university of washington faculty council on research
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University of Washington Faculty Council on Research
February 12, 2020 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Gerberding 26 Meeting Synopsis:
1. Call to order 2. Review minutes from January 8, 2020 3. Presentation on APL NAVSEA – Kevin Williams 4. Review of 3 restricted research proposals 5. Good of the order 6. Adjourn _____________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Call to order The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. 2. Review minutes from January 8, 2020 The minutes from January 8, 2020 were not voted on as a quorum was not achieved. 3. Presentation on APL NAVSEA – Kevin Williams A member explained that the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory (APL-UW) is a soft money unit with core funding mainly from the U.S. Navy. The program is currently undergoing its regular ten-year review relating to the renewal process for a contract with the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). This review involves assessment of activities from the prior ten years along with projected budgetary needs for the next ten years based on anticipated future projects. Kevin Williams (Interim Executive Director, Applied Physics Laboratory) and Autumn Salazar (Director of Business and Finance, Applied Physics Laboratory) were present to share an update on the workings of APL-UW and to request the FCR vote to approve the renewal of the ten-year contract with NAVSEA. A PowerPoint was used as part of the presentation and information referred to in the slides (Exhibit 1). Slides were shown with general information on the APL-UW, its purpose, personnel breakdown, and relationship with the federal and state government as a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) (Slides 2-5, Exhibit 1). After a question, it was clarified that the scientists and engineers working for the research center do not all necessarily have faculty appointments in other departments at the University. Some Principal Investigators, for example, are designated as Professional Staff. It was noted the Executive Director of APL-UW reports to Mary Lidstrom, Vice Provost for Research, on the University side of the organization. It was noted after a question that postdoctoral students do work on classified projects at APL-UW with specific constraints on publishing.
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A slide was shown with fiscal information (Slide 5, Exhibit 1). In fiscal year 2018, APL-UW received $76 million in total awards. A pie graph showing sponsor funding as a percentage of total organizational awards was included. An overview video of APL-UW was shared in the final slide (Slide 16, Exhibit 1). Discussion It was explained that APL-UW has a unique Facilities & Administrative (F&A) structure. F&A is used to fund FTEs, select postdoctoral programs, other academic programs, and research and development. APL’s research subsidy (paid by the University) is set at the same percentage as all other research organizations at the UW. It was noted APL-UW conducts outreach activities as part of its open research. There was some discussion of the organization’s contributions to the University’s mission. Areas of expected growth for the center were defined and discussed, including EarthLab, which combines the research and expertise from UW faculty, staff, and students with nonprofits, businesses, policymakers, and other stakeholders to develop solutions to environmental challenges. It was noted FCR approval for the NAVSEA contract (that includes publication restrictions) will be voted on electronically in the next few days given lack of a quorum. 4. Review of 3 restricted research proposals It was noted the council will review the restricted research proposals electronically. 5. Good of the order Nothing was stated. 6. Adjourn The meeting was adjourned at 10:11 a.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Minutes by Joey Burgess, [email protected], assistant to the secretary of the faculty Present: Faculty Code Section 21-61 A: Ben Marwick (chair), Sara Kover, Mike Averkiou,
Michael Rosenfeld Faculty Code Section 21-61 B: Stewart Tolnay, Jennifer Muilenburg President’s designee: Mary Lidstrom Guests: Carol Rhodes, Susan Camber, Kevin Williams, Autumn Salazar, Lynette Arias, William Mahoney
Absent: Faculty Code Section 21-61 A: Gillian Marshall, Donald Chi, Nicole Gibran,
Francis Kim, Chuck Frevert, Brandi Cossairt Faculty Code Section 21-61 B: JoAnn Taricani, Larry Pierce
Exhibits
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Exhibit 1 – FCR.V5.ppt
Dr. Kevin Williams
Interim Executive Director
Applied Physics
Laboratory
University of
Washington
APL-UW
Exhibit 1
WHO ARE WE
WE ARE:
The Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington
OUR PURPOSE:
is to make scientific discoveries and apply engineering
innovations to important problems for the good of
our region, nation, and world.
WE VALUE:
our unique mix of applied and basic research,
our freedom of inquiry.
Exhibit 1
The Applied Physics Laboratory is a research unit of the University of Washington.
We serve as a trusted research and development agent to federal and state agencies by anticipating challenges
and responding quickly to rising national research priorities.
Designation by the Navy as a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) requires that APL-UW operate in the
public interest. (Our identity as a UARC is formalized via the NAVSEA 10-year contract)
We do so from our integral position within the University of Washington scholarship, research, and
innovation enterprise; we apply rigorous scientific inquiry and engineering excellence in pursuit of solutions to
important problems for the good of our region, nation, and world.
WHO ARE WE Exhibit 1
Applied Physics
Laboratory
University of Washington
Applied Research Laboratories
University of Texas
Applied Research Laboratory
Pennsylvania State University
Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
Applied Research
Laboratory
University of Hawaii
(new)
• DoD/Navy-relevant expertise
• Rapid response to DoD/Navy needs
• Integrated R&D (from basic to applied, across disciplines)
• Student and faculty training in DoD/Navy areas
• Technical agent for DoD/Navy
University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)
APL is one of 5 Navy UARCs
Only UARC on west coast
Other UARCS much more
applied in focus than APL-UW.
We are a unique asset for the
Nation.
Exhibit 1
FY18 R&D Funding and Demographics
FY18 Awards by Sponsor
ONR19%
All
Other6%
NSF16%
Other
NAVY19%
NIH8% NOAA
6%
DOD[non-Navy]
16%
Current APL Staff 243
Scientists & Engineers 169
Technical Support 26
Admin Support 48
Graduate Students 20NASA
10%
Total: $76M
5% 7%
6%
10%
16%
16%
19%
19%
97 APL researchers are “PI eligible”
41 of those researchers have affiliate or WOT
positions in various departments.
