The Scientific Advisory Board Meeting on October 11-13 will review potential FY 2024 SERDP projects for funding. The presentation schedule is included below.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023 |
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| 0900 | Convene | SAB Chair |
| 0905 | SAB Strategy Session | SAB Members |
| 0935 | FY22 Munitions Response SON Overview: Detection, Localization, Classification, and Remediation of Military Munitions Underwater | David Bradley, Ph.D.
Munitions Response Program Manager |
| 0945 | MR24-4262: Improving Advanced Geophysical Classification Performance in the Marine Environment (FY24 New Start) | Stephen Billings, Ph.D.
Black Tusk Geophysics Inc |
| 1030 | Break | |
| 1045 | MR24-4128: Phenomenology Enriched Learning for Imaging and Classification of Underwater Military Munitions (FY24 New Start) | Vishal Monga, Ph.D.
The Pennsylvania State University |
| 1130 | MR24-4269: Continual Learning Machines for Robust Underwater UXO Classification (FY24 New Start) | Mahmood R. Azimi-Sadjadi, Ph.D.
Colorado State University |
| 1215 | Lunch | |
| 1315 | FY20 RC SON Overview: Installation Resilience Research: Theoretical Frameworks for Compound Threats | J. Kevin Hiers
Resource Conservation and Resilience Program Manager |
| 1325 | RC24-4510: Predicting Impacts of Species Loss on Ecosystem Resilience: An Experimental Test of a Novel Theoretical Framework (FY20 Follow-on) | Jinelle Sperry, Ph.D.
U.S. Army ERDC-CERL |
| 1410 | FY24 ER SON Overview: Development of Improved Concentration Technologies for Treatment of Matrices Impacted by Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) | Andrea Leeson, Ph.D.
Environmental Restoration Program Manager |
| 1420 | ER24-4224: Novel Functionalization of Conventional Sorbents for Enhanced Selectivity and Improved Concentration of Ultrashort- and Short-Chain PFAS (FY24 New Start) | Lee Blaney, Ph.D.
University of Maryland Baltimore County |
| 1505 | Break | |
| 1520 | FY24 ER SON Overview: Improved Understanding of Destructive Treatment Processes for PFAS in the Subsurface | Andrea Leeson, Ph.D.
Environmental Restoration Program Manager |
| 1530 | ER24-4380: A Novel In Situ Subsurface PFAS Destruction Strategy that Uses Ligand-Coordinated Zero-Valent Metals at Ambient Conditions (FY24 New Start) | Charles Werth, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin |
| 1615 | Public Discussion / Adjourn for the Day | SAB Chair |
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Thursday, October 12, 2023 |
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| 0900 | Convene | SAB Chair |
| 0905 | FY24 WP SON Overview: Sustainable Energetics Synthesis and Preparation | John La Scala, Ph.D.
Weapons Systems and Platforms Program Manager |
| 0915 | WP24-4296: Designing a High-throughput Cell-based Screen for N- Oxygenase Engineering (FY24 New Start) | Aditya Kunjapur, Ph.D.
University of Delaware |
| 1000 | WP24-4443: Electrochemical Synthesis of Energetic Materials(FY24 New Start) | Benjamin Harvey, Ph.D.
Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division |
| 1045 | Break | |
| 1100 | FY24 WP SON Overview: Biological Impacts to DoD Coating Performance | John La Scala, Ph.D.
Weapons Systems and Platforms Program Manager |
| 1110 | WP24-4099: Coating Deterioration: Impacts of Multi-Domain Biofilms and Preventative Measures (FY24 New Start) | Brent Peyton, Ph.D.
Center for Biofilm Engineering Montana State University |
| 1155 | Lunch | |
| 1255 | FY24 ER SON Overview: Self-Assembly Behavior of PFAS Found in Soil and Groundwater at Aqueous Film-Forming Foam-Impacted Sites | Andrea Leeson, Ph.D.
Environmental Restoration Program Manager |
| 1305 | ER24-4273: Mechanistic Investigation of Assembly and Stability of Supramolecular forms of PFAS on Environmentally Relevant Surfaces and Development of Surface Analytical Protocols (FY24 New Start) | Ian Ross, Ph.D.
CDM Smith |
| 1350 | ER24-4061: Self-assembly of PFAS Mixtures in the Presence of Inorganic Ions and Hydrocarbon Surfactants During Wetting and Drying (FY24 New Start) | Carlos Martinez, Ph.D.
Purdue University |
| 1555 | Public Discussion / Adjourn for the Day | SAB Chair |
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Friday, October 13, 2023 |
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| 0900 | Convene | SAB Chair |
| 0905 | FY24 RC SON Overview: Advanced Wildland Fire Research to Improve Military Land Use Efficiency | J. Kevin Hiers
Resource Conservation and Resilience Program Manager |
| 0915 | RC24-4132: Linking Smoke to Fire: The Effect of Burn Conditions on Fuel Availability, Smoke Production, and Atmospheric Processing (FY24 New Start) | Rawad Saleh, Ph.D.
University of Georgia Research Foundation. Inc. |
| 1000 | RC24-4372: Developing Detailed Emission Source Terms for Next- Generation Wildland Fire and Smoke Modeling Tools Using Improved Near-field Fire Measurements (FY24 New Start) | Nicholas Skowronski, Ph.D.
USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station |
| 1045 | Break | |
| 1100 | RC24-4043: From Fuel to Smoke: Measuring and Modeling the Chemistry and Composition of the Prescribed Fire Flame and Near-Field Plume (FY24 New Start) | David Weise, Ph.D.
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station |
| 1145 | Public Discussion / Adjourn | SAB Chair |
