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Environmental Quality and Installations Basic Research Business Area Review

Environmental Quality and Installations Basic Research Business Area Review. Marty Savoie Technical Director 7-9 June 2011. Basic Research Evaluation Panel. Lead – Dr. Ilker Adiguzel Acting Lead Technical Director – Mr. Marty Savoie

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Environmental Quality and Installations Basic Research Business Area Review

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  1. Environmental Quality and Installations Basic Research Business Area Review Marty SavoieTechnical Director 7-9 June 2011

  2. Basic Research Evaluation Panel • Lead – Dr. Ilker Adiguzel • Acting Lead Technical Director – Mr. Marty Savoie • Technical Directors – Mr. Alan Anderson, Dr. Elizabeth Ferguson, Mr. Kevin Knuuti • Others – Dr. Ed Perkins, Dr. Jeff Steevens, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Dr. Jean Nelson, Mr. Pat Harrington, Dr. Demi Syriopoulou FY11 6.1 Program Review 15 July 10

  3. MISSION Natural Environment Built Environment Operationalizing Sustainability Advance and Exploit Science & Technology to Maximize the Long-Term Contributions of Built and Natural Environments to Readiness & Operational Success Collaborators - Stakeholders - Partners Emerging Science Synergized and Aligned Technology Solutions Network Science Government Labs Industry Academia Warfighters Sustainable Army Ranges & Lands Computational Materials Science • Fixed Installations Resilient Facilities & Infrastructure • Forward Operating Bases Secure & Scalable Energy Systems EcoDynamics • Stability Operations Science & Risk Based Decision Analysis Computational & Green Chemistry • Homeland Defense Reduced Liabilities/ Total Ownership Costs Multi-Scale Applications First Principle Phenomenology Net-Zero Operational and Installation Footprint Cost Effective Solutions Nanosciences Systems Approach Military Unique Requirements Simulation Supported by Experimentation Biosciences Innovation – Development – Transition Environmental Quality/Installations (EQ/I) Army Green – Army Strong

  4. Technology Trends • Emerging Materials - Continuing discovery and innovative applications of material properties at the nanoscale, coupled with multi-disciplinary convergence and synergies • Next Generation Sensors - Ubiquitous sensing. Environmental monitoring (vegetation health, water quality and soils). Infrastructure monitoring and analysis • Cellular Bioscience - Sensing of human and other species response to natural and introduced environmental stressors • Bio-inspired Sustainable Materials – Incorporation of bio-inspired properties, such as temperature regulation, and color changing into new materials • Ecosystem-Informatics - Understanding and modeling risk to species, habitat, and populations in light of new environmental stressors • Multi-Scale Modeling - Enhanced computational capabilities to go from nano to macro level modeling and simulation • Landscape Geo-Design – Integrated design across natural and built environment, and across technologies such as GIS, BIM, virtual reality and geo-viewers

  5. 6.1 Strategic Research Areas (SRAs) • Environmental Quality • Environmental Sensing Monitoring • Predicting Ecological System Response and Biological Community Dynamics • Degradation/Transformation of Munitions Constituents and Emerging Contaminants • Predictive Risk • Plant Interactions • Archeological Post-depositional Processes and Geochemical Signatures • Impact ofClimate Change on Chemical Interactions with Environmental Media • Other Environmental Quality Research • Installations • Fundamentals of Structural Nanomaterials • Acoustic, Vibration, Infrared, and Other Signature Forms for Assessment and Modeling Infrastructure Condition and Utilization • Habitation Science • Other Installations Research • Network Science • Biologically Inspired Networks as Model for Engineered Systems

  6. Environmental Quality/Installations • Life-cycle model for mission-ready, sustainable facilities • Military training in the presence of Species at Risk • Modeling net-zero energy installations • Ranges and battlefield integrated UXO technologies • Nanomaterials quantification and classification • Virtual Forward Operating Bases • … • Training and Testing Noise Control • Biomimetic Sensors • Nano-based sensing and neutralization • Remediation/Management of Firing Ranges • Biological Networks • Prediction of MME impacts • Rapid Environmental Assessments • Predictive Toxicology • … Capability Packages Technology Solutions Sustainable Army Ranges & Lands Adaptive and Resilient Installations Resilient Facilities & Infrastructure Sustainable Ranges & Lands Secure & Scalable Energy Systems ThrustAreas Science & Risk Based Decision Analysis Military Materials in the Environment Biological Community Dynamics Infrastructure Signatures Emerging Contaminants Archeological Processes Climate Change Impacts Plant – Soil Interactions Ecological Health Reduced Liabilities/ Total Ownership Costs Sensing/Monitoring Habitation Science Nanomaterials Predictive Risk Net-Zero Operational and Installation Footprint Strategic Research Areas Biologically Inspired Networks

  7. 6.1 Work Unit Roll-up by SRA and Relationship to 6.2 Thrust Area • Legend: • Continuing • Completing/Deleted Adaptive & Resilient Installations FY12 6.1 Program Review 14 July 11

