| Tentative Agenda |
| August 22, 2016 | |||
| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Registration | ||
| 1:30 pm - 1:40 pm | Welcome and Opening Remarks Melissa Flagg, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research) | ||
| 1:40 pm - 2:00 pm | Introduction to OSD MURI Program Review Speaker: Robin Staffin, Director, Office of Basic Research, ASD (R&E) Research Directorate | ||
| Materials Science | |||
| 2:00 am - 2:20 pm | ARO - MURI Topic #4: Strongly Linked Multiscale Models for Predicting Novel Functional Materials Proposal Title: Multiscale Mathematical Modeling and Design Realization of Novel 2D Functional Materials Speaker: Mitchell Luskin, University of Minnesota ARO POC: Joe Myers, 919-549-4245, joseph.d.myers8.civ@mail.mil | ||
| 2:20 pm - 2:40 pm | AFOSR - MURI Topic #12: Design Rules for Biobased and Bioinspired Materials Proposal Title: Convergent Evolution to Engineering: Multiscale Structures and Mechanics in Damage Tolerant Functional Biocomposite and Biomimetic Materials Speaker: David Kisailus, University of California, Riverside AFOSR POC: Hugh De Long, 703-696-7722, hugh.delong@us.af.mil | ||
| 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm | ONR - MURI Topic #20: Exploring the Atomic and Electronic Structure of Materials to Predict Functional Material Properties Proposal Title: Understanding Atomic Scale Structure in Four Dimensions to Design and Control Corrosion Resistant Alloys Speaker: Lawrence Marks, Northwestern University ONR POC: Davd A. Shifler, 703-696-0285, david.shifler@navy.mil | ||
| Photonics / Plasmonics | |||
| 3:00 pm - 3:20 pm | ONR - MURI Topic #21: Optical Computing Proposal Topic: Optical and Optoelectronic Computing Speaker: Mark Neifeld, University of Arizona ONR POC: Ravindra Athale, 703-588-1916, Ravindra.Athale@navy.mil | ||
| 3:20 pm - 3:40 pm | ARO - MURI Topic #1: Attosecond Electron Dynamics Proposal Title: Post-Born-Oppenheimer Dynamics using Isolated Attosecond Pulses Speaker: Stephen Leone, University of California, Berkeley ARO POC: James Parker, 919-549-4293, james.k.parker30.civ@mail.mil | ||
| 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm | Break | ||
| 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm | AFOSR - MURI Topic #13: Control of Coherent Structures in Plasmas for Reconfigurable Metamaterial-Based Devices Proposal Topic: Plasma-based Reconfigurable Photonic Crystals and Metamaterials Speaker: Mark Cappelli, Stanford University AFOSR POC: Mitat A. Birkan, 703-696-7234, mitat.birkan@us.af.mil | ||
| 4:20 pm - 4:40 pm | AFOSR - MURI Topic #15: Control of Light Propagation through Metasurfaces Proposal Topic: Active Metasurfaces for Advanced Wavefront Engineering and Waveguiding Speaker: Frederico Capasso, Harvard University AFOSR POC: Gernot S. Pomrenke, 703-696-8426, gernot.pomrenke@us.af.mil | ||
| 4:40 pm - 5:00 pm | ONR - MURI Topic #18: Understanding Energy Harvesting Mechanisms in Polymer-Based Photovoltaics Proposal Topic: Center for Advanced Organic Photovoltaics Speaker: Jean-Luc Bredes, Georgia Institute of Technology ONR POC: Paul Armistead, 703-696-4315, paul.armistead@navy.mil | ||
| 5:00 pm - 5:05 pm | Wrap-up Speaker: Robin Staffin, Director, Office of Basic Research, ASD (R&E) Research Directorate | ||
| August 23, 2016 | |||
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Registration | ||
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Welcome Speaker: Robin Staffin, Director, Office of Basic Research, ASD (R&E) Research Directorate | ||
| Atomic and Molecular Physics | |||
| 9:20 am - 9:40 am | ARO - MURI Topic #7: Ultracold Molecular Ion Reactions Proposal Title: Precision Chemical Dynamics and Quantum Control of Ultracold Molecular Ion Reactions Speaker: Eric Hudson, University of California, Los Angeles ARO POC: Paul Baker, 919-549-4202, paul.m.baker4.civ@mail.mil | ||
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | AFOSR - MURI Topic #9: Time-Resolved Quantum Dynamics of Complex Systems Proposal Title: Studying Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in Condensed Matter with Next Generation Attosecond X-try Sources Speaker: Zenghu Chang, University of Central Florida AFOSR POC: Riq Parra, 703-696-8571, enrique.parra@us.af.mil | ||
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | AFOSR - MURI Topic #14: Multifunctional Quantum Transduction of Photons, Electrons, and Phonons Proposal Title: Integrated Quantum Transduction with Photons, Phonons and Spins Speaker: David Awschalom, University of Chicago AFOSR POC: Harold Weinstock, 703-696-8572, harold.weinstock@us.af.mil | ||
