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2013-2014

ASSESSMENT OF THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY:
INTERIM REPORT

Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board

Laboratory Assessments Board

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
                         OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS

Washington, D.C.

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ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT BOARD

R. BYRON PIPES, NAE,1 Purdue University, Chair

KENNETH R. BOFF, Socio-Technical Sciences

EPHRAHIM GARCIA, Cornell University

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

PRABHAT HAJELA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

JENNIE S. HWANG, NAE, H-Technologies Group

Staff

LIZA HAMILTON, Administrative Coordinator

EVA LABRE, Program Associate

JAMES P. McGEE, Director

ARUL MOZHI, Senior Program Officer

PANEL ON BALLISTICS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

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

MELVIN R. BAER, Sandia National Laboratories*

RELVA C. BUCHANAN, University of Cincinnati

ELIZABETH A. HOLM, Carnegie Mellon University*

MICHAEL JAFFE, New Jersey Institute of Technology*

BERNARD H. KEAR, NAE, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey*

JERRY A. KRILL, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory*

WILLIAM S. MARRAS, NAE, Ohio State University

GARY L. MESSING, Pennsylvania State University*

ALAN NEEDLEMAN, NAE, University of North Texas*

FRANK J. SERNA, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory*

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

WILLIAM E. SNOWDEN, System Planning Corporation*

STEVEN F. SON, Purdue University

EDWIN L. THOMAS, NAE, Rice University

DONNA K. VARGAS, Independent Consultant*

DAVID A. WEITZ, NAS,2 Harvard University

PANEL ON HUMAN FACTORS SCIENCE AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

KENNETH R. BOFF, Socio-Technical Sciences, Chair*

LINDA NG BOYLE, University of Washington

JEROME BUSEMEYER, Indiana University, Bloomington

W. PETER CHERRY, NAE, Independent Consultant (formerly with Vector Research, Inc.) *

NANCY J. COOKE, Arizona State University*

CAROLINA CRUZ-NEIRA, University of Louisiana, Lafayette*

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* Asterisks denote members who participated in the 2013 meeting.

1 Member of the National Academy of Engineering.

2 Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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PAMELA H. DALTON, Monell Chemical Senses Center*

BARBARA A. DOSHER, NAS, 1 University of California, Irvine*

HOWARD EGETH, Johns Hopkins University*

PAUL W. GLIMCHER, New York University*

NICHOLAS HATSOPOULOS, University of Chicago*

ALBERT I. KING, NAE,2 Wayne State University, Tsinghua University, China

JOHN LACH, University of Virginia*

MARGARET L. LOPER, Georgia Tech Research Institute*

GEORGE E. LUKES, Institute for Defense Analyses*

ROBERT A. LUTFI, University of Wisconsin-Madison*

JEAN MacMILLAN, Aptima, Inc.*

ANN C. McKEE, Boston University School of Medicine*

J. ANTHONY MOVSHON, NAS, New York University*

MATTHEW S. PETERSON, George Mason University*

STEPHEN F. SANDS, Sands Research, Inc. *

BARBARA G. SHINN-CUNNINGHAM, Boston University*

D. LYNN SMITH-LOVIN, Duke University

BRIAN A. WANDELL, NAS, Stanford University*

MARY C. WHITTON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill*

PANEL ON INFORMATION SCIENCE AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

PRABHAT HAJELA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chair*

JEAN M. ANDINO, Arizona State University

DAVID W. AUCSMITH, Microsoft Corporation

ALFRED O. AWANI, New York Life*

KATHLEEN M. CARLEY, Carnegie Mellon University

WILLIAM R. CHESWICK, Independent Consultant

MARK E. DEAN, NAE, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center

KELVIN DROEGEMEIER, University of Oklahoma

VERLIN B. HINSZ, North Dakota State University

JAMES T. KAJIYA, NAE, Microsoft Corporation

GEORGE KARYPIS, University of Minnesota

JOHN M. LANICCI, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

ROBERT A.K. MITCHELL, NAE, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (retired)

DEBASIS MITRA, NAE, Columbia University

A. STEPHEN MORSE, NAE, Yale University

RANDOLPH L. MOSES, Ohio State University

LINDA A. NESS, Applied Communication Sciences Applied Research (formerly Telcordia)

LYNNE E. PARKER, University of Tennessee, Knoxville*

AROGYASWAMI J. PAULRAJ, NAE, Stanford University

RADIA PERLMAN, Intel Labs

H. VINCENT POOR, NAE/NAS, Princeton University

PADMA RAGHAVAN, Pennsylvania State University*

ARMANDO A. RODRIGUEZ, Arizona State University*

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* Asterisks denote members who participated in the 2013 meeting.

