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2017-2018

ASSESSMENT OF THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY: INTERIM REPORT

Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board

Laboratory Assessments Board

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

A Consensus Study Report of

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. 2017-2018 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25011.
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ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT BOARD

JENNIE S. HWANG, NAE,1 H-Technologies Group, Chair

MARK EBERHART, Colorado School of Mines

GEORGE (RUSTY) T. GRAY III, NAE, Los Alamos National Laboratory

PRABHAT HAJELA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

WESLEY L. HARRIS, NAE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

WILLIAM S. MARRAS, NAE, Ohio State University

ALAN NEEDLEMAN, NAE, Texas A&M University

DANIEL A. REED, University of Iowa

Staff

AZEB GETACHEW, Senior Program Assistant

EVA LABRE, Administrative Coordinator

JAMES P. MCGEE, Director

ARUL MOZHI, Senior Program Officer

PANEL ON ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

ALAN NEEDLEMAN, NAE, Texas A&M University, Chair

JAMES P. BAGIAN, NAE/NAM,2 University of Michigan

CAMERON R. (DALE) BASS, Duke University

JOHN M. CAVANAUGH, Wayne State University

ELLIOT L. CHAIKOF, NAM, Harvard Medical School

STEPHEN C. MERRIMAN, SCMerriman Consulting, LLC; Boeing Associate Technical Fellow (retired)

JAMES F. O’BRYON, Department of Defense (retired), The O’Bryon Group

FREDERICK P. RIVARA, NAM, University of Washington School of Medicine

JILL H. SMITH, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics RDE Center (retired); Executive Consultant

JAMES J. STREILEIN, MITRE

PANEL ON BALLISTICS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

GEORGE (RUSTY) T. GRAY III, NAE, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chair

CHARLES E. ANDERSON, JR., CEA Consulting

MELVIN R. BAER, Sandia National Laboratories (retired)

ROMESH C. BATRA, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

JAMES A. COOPER, JR., Musculoskeletal and Translational Tissue Engineering Research (MATTER)

MARCIA A. COOPER, Sandia National Laboratories

ROGER GHANEM, University of Southern California

ZELDA GILLS, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

MICHAEL JAFFE, New Jersey Institute of Technology

JERRY A. KRILL, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.

2 Member, National Academy of Medicine.

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ALLAN T. MENSE, Raytheon Missile Systems

DONALD PROSNITZ, Consultant

FRANK J. SERNA, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

LESLIE E. SMITH, National Institute of Standards and Technology (retired)

STEVEN F. SON, Purdue University

GHATU SUBHASH, University of Florida

PANEL ON COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

DANIEL A. REED, University of Iowa, Chair

TILAK AGERWALA, IBM (retired), TKMA Consulting, LLC

RALPH C. ALDREDGE III, University of California, Davis

WILLIAM D. GROPP, NAE, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

JAMES T. KAJIYA, NAE, Microsoft Corporation (retired); Tolt Machine Works, Inc.

GEORGE KARYPIS, University of Minnesota

PETER M. KOGGE, University of Notre Dame

VIPIN KUMAR, University of Minnesota

JAMES L. MCLELLAND, NAS,1 Stanford University

KYRAN D. MISH, Sandia National Laboratories

LINDA A. NESS, Independent Consultant

KALYAN PERUMALLA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PADMA RAGHAVAN, Vanderbilt University

GUY LEWIS STEELE, JR., NAE, Oracle Labs

PANEL ON HUMAN FACTORS SCIENCE AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

WILLIAM S. MARRAS, NAE, Ohio State University, Chair

FREDERICK R. CHANG, NAE, Southern Methodist University

LORRIE FAITH CRANOR, Carnegie Mellon University

CHARLES A. CZEISLER, NAM, Harvard Medical School

BARBARA A. DOSHER, NAS, University of California, Irvine

JEANNE F. DUFFY, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

DAVID J. HEEGER, NAS, New York University

WILLIAM W. LYTTON, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

KATHERINE L. MORSE, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

SHRIKANTH (SHRI) S. NARAYANAN, University of Southern California

STEPHEN F. SANDS, Sands Research, Inc.