  8. 6.1 Work Unit Roll-up by SRA and Relationship to 6.2 Thrust Area • Legend: • Continuing • Completing/Deleted Military Materials in the Environment Sustainable Ranges and Lands FY12 6.1 Program Review 14 July 11

  9. 6.1 Work Unit Roll-up by SRA and Relationship to 6.2 Thrust Area • Legend: • Continuing • Completing/Deleted Military Materials in the Environment Sustainable Ranges and Lands FY12 6.1 Program Review 14 July 11

  10. 6.1 Work Unit Roll-up by SRA and Relationship to 6.2 Thrust Area • Legend: • Continuing • Completing/Deleted Military Materials in the Environment Sustainable Ranges and Lands FY12 6.1 Program Review 14 July 11

  11. Strategic Positioning 11 • Army Basic Research Review 2010 • Other areas to pursue: 1) Sustainable (green) systems & technologies, 2) Power & energy systems • Improve knowledge of/coordination with other Army/Federal research orgs • ERDC CDR Investments • Synthetic circuits for biotechnology • Proteomics: overcoming biocomplexity • Photosynthesis on a chip • WATCHMAN: Wireless AuTonomous Contaminant Hazard Monitoring Network • CNT-based textiles for electricity generation & storage • Polycrystalline material synthesis • Design & synthesis of bio-inspired nanocomposites • Comprehensive environmental assessment of novel materials • Modeling & risk analysis for environmental climate change • Next generation ecological modeling system • Human Capital Investments • Cross lab teaming • Mentor new PIs

  12. Environmental Quality and Installations Operationalizing Sustainability Questions? and Comments? ...for the Soldier – Today’s and Tomorrow’s

  13. Back-up

  14. FY12 6.1 Proposal Selection Process 10 Dec 10 Call for Proposals Evolution 100 pre-proposal abstracts submitted 18 Jan 11 • Internal Evaluation (BREP) (98) 30 of 30 full proposals submitted 15 Mar 11 • External Evaluation (30) • Internal Evaluation (BREP) (30) • Internal Evaluation (ILIR panel) (2) 16 recommended for funding 14 Jul 11 x of x recommended for ERDC ILIR funding x of x recommended for Army Competitive ILIR funding consideration FY12 6.1 Program Review 14 July 11

  15. 6.1 Strategic Research Areas (SRAs)

  16. EQ/I Technology Development Service DEM/VAL & ESTCP (6.4) Standards & CriteriaOper & Maint Service S&T & SERDP(6.1-6.3) Sponsorship REQUIREMENTS BASIC RESEARCH APPLIED RESEARCH ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION / VALIDATION IMPLEMENTATION COMMERCIALIZATION Process Oversight ASA (ALT) ACSIM ISE & ODF PEO CSS/PM FSS ASA IE&E, ACSIM ISE & ODF, IMCOM ACSIM, USACE, COMMERCIAL

  17. BA6.1 BA6.2 Transition -- Genomics EPA computational toxicology collaboration Quantitative molecular measure of ORC impacts Molecular Markers Do quantitative responses to ORCs exist? Rapid screening assays Rapid effects Do early predict later? Screening Markers Toxic mechanism description Toxicogenomic assessment evaluation (Go/No-Go) Predictive Tox Focus Area Molecular Mechanisms How are effects caused? Species Responses Are responses the same across species? Omics mixtures ORC Classification ID ORC based on effect? Toxicogenomic framework for assessing sublethal effects Networks/ Pathway Rat RDX, MNX Toxgen Nerve cDNA array Genes pathway Genes pathway cDNA array Genes pathway Earthworm Neurotox CL20 cDNA array Environmental Forensics; ID ORCs Earthworm ToxGen & Mixtures Quail RDX/MNX

  18. BA6.1 BA6.2 Nanowires, Nanotubes, RNA Binding-Dependent Switches Collaboration with DTRA and EPA Env. Stability of Fluorescent Polymers & labeling solvents Synthetic Biomimetic Fluorophores FRET in Array Fluoro-phores Fluorescence-Powered Smart Sensors Deposition of Fine/Ultra fine Particles Endospores Viability Using InSitu Hyperspectral Analysis Electro-kinetic Production of Biocide Microsensors for Conaminant Det. Persistence and Fate Transition -- Contaminant Sensing Non- ASA(ALT) Antibody Nanoparticle Conjugate for Bio Det. • Products: • Consequence planning tools • Mold detector • Self-decon materials Bio-electronic Switch Sensing Quenching mechanism for Antibody Nanoparticle Conjugates Nanobio Receptors for Real time Detection of Biologicals Fluorescent Emission in Electrospray Field Protein based Fluorophores Fluorescent probes based on Energy Transfer Real-time Fate and Transport Modeling of Waterborne Contaminants In situ Generation of Biocides in Filters/ HVAC systems Nanobased Chemical and Biological Countermeasures Low Power Remote Sensing Biomimetic sensor response to soil & water Germination & Biocide CFD Modeling Live vs. Dead spores

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