Conference Day One: Tuesday, November 17, 2009

7:15 Registration And Coffee

8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome And Opening Remarks

8:30 Opening DoD Keynote: U.S. Military Future Material Requirements

  • Dealing with cost and affordability issues
  • Applying advanced technology for programs for national security

Zachary Lemnios
Director, Defense Research & Engineering
Department of Defense

9:10 NAVSEA Update: Structural And Material Requirements For NAVSEA

  • Overview of gaps in current systems
  • Some solutions, some needs
  • Increasing equipment lifecycles through improved materials

Stephen Roush
Director, Survivability, Structures and Materials Department, Carderock Division
NAVSEA

9:50 Networking Break

10:35 NAVAIR Update: Naval Materials For Coating And Corrosion

  • Design and acquisition
  • Production and manufacturing
  • Maintenance and Sustainment

Bill Nickerson
Materials, Coatings & Corrosion, Materials Engineering Division
NAVAIR

11:15 Multifunctional Materials And Applications

  • Design and application strategies
  • Materials and processing
  • Performance measurements and techniques

Dr. Peter Matic
Head of Multifunctional Materials
Naval Research Laboratory

11:55 Lunch

1:10 Boron Carbide And Silicon Carbide Armor With Disruptive Improvements In Hardness

  • Use of imbricated armor for improved multi-hit
  • Materials developments to improve ballistic properties

Dr. Robert Speyer
Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

1:50 Nanotechnologies: Structure-Property Relationships

  • Needs and opportunities for defense applications
  • Application examples and recent advances

Dr. Barry Farmer
Chief Scientist, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

2:30 Networking Break

3:15 Flame And Thermal Protection For The Individual Soldier

  • Requirements for personal protection materials
  • Flame and thermal protection as applied to armor applications
  • Fabric composites for enhanced warfighter protection

Francisco Martinez
Equipment Specialist
Natick Soldier RD&E Center

3:55 Military Infrastructure Protection And Resilience

  • Nanocomposites
  • Self-healing materials
  • Facility corrosion control

Debbie Lawrence
Contractor
U.S. Army ERDC-CERL

4:35 End Of Day One

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