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1 Introduction
Pages 14-18

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From page 14...
... THE BIENNIAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS The ARLTAB is guided by the following statement of task: An ad hoc committee to be named the Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) , to be overseen by the Laboratory Assessments Board, will be appointed to continue the function of provid ing biennial assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
From page 15...
... In 2015 and 2016, the six panels reviewed the following S&T campaigns of ARL: • Panel on Ballistics Science and Engineering: Sciences for Lethality and Protection and Analysis and Assessment; • Panel on Human Factors Science: Human Sciences and Analysis and Assessment; • Panel on Information Science: Information Sciences and Computational Sciences; • Panel on Materials Science and Engineering: Materials Research; • Panel on Mechanical Science and Engineering: Sciences for Maneuver; and • Panel on Assessment and Analysis: Analysis and Assessment. This biennial report summarizes the findings of the ARLTAB from the reviews conducted by the panels in 2015 and 2016 and subsumes the 2015-2016 interim report.1 1 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2016, 2015-2016 Assessment of the Army Research Labora tory: Interim Report, Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.
From page 16...
... Briefings included poster sessions that allowed direct interaction among the panelists and staff of projects that were not covered in the briefings.2 Ample time during both the overview and the technical briefings was devoted to discussion, which enabled panel members to pose questions and ARL staff to provide additional technical and contextual information to clarify panel members' understanding. The panels also devoted sufficient time to closedsession deliberations, during which they developed findings and identified important questions or gaps in panel understanding.
From page 17...
... Criteria in this category relate to cognizance of and contributions to the scientific and technical community whose activities are relevant to the work performed at ARL. APPROACH TAKEN DURING REPORT PREPARATION This report represents ARLTAB's consensus findings and recommendations, developed through deliberations that included consideration of the notes prepared by the panel members summarizing their assessments.
From page 18...
... Collectively, these highlighted examples for each ARL S&T campaign are intended to portray an overall impression of the laboratory while preserving useful mention of suggestions specific to projects and programs that the ARLTAB considered to be of special note within the set of those examined. REPORT CONTENT This chapter discusses the biennial assessment process used by the ARLTAB and its six panels.


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