2013-2014 ASSESSMENT OF THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY: |
Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board
Laboratory Assessments Board
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT BOARD
R. BYRON PIPES, NAE,1 Purdue University, Chair
KENNETH R. BOFF, Socio-Technical Sciences
EPHRAHIM GARCIA, Cornell University
GEORGE (RUSTY) T. GRAY III, Los Alamos National Laboratory
PRABHAT HAJELA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
JENNIE S. HWANG, NAE, H-Technologies Group
Staff
LIZA HAMILTON, Administrative Coordinator
EVA LABRE, Program Associate
JAMES P. McGEE, Director
ARUL MOZHI, Senior Program Officer
PANEL ON BALLISTICS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY
GEORGE (RUSTY) T. GRAY III, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chair *
MELVIN R. BAER, Sandia National Laboratories*
RELVA C. BUCHANAN, University of Cincinnati
ELIZABETH A. HOLM, Carnegie Mellon University*
MICHAEL JAFFE, New Jersey Institute of Technology*
BERNARD H. KEAR, NAE, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey*
JERRY A. KRILL, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory*
WILLIAM S. MARRAS, NAE, Ohio State University
GARY L. MESSING, Pennsylvania State University*
ALAN NEEDLEMAN, NAE, University of North Texas*
FRANK J. SERNA, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory*
LESLIE E. SMITH, National Institute of Standards and Technology (retired) *
WILLIAM E. SNOWDEN, System Planning Corporation*
STEVEN F. SON, Purdue University
EDWIN L. THOMAS, NAE, Rice University
DONNA K. VARGAS, Independent Consultant*
DAVID A. WEITZ, NAS,2 Harvard University
PANEL ON HUMAN FACTORS SCIENCE AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY
KENNETH R. BOFF, Socio-Technical Sciences, Chair*
LINDA NG BOYLE, University of Washington
JEROME BUSEMEYER, Indiana University, Bloomington
W. PETER CHERRY, NAE, Independent Consultant (formerly with Vector Research, Inc.) *
NANCY J. COOKE, Arizona State University*
CAROLINA CRUZ-NEIRA, University of Louisiana, Lafayette*
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* Asterisks denote members who participated in the 2013 meeting.
1 Member of the National Academy of Engineering.
2 Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
PAMELA H. DALTON, Monell Chemical Senses Center*
BARBARA A. DOSHER, NAS, 1 University of California, Irvine*
HOWARD EGETH, Johns Hopkins University*
PAUL W. GLIMCHER, New York University*
NICHOLAS HATSOPOULOS, University of Chicago*
ALBERT I. KING, NAE,2 Wayne State University, Tsinghua University, China
JOHN LACH, University of Virginia*
MARGARET L. LOPER, Georgia Tech Research Institute*
GEORGE E. LUKES, Institute for Defense Analyses*
ROBERT A. LUTFI, University of Wisconsin-Madison*
JEAN MacMILLAN, Aptima, Inc.*
ANN C. McKEE, Boston University School of Medicine*
J. ANTHONY MOVSHON, NAS, New York University*
MATTHEW S. PETERSON, George Mason University*
STEPHEN F. SANDS, Sands Research, Inc. *
BARBARA G. SHINN-CUNNINGHAM, Boston University*
D. LYNN SMITH-LOVIN, Duke University
BRIAN A. WANDELL, NAS, Stanford University*
MARY C. WHITTON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill*
PANEL ON INFORMATION SCIENCE AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY
PRABHAT HAJELA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chair*
JEAN M. ANDINO, Arizona State University
DAVID W. AUCSMITH, Microsoft Corporation
ALFRED O. AWANI, New York Life*
KATHLEEN M. CARLEY, Carnegie Mellon University
WILLIAM R. CHESWICK, Independent Consultant
MARK E. DEAN, NAE, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
KELVIN DROEGEMEIER, University of Oklahoma
VERLIN B. HINSZ, North Dakota State University
JAMES T. KAJIYA, NAE, Microsoft Corporation
GEORGE KARYPIS, University of Minnesota
JOHN M. LANICCI, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
ROBERT A.K. MITCHELL, NAE, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (retired)
DEBASIS MITRA, NAE, Columbia University
A. STEPHEN MORSE, NAE, Yale University
RANDOLPH L. MOSES, Ohio State University
LINDA A. NESS, Applied Communication Sciences Applied Research (formerly Telcordia)
LYNNE E. PARKER, University of Tennessee, Knoxville*
AROGYASWAMI J. PAULRAJ, NAE, Stanford University
RADIA PERLMAN, Intel Labs
H. VINCENT POOR, NAE/NAS, Princeton University
PADMA RAGHAVAN, Pennsylvania State University*
ARMANDO A. RODRIGUEZ, Arizona State University*
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* Asterisks denote members who participated in the 2013 meeting.