| 10:20 am - 10:40 am | AFOSR - MURI Topic #14: Multifunctional Quantum Transduction of Photons, Electrons, and Phonons Proposal Title: Wiring Quantum Networks with Mechanical Transducers Speaker: Konrad Lehnert, University of Colorado, Boulder AFOSR POC: Harold Weinstock, 703-696-8572, harold.weinstock@us.af.mil | ||
| 10:40 am - 11:10 am | Break | ||
| Chemistry | |||
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | ARO - MURI Topic #3: Nonlinear Dynamics of Energy Hypersurfaces Governing Reaction Networks Proposal Title: New Theoretical and Experimental Methods for Predicting Fundamental Mechanisms of Complex Chemical Processes Speaker: Donald Thompson, University of Missouri - Columbia ARO POC: Ralph Anthenien, 919-549-4317, ralph.a.anthenien2.civ@mail.mil | ||
| 11:30 am - 11:50 am | ARO - MURI Topic #5: Multistep Catalysis Proposal Title: Bio-Inspired Design of Catalysis Cascades Speaker: Shelley Minteer, University of Utah ARO POC: Robert Mantz, 919-549-4309, robert.a.mantz.civ@mail.mil | ||
| 11:50 am - 12:10 pm | AFOSR - MURI Topic #11: Transport and Utilization of Energy Using Plasmon-induced Processes Proposal Title: Shedding Light on Plasmon-based Photochemical and Photophysical Processes Speaker: Naomi J. Halas, Rice University AFOSR POC: Michael R. Berman, 703-696-7781, michael.berman@us.af.mil | ||
| 12:10 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch on your own | ||
| Biology / Synthetic Biology | |||
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | ARO - MURI Topic #2: Force-Activated Synthetic Biology Proposal Title: Mechanisms of Force Sensing in Adherent Cells as Inspiration for New Materials Speaker: Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago ARO POC: Stephanie McElhinny, 919-549-4240, stephanie.a.mcelhinny.civ@mail.mil | ||
| 1:50 pm - 2:10 pm | ARO - MURI Topic #6: Innovation in Prokaryotic Evolution Proposal Title: Mechanisms of Prokaryotic Evolutions Speaker: Michael Lynch, Indiana University ARO POC: Micheline Strand, 919-549-4343, micheline.k.strand.civ@mail.mil | ||
| 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm | ARO - MURI Topic #8: The Skin-Microbe Interactome Proposal Title: Understanding the Skin Microbiome through the Integration of Metagenomics, Bioinformatics, Spatial Ecology, and Synthetic Biology Speaker: David Karig, Johns Hopkins University ARO POC: Virginia Pasour, 919-549-4254, virginia.b.pasour.civ@mail.mil | ||
| RF Propagation | |||
| 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm | ONR - MURI Topic #23: Air-Sea Interation and RF Propagation in Maritime Atmospheric Boundary Layers Proposal Title: Coupled Air Sea Processes and EM Ducting Research Speaker: Qing Wang, Naval Postgraduate School ONR POC: Daniel P. Eleuterio, 703-696-4303, daniel.eleuterio@navy.mil | ||
| 2:50 pm - 3:20 pm | Break | ||
| Mathematics / Information Science / Computational Science | |||
| 3:20 pm - 3:40 pm | AFOSR - MURI Topic #10: Computational Foundation of Mathematics and Information Proposal Title: Homotopy Type Theory: Unified Foundations of Mathematics and Computation Speaker: Steven Awody, Carnegie Mellon University AFOSR POC: Tristan Nguyen, 703- 696-7796, tristan.nguyen@us.af.mil | ||
| 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm | AFOSR - MURI Topic #16: Goal-Driven, Multi-Source Algorithms for Complex Resilient Multi-Physics Systems Proposal Title: A Unified and Algorithmic Framework for Managing Multiple Information Sources of Multi-Physics Systems Speaker: Karen Willcox, Massachusetts Institute of Technology AFOSR POC: Jean Luc Cambier, 703-696-1141, jean_luc.cambier@us.af.mil | ||
| 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm | AFOSR - MURI Topic #17: Security Theory of Nano-Scale Devices Proposal Title: Development of Universal Security Theory for Evaluation and Design of Nanoscale Devices Speaker: Mark Tehranipoor, University of Connecticut AFOSR POC: Tristan Nguyen, 703- 696-7796, tristan.nguyen@us.af.mil | ||
| 4:20 pm - 4:40 pm | ONR - MURI Topic #19: Role of Bidirectional Computation in Visual Scene Analysis Proposal Title: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Visual Mechanisms at Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales: Experimental Investigation and Computational Modeling Speaker: Fei-Fei Li, Stanford University ONR POC: Harold Hawkins, 703-696-4323, harold.hawkins@navy.mil | ||
| Fluid Mechanics | |||
| 4:40 pm - 5:00 pm | ONR - MURI Topic #24: Hydrodynamics of Non-Traditional Propulsion Proposal Title: Bio-Inspired Propulsors for Fast, Efficient Swimming: What Physics Are We Missing? Hilary Bart-Smith, University of Virginia ONR POC: Robert Brizzolara, 703-696-2597, robert.brizzolara@navy.mil | ||
| 5:00 pm - 5:05 pm | Wrap-up | ||
