Conference Day Two: Wednesday, November 18, 2009

7:45 Registration And Coffee

8:15 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

8:30 Air Force Update: Air Force Material Requirements For Lightweight Weapon Systems

  • Establishing requirement for the future force
  • Redefining the process from laboratory to application

Dr. Thomas Russell
Director
Aerospace and Materials Sciences, Air Force Office of Scientific Research

9:10 Air Force Update: Long Term Interests Of The Air Force

  • Ascertaining long term goals and needs
  • Setting lucrative research priorities

Colonel John P. Geis II, PhD, USAF
Director
Center for Strategy and Technology, U.S. Air Force

9:50 Networking Break

10:35 USMC Update: USMC Application Update – Material Goals

  • Transparent and lightweight with changing strategy
  • Shortfalls and lessons learned from tried applications
  • How materials are key to emerging concepts focused on the tactical level

Colonel (ret) James Laswell, USMC
Technical Director and Head
Office of Science and Technology, Marine Corp Warfighter Lab

11:15 NASA Update: Scaling Up The Manufacturing Of Materials For Materialization In Aerospace

  • Commercializing new process and technologies
  • Coping with lack of funding – creating novel systems
  • Market driven solutions

Dr. Michael Meador
Chief Polymers Branch, Structures and Materials Division
NASA

11:55 Lunch

1:10 Green Vehicle Update: Commercialization Of Thermoelectric Applications – Exciting Green Technology

  • DoE Vehicle Technology support of automotive thermoelectric generators (TEGs) that converts engine exhaust gas energy to electricity
  • Mapping the path toward commercial introduction in 2014
  • Analysis of the competitive procurement process

John Fairbanks
Technology Development Manager, Thermoelectrics
U.S. Department of Energy

1:50 Electronic Materials For RF And Electro-Optics

  • Examples of this practice in use

Dr. Michael Alexander
Technical Advisor, Electromagnetics Technology Division
Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate

2:30 Networking Break

3:00 Advanced Engineered Materials - Trends For The Future

  • Strides toward achieving this
  • Exploring challenges and opportunities

Dr. Tia Benson Tolle
Technology Director, Nonmetallic Materials Division Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
Air Force Research Laboratory

3:40 Advanced Lubrication Concepts

  • Hypervelocity sliding electrical contacts
  • Phototunable viscosity modifiers
  • Intermetallic anti-wear coatings

Dr. Peter Hsieh
Materials Engineer, Precision & Advanced Systems Branch
NSWC Dehlgren

4:20 End Of Main Conference

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