STEM Education & Defense ResearchSECOME

October 2015

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The University of North CarolinaPartnership for National Security

What if?

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Research Example:Liquid Antennas

Why?

• Contribute to national security with greater impact;

• Engage faculty and students to leverage their science and technology expertise for the benefit of the Service Member;

• Enhance STEM educational opportunities for students.

UNC Partners

USASOC

MARSOC

MCAST

MCI-EAST

FRC-EAST

NC National Guard

UNC Partnership for National Security

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Research & Research & DevelopmentDevelopment

UNC SystemExpertise & Capabilities

USASOCS&T Gaps

Army Research Office

Who: A multi-disciplinary group of UNC faculty and staff who seek to solve applied research and

development challenges for Special Operations Forces

UNC Defense Applications Group

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Biomedical

• UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, TBI Center

• ECU School of Medicine, Operation Re-Entry NC

• NC State-UNC Biomedical Engineering

• UNC Charlotte Bioinformatics Center

Human Performance

• Appalachian State University Human Performance Lab

• UNC Greensboro

• Kannapolis Research Campus

Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology

• NC State Textiles, Nonwovens Inst., Materials Science & Eng.

• Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering

• NC A&T Biometallic Materials Center

• UNC Charlotte Optoelectronics Center, Metamaterials I/UCRC

• Western Carolina Rapid Product Realization Center

Energy, Power

• NC State University: FREEDM Center, ASSIST Center, PowerAmerica

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Core Research Capabilities with Military Applications

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Analytics

• Renaissance Computing Institute

• NC State University Laboratory for Analytic Science

• Charlotte Visualization Center

Computing, Cyber

• UNC Charlotte Cyber Defense and Network Assurability Center

• UNC Chapel Hill Computer Science

• NC State University Digital Games Research Center

Unmanned / Autonomous Systems

• NC State Engineering (multiple departments), NextGen Air Transport Center

• UNC Charlotte

Biometrics/ Forensics/SSE

• NC State University Forensics Institute

• UNC Wilmington / NC A&T ODNI Center of Excellence in Identity Science

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Core Research Capabilities with Military Applications

Research Example: Visual Analytics

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Research Example: Handheld Brain Injury Detection

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Research Example:Biometrics

Research Example: Joint Projects with Small Business

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• Students gain critical hands-on experience working with DoD.

• Build next generation of national security workforce.

• Promotes exchange of knowledge between campuses and DoD.

• Students deliver cost-effective, innovative solutions to military.

Student Internships

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• Real-world design experience• SolidWorks• 3D Printing• CNC Water Jet• CNC Metal Bender• Critical Design Review

Intern Example: Mechanical Engineer

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Canine bite sleeve

Student Design Projects:Textiles, Materials Science & Engineering

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Student Design Projects:Electrical Engineering

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Illumination cylinder

Intranasal drug delivery device

Student Design Projects:Battlefield Medical Gear

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Graphical Depiction

Commercial Atomizer

Attachment

Vial Attaches Directly to

Device

Breakout Assembled

Novel Medication Drawing Device

Allows Pump-style Administration

Side Guards Prevent Needle

Sticks

Lightweight, collapsible medical litter/ ladder

Special tourniquet

Vehicle half shaft Hybrid fixed-wing/quad-rotor UAV, vertical

take-off and land UAV Underwater / aerial unmanned vehicle

Student Design Projects:Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

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Student Competition:3D Printing

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DOD STEM Opportunities

• Fellowships

– Science, Math and Research for Transformation (SMART)

– National Defense Science & Engineering (NDSEG)

– National Security Science & Engineering Faculty Fellows (NSSEFF)

• Discipline-specific

– e.g. Carolina Cyber Defender Scholarship (Cybersecurity)

• Summer Research (e.g. Naval Research Lab)

• Educational Partnership Agreements

• ARL Open Campus

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Questions?

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