Events - Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Leadership
CANCELLED: Defense Energy Seminar
Lecture Title: Research at the Special Technologies Laboratory: Highlights from high explosive signatures and UAV detection
Speaker Name and Title:
Dr. Thomas Myers
Program Manager for Proliferation Detection
Nevada National Security Sites | Special Technologies Laboratory
Abstract:
The Nevada Nuclear Security Sites Special Technologies Laboratory (NNSS-STL) performs innovative research and development for the Department of Energy across a wide range of missions including stockpile stewardship, physical security and nonproliferation. NNSS-STL is focused on development of special-purpose devices, measurement instruments, and analysis methods tailored to the needs of the end-user. Dr. Myers will speak to the capabilities of the laboratory as well as provide recent highlights. Recent progress towards characterizing explosive test articles from their optical and RF signals will be presented along with the development of an optical tracking technique for UAVs with inexpensive hardware and lightweight algorithms.
Bio:
Dr. Thomas W. Myers is a program manager at the Nevada Nuclear Security Sites Special Technologies Laboratory within the proliferation detection group. Prior to joining STL, he was a staff scientist in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory high explosives research groups. His current research focuses on the detection and characterization of optical and radio frequency signals from above and below ground high explosive events.
Web link: https://nps.edu/web/eag/seminars
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NEW DATE: Defense Energy Seminar
Lecture Title: Research at the Special Technologies Laboratory: Highlights from high explosive signatures and UAV detection
Speaker Name and Title:
Dr. Thomas Myers
Program Manager for Proliferation Detection
Nevada National Security Sites | Special Technologies Laboratory
Abstract:
The Nevada Nuclear Security Sites Special Technologies Laboratory (NNSS-STL) performs innovative research and development for the Department of Energy across a wide range of missions including stockpile stewardship, physical security and nonproliferation. NNSS-STL is focused on development of special-purpose devices, measurement instruments, and analysis methods tailored to the needs of the end-user. Dr. Myers will speak to the capabilities of the laboratory as well as provide recent highlights. Recent progress towards characterizing explosive test articles from their optical and RF signals will be presented along with the development of an optical tracking technique for UAVs with inexpensive hardware and lightweight algorithms.
Bio:
Dr. Thomas W. Myers is a program manager at the Nevada Nuclear Security Sites Special Technologies Laboratory within the proliferation detection group. Prior to joining STL, he was a staff scientist in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory high explosives research groups. His current research focuses on the detection and characterization of optical and radio frequency signals from above and below ground high explosive events.
Web link: https://nps.edu/web/eag/seminars
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Uncrewed Systems & Counter-Uncrewed Systems
JIFX events provide an opportunity for technology developers to interact with operational personnel to determine how their technology and ideas may support or enhance USG/DoD capabilities. The environment facilitates a collaborative learning environment between government, academia, industry, and NGOs to promote the identification and assessment of emerging and maturing technologies. These events enable rapid iteration on nascent technologies with the direct input of end users. Submissions that relate to any of the RFI areas of interest (including areas not listed below) will be considered for acceptance.
Uncrewed Systems (UxS) are transforming the operational landscape, offering unprecedented capabilities in terms of surveillance, reconnaissance, and autonomous operations. The focus of this event is to enhance the performance, autonomy, and resilience of these systems.
For more information, visit https://nps.edu/web/fx/upcoming-jifx.
2024 Aircraft Survivability Symposium
*Please note: This event is closed to the press as it is classified SECRET//NOFORN.
The 2024 Aircraft Survivability Symposium is a SECRET//NOFORN event; attendees must hold at least a Secret clearance and be U.S. citizens. Please review the security clearance and gate access information page when available and submit your clearance information via DISS according to the instructions.
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This two-day, classified symposium with an optional third day of classified tutorials fosters technical dialogue and exchanges of information on aircraft survivability topics such as design, operational experience, threats current and future, reliability, maintenance, and testing of aircraft survivability technologies.
Using the Naval Postgraduate School as our venue and co-sponsor provides attendees a unique symposium experience that offers a forum for learning through its presentation of relevant tutorials on the first day and then presentations by senior keynotes from government and industry, the armed services, industry, and academia on survivability-related subjects on the following days.
These presenters will discuss survivability technologies, survivability sustainment and operations, threats, and countermeasures. This symposium will also include warfighter information on survivability effectiveness in today’s fight, which will inform solutions for tomorrow’s challenges.
( NPS login required).