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9 Crosscutting Conclusions and Recommendations and Exceptional Accomplishments
9 Crosscutting Conclusions and Recommendations and Exceptional Accomplishments
Pages 193-202
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Additional opportunities will be presented by having the ability to effectively utilize technologies, commercial or otherwise, that are deemed critical to the well-being of the soldiers, eschewing the notinvented-here syndrome. A systematic, structured effort to leverage innovations from outside sources, by either complementary in-house projects or by collaborating with well-selected research partners, will enhance overall productivity.
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A strategic approach to phasing out projects will assure that ARL remains focused on campaign needs and that technical programs and projects remain focused on meeting mission needs. An effective strategic approach also facilitates reallocation of personnel and other resources in support of new topics and objectives.
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To optimize the progress of their research, to set a path forward for each project, and to perform tests, analyses, and experiments that produce meaningful results, researchers need to consistently analyze data and contemplate the theories that are behind the observed physical phenomena, test data, and modeling systems. A key consideration in data collection and analysis is face validity -- the extent to which a test, experiment, model, or analysis measures and examines what it is purported to measure and examine.
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a "closing of the loop" that documents and describes the actions resulting from the assessment process. Beyond providing researchers the ability to gauge progress and make midcourse adjustments, a well-structured assessment process provides greater visibility to collaborators and partners, especially in research that entails a systems engineering approach.
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. The research on structural batteries using additive manufacturing combines novel fabrication ethods m with insight selection of compatible multifunctional elements that combine structural components with energy storage components.
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The miniaturized Hopkinson bar and multiscale rate-dependent mechanical testing equipment, along with micro-scale sample preparation set-up for investigating polymers, metals, ceramics, fibers, and threads, are unique facilities. The exceptional electronic materials programs are those to remotely disable weapons, vehicles, land mines, and so on from prior military actions that were left behind or provided to a former ally turned adversary.
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Similarly, the work on a resource-conserving signature system that uses the one-way properties of Bloom filters to enhance the security of stored signatures against device loss or capture was considered to be exceptional and of high practical import. Another project on weather impacts on microgrid renewable energy ramping event modeling entails a combination of field experimentation and modeling to enable the efficient use of renewable energy by incorporating weather data into the decision-making process.
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The work on high-performance-computing scaled quantum hardware description language is representative of one of the few efforts in the area of quantum networking; it is likely to have a strong influence on the development of future systems. Multiscale material modeling is a potential game-changing computational technology for predictive simulation in the mechanical sciences. These multiscale simulations are essential for assessing vulnerability, lethality, and effectiveness of weapons and protections systems, and the current effort demonstrates the project's utility in theory and also in practical application to software commonly used (e.g., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's ALE3D production software tool, used for high-explosive weapons and target simulations)
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This project combines computer image analysis using deep learning neural network modeling with the electroencephalogram responses of humans searching for targets in rapid sequence to achieve optimized target recognition. In the augmentation area, the development of physical augmentation is a major noteworthy accomplishment.
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Specifically, the anechoic chamber provides special capabilities that ARL is well positioned to take advantage of. The digital radio frequency memory module also has a variety of potential applications and has been integrated into a network-controllable radio signal generation system that allows command and control of a network of signal generators to create distributed complex RF test environments.
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