NRWG18-labtours - Naval Research Program
NRWG 18 Lab Tour Schedule
NPS Lab Tours are an opportunity for Topic Sponsors to gain a more in depth understanding of the specific research lab capabilities at NPS. Sponsors should be prepared for a 25-55 minutes tour length. The NRP will be hosting NPS Lab Tours on the 10th and 12th of April. When Topic Sponsors register for NRWG 18 they will be asked to select one attendee registration type and to select multiple lab tours to create a schedule of tours that you would like to attend.
When you register for NRWG 18 you will be asked to select one attendee registration type and to select multiple lab tours to create a schedule of tours that you would like to attend. Fifteen tours/presentations are scheduled (Fourteen individual and one repeating) for Tuesday and eight (four individual and four repeating) are scheduled on Thursday. Please carefully review the schedule of tours and select those that you would like to attend.
- Tours are scheduled in 25 or 55 minutes blocks.
- Some tours overlap the start-time of another tour.
- Once you have mapped out your desired tour schedule and verified that you have not double-booked yourself, please sign-up for the tours by selecting the appropriate tour tickets at the time of your registration through Eventbrite.
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Tour Information Key:Ø TOUR TIMEFRAME (Tours are scheduled in 25-55 minutes time blocks. Make sure to note the specific tour time.)
TOUR HOSTS/PRESENTERS TOUR TITLE – TOUR DESCRIPTION |
Tuesday, 10 APR |
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Ø 0900-0955
| 0900-0955 – Glasgow Hall EAST – Room 104 | (20) |
Dr. Gurminder Singh, Mr. John Gibson, Mr. Carl Prince and Dr. Peter Ateshian
Developing, Testing and Training for Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) Lab - This lab tour will present recent work in the area of Offensive Cyber Operations. The work has been supported by MARFORCYBER and OSD DT&E, among others.
| 0900-0955 - Golf Course Annex – Bldg 230 | (15) |
Dr. Andres Larraza and Mr. Ben McGlasson
Railgun Lab - The mission of the NPS Railgun Lab is to help the Navy weaponize the physics of electromagnetic launch. Our role involves three primary tasks: railgun education, student thesis topics, and basic research to advance the state of knowledge of the national railgun team. Our capability is exclusive among academic institutions, since we have the largest railgun of any university laboratory and we can perform classified research. This will allow us to operate in the 1-2MJ muzzle energy range and ensure we are tackling problems that are relevant to the larger Navy effort. We will also be pioneering basic physics research into mega-Ampere, and mega-Gauss phenomena with our laboratory's inherent ability to produce such high currents and magnetic fields. In addition, we intend to use the laboratory as a great platform for collaboration across the spectrum of academic disciplines at NPS, from operations research into doctrine through war-game simulations, logistical analysis, and TTP development; to improved engineering of Pulsed Power electrical design, materials analysis and development; and overarching Systems Engineering parametric modeling and assessments.
Ø 1000-1055
| 1000-1055 – Glasgow Hall EAST – Room 219 | (15) |
Dr. Cynthia Irvine, Ms. Thuy Nguyen and Mr. Michael Thompson
C3O Cyber Lab - The lab tour will present work in cybersecurity and cyber operations including: a tool developed for the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge to analyze software exploits in the CGC final event; studies of the applicability of Blockchain Technology in DoN, DoD, and US Government contexts; a cyber physical systems testbed, modeled on the Machine Control Systems used in Navy ships, that supports research to discover and mitigate MCS vulnerabilities; and the use of virtualization for cybersecurity and cyber operations skill development and measurement.
| 1000-1025 - Golf Course Annex – Bldg 230 | (20) |
Dr. Raymond Gamache
Armor Development Lab - Within this lab new concepts in protective systems for both personal and vehicles are being developed. Current efforts are focused on flexible buoyant body armor and lightweight composite transparent armor. Recently developed lab includes a 40mm powder gun capable of velocities up to 8700 ft/s, 1” light gas gun and a Mann barrel gun system capable of firing from 0.22 caliber up to 20mm. Additional capabilities including hot pressing and high energy ball milling are being implemented to develop improved toughness of ceramics for armor applications.
