss opportunities for future application within military use
experimental realization of a cloak design that conceals a perturbation on a
flat conducting plane, under which an object can be hidden. What you will learn:
• How this technique can be scaled up
To match the complex spatial distribution of the required constitutive • The role and use of this innovation for future application
parameters, we constructed a metamaterial consisting of thousands of
elements, the geometry of each element determined by an automated Session Leader: David R. Smith, William Bevan Professor of Electrical
design process. The ground-plane cloak can be realized with the use of and Computer Engineering, Center for Metamaterials and Integrated
nonresonant metamaterial elements, resulting in a structure having a broad Plasmonics, Director, Duke University
operational bandwidth (covering the range of 13 to 16 gigahertz in our
Lighter, smaller and more powerful autonomous energy generation strategies!
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Small Business Innovation Research - Mining the SBIR Resource Mining the SBIR Resource for
Advanced Material Solutions to Emerging Defense Needs for Autonomous Energy Generation
As the Navy, Marine Corps and Army have explored lighter, smaller and more • Understand what it takes to partner with large firms to increase production
powerful autonomous energy generation strategies aligned with new capability and acquisition program needs
battlespace parameters, SBIR has emerged as a principal test-bed for
research, development and transition of advanced materials supporting these What you will learn:
stand-alone energy generation devices. SBIR's ability to attract cutting-edge •
Means for the military to align energy generation strategies along with
material solution providers, and partner them with large firm production battlespace parameters
• How SBIR is facilitating this transition through extensive research and
capability and acquisition program needs, is drawing increased attention
from government and industry decision makers. This workshop samples development for these new materials
• Commercialization tactics to draw increased attention and resources
resonant technologies and key technology transition stream players.
How you will benefit: Session Leader: Allen Baker, Primes Initiative Manager, Navy SBIR
• See samples of resonant technologies and key technology transition stream Program Office
players
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Main Conference
Day 1: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Day 2: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
7:15 Registration and Coffee 7:45 Registration and Coffee
8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome and Opening Remarks 8:15 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
8:30 U.S. Military Future Material Requirements 8:30 Air Force Material Requirements for Lightweight Weapon
Opening DoD
• Dealing with cost and affordability issues Systems
Keynote
• Applying advanced technology for programs for national • Establishing requirement for the future force
security •
Redefining the process from laboratory to application
Air Force Update
Zachary Lemnios, Director, Defense Research & Dr. Thomas Russell, Director, Aerospace and Materials Sciences, Air
Engineering, Department of Defense Force Office of Scientific Research
9:10 Structural and Material Requirements for NAVSEA 9:10 Long Term Interests of the Air Force
NAVSEA Update
• Overview of gaps in current systems • Ascertaining long term goals and needs
• Some solutions, some needs • Setting lucrative research priorities
• Increasing equipment lifecycles through improved materials Colonel John P. Geis II, PhD, USAF, Director, Center for Strategy and
Stephen Roush, Director, Survivability, Structures and Technology, U.S. Air Force
Materials Department, Carderock Division, NAVSEA
9:50 NETWORKING BREAK
9:50 NETWORKING BREAK
10:35 USMC Application Update – Material Goals
USMC Update
10:35 Naval Materials for Coating and Corrosion • Transparent and lightweight with changing strategy
NAVAIR Update
• Design and acquisition • Shortfalls and lessons learned from tried applications
• Production and manufacturing • How materials are key to emerging concepts focused on the tactical level
• Maintenance and Sustainment Colonel (ret) James Laswell, USMC, Technical Director and Head,
Bill Nickerson, Materials, Coatings & Corrosion, Materials Office of Science and Technology, Marine Corp Warfighter Lab
Engineering Division, NAVAIR
11:15 Scaling up the Manufacturing of Materials for
11:15 Multifunctional Materials and Applications Materialization in Aerospace
NASA Update
• Design and application strategies • Commercializing new process and technologies
• Materials and processing • Coping with lack of funding – creating novel systems
• Performance measurements and techniques • Market driven solutions
Dr. Peter Matic, Head of Multifunctional Materials, Naval Dr. Michael Meador, Chief Polymers Branch, Structures and
Research Laboratory Materials Division, NASA
11:55 LUNCH 11:55 LUNCH
1:10 Boron Carbide and Silicon Carbide Armor with 1:10 Commercialization of Thermoelectric Applications – Exciting
Green Vehicle Update
Disruptive Improvements in Hardness Green Technology
• Use of imbricated armor for improved multi-hit • DoE Vehicle Technology support of automotive thermoelectric generators
• Materials developments to improve ballistic properties (TEGs) that converts engine exhaust gas energy to electricity
Dr. Robert Speyer, Professor, School of Materials Science • Mapping the path toward commercial introduction in 2014
and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology • Analysis of the competitive procurement process
John Fairbanks, Technology Development Manager,
1:50 Nanotechnologies: Structure-Property Relationships Thermoelectrics, U.S. Department of Energy
• Needs and opportunities for defense applications
• Application examples and recent advances 1:50 Electronic Materials for RF and Electro-optics
Dr. Barry Farmer, Chief Scientist, Materials and • Examples of this practice in use
Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Dr. Michael Alexander, Technical Advisor, Electromagnetics
Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Technology Division, Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors
Directorate
2:30 NETWORKING BREAK
2:30 NETWORKING BREAK
3:15 Flame and Thermal Protection for the Individual
Soldier 3:00 Advanced Engineered Materials - Trends for the Future
• Requirements for personal protection materials • Strides toward achieving this
• Flame and thermal protection as applied to armor applications • Exploring challenges and opportunities
• Fabric composites for enhanced warfighter protection Dr. Tia Benson Tolle, Technology Director, Nonmetallic Materials
Francisco Martinez, Equipment Specialist, Natick Soldier Division Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force
RD&E Center Research Laboratory
3:55 Military Infrastructure Protection and Resilience 3:40 Advanced Lubrication Concepts
• Nanocomposites • Hypervelocity sliding electrical contacts
• Self-healing materials • Phototunable viscosity modifiers
• Facility corrosion control • Intermetallic anti-wear coatings
Debbie Lawrence, Contractor, U.S. Army ERDC-CERL Dr. Peter Hsieh, Materials Engineer, Precision & Advanced Systems
Branch, NSWC Dehlgren
4:35 END OF DAY ONE
4:20 END OF MAIN CONFERENCE
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Don’t miss the Opening Keynote on the
Presents a Training Conference… Future of Defense Research &
Engineering from the DoD!
9th Annual
November 16 – 18, 2009
Next Washington, D.C. Metro Area
Generation
Materials for Defense TM
Exploring Applications of Commercially
Viable Materials within the Military