2013-2014 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory Interim Report (2014) / Chapter Skim
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During the first year the Board examined the following elements within the ARL competency areas: within ballistic sciences, terminal ballistics; within human sciences, translational neuroscience and soldier simulation and training technology; within information sciences, autonomous systems; and within materials sciences, energy materials and devices, photonic materials and devices, and biomaterials. The review of autonomous systems included examination of the mechanical sciences competency area for autonomous systems.
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• The staff is not visible in professional societies and technical conferences to the level that their accomplishments and scientific expertise warrant. While obviously the sequestration and travel restrictions have negatively affected staff interactions with the outside S&T community, the lack of interactions through conferences and professional associations will have a deleterious effect on collaborative efforts and on maintaining the edge in areas of expertise; it is therefore important to address this as soon as possible.
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Therefore, the design and development of effective training technologies and systems needs to be an interdisciplinary enterprise necessitating an early and balanced collaboration of computer science and human science inputs. The merger of STTC into ARL in 2010 brought together STTC's core competency in computer science with HRED's core competency in the human sciences, creating huge potential for new productive synergy.
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The STTC is an excellent research unit that embodies high technical standards and a strong operational attitude. HUMAN SCIENCES: TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE The goal of the translational neuroscience (TN)
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INFORMATION SCIENCES: AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS Many of the ARL internal research projects in the autonomous systems enterprise are of very high quality and in general have benefited from engagement with other research institutions, including partners in the Collaborative Technology Alliances (CTAs)
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The tour of the ARL Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate's Specialty Electronic Materials and Sensors Cleanroom Research facility helped the review team understand the infrastructure support available to ARL researchers. ARL has a leading program in the area of small-scale robotics.
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For lightweight, quiet, efficient, and reliable power sources for Army applications to enhance soldier combat capability, the project on fuel cells for military applications tests and evaluates commercial technologies, namely, direct methanol fuel cell and solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) systems.
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ARL's staff visibility in professional technical societies and technical conferences is not to the level their accomplishments and scientific expertise warrant. While it is clear that the sequestration and travel restrictions have negatively affected staff interactions with the outside R&D community, the longterm continuation of restrictions on external technical interactions will be significant.
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Examples of how individual ARO projects fit into the Army's overall goals and relate to one another and to other ARL projects would facilitate the Board's tasking to assess the quality of ARL's S&T.
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