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Materials Research Support at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

• 2011 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit

• November 28 - December 2, 2011
• Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
• Meeting Chairs: Cammy R. Abernathy, Paul V. Braun, Masashi Kawasaki, Kathryn J. Wahl

Brian C. Holloway - Program Manager, DARPA

Tuesday, November 29
7:30-8:15 pm
Sheraton Hotel, 2^nd Floor, Back Bay B 

Brian C. Holloway
Program Manager
Defense Sciences Office
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Materials Program seeks to advance material science on many technology fronts.  Programs range from developing physics- and chemistry-based models that allow for the design of novel materials possessing radically improved or new properties, to innovative processing methods that dramatically reduce the cost of producing titanium metal and its alloys.  Mathematical and characterization tools are being generated to enable rapid design and development of new armor systems.  Armor systems based on topological constructs are demonstrating an increase in performance not achievable with traditional approaches.  Biologically inspired approaches to material synthesis and design are pervasive in many of the DSO initiatives.  Future investments in the DSO Materials program will continue to explore the frontiers of material science, which include new science-based tools for the development of new materials, novel materials for energy and water harvesting, new mechanical designs that exploit or challenge new materials and material systems, and innovative electromagnetic materials that will revolutionize the field of electronics.  This aggressive vision to pursue the development of radically new materials and material systems is producing the critical technologies that will allow for the next generation of high-performance military platforms.

The goal of the Bioinspired Photonics Program is to harness innovative bioinspired synthetic organic and inorganic approaches to drive improved photonic material capabilities. Nature's hierarchical structures, scaling from micron to nanometer level, achieve remarkable optical functionality through complex scattering, reflection, and absorption phenomena. The Bioinspired Photonics Program plans to draw inspiration from the best of nature's photonic structures to demonstrate tunable reflectors or volatile organic vapor sensors capable of operating in the visible and near infrared.