| 1030-1055 – Glasgow Hall – Room 221 | (10) |
Dr. Nita Shattuck
Human Systems Integration (HSI) Lab - The HSI lab is a multi-use, configurable lab designed to measure individual, team and system performance. It has a variety of capabilities that include a team performance lab, usability analysis and eye-tracking, ergonomic and anthropometric measurement, fatigue and crew endurance tools for lab and field data collection, human modeling to include workload and task load of individuals and crews, motion capture, visual and auditory perception, reaction time and decision-making, and tools for designing physical layout of work and living spaces.
Ø 1100-1155
| 1100-1155 – Root Hall – Room 107 | (20) |
Dr. Wayne Porter, Dr. Sean Everton, Mr. Dan Cunningham, Mr. Rob Schroeder, Mr. Chris Callaghan and Mr. Mike Aspland
Common Operational Research Environment (CORE) Lab - CORE was established at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in 2007 with the mission to support U.S. and International field operatives in the analytical craft of integrating geospatial, cultural, relational, and temporal data in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of the Irregular Warfare environment. CORE is the only lab in the country that directly focuses visual analytic analysis of Irregular Warfare (IW) problem sets in direct support of Soldiers in the field.
| 1100-1125 – Glasgow Hall – Room 128 | (20) |
CAPT Jeffrey Kline, USN (Ret.) and COL Jeff Appleget, PhD, USA (Ret.)
Warfare Innovation Continuum - This presentation provides an overview of NPS Operations Research programs in developing and advancing naval concepts and tactics through wargaming, red teaming, simulation and campaign analysis. Methods to provide quantitative military assessments and risk assessments of new technologies and concepts of employment for those technologies will be discussed. If your interest lay with advancing and assessing warfighting capabilities this will be a presentation to attend.
| 1130-1155 – Root Hall – Room 204A | (25) |
Dr. T. Camber Warren and Mr. Albert Barreto III
Virtualization/Cloud Computing and Coalition for Open-Source DA Lab - The VCC / CODA Lab supports a robust virtualized infrastructure which is used in teaching and research by both Information Science (IS) and Defense Analysis (DA) faculty and students. The lab supports a wide array of research and courses on “big data” applications, including social network analysis, geospatial analysis, and machine learning. We are also focused on the development of hybrid parallel computing architectures, which combine the traditional “horizontal” networked parallelism of HADOOP clusters, with the “vertical” parallelism of multi-terabyte, single-node Random Access Memory (RAM) pools, and the “micro” parallelism provided by high-end Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). By leveraging the rise of “open-source” data and analytic approaches, combined with novel approaches to the design of computational architectures, we aim to foster a new generation of information warriors, capable of operating effectively in complex informational environments. Recent projects have focused on large-scale anomaly detection in online network communications, providing new approaches to cyber forensic analysis, social sentiment analysis, geospatial conflict prediction, and real-time situational awareness in the human domain.
Ø 1200-1430 -- RoboDojo drop-in tours available. No registration required.
| 1200-1430 – Root Hall – Room 125A/125B |
Ms. Kristin Tsolis
RoboDojo- The RoboDojo is a dynamic innovation space where students, staff, faculty, and friends can come 'tinker' and learn about robot components and systems. The lab is designed to promote informal hands-on learning with open hours and volunteer mentors to help the NPS community learn about: rapid prototyping (e.g, with 3D printers and laser cutters); embedded computing (e.g., with Arduino and Raspberry Pi); basic electronics (e.g., with various electronics and breadboard components); robotic software programming (e.g., for Robot Operating System in Python); and more! The lab also hosts various community-led workshops and offers tools, space, and user support around emerging technologies. The RoboDojo represents a grassroots initiative to promote collaborative and community learning.
