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US Department of Defense International

Research Programs

23 April 2015

Dr. Dennis Butcher

International Office North Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Air Force Research Laboratory

Air Force Research Laboratory

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Air Force Research Laboratory

Space  Vehicles  (RV)  

Informa5on  (RI)  

Muni5ons  (RW)  

Directed  Energy  (RD)  

711th  Human  Performance  Wing  

(711  HPW)  

Air  Force  Office  of  Scien5fic  Research  

(AFOSR)  

Materials  &  Manufacturing  

(RX)  

Sensors  (RY)  

Aerospace  Systems  (RQ)  

Air  Force    Materiel  Command  

(AFMC)  

Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Air  Force  (Acquisi5on)  

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~10,000 Employees

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/AFRL

AFOSR is the sole manager of basic research for the USAF

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Army and Navy

Chief of Naval Research

Office of Naval Research

ONR Global Naval Research Laboratory

Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM)

Army Research Laboratory

Army Research Office

RDECOM Forward Element

Command

International Technology Centers

www.army.mil/RDECOM

www.onr.navy.mil

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2013  Nobel  Prize  in  Physics  –  Dr.  Peter  Higgs,  Univ  of  Edinburgh  

Why the Air Force Invests in Basic Research

•  To probe today’s technology limits and ultimately lead to future technologies with DoD relevance

•  Attract the most creative minds to fields of critical DoD interest

•  Create a knowledgeable workforce in fields of critical DoD interest

AFOSR Sponsored 74 Nobel Laureates

Dr.  Greg  Pitz  &  Dr.  Onome  ScoF-­‐Emuakpor,  AFRL  scienOsts,  received    2013  PECASE  awards.  

Dr.  Chad  Mirkin’s  research  on  Dip  Pen  Nanolithography  was  featured  in  NaOonal  Geographic’s  ’100  ScienOfic  Discoveries  That  Changed  the  World’  

2012  Nobel  Prize  in  Physics  Dr.  David  Wineland,  Univ  of  Colorado/NIST  

“We Discover, Shape, and Champion basic research that profoundly impacts the future Air Force”

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Supporting AFRL Technology Focus Areas

Dr. Shriram Ramanathan at Harvard University created a new type of transistor that mimics the behavior of a synapse. The novel device simultaneously modulates the flow of information in a circuit and physically adapts to changing signals.

Dr. Vladan Vuletic at MIT developed a new method of trapping rubidium atoms in a lattice of light, which could help the development of quantum computing.

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance ($75.1M/FY14) •  Electromagnetics •  GHz-THz Electronics •  Optoelectronics and Photonics •  Sensing, Surveillance and Navigation •  Dynamics and Control •  Laser-matter Interactions •  Trust and Influence

Weapons ($18.4M/FY14) •  Laser and Optical Physics •  Plasma and Electro-Energetic Physics

Affordability and Sustainment ($10.2M/FY14) •  Multi-Scale Structural Mechanics and Prognosis •  Test and Evaluation

Space ($39.2M/FY14) •  Thermal Sciences •  Space Power and Propulsion •  Space Sciences •  Remote Sensing and Imaging Physics •  Energy Conversion and Combustion Sciences

Electronic Protection/Electronic Warfare ($1.5M/FY14) •  RF propagation and RF-plasma interaction •  RF sensing surveillance, and signal processing

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Supporting AFRL Technology Focus Areas

Drs. Junichiro Kono and Matteo Pasquali & Colin Young (NDSEG Fellow) at Rice University showed that carbon-nanotube fibers have greater capacity to carry electrical current than copper cables of the same mass.

Dr. Andrea Alu at University of Texas-Arlington built the first-ever nonreciprocal circulator for sound that is able to break sound wave reciprocity. With this device, you can listen without being heard.

Next Generation Aerospace Systems ($134M/FY14) •  Aerothermodynamics •  Turbulence and Transition •  Flow Interactions and Control •  Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Microsystems •  Aerospace Materials for Extreme Environments •  Low Density Materials •  Organic Materials Chemistry •  Natural Materials and Systems •  Atomic and Molecular Physics •  Molecular Dynamics and Theoretical Chemistry •  Dynamic Materials and Interactions

Command, Control, Communications and Cyber ($79.3M/FY14) •  Information Operations and Security •  Systems and Software •  Complex Networks •  Science of Information, Computation, and Fusion •  Computational Intelligence •  Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems

Human Performance ($15.5M/FY14) •  Human Performance and Biosystems •  Robust Decision Making in Human-Machine Interface •  Biophysics

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Educating the Next Generation

ASSURE  site  at  Fort  Johnson,  NY  

•  National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG - $36.0M) -­‐  Full tuition assistance + $31K/per year stipend -­‐  Fellows do not incur any service obligation -­‐  Supports over 550 PhD-track graduate students

•  Awards to Stimulate and Support Undergraduate Research Experience (ASSURE - $4.5M) -­‐  Provide undergraduates with research opportunities in S&E fields

of DoD interest -­‐  Supports over 500 undergraduate students during

summer months – managed by National Science Foundation

•  Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS - $.70M) -­‐  Provide high school students to conduct an original research

investigation in the STEM field.