ANITA WILLIAMS WOOLLEY, Carnegie Mellon University

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1 Member, National Academy of Sciences.

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PANEL ON INFORMATION SCIENCE AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

PRABHAT HAJELA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chair

JEAN M. ANDINO, Arizona State University

ELLEN J. BASS, Drexel University

KATHLEEN M. CARLEY, Carnegie Mellon University

EDWARD F. CRAWLEY, NAE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MARK E. DAVIS, Medavis Consulting

SUSAN T. DUMAIS, NAE, Microsoft Research

JONATHAN GRUDIN, Microsoft Research

VERLIN B. HINSZ, North Dakota State University

JOHN M. LANICCI, Independent Atmospheric and Climate Science Consultant

J. GREGORY MORRISETT, Cornell University

RANDOLPH L. MOSES, Ohio State University

PETER WILLETT, University of Connecticut

PANEL ON MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

MARK E. EBERHART, Colorado School of Mines, Chair

RICHARD C. ALKIRE, NAE, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

MICHAEL I. BASKES, NAE, Mississippi State University; University of California, San Diego; Los Alamos National Laboratory

PAUL V. BRAUN, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

STEPHEN CREAGER, Clemson University

MICHAEL ETTENBERG, NAE, Dolce Technologies

OLIVIA A. GRAEVE, University of California, San Diego

JAMES S. HARRIS, NAE, Stanford University

DOUGLAS C. HOPKINS, North Carolina State University

THOMAS L. KOCH, NAE, University of Arizona

SUBHASH MAHAJAN, NAE, University of California, Davis

CHRISTIAN MAILHIOT, Sandia National Laboratories

JOSEPH W. ORENSTEIN, University of California, Berkeley

C. KUMAR N. PATEL, NAS/NAE, Pranalytica, Inc.

RAJEEV J. RAM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PANEL ON MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

WESLEY L. HARRIS, NAE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chair

MONICA ANDERSON, University of Alabama

PATRICK J. FLYNN, University of Notre Dame

MOSHE KAM, New Jersey Institute of Technology

LYNNE E. PARKER, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

ARMANDO A. RODRIGUEZ, Arizona State University

CHARLES E. THORPE, Clarkson University

PATRICIO A. VELA, Georgia Institute of Technology

ALAN R. WAGNER, Pennsylvania State University

HOLLY YANCO, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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LABORATORY ASSESSMENTS BOARD

ROSS B. COROTIS, NAE, University of Colorado, Boulder, Chair

C. WILLIAM GEAR, NAE, Princeton University, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

WESLEY L. HARRIS, NAE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JENNIE S. HWANG, NAE, Case Western Reserve University; H-Technologies Group

W. CARL LINEBERGER, NAS, JILA,1 University of Colorado, Boulder

C. KUMAR N. PATEL, NAS/NAE, University of California, Los Angeles; Pranalytica, Inc.

ELSA REICHMANIS, NAE, Georgia Institute of Technology

LYLE H. SCHWARTZ, NAE, University of South Florida, Tampa

Staff

AZEB GETACHEW, Senior Program Assistant

LIZA HAMILTON, Associate Program Officer

EVA LABRE, Administrative Coordinator

JAMES P. MCGEE, Director

ARUL MOZHI, Senior Program Officer

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1 JILA, formerly known as the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, is a physical science research institute located on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. JILA is jointly operated by the University of Colorado and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This Consensus Study Report was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published report as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.

We thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Amy E. Duwel, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.,

Linda Ng Boyle, University of Washington,

Mary Jane Irwin, NAE,1 Pennsylvania State University,

Arogyaswami J. Paulraj, NAE, Stanford University,

Guruswami Ravichandran, NAE, California Institute of Technology,

Michael Salkind, Indus International, Inc., and

Elihu Zimet, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations of this report nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this report was overseen by David E. Crow, NAE, University of Connecticut. He was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the authoring committee and the National Academies.

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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.

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