Ø 1230-1325
| 1230-1325 - Watkins Hall – Room 267 | (25) |
Dr. Amela Sadagic and Dr. Don Brutzman
MOVES Additive Manufacturing Lab - Lab tour introduces a range of Additive Manufacturing (AM) reserach efforts done by MOVES faculty and students. More specifically the visitors will learn about ModelExchange, NavyMakers, and MarineMakers platforms, as well as research efforts focused on cybersecurity applicable to AM and large scale adoption of AM in Naval domain.
| 1230-1255 – Spanagel Hall – Room 011 | (15) |
Dr. Emil Kartalov
Advanced Warfighter Technologies Lab - An applied physics lab with capabilities in microfluidics, micro fabrication, fluorescence microscopy, and biotech. Current projects include research into new insulation material based on microspheres to be used for diver suits, artificial muscles for UUVs, powered exoskeletons and an implantable nitrogen sensor to help avoid caisson disease (the bends) for divers.
| 1300-1325 – Spanagel Hall – Room 005 | (15) |
Dr. Frank Narducci and CDR Michael Manicchia
Atom Interferometry Lab - Future sensors based on atom interferometers are being developed in this lab. These sensors include a dual accelerometer/gyroscope (for GPS denied navigation) and magnetometers (for ASW applications).
Ø 1330-1425
| 1330-1355 - Spanagel – Room 303 | (15) |
Dr. George Dinolt, Mr. Carson McAbee and Prof. Ric Romero
Engineering Enclave Maritime Security (EEMS) - Creating the infrastructure to study the complex behavior in maritime systems. The Engineering Enclave for Maritime Security (EEMS) will provide the Navy with something unavailable anywhere else, insight into the control systems that make global trade possible. One of the largest economic movements of the last century was globalization, which is entirely dependent on the safe navigation of enormous vessels as they traverse the world’s oceans delivering goods. In turn, these vessels are critically dependent on computer aided systems that keep them in communication with the shore, chart their course around the globe, and control their engineering systems. A map of the cyber terrain where global trade could be the most vulnerable. EEMS will be used to build an engineering enclave to study the architectures, components, protocols, firmware, and processors that underpin global trade. This lab includes much of the equipment that is on a ships bridge, including Radar, Electronic Chart Display, Voyage Data Recorder, Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon, etc. along with much test equipment, all working.
| 1330-1355 – Watkins Hall – Room 228E, 237 and 238 | (10) |
Dr. Claudia Luhrs and Dr. William Wu
Material Characterization Facilities Lab - Scanning and transmission electron microscopes, X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis and mechanical testing labs.
| 1400-1425 – Spanagel Hall – Room 003 | (10) |
Gamani Karunasiri and Fabio Alves
Sensor Research Lab - This lab is used to conduct research on novel sensors for potential military applications. Current research includes bio-inspired directional sound sensor for sniper fire detection and terahertz (THz) imager for detection of concealed objects.
| 1400-1425 – Watkins Hall – Room 228E, 237 and 238 | (10) |
Dr. Claudia Luhrs and Dr. William Wu
Material Characterization Facilities Lab - Scanning and transmission electron microscopes, X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis and mechanical testing labs.
Thursday, 12 APR - Tour Schedule
Ø 0900-0925
| 0900-0925 – Spanagel Hall – Room 309 and 327 | (20) |
Dr. Jamie MacMahan, LCDR Tucker Friesmuth and LCDR Casey Gon
Nearshore Processes Lab - Field observations of nearshore environment includes the inner shelf, surf zone, beaches, rocky shorelines, rivers, estuaries, and inlets.
| 0900-0925 – Halligan Hall – Room 101C | (20) |
Dr. Joseph Klamo
Hydrodynamics Lab - The hydrodynamics lab contains an operational towing tank with a newly-added wave making capability. This lab will showcase an on-going experimental effort to measure the wave-induced loads on a submerged UUV model.