•  Professional Society Meetings, Scientific Exchanges, and other Scholar Programs - $8.89M

•  Historically Black Colleges & Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI)

USA  Science  &  Engineering  FesOval  ,  DC  

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2000+ AFRL Int’l Talent Scouts

AFOSR AFRL/XPPI Public

Domain Govt-to-Govt Agreements

All AFRL International Activity

EOARD – est. 1952 Col Tim Lawrence

AFOSR/ION – est. 1998 Dr. Mark Maurice

SOARD – est. 2007/9 Dr. James Fillerup

AOARD – est. 1992 Dr. Misoon Mah

AFOSR International Activities

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Army  Interna5onal  Technology  Centers  

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Office  of  Naval  Research  -­‐  Global  

Washingtn, D.C. Region Executive Officer International Programs Manager

ONRG Santiago Associate Directors

ONRG London Commanding Officer Technical Director Regional Director Associate Directors

ONRG Tokyo Regional Director Associate Directors

ONRG Singapore Associate Directors

ONRG Prague Associate Directors

ONRG co-located with other defense S&T offices •  London (USA/USAF) •  Tokyo (USA/USAF) •  Santiago (USA/USAF) •  Singapore (USA only)

ONRG São Paulo Associate Director

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Basic Research “Knows No Political Boundaries”

R&D  Publica5ons   2000

2010

• US relative research productivity declining; R&D($) fell from 38% to 31% of world share

• 80% of researchers are outside US

• Large national investments in R&D and tremendous growth in emerging economies has shifted the balance

Our View Build Relationships…and the rest will follow

•  Staying on the cutting edge; Awareness of

S&T trends •  Strengthening partnerships and leveraging

each partner’s areas of strength •  Accelerating S&T achievement and

transitions  

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AFOSR International Approach: Discovery and Investment

•  S&T Discovery and Awareness –  Site visits –  Data mining/literature analysis –  Conference and workshop attendance

•  Conference Support Program (CSP) –  Support for conferences or workshops in special areas of science –  Encourage research interchange and stimulate wider interest in areas of AFOSR priority

•  Supported 26 meetings in 18 Countries in FY2014

•  Grants –  AOARD funds basic research proposals in response to AFOSR Broad Agency Announcement

(BAA) –  Seek fundamental research to push the scientific frontier –  Typically fund university PI’s –  Follow-on grants shared with AFOSR PO’s or other USAF organizations –  Expectation of high caliber research published in high quality, open literature

•  312 research grants in 39 countries FY2014

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AFOSR International Approach: People Programs

•  Window-on-Science (WOS) –  Invites prominent international (non-government) scientists to present their

research to USAF Laboratories/Centers –  Visitor provides a seminar and engages in technical discussions with USAF

S&E’s •  121 WOS visits from 24 countries in FY14

•  Window-on-the-World (WOW) –  Allows AFRL scientists to submit proposals to conduct research at non-gov’t

institutes overseas –  Up to 6 months

•  4 participants to 4 different countries in FY14

•  Engineer & Scientist Exchange Program (ESEP) –  DoD effort to promote international cooperation in military R&D –  On-site assignment for US S&E in friendly government defense organization –  Formal international agreement required

•  16 Eligible Countries – Soon to include India

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AFOSR International Support in Action: NSF EFRI 2-DARE

Joshua Goldberger,

The Ohio State University

Growth of Crystals and Layers

“Enhancing Thermal and Electronic Properties in Epitopotaxial Ge/Sn Graphane Heterostructures”

David  Broido,  Boston  College  

Theory

David  Cahill,  University  of  

Illinois  

Joseph  Heremans,  

The  Ohio  State  University  

Li  Shi,  University  of  

Texas  

Phonon Transport, Electronic Transport, and Coupled Electron-Phonon Transport

Natalio  Mingo,  LITEN,  CEA-­‐Grenoble  

PLANNED AFOSR support for a post-doc to perform predictive modeling of electro-thermal properties

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AFOSR International Support in Action: NSF EFRI 2-DARE

“Ultra-Low Power, Collective-State Device Technology Based on Electron Correlation in Two-Dimensional Atomic Layers”