1 Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
2 Member of the National Academy of Engineering.
NELSON L. SEAMAN, Pennsylvania State University (retired)
JULIE A. SHAH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
NEIL G. SIEGEL, NAE,1 Northrop Grumman Information Systems
GURINDAR S. SOHI, NAE, University of Wisconsin-Madison
SALVATORE J. STOLFO, Columbia University
STEVEN J. WALLACH, NAE, Convey Computer Corporation
MARILYN M. WOLFSON, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
HOLLY YANCO, University of Massachusetts, Lowell*
DUSAN S. ZRNIC, NAE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PANEL ON MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY
JENNIE S. HWANG, NAE, H-Technologies Group, Chair*
RICHARD C. ALKIRE, NAE, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
MICHAEL BASKES, NAE, Los Alamos National Laboratory
ELI BROOKNER, Raytheon Company*
CHARLES R. CANTOR, NAS,2 Sequenom, Inc.
STUART L. COOPER, NAE, Ohio State University*
DANA D. DLOTT, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
AMY E. DUWEL, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
HORACIO D. ESPINOSA, Northwestern University
MICHAEL ETTENBERG, NAE, Dolce Technologies*
ELSA M. GARMIRE, NAE, Dartmouth College*
JAMES S. HARRIS, NAE, Stanford University*
THOMAS L. KOCH, NAE, University of Arizona*
CHRISTIAN MAILHIOT, Washington State University
CHRIS A. MARIANETTI, Columbia University*
MARC A. MEYERS, University of California, San Diego*
SORIN MITRAN, University of North Carolina
DUNCAN T. MOORE, NAE, University of Rochester*
KRISHNA RAJAN, Iowa State University
JORGE J. SANTIAGO-AVILES, University of Pennsylvania
MICHAEL G. SPENCER, Cornell University*
MATTHEW V. TIRRELL, NAE, University of Chicago
MARK W. VERBRUGGE, NAE, General Motors Co.
ANIL V. VIRKAR, NAE, University of Utah*
TUAN VO-DINH, Duke University*
LARRY P. WALKER, Cornell University*
PANEL ON MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY
EPHRAHIM GARCIA, Cornell University*
DENNIS N. ASSANIS, NAE, State University of New York, Stony Brook
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* Asterisks denote members who participated in the 2013 meeting.
1 Member of the National Academy of Engineering.
2 Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
FU-KUO CHANG, Stanford University
ADITI CHATTOPADHYAY, Arizona State University
JAMES HAMILTON, Target Chip Ganassi Racing
WESLEY L. HARRIS, NAE,1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology *
JOHN KIM, NAE, University of California, Los Angeles
ROGER L. McCARTHY, NAE, McCarthy Engineering
WILLIAM Q. MEEKER, JR., Iowa State University
PARVIZ MOIN, NAS/NAE, Stanford University
DAVID A. PETERS, Washington University *
KENNETH M. ROSEN, NAE, Aero-Science Technology Associates, LLC*
JAYANT S. SABNIS, Pratt & Whitney
WILLIAM A. SIRIGNANO, NAE, University of California, Irvine*
EDWARD C. SMITH, Pennsylvania State University
TOMMIE L. WOOD, Bell Helicopter Textron
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* Asterisks denote members who participated in the 2013 meeting.
1 Member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Acknowledgment of Reviewers
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
Ross B. Corotis, NAE, University of Colorado, Boulder,
J. Dexter Fletcher, Institute for Defense Analyses,
Alastair M. Glass, NAE, Tyndall National Institute,
Richard M. Murray, NAE, California Institute of Technology,
Michael Posner, NAS/IOM, University of Oregon,
Edgar A. Starke, Jr., NAE, University of Virginia, and
Dwight C. Streit, NAE, University of California, Los Angeles.
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Louis J. Lanzerotti, NAE, New Jersey Institute of Technology. Appointed by the National Research Council, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring board and the institution.
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Contents
The Biennial Assessment Process
Preparation and Organization of This Report
Approach Taken During Report Preparation
2 BALLISTICS SCIENCES: TERMINAL BALLISTICS
Accomplishments and Advancements
Overall Technical Quality of the Work
3 HUMAN SCIENCES: SIMULATION AND TRAINING TECHNOLOGY
Accomplishments and Advancements
Overall Technical Quality of the Work
4 HUMAN SCIENCES: TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
Accomplishments and Advancements
Overall Technical Quality of the Work
5 INFORMATION SCIENCES: AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
Accomplishments and Advancements
Overall Technical Quality of the Work
6 MATERIALS SCIENCES: BIOMATERIALS, ENERGY MATERIALS AND DEVICES, AND PHOTONIC MATERIALS AND DEVICES
Accomplishments and Advancements