The workshop is designed to: 1) showcase UNL's capabilities in leading-edge laser research and applications relvant to defense and national security, 2) to allow UNL investigators to learn about Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security needs and priorities, 3) to explore how UNL, DoD and DHS can partner to strengthen national defense.
The workshop will include presentations by UNL researchers and DoD and industry representatives; tours of UNL's Extreme Light Laboratory, featuring the Diocles Laser, UNL's 150-terawatt, ultra-fast, high-intensity laser, and other laser laboratories; and opportunities for one-on-one meetings of program managers with UNL researchers.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
All events in Heritage Room except where noted| 8:00-9:00 a.m. | Tours of Extreme Light Laboratory and Laser-Assisted Nano-Engineering Laboratory |
| 8:45 a.m. | Continental breakfast buffet |
| 9:15 a.m. | Welcome Harvey Perlman, Chancellor, UNL |
| 9:20 a.m. | Introduction Prem Paul, Vice Chancellor for Research, UNL |
| 9:30 a.m. | "Extreme Light: New Capabilities in Defense and Security" Donald Umstadter, Professor of Physics, UNL |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | "Research Opportunities in Engineering Sciences at the Army Research Office" A.M. Rajendran, Senior Scientist, Engineering Directorate, Army Research Office |
| 11:15 a.m. | "Laser-assisted Materials Processing and Characterization" Yongfeng Lu, Professor of Electrical Engineering, UNL |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch, Regency B |
| 1:00 p.m. | "Overview of DARPA programs: MORPH, HARDI, and RIEDAR" Devanand K. Shenoy, Program Manager DARPA/MTO |
| 1:45 p.m. | "High Power Mid-IR Lasers for Military Applications" Michael Gerhold ARL/ARO |
| 2:30 p.m. | "Airborne Laser: From Theory to Reality" Greg Hyslop, Vice President and Program Director, Airborne Laser, Boeing Missile Defense Systems |
| 3:00 p.m. | "Current Challenges and Future Outlook in Modeling Intense Laser-matter Interactions" Brad Shadwick, Assistant Professor of Physics, UNL |
| 3:30 p.m. | "Laser-material Interaction: Physics Understanding from Atomistic Level Behavior to Macroscale Phenomena" Xinwei Wang, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UNL |
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | One-on-one meetings for program managers with UNL researchers, Room 213 |
| 5:00-6:00 p.m. | Reception and Poster Session, Regency B |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
Friday, October 19, 2007
All events in Heritage Room except where noted| 8:00-9:00 a.m. | Tours of Extreme Light Laboratory and Laser-Assisted Nano-Engineering Laboratory |
| 8:45-9:15 a.m. | Continental breakfast buffet |
| 9:15-9:30 a.m. | Opening remarks Prem Paul, UNL Vice Chancellor for Research |
| 9:30 a.m. | "Enabling technologies for high energy solid state lasers" Mark Dubinskiy, Sensors and Electronics Device Directorate,U.S. Army Research Laboratory |
| 10:15 a.m. | "Femtosecond Laser Propagation in the Atmosphere and in Ocean Water" Dennis Alexander, Professor of Electrical Engineering, UNL |
| 11:00 | "An Overview of the Global Innovation and Strategy Center, USSTRATCOM," Kevin Williams, Director, Global Innovation and Strategy Center, USSTRATCOM |
| Adjourn |
