COSPAR Associated Event (Review Panel on Space Situational Awareness, Space Weather and Space Debris Research)

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1 COSPAR Associated Event (Review Panel on Space Situational Awareness, Space Weather and Space Debris Research) Integrity Service Excellence AFOSR/AOARD International Programs Overview Date: 19 July 2012 R. Ponnappan Program Manager Air Force Office of Scientific Research Air Force Research Laboratory DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A Unclassified, Unlimited Distribution; Case Number: 88ABW

2 Presentation Outline Our Organization Our Mission International R&D stats. AOARD* Project Examples Message to Researchers *AOARD = Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development 2

3 AFRL/AFOSR Organization AFMC (Air Force Materiel Command) AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory) 9 other Technology Directorates AOARD Tokyo AFOSR (Air Force Office of Scientific Research) Int l Office, Arlington Basic Research SOARD Santiago, Chile EOARD London 3

4 AFRL Technical Directorates 4

5 AFOSR Mission Discover, shape, and champion basic science that profoundly impacts the future Air Force Find Breakthrough Res. Opportunities Around the globe Foster Revolutionary Basic Research for Air Force Needs Transition Technologies to DoD and Industry TODAY S BREAKTHROUGH SCIENCE FOR TOMORROW S AIR FORCE 5

6 AFRL Supports International Research Efforts Conference Support, Window-on-Science, Research Grants AFRL/ITO Dayton (1997) AFOSR/IO Arlington (1996). European Office of Aerospace R&D (EOARD), London (1952). Asian Office of Aerospace R&D (AOARD), Tokyo (1992) Southern Office of Aerospace R&D (SOARD), Santiago (2009). Info Exchange, Cooperative Projects & Programs, Newsletters 6

7 2010 World R&D Investment 2000 to 2010** Canada 2% USA 35% USA 35% Other Americas 2% 2% Europeanean 23% Union +59% Africa <1% 2% China 12% India 3% S. Korea 4% Taiwan 1% Australia 2% Japan 12% 42% 2% 3% 26% <1% 3% 2% 3% 1% 1% 17% 2000 ** OECD 2009 PPP; 2010 Global R&D Projection (Battelle and R&D Magazine) Lt Luke Kaspari 7

8 Researchers / Thousand Employed Forecasted Expenditures on R&D Size of bubble reflects R&D Volumes in 2000 USD-constant prices and PPP 16.0 Finland New Zealand Russia UK France Canada Australia Iceland United States Denmark Japan South Korea Sweden Mexico Indonesia Chile India Brazil South Africa China Switzerland R&D as a % of GDP Sources: 1. OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators Database, June 2011; 2. Battelle, R&D Magazine, December

9 Countries AFOSR S&T Investment by Country ( ) Thousands, USD 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 United Kingdom Australia Canada Japan Republic of Korea Singapore Taiwan Israel Russia India Brazil Germany Netherlands Italy Austria Ukraine Sweden Belgium France Spain Finland Malaysia Chile Czech Republic Mexico Greece Bulgaria Thailand Portugal Argentina 9

10 AFOSR International Approach Discovery Site visits, conference sponsorship, international forum (formal and ad hoc), data mining (AFRL & external) People Programs Bring scientists to U.S., send AFRL scientists overseas, engineer & scientist exchanges, sponsor fellowships in AFRL labs Contracts and Grants Responsive to AFOSR BAA, fund universities or institutes, leverage others investments Government-to-Government Agreements Data/information exchanges, collaborative projects 10

11 AOARD Mission WOS Lead time: At least 40 days before travel start date - AOARD invites prominent Asian scientists to USAF Labs/Centers - Visitor (usually a non-govt scientist) provides a seminar - Visitor engages in technical discussions with USAF S&E s - AOARD reimburses travel expenses to WOS visitor CSP Lead time: As early as possible R&D - AOARD funds (typical is $5K) workshops and conferences in Asia - Support paid directly to conference organizers - Support may be for a stand-alone workshop or for an individual session within a large conference Lead time: Usually days to complete the process - AOARD funds basic research proposals in response to AFOSR BAA - USAF S&Es evaluate the proposals - The Proposer s Guide is on the AFOSR webpage - Follow-on grants must be cost-shared by other USAF organization - AOARD administers larger grants on behalf of AFOSR and AFRL 11

12 International Outreach Country CSP Inv Orders R&D Total Japan Australia Taiwan United States Korea India Singapore Europe Thailand New Zealand Malaysia Canada Vietnam Total

13 AOARD India Projects Research Areas Funded: Materials Power & Energy Cognitive science Controls Aerodynamics Info science Institutions funded: IITs IISc Universities National research institutes TIFR JNCASR Biosensors Ceramic Fiber Lasers Cognitive science Collision Avoidance guidance of UAVs Fiber Ceramic Composites Flapping Propulsion Functional Ceramic Hydrogen storage medium for fuel cell Knowledge-Based Data mining Li/Li+ Ion Conducting Channel Lithium-Air Battery Memory Devices Metamaterials Modeling and Simulation Nanobioinformatics Nanocomposites Nanodispersed Al Alloys Nanoeutectics Nanomaterials Plasma Diagnostics Pt-Au-Graphene-CNT composite for fuel cells Rare Earths In YAG SCINDA Receiver Sensory coordination of insect flight Shock tunnel investigations Single walled carbon nanotubes Smart Flying Wing MAV Space Weather Environment Super Resolution imaging Tetrahertz Waves Thermal energy harvesting Thermal transport in 1-D and 2-D nanostructures Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-B alloys Tunable composite materials Ultracapacitors for energy storage Unsteady Aerodynamics 13

14 AOARD Projects in Asia Space Related Programs in Asia: Space weather/ssa/ionosphere studies (SCINDA stations in Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, India) Influence of sun and cosmic factors on Earth's space weather Study of equatorial ionosphere irregularities with ROCSAT data India (JNU) Taiwan (NCU) Effective Detection of Low-luminosity GEO Objects Japan (IHI) Research of Ionospheric Scintillation in Asia (RISA) Thailand (AIT) Investigation of ESF triggers using balloon & ground-based diagnostics India (Andhra U) Analyses of aircraft measurement of atmos. turbulence Australia (Flinders U) Study of equatorial ionospheric irregularities and mapping of electron density profiles and ionograms Philippines (Manila Observatory) Note: Many AFRL programs are in place in Europe and Africa as well SCINDA Scintillation Network Data Analysis 14

15 Summary Message to Researchers Reaching out for world-class science FUNDAMENTAL, BASIC, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Three primary mission tools are available R&D WOS CSP We encourage networking & leveraging among University/Non-Profit Orgs/Gov t Agencies With your participation, AFOSR can foster basic science breakthroughs in Asia Creating Revolutionary Scientific Breakthroughs for the US Air Force 15

16 Contact Information "Pon" R. Ponnappan, PhD Program Manager, AFOSR/IO 875 N. Randolph St., Suite 325, Room 3112 Arlington, VA Phone ; Fax (703) Website: 16

17 Thank You Questions/Comments? Collaboration is the key to success! 17