Our graduate students are part of those departments.
Exhibit 1
Interim Executive Director
K. Williams
Industrial +Medical
Ultrasound
T. Matula
Ocean
Physics
R. Harcourt
Acoustics
T. Hefner
Director,
Business Operations+ Finance
A. Salazar
Director,
Resources + Facilities Mgmt.
D. Gay
APL-UW Management Structure
Acting Deputy Exec. Dir.W. Fox
Basic
Research
Applied Research &
Technology Development
APL Proprietary
Navy UARC Prog. Dir.
J. Vignali
DASN (RDT&E)
B. Bray
Environmental
+ InformationSystems
W. Fox
Air-Sea
Interaction+ Remote
Sensing
A. Jessup
Polar
Science
A. Schweiger
Ocean
Engineering
T. McGinnis
Electronic+ Photonics
Systems
M. Harrington
Vice Provost for Research
M. Lidstrom
UW NAVSEA IDIQ
Exhibit 1
1. Experimental Oceanography
2. Acoustic Propagation
3. Underwater Instrumentation and Equipment
4. Marine Corrosion
5. Acoustic and Related Systems
6. Simulations and Signal Processing
7. Mission Related and Public Service Quick
Response Research, Development, and/or
Engineering
APL-UW UARC Core Competencies
APL Proprietary
Exhibit 1
Structure to Support NAVSEA Contract
APL-UW approach to core competencies is multi-disciplinary
Exhibit 1
How NAVSEA Contract efforts fit into our research
Our long-term basic research for NSF, NASA, NIH, DOE etc. are important to our central purpose:
“to make scientific discoveries and apply engineering
innovations to important problems for the good of
our region, nation, and world”
They are also essential raw material for the more applied Navy oriented sponsors:
these sponsors get access to science/engineering knowledge/technology;
soft-money APL researchers expand their base of sponsors.
Our identity as a UARC is formalized via the NAVSEA 10-year IDIQ contract – 2 to 3 dozen separate awards/yr.
Exhibit 1
Focus of NAVSEA Contract efforts
• Classified and CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information) efforts that use APL’s understanding of the ocean,
acoustic/electromagnetic propagation, and signal processing to enhance the safety of Navy assets, e. g.,
- Detection and classification of underwater mines
- Detection and classification of submarines
- Detection and classification of air-deployed drones
• Classified and CUI efforts that adapt APL technology to Navy-specific problems, e. g.,
- Instrumented Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for environmental monitoring/communications
- Surface buoy and bottom-deployed Instrument Packages
- Special purpose sonars and signal processing
- Marine Energy Harvesting
• Classified efforts that develop sensor recording systems on Navy vessels:
- Recording systems on Navy submarines
• We do NOT – design weapons, develop interrogation tools/techniques
Exhibit 1
Top four current NAVSEA Contract efforts
• Marine Hydro-Kinetic energy harvesting for powering Naval Facilities
• Systems engineering study to examine the therapeutic development process,
The future impact of Do-it-yourself Biology on global health,
Reducing time and cost for developing medical countermeasures.
• Delivery of a fleet of special purpose gliders
• Delivery of advanced sonar systems (obstacle avoidance, 3D, “gap filler”) and signal processing
algorithms
Next two examples show how long term research efforts feed into NAVSEA sponsored efforts
2101011 UHR3D Follow-On
Exhibit 1
Target Acoustics
Scattering
Classification in High Clutter Areas
Effect of Seabed on Target Scattering
Second order effects
Under some conditions
Detect and
Classify
Buried Objects
Two basic research sponsors (FY07 to FY17)
ONR - Mines
SERDP – UXO FY18 to 20
MuST buried object
Imaging towbody
SERDP – UXO remediation
NSWC PCD – Buried Mine Neutralization
Sensor Suite
FUGRO - Commercialization
Examples (1) : Environmental Acoustics/Clean Up
30 April 2019 – 21
Miyamoto
Starting in the 80s
basic research on
physics of acoustic
scattering in ocean
sediments
Exhibit 1
Ocean
Processes
Enhanced capability systems
New time scales available
Year long
Endurance
Operational
systems
Basic Research on
Ocean processes
for the last 20 years
Examples (2) : Oceanographic Gliders
30 April 2019 – 21
Miyamoto
Starting in the late
1990s, ONR funded the
development in
UW Oceanography
department
of undersea gliders
for oceanographic
Sampling. APL was part
of the engineering team.
Basic Research
ONR - 2014 deployment of gliders in the Arctic
Paul Allen – 2019 survey of Antarctic ice shelf
Applied Research
Used as a communication
relay for ex-filtration of data
from a bottom node (TRAPS).
TRAPS is now an operational
Navy system.
Ocean modeling
improvement
Exhibit 1
Summary
• APL-UW is a designated Navy UARC with a balanced portfolio of basic and applied research. Many of the applied contracts come through NAVSEA
• Our ties to the UW campus, including joint academic and affiliate appointments, enable rigorous exploration and exploitation of long term scientific and engineering problem sets.
• Our collaborations with industry and Naval Warfare Centers enable translation of basic findings into Naval application areas.
Exhibit 1
WHO ARE WE
WE ARE:
The Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington
OUR PURPOSE:
is to make scientific discoveries and apply engineering
innovations to important problems for the good of
our region, nation, and world.
WE VALUE:
our unique mix of applied and basic research,
our freedom of inquiry.
WE SUCCEED BY:
Conceiving, Proposing, Executing
(The NAVSEA contract
is essential to our success)
Exhibit 1
Exhibit 1