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Research Opportunities in Electronics (1987)

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1987. Research Opportunities in Electronics. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/19172.
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REFERENCE COPY NRC:NSB:024 cnD , ,nn.n FOR LIBRARY USE ONLY RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN ELECTRONICS Panel on Research Opportunities in Electronics Naval Studies Board Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources National Research Council ttt-S. PROPERTY OF NRC LIBRARY JUN 20 1988 NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Washington, D.C. 1987 Offler from National Technical Information Servici, 22J6J Order No.,

NOTICE: The project thac is the subject of this report was approved b> the' Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the Councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering re- search, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Frank Press is president of the National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. Robert M. White is president of the National Academy of Engineering. The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate profes- sions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Samuel 0. Thier is president of the Institute of Medicine. The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1918 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in pro- viding services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engi- neering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Frank Press and Dr. Robert M. White are chair- man and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council. This work related to Department of Navy Contract N00014-85-G-0130 issued by the Office of Naval Research under contract authority NR 201-124. However, the content does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the Depart- ment of the Navy or the government, and no official endorsement should be inferred. The United States Government has at least a royalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable license throughout the world for government purposes to publish, translate, reproduce, deliver, perform, and dispose of all or any of this work, and to authorize others so to do. Copies available from: Naval Studies Board National Academy of Sciences 2101 Constitution Avenue Washington, D.C. 20418

»CL6* ttit JUN 2 0 1988 PREFACE The Electronics Division of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is charged with the responsibility for research addressing the needs of the Navy and Marine Corps for (a) higher speed information and signal processing, (b) improved reliability and maintainability of electronic systems, (c) operation in natural and manmade hostile environments, (d) improved security and communication systems resistant to jamming and interception, (e) expanded exploitation of the complete electromag- netic spectrum, and (f) improved systems design, control, and analysis. The Naval Studies Board was requested to establish a panel to identify research opportunities for the ONR in electronics. This panel would advise on long-range research opportunities appropriate to the mission of the ONR and would provide a source of input from the scien- tific community as the ONR formulates plans for electronics research in both its core program and special-focus initiatives. The panel would also explore the broad role of electronics in the Navy's missions, in- cluding its role at in-house laboratories, such as the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Clearly, identifying new electronics research oppor- tunities could fundamentally affect the Navy's ability to meet the needs enumerated above. The panel was extensively briefed by ONR senior management and electronics program managers at its initial meeting on June 30, 1987, regarding the ONR's current research program and plans. In executive session following that briefing, the panel prepared a report to assist the ONR in a timely way rather than making a detailed, long-term study. The current programmatic organization into solid state electronics, systems and communications theory, electromagnetics, and space science was taken as an appropriate structure for considering opportunities for expanded and new research thrusts. The panel first considered what conditions in the scientific and technological environment during the next 10-20 years could lead to new electronics opportunities. The panel then identified basic research directions that could be under- taken to provide focus to these potential breakthroughs. This report presents the panel's consensus concerning research areas that merit significant support by the ONR because of their substantial relevance to Navy missions. It is our hope that the report will enable the ONR electronics program managers to consider the panel's suggestions now in making plans for the coming fiscal years and augmenting their current, successful, strong basic research program. Robert S. Bauer Chairman, Panel on ONR Research Opportunities in Electronics

PANEL ON RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN ELECTRONICS Robert S. Bauer (Chairman), Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Robert G. Gallager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thomas Kailath, Stanford University Staraatios M. Krimigis, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Thomas C. McGill, California Institute of Technology Robert E. Mclntosh, Jr., University of Massachusetts Henry I. Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Timothy N. Trick, University of Illinois Marvin H. White, Lehigh University, Sherman Fairchild Center ONR Liaison Representative Ronald N. Kostoff NRC Staff Officer Lee M. Hunt

NAVAL STUDIES BOARD Robert J. Hermann (Chairman), United Technologies Corporation Bernard F. Burke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology George F. Carrier, Harvard University Seymour J. Deitchman, Institute for Defense Analyses Philip M. Diamond, The Aerospace Corporation Ivan A. Getting, Los Angeles, California Willis M. Hawkins, Lockheed Corporation John C. Hopkins, Los Alamos National Laboratory Benjamin Huberman, Consultants International Group, Inc. David W. Hyde, Science Applications International Corporation Ray L. Leadabrand, Science Applications International Corporation Reuven Leopold, SYNTEC Engineering & Computer Sciences, Inc. Chester M. McKinney, Jr. Applied Research Laboratory William J. Moran, Los Altos, California Robert M. Powell, Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., Inc. Allan R. Robinson, Harvard University John W. Rouse, Jr., Southern Research Institute Robert C. Spindel, Applied Physics Laboratory Peter Swerling, Swerling, Manasse & Smith, Inc. Raymond T. Tate, Raymond Tate Associates, Inc. Navy Liaison Representatives Frank E. Shoup III, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Ronald N. Kostoff, Office of Naval Research Staff Lee M. Hunt, Staff Director

COMMISSION ON PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, AND RESOURCES Norman Hackerman (Chairman), Robert A. Welch Foundation George F. Carrier, Harvard University Dean E. Eastman, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Marye Anne FoX, University of Texas Gerhart Friedlander, Brookhaven National Laboratory Lawrence W. Funkhouser, Chevron Corporation (retired) Phillip A. Griffiths, Duke University J. Ross Macdonald, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Charles J. Mankin, The University of Oklahoma Perry L. McCarty, Stanford University Jack E. Oliver, Cornell University Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Princeton University Observatory William D. Phillips, Mallinckrodt, Inc. Denis J. Prager, MacArthur Foundation David M. Raup, University of Chicago Richard J. Reed, University of Washington Robert E. Sievers, University of Colorado Larry L. Smarr, University of Illinois Edward C. Stone, Jr., California Institute of Technology Karl K. Turekian, Yale University George W. Wetherill, Carnegie Institution of Washington Irving Wladawsky-Berger, IBM Corporation Staff Raphael G. Kasper, Executive Director Lawrence E. McCray, Associate Executive Director

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