Synthesis Theory Characterization Devices

Joshua Robinson,

Pennsylvania State University

James  Freericks,  Georgetown  University  

Roman  Engel-­‐Herbert,  

Pennsylvania  State  University  

Suman  Data,  Pennsylvania  

State  University  

Eva  Andrei,  Rutgers  University  

Thorsten  Hesjedal,  

University  of  Oxford  

PLANNED Support for ARPES Experiments

Hulikal  Krishnamurthy,  IIS  –  Bangalore,  

India  

Veljko  ZlaOc,  InsOtute  of  

Physics  -­‐  CroaOa  

PLANNED WOS visits to Georgetown, AFOSR, NSF

Santanu  Mahapatra,    

IIS  –  Bangalore,  India  

PLANNED WOS visits to Penn State for annual 2-D workshop and brief Andrei Voevodin, AFRL

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Connecting International PI’s with US Researchers

AOARD Site Visit

Invitation for White Paper/Proposal

AFOSR Grant: “Non-Linear

Integrated Microwave Photonics”

2 years, with AFRL/RY and Army Support

Prof. Benjamin Eggleton, University of Sydney

Multiple Publications

WOS Visit February

2015

Talk @AFOSR Led to PLANNED CSP Award

Results Shared at Photonics West 2015

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PLANNED Development of Device to Test

@AFRL

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Selected International Initiatives •  $2.1M/Yr  InternaOonal  Research  IniOaOve  (IRI)  

–  Brought  TD  Discovery  to  AFOSR  (2001-­‐2005)  •  Taiwan  Nanoscience  IniOaOve  

–  Leverages  >$100M/yr  NaDonal  Program  (2002-­‐present)  •  Korean  Nano/Bio/Info  IniOaOve  (NBIT)  

–  Korea  Funds  its  Own  Half  of  $1.5M/yr  CollaboraDon  (2003-­‐present)  •  India  MAV  IniOaOve,  Bio-­‐Inspired  Flight  

–  Opened  Doors  and  Rebuilt  Trust  (2008)  •  AFOSR-­‐CONACYT  (Mexico)  Basic  Research  IniOaOve  

–  CooperaDve  Funding  w/  Mexican  Agency  (2010-­‐2013)    –  Phase  2  anDcipated  in  FY2016  

•  African  Materials  IniOaOve  –  Developing  CollaboraDve  Funding  with  NSF  (2011-­‐Present)  

•  Australian  Sensors/NanofabricaOon  IniOaOve  –  Provides  Access  to  Extensive  Australian  Infrastructure  (2011-­‐present)  –  Researcher  Exchange  

•  Italian  IniOaOve  –  Direct  CollaboraDon  with  Italian  Military  (2013-­‐present)  

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AFOSR/CONACYT Basic Research Initiative

2008/2009:  4  new  grants  awarded  by  AFRL,  3  by  Army,        1  co-­‐funded  w/  

Army    

Feb  2008:  US/Mexican  Workshop,  CIMAV,  Chihuahua,  Mex  

Sponsors:  AFOSR,  CONACYT,  Army-­‐ITC  20  from  US,  14  Mexican  insOtuOons  

Feb  2009:    Exploratory  Mee5ng  with  CONACYT                (Dr Jose Antonio de la

Peña)  

Aug  2009:  Kickoff  mee5ng,  Arlington  

   

CIMAV  selected  as  AdministraOve  Agent  

15 joint proposals reviewed

Feb 2006: AFOSR First visits to Mexico – Latin Am. Initiative

•  May  2010:  First  grants  awarded  thru  CIMAV    

–  $250K  from  each  side  =  $500/yr  –  4  joint  proposals  selected    

•  Feb  2012:  Mid-­‐Term  Review,    US  •  Sept  2013:  Final  Review,  Mexico  •  WOS  awards  for  workshop  

aFendance  and  visits  to  AFRL    

Mexico

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US and Mexican Researchers Team Up

Mo5va5on:  High  temperature  materials  

Mo5va5on:  Alternate  electrodes  for  flexible  

electronics  

Mo5va5on:  Transparent  ceramics  for  laser  host  materials,  opto-­‐electronics    

Mo5va5on:  Low-­‐cost  photovoltaic  materials    (organic  and  inorganic)  

 

UT-Dallas

UCSB

UC-Riverside

U. Akron

Transparent zirconia - wide absorption coefficients

CINVESTAV

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How To Do Business With AFOSR International Office

•  General GRANT Submission Process

–  Researchers submit white papers to AFOSR program officers (PO)

–  Promising white papers lead to request for full proposals

–  Individual grants awarded for 1-3 years in duration, ~$40-60K per year

•  POs weighs several factors in selecting proposals for funding –  White paper process to identify overlap with program interests –  Encourage proposals with high potential for breakthroughs –  Peer review to gauge scientific merit –  Programmatic issues

•  Strategic directions •  Portfolio coverage •  Budget realities

Broad  Agency  Announcement  (BAA)  open  at  all  Omes  to  innovaOve  ideas  hFp://www.wpah.af.mil/afrl/afosr/  

Excellence   Relevance  

PotenOal  Impact  

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