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TECHNICAL EVENTSWednesday22 April.ASC OP/TF6 and SPIE IRMWG JointMeeting8:00 to 10:00 am · Location: Hilton: Calloway AOpen to all attendees.Chair: Adam Phenis, TF6 Leader (USA)The American Standards Committee for Optics (ASC OP) Task Force 6,IR Materials Standards, and the SPIE IR Materials Working Group willhold a joint meeting on Wednesday, 22 April from 08:00 to 10:00 at theHilton in room Calloway A. The task force leaders will bring the rest ofthe group up to date on our IR materials properties pilot study and thestatus of the refractometer measurements at NIST, as well as the statusof associated standards under development. The meeting is open tothe public. For more information contact the chairman, Adam Phenis at(adam.phenis@asml.com).STATEMENT OF PURPOSEThe Infrared Materials Standards Working Group is an interactive networkof scientists and engineers who manufacture, test, and use IR materials.The purpose of this group is to develop standards for properties of opticalmaterials used in the infrared (IR) spectral region (nominally, wavelengths0.7 – 20 microns). Although typical properties have been published inthe technical literature and have been incorporated in various databases,much of this information is decades old. Furthermore, the trend towardmultispectral imaging systems for DoD applications has made the needfor updated properties more acute. The properties of interest encompassall optical, mechanical, thermal, and thermo-optical characteristics, butthe initial primary focus is on the optical and thermo-optical propertiesused for the design of infrared imaging systems - most notably index ofrefraction, dn/dT, dispersion, attenuation coefficient, inhomogeneity, andinclusions. Some materials that transmit in the IR are also used at wavelengthsoutside of the IR range. Therefore, standards developed by thegroup may include characteristics at wavelengths outside of this region.The initial goals are to:1. Update the nominal values of material properties2. Determine the blank-to-blank variations in the material properties3. Develop standards for wavelength bands, reference wavelengths, andsampling and test protocols4. Foster the development of cost-effective methods for measuringmaterial properties5. Advise and assist the US Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to TC172/SC3in developing US positions on ISO standards related to IR materials,including offering potential experts to represent the US at internationalmeetings of TC172/SC3.ASC OP/TF7 - Laser Damage StandardsWorkshop12:00 to 2:00 pm · Location: Hilton: Calloway AOpen to all attendees. Approximately 2 hours.Workshop Chairs: Trey Turner and Mike ThomasOEOSC is hosting an informal meeting to discuss standardization issues forlaser damage specifications and testing. The purpose of this meeting is tosolicit input from interested parties, including comment on laser damagetheory, test procedures, and relevant test parameters to be incorporatedinto the eventual specification.The meeting will start with a brief presentation of the current state ofaffairs for ANSI and ISO standards in the areas of laser damage thresholdspecifications. This will be followed by an overview of the preliminarydiscussions which took place at Photonics West in February.Concepts for Accelerating Innovation:Redefining the Research Eco-System3:30 to 5:00 pm · Location: Conv. Ctr. Room 314This panel discussion will outline and explore novel methods throughwhich research and development collaborations are being arranged tobetter address the increasing pace of technological change, the globalizationof technology, and the need to re-energize University/Industry/Government laboratory synergies.Moderator: Dr. John Pellegrino, Director,omputational and Information Sciences Directorate,US Army Research Laboratory (ARL)Panel participants from Industry, Government and Academia willinclude: Dr. Thomas Russell, Director, ARL, who will describe ARL’snewly established Open Campus initiative; and Dr. Nicholas Colaneri,Director, Arizona State University Flexible Electronics & DisplayCenter, who will discuss the Center’s progressive Industry Partnershipinitiatives; Dr. Dimitris C. Lagoudas, John and Bea Slattery Chair ofAerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University; Dr. Robie Samanta Roy,Vice President of Technology and Innovation, Lockheed Martin; andDr. Kate Gill, 1st Secretary Defence Science & Technology, UK Ministryof Defence - British Defence Staff Washington.Dr. Thomas P. Russell, Director,U.S. Army Research Lab.As Director, Dr. Russell is responsible for the Army’s premierlaboratory for basic and applied research and analysis. TheLaboratory consists of approximately 3,000 military, civilianand contractor employees with annual revenue of over$2 billion. It conducts research and analysis in weapons and materials,sensors and electron devices, computational and information sciences,human research and engineering, vehicle technology, and survivabilityand lethality analysis. In addition, it executes the Army extramural basicresearch program in scientific and engineering disciplines. In his role asDirector of ARL, he has established an Open Campus initiative focusedon transforming the methods through which government, industry andacademia collaborate to accelerate the advancement of science.Dr. Russell’s government career began as a research scientist at theNaval Surface Warfare Center, White Oak Laboratory, MD. He later joinedthe Naval Research Laboratory, where he served in several roles, includingHead, Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation Directorate.More recently, he was the Director of the Air Force Office of ScientificResearch, where he oversaw the management of the entire basic researchinvestment for the Air Force; leading a staff of 200 scientists, engineersand administrators in Arlington, VA., and foreign technology offices inLondon, Tokyo and Santiago, Chile. He actively managed a multi-milliondollar investment portfolio and transitioned the resulting discoveriesto other components of the Air Force Research Laboratory, to defenseindustries and to other federal agencies.Dr. John Pellegrino, Director, Computationaland Information Science Directorate,U.S. Army Research Lab.Dr. John M. Pellegrino is the Director of the Computationaland Information Sciences Directorate of the Army ResearchLaboratory (ARL), where he leads research initiatives in Network, Information,Computational and Atmospheric Sciences. He has been aninnovator in establishing collaborative research alliances that span DoD,Industry and Academic components to advance the state of the art inComputational and Information science, and its impact on the Warfighter.Prior to his appointment, he served as Director, Sensors and ElectronDevices Directorate, also at ARL.12 SPIE DSS 2015 · www.spie.org/dss