AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

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AFOSR MISSION
Manage The Basic Research Investment For The US
Air Force
Partnerships in Excellence with Relevance
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BASIC RESEARCH A MILITARY NECESSITY
The first essential of the airpower necessary
for our national security is preeminence in
research. The imagination and inventive genius of
our people-in industry, in the universities, in
the armed services, and throughout the nation
must have free play, incentive, and every
encouragement. Gen. Henry Hap Arnold, 1944
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AFOSR WITHIN AFRL
HQ AFRL
TECHNOLOGY
DIRECTORATES
SPACE VEHICLES
AIR VEHICLES
MATERIALS MANUFACTURING
HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS
DIRECTED ENERGY
PROPULSION
MUNITIONS
INFORMATION
AFOSR BASIC RESEARCH IS THE FOUNDATION!
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• AIR FORCE OFFICE OFSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Office of the Director Dr. Lyle Schwartz Deputy
Director Col Steven Reznick Chief Scientist Dr.
Herb Carlson
Directorate of Aerospace Materials
Sciences Dr. Julian Tishkoff
Directorate of Physics Electronics Dr.
Forrest Agee
Directorate of Mathematics Space Sciences Dr.
Clifford Rhoades
Directorate of Chemistry Life Sciences Dr.
Genevieve Haddad
Directorate of External Programs Resources
Interface Col T. Jan Cerveny
Directorate of Policy and Integration Maj Robert
Crannage
Human Resources Ms. Carolyn Maron
Directorate of Contracts Mr. Edwin Hawkins
Staff Judge Advocate LtCol Marshall Caggiano
European Office of Aerospace Research And
Development London Col Gerald OConnor
Asian Office of Aerospace Research And
Development Tokyo Dr. Terence Lyons
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) International
Office Dr. Yolanda King
All Program Managers have PhDs
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FY00 AF 6.1 INVESTMENT BY RESEARCH AREA
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (6)
SPACE SCIENCES (4)
HUMAN PERFORMANCE (6)
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES(3)
EDUCATION PROGRAMS (2)
PROPULSION (8)
PHYSICS (11)
FLUID MECHANICS (5)
STRUCTURAL MATERIALS (6)
SOLID MECHANICS (8)
ELECTRONICS (12)
CHEMISTRY (13)
MATH COMPUTER SCIENCES (16)
Total AF Appropriated Amount for FY01 213.8M
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AFOSR TEAM APPROACH (FY 00 Data)
5000 Researchers
AFRL Technology Directorates 130 Projects
AFOSR Ballston
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189 Universities 1046 Grants
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Air Force Funding
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Industry 140 Contracts
Other DoD Agencies Funding
497 Documented Transitions
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As of Feb 01

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INVESTMENT STRATEGY

• Investment is High-Risk and High-Payoff
• Invest Broadly for Revolutionary Air Force
  Technologies
• Always Flexible - Dont Stagnate
• 3 Year Grants, 1 Year Options--Refreshes Research
• Grant average 6 Years, but No Entitlements
• Integrated Program (6.1, 6.2, 6.3)
• Leverage DOD, Other Agency, Private Sector and
  International Research
• AFOSR has No Infrastructure and performs No
  In-House Research

Requires Excellence and Relevance
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HOW AFOSR OPERATES

• AFOSR sets direction from top level guidance
• - AF Scientific Advisory Board, AFRL, AF,
  DoD
• AFOSR annually updates its Broad Agency
• Announcement (BAA) Supplements
• AFOSR WebPage http//afosr.sciencewise.co
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• Proposals from Universities, Industry, and AFRL
  Technical Directorates
• Proposals rated for Excellence External And
• Internal review panels
• Proposals rated for Relevance AFRL AFOSR

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IMAGING PHYSICS PROGRAM(SAMPLE RESEARCH PROGRAM)
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EXAMPLES OF BASIC RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS

• AFOSR-Sponsored Research Enabled
• Precision Navigation Kalman Filter - 1950
• Stealth Enablers High Frequency Electromagnetic
  Scattering - 1950
• Space Experiments (1st Contracts March 1957)
• Laser Invented Charles Townes 1958
• Computer Mouse Graphical User Interface 1960
• Airborne Laser (ABL) COIL - 1970-1995

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AFOSR ADDRESSES AF NEEDS(EXAMPLES)
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RESEARCHER ASSISTANCE AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

• Researcher Assistance Programs -- Foster the
  Mutual Research Interests of the Air Force and
  Universities
• Fellowship Programs
• National Research Council Resident Research
  Associateship Program (NRC-RRA)
• NRC Summer Faculty Fellowship Program
• DoD National Defense Science Engineer
  Graduate Fellowship Program
• Presidential Early Career Award Science
  Engineer (PECASE)