Ø 0930-1025
| 0930-0955 – Spanagel Hall – Room 038 | (15) |
Dr. Paul Leary and Dr. Kevin Smith
Undersea Sensing Systems Lab - This lab contains various oceanographic and acoustic sensors, including advanced acoustic vector sensors, along with two Liquid Robotics Wave Gliders with acoustic modems integrated into tow-bodies. Research conducted in this lab involves studies of networking between autonomous systems, improved tracking and navigation of submerged systems, environmental remote sensing, and employing advanced acoustic sensors for detecting and tracking underwater targets of interest, including marine mammals.
| 0930-1025 – Watkins Hall – Room 212B | (25) |
Dr. Amela Sadagic and Mr. Erik Johnson
MOVES Virtual Environments Lab - Lab tour introduces a range of research efforts done by faculty and students that use Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality technologies, with emphasis on commercial off-the-shelf systems (COTS). Hands-on experiences with different examples of those technologies and prototype systems developed in our lab are also included in the tour.
| 1000-1025 – Glasgow Hall – Room 128 | (20) |
CAPT Jeffrey Kline, USN (Ret.) and COL Jeff Appleget, PhD, USA (Ret.)
Warfare Innovation Continuum - This presentation provides an overview of NPS Operations Research programs in developing and advancing naval concepts and tactics through wargaming, red teaming, simulation and campaign analysis. Methods to provide quantitative military assessments and risk assessments of new technologies and concepts of employment for those technologies will be discussed. If your interest lay with advancing and assessing warfighting capabilities this will be a presentation to attend.
Ø 1030-1155
| 1030-1055 – Glasgow Hall – Room 221 | (10) |
Dr. Nita Shattuck
Human Systems Integration (HSI) Lab - The HSI lab is a multi-use, configurable lab designed to measure individual, team and system performance. It has a variety of capabilities that include a team performance lab, usability analysis and eye-tracking, ergonomic and anthropometric measurement, fatigue and crew endurance tools for lab and field data collection, human modeling to include workload and task load of individuals and crews, motion capture, visual and auditory perception, reaction time and decision-making, and tools for designing physical layout of work and living spaces.
| 1100-1155 – Root Hall – Room 107 | (20) |
Dr. Wayne Porter, Dr. Sean Everton, Mr. Dan Cunningham, Mr. Rob Schroeder, Mr. Chris Callaghan and Mr. Mike Aspland
Common Operational Research Environment (CORE) Lab - CORE was established at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in 2007 with the mission to support U.S. and International field operatives in the analytical craft of integrating geospatial, cultural, relational, and temporal data in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of the Irregular Warfare environment. CORE is the only lab in the country that directly focuses visual analytic analysis of Irregular Warfare (IW) problem sets in direct support of Soldiers in the field.
| 1130-1155 – Root Hall – Room 204A | (25) |
Dr. T. Camber Warren and Mr. Albert Barreto III
Virtualization/Cloud Computing and Coalition for Open-Source DA Lab - The VCC / CODA Lab supports a robust virtualized infrastructure which is used in teaching and research by both Information Science (IS) and Defense Analysis (DA) faculty and students. The lab supports a wide array of research and courses on “big data” applications, including social network analysis, geospatial analysis, and machine learning. We are also focused on the development of hybrid parallel computing architectures, which combine the traditional “horizontal” networked parallelism of HADOOP clusters, with the “vertical” parallelism of multi-terabyte, single-node Random Access Memory (RAM) pools, and the “micro” parallelism provided by high-end Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). By leveraging the rise of “open-source” data and analytic approaches, combined with novel approaches to the design of computational architectures, we aim to foster a new generation of information warriors, capable of operating effectively in complex informational environments. Recent projects have focused on large-scale anomaly detection in online network communications, providing new approaches to cyber forensic analysis, social sentiment analysis, geospatial conflict prediction, and real-time situational awareness in the human domain.