1 Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

2 Member of the National Academy of Engineering.

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NELSON L. SEAMAN, Pennsylvania State University (retired)

JULIE A. SHAH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*

NEIL G. SIEGEL, NAE,1 Northrop Grumman Information Systems

GURINDAR S. SOHI, NAE, University of Wisconsin-Madison

SALVATORE J. STOLFO, Columbia University

STEVEN J. WALLACH, NAE, Convey Computer Corporation

MARILYN M. WOLFSON, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

HOLLY YANCO, University of Massachusetts, Lowell*

DUSAN S. ZRNIC, NAE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

PANEL ON MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

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

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

MICHAEL BASKES, NAE, Los Alamos National Laboratory

ELI BROOKNER, Raytheon Company*

CHARLES R. CANTOR, NAS,2 Sequenom, Inc.

STUART L. COOPER, NAE, Ohio State University*

DANA D. DLOTT, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

AMY E. DUWEL, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

HORACIO D. ESPINOSA, Northwestern University

MICHAEL ETTENBERG, NAE, Dolce Technologies*

ELSA M. GARMIRE, NAE, Dartmouth College*

JAMES S. HARRIS, NAE, Stanford University*

THOMAS L. KOCH, NAE, University of Arizona*

CHRISTIAN MAILHIOT, Washington State University

CHRIS A. MARIANETTI, Columbia University*

MARC A. MEYERS, University of California, San Diego*

SORIN MITRAN, University of North Carolina

DUNCAN T. MOORE, NAE, University of Rochester*

KRISHNA RAJAN, Iowa State University

JORGE J. SANTIAGO-AVILES, University of Pennsylvania

MICHAEL G. SPENCER, Cornell University*

MATTHEW V. TIRRELL, NAE, University of Chicago

MARK W. VERBRUGGE, NAE, General Motors Co.

ANIL V. VIRKAR, NAE, University of Utah*

TUAN VO-DINH, Duke University*

LARRY P. WALKER, Cornell University*

PANEL ON MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

EPHRAHIM GARCIA, Cornell University*

DENNIS N. ASSANIS, NAE, State University of New York, Stony Brook

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* Asterisks denote members who participated in the 2013 meeting.

1 Member of the National Academy of Engineering.

2 Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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FU-KUO CHANG, Stanford University

ADITI CHATTOPADHYAY, Arizona State University

JAMES HAMILTON, Target Chip Ganassi Racing

WESLEY L. HARRIS, NAE,1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology *

JOHN KIM, NAE, University of California, Los Angeles

ROGER L. McCARTHY, NAE, McCarthy Engineering

WILLIAM Q. MEEKER, JR., Iowa State University

PARVIZ MOIN, NAS/NAE, Stanford University

DAVID A. PETERS, Washington University *

KENNETH M. ROSEN, NAE, Aero-Science Technology Associates, LLC*

JAYANT S. SABNIS, Pratt & Whitney

WILLIAM A. SIRIGNANO, NAE, University of California, Irvine*

EDWARD C. SMITH, Pennsylvania State University

TOMMIE L. WOOD, Bell Helicopter Textron

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* Asterisks denote members who participated in the 2013 meeting.

1 Member of the National Academy of Engineering.

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Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for 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 wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Ross B. Corotis, NAE, University of Colorado, Boulder,

J. Dexter Fletcher, Institute for Defense Analyses,

Alastair M. Glass, NAE, Tyndall National Institute,

Richard M. Murray, NAE, California Institute of Technology,

Michael Posner, NAS/IOM, University of Oregon,

Edgar A. Starke, Jr., NAE, University of Virginia, and

Dwight C. Streit, NAE, University of California, Los Angeles.

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Louis J. Lanzerotti, NAE, New Jersey Institute of Technology. Appointed by the National Research Council, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring board and the institution.

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