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RESEARCHER ASSISTANCE AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS Contd

• Special Programs
• Small Business Technology Transfer
• Historically Black Colleges and
  Universities
• Window Programs / Windows on Science
• AFOSR sends researchers from the U.S. to
  Asia, Europe, Canada, Central and South
  America and internal U.S. site. (Windows)
• Average visit is 1-6 months
• Researchers come to the US from these
  countries to lecture (WOS)
• Average visit is 2-4 weeks

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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (NRC) ASSOCIATESHIPS

• Objectives
• Enhance research program of the host
  laboratory-- fresh ideas enhanced networking
  with RD community
• Provide prestige of national program
• Provide outstanding research experience for the
  Associate
• Value Added
• Proven selection process
• Effective NRC management at modest cost (18)
• Participate in National program
  (Lab and mentor approved
  by NRC)

AFOSR provides centralized administration
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NANOTECHNOLOGY

• Definition
• Creation of nanostructures with atomic level
• precision
• Simulation characterization of atomically
• controlled materials and nanostructures
• Analysis and exploitation of the electronic,
  optical,
• magnetic, chemical, biological and mechanical
• phenomena which become dominant in
• nanostructures

High Speed, Low Power Analog-to-Digital Converter
Objective

• Dramatic, innovative enhancements in the
  properties and performance of structures,
  materials, and devices with features on the
  nanoscale (i.e., tens of angstroms)
• Ultimate scaling to the smallest dimensions

Resonant Tunneling Diodes
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NANOTECHNOLOGYContd

• Approach
• Fabrication, synthesis, processing of
• nanostructures
• Nanoscale characterization
• Novel phenomena properties
• Nanodevice concepts (electronic, optoelectronic,
• magnetic)

High Speed, Low Power Analog-to-Digital Converter
Impact

• High density information storage (terabits)
• Superfast high performance computers
• Image and information processors
• Miniaturized sensor suites for surveillance
• Warfighter personal status monitors, esp.
• chem/bio
• High performance, affordable nanocomposites
• Miniaturized robotics for uninhabited platforms

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MICRO-SATELLITES TECH SAT 21

• Key Technologies
• Lightweight microsat hardware (flywheels)
• Distributed sparse aperture radar function
• Partitioned, distributed processing
• Ionospheric small scale structure
• Low power, low heat, rad hardened chips
• Formation flying/micro-propulsion

• Description
• Integrated technologies enabling distributed
  satellite systems
• Cluster of formation flying small-sats form
  Virtual Satellite
• Cooperatively function as a multiple aperture
  sparse array

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UNIVERSITY NANOSATELLITE PROGRAM

• OBJECTIVES
• Leverage innovating thinking at U.S.
  universities to pioneer out-of-box solutions
  for nanosatellites
• Demonstrate state-of-the-art nanosatellite bus
  and payload technologies
• Demonstrate advanced mission concepts such as
  TechSat 21 formation flying
• DESCRIPTION
• DARPA and AFOSR funding 10 Universities 100K
  each to build total of 10 nanosatellites
• NASA Goddard providing 1.5M to standardize
  cross-links and navigation h/w
• AFRL/VS to manage prog, insert technology, and
  integrate and launch in Nov 2001
• TECHNOLOGY
• - Formation flying - Miniaturized sensors
• - Micro-propulsion - Guidance navigation
• - Multifunctionality - Collaborative processin

Deployment Structure
Shuttle Ejection System
Existing University NanoSats
Stanfords Sapphire left (25 lbs, 13 tall, 16
diameter)
Arizonas ASUSat left top view above (10 lbs,
9 tall, 12 diameter)
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RECENT AFOSR-SUPPORTED NOBEL LAUREATES
PROF. STEVEN CHU STANFORD UNIVERSITY
PROF. AHMED ZEWAIL CALTECH
PROF. DANIEL CHEE TSUI PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Chemistry 1999
Physics 1997
Physics 1998
PROF HERBERT KROEMER UC SANTA BARBARA
PROF ALAN J. HEEGER UC SANTA BARBARA
PROF PAUL GREENGARD ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
Medicine 2000
Chemistry 2000
Physics 2000
38 NOBEL LAUREATES PERFORMED AF-SPONSORED BASIC
RESEARCH BEFORE AWARDS
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SUMMARY

• AFOSR focuses the Scientific Communityon Air
  Force Warfighter Needs
• AFOSR forges Transitions of Innovative
  Technologies
• AFOSR has a reputation for Early and Accurate
  Selection of Premier Research Scientists