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Air Force Research Laboratory
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
Integrity « Service « Excellence
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Air Force Research Laboratory
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/AFRL
Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisi5on) ~10,000
Employees
Space Vehicles (RV) Materials & Manufacturing (RX) Sensors (RY) Informa5on (RI) Aerospace Systems (RQ) Muni5ons (RW) Directed Energy (RD) 711th Human Performance Wing (711 HPW) Distribution Statement A – Approved for Public Release
AFOSR is the
sole manager of
basic research
for the USAF
Air Force Office of Scien5fic Research (AFOSR) 2
Army and Navy
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Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM)
Army Research Laboratory
Army Research Office
RDECOM
Forward Element
Command
International
Technology Centers
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Chief of Naval Research
ONR Global
Office of Naval
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Why the Air Force Invests in Basic
Research
•  To probe today’s technology limits and
ultimately lead to future technologies with
DoD relevance
Dr. Chad Mirkin’s research on Dip Pen Nanolithography was featured in NaOonal Geographic’s ’100 ScienOfic Discoveries That Changed the World’ •  Attract the most creative minds to fields of
critical DoD interest
AFOSR Sponsored 74
Nobel Laureates
•  Create a knowledgeable workforce in
fields of critical DoD interest
2013 Nobel Prize in Physics – Dr. Peter Higgs, Univ of Edinburgh “We Discover, Shape, and Champion
basic research that profoundly
impacts the future Air Force”
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2012 Nobel Prize in Physics Dr. David Wineland, Univ of Colorado/NIST Dr. Greg Pitz & Dr. Onome ScoF-­‐
Emuakpor, AFRL scienOsts, received 2013 PECASE awards. 4
Supporting AFRL
Technology Focus Areas
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance ($75.1M/FY14)
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.
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Electromagnetics
GHz-THz Electronics
Optoelectronics and Photonics
Sensing, Surveillance and Navigation
Dynamics and Control
Laser-matter Interactions
Trust and Influence
Space ($39.2M/FY14)
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Thermal Sciences
Space Power and Propulsion
Space Sciences
Remote Sensing and Imaging Physics
Energy Conversion and Combustion Sciences
Weapons ($18.4M/FY14)
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Laser and Optical Physics
Plasma and Electro-Energetic Physics
Affordability and Sustainment ($10.2M/FY14)
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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.
Multi-Scale Structural Mechanics and Prognosis
Test and Evaluation
Electronic Protection/Electronic Warfare ($1.5M/FY14)
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RF propagation and RF-plasma interaction
RF sensing surveillance, and signal processing
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Supporting AFRL
Technology Focus Areas
Next Generation Aerospace Systems ($134M/FY14)
Dr. Andrea Alu at University of TexasArlington 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.
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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)
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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)
Drs. Junichiro Kono and Matteo Pasquali &
•  Human Performance and Biosystems
Colin Young (NDSEG Fellow) at Rice
University showed that carbon-nanotube
•  Robust Decision Making in Human-Machine
fibers have greater capacity to carry
•  Biophysics
electrical current than copper cables of the
same mass.
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Educating the Next Generation
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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)
ASSURE site at Fort Johnson, NY Provide high school students to conduct an original research
investigation in the STEM field.
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Professional Society Meetings, Scientific Exchanges,
and other Scholar Programs - $8.89M
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Historically Black Colleges & Universities and Minority
Institutions (HBCU/MI)
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USA Science & Engineering FesOval , DC 7
AFOSR International Activities
EOARD – est. 1952
Col Tim Lawrence
AFOSR/ION – est. 1998
Dr. Mark Maurice
AOARD – est. 1992
Dr. Misoon Mah
All AFRL International Activity
SOARD – est. 2007/9
Dr. James Fillerup
AFOSR
Public
Domain
AFRL/XPPI
Govt-to-Govt
Agreements
2000+ AFRL Int’l Talent Scouts
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Office of Naval Research -­‐ Global Washingtn, D.C. Region
Executive Officer
International Programs Manager
ONRG London
Commanding Officer
Technical Director
Regional Director
Associate Directors
ONRG Prague
Associate Directors
ONRG Tokyo
Regional Director
Associate Directors
ONRG Singapore
Associate Directors
ONRG Santiago
Associate Directors
ONRG São Paulo
Associate Director
ONRG co-located with other defense S&T offices
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London (USA/USAF)
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Tokyo (USA/USAF)
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Santiago (USA/USAF)
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Singapore (USA only)
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Basic Research
“Knows No Political Boundaries”
• US relative research productivity declining;
R&D($) fell from 38% to 31% of world share
R&D Publica5ons 2000
• 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
2010
•  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
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AFOSR International Approach:
Discovery and Investment
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S&T Discovery and Awareness
–  Site visits
–  Data mining/literature analysis
–  Conference and workshop attendance
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
“Enhancing Thermal and Electronic Properties in
Epitopotaxial Ge/Sn Graphane Heterostructures”
David Cahill, University of Illinois Growth of Crystals and Layers
Joshua
Goldberger,
The Ohio State
University
Joseph Heremans, The Ohio State University Phonon Transport,
Electronic Transport,
and Coupled ElectronPhonon Transport
Li Shi, University of Texas David Broido, Boston College Theory
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”
Roman Engel-­‐
Herbert, Pennsylvania State University PLANNED
WOS visits to Georgetown,
AFOSR, NSF
James Freericks, Georgetown University Joshua
Robinson,
Pennsylvania
State University
Theory
Veljko ZlaOc, InsOtute of Physics -­‐ CroaOa Synthesis
Hulikal Krishnamurthy, IIS – Bangalore, India Thorsten Hesjedal, University of Oxford PLANNED
WOS visits to Penn State for
annual 2-D workshop and
brief Andrei Voevodin, AFRL
Eva Andrei, Rutgers University Characterization
PLANNED
Support for
ARPES
Experiments
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Suman Data, Pennsylvania State University Devices
Santanu Mahapatra, IIS – Bangalore, India 15
Connecting International PI’s with
US Researchers
2 years, with AFRL/RY
and Army Support
Prof. Benjamin Eggleton, University of Sydney
AOARD Site
Visit
Results
Shared at
Photonics
West 2015
Invitation for
White Paper/Proposal
AFOSR Grant:
“Non-Linear
Integrated Microwave
Photonics”
WOS Visit
February
2015
Talk @AFOSR
Led to PLANNED
CSP Award
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Multiple
Publications
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) Distribution Statement A – Approved for Public Release
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AFOSR/CONACYT
Basic Research Initiative
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Mexico
Aug 2009: Kickoff mee5ng, Arlington 15 joint proposals
reviewed
Feb 2009: Exploratory Mee5ng with CONACYT CIMAV selected as (Dr Jose Antonio de la
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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 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 2006: AFOSR First visits to
Mexico – Latin Am. Initiative
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US and Mexican Researchers
Team Up
UT-Dallas
Mo5va5on: Alternate electrodes for flexible electronics Mo5va5on: High temperature materials UCSB
U. Akron
UC-Riverside
CINVESTAV
Mo5va5on: Low-­‐cost photovoltaic materials (organic and inorganic) Transparent zirconia - wide
absorption coefficients
Mo5va5on: Transparent ceramics for laser host materials, opto-­‐electronics Phase 2 is being planned for FY2016
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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
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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
Excellence •  Strategic directions
•  Portfolio coverage
•  Budget realities
Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) open at all Omes to innovaOve ideas hFp://
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Dennis Butcher
Program Officer, AFOSR/ION
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