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During the 2013-2014 assessment, the ARLTAB was assisted by five panels, each of which focused on the portion of the ARL program conducted in one of ARL's core technical competencies: materials sciences, ballistics sciences, information sciences, human sciences, and mechanical sciences. This report summarizes the findings of the Board for the 2013-2014 biennial assessment and as such subsumes the 2013 interim report.1 1 National Research Council, 2014, 2013-2014 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory: Interim Report, Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.
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A concerted effort to understand future needs and to craft projects relevant to the future is the ultimate challenge and opportunity. Researchers need to make deliberate efforts to analyze data and contemplate the theories that are behind the observed physical phenomena, test data, and modeling systems so they can effectively design the path forward for each project.
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For lightweight, quiet, efficient, and reliable power sources for Army applications to enhance soldier combat capability, the project on fuel cells for military applications tests and evaluates commercial technologies, namely, direct methanol fuel cell and solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) systems.
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This Ga-free InAsSb detector is expected to be a disruptive technology for the LWIR field and to potentially replace the costly II-VI-based technologies. In ARL's physical facilities, state-of-the-art equipment and instruments are available to perform quality research work, and there is a high level of material characterization capability -- for example, ultrafast terahertz (THz)
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This provides a unique opportunity to explore crosscutting themes and research activities that enhance the role of computational methods for mesoscale modeling, stochastics, optimization, and informatics (e.g., statistical learning and data mining) , as well as experimental methods such as advanced microscopy and microstructural characterization studies.
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It appears crucial for ARL to develop, for terminal, interior, and exterior ballistics, its strategic vision behind internal investments, program and mission deliverables, and staff planning to support the needs of the Army of the future. This strategic planning appears particularly important given that the future ground combat vehicle design pathways are fixed.
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To make substantial progress will require the allocation of additional research personnel to this project. New initiatives related to software-defined networks, quantum computing, and quantum networks hold promise and represent the cutting-edge research that ARL needs to pursue and investigate for potential application in future Army missions.
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The sensory perception research being addressed appears well-motivated and referenced to the extant scientific literature. Further, the science in these areas has greatly benefited from the superb facilities made available to ARL researchers, most notably, the environment for auditory research (EAR)
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There is a need to accelerate full operational capability of all primary research facilities -- for example, the subsonic wind tunnel. There is also a need for a local ARL capability to conceive, develop, test, and implement computational fluid dynamics simulation tools for increasing complex airframe configurations and flight regimes.
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Recommendation 2. To optimize the progress of their research and to set a path forward for each project, researchers should consistently analyze data and contemplate the theories that are behind the observed physical phenomena, test data, and modeling systems.
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Effective mentoring should include engagement in selecting research directions, facilitating communication with research peers, guidance on service and committee assignments in technical societies, and enhancing career development. Recommendation 10.
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