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 U.S. Army Research Office
ATTN: RDRL-ROP
P.O. Box 12211
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211
Commercial:
919-549-4363
Fax: 919-549-4310
DSN: 832-4363
Dr. David Mann, Director
The Physical Sciences Directorate
serves as the Army's principal linkage with and conduit to the extramural
research community in the following disciplines: chemistry, life sciences,
and physics. Its mission is to promote, resource, and manage extramural
basic research to produce scientific advances that create new,
revolutionary warfighting capabilities; and to identify, resource, and
manage basic research that provides innovative solutions and technological
improvements for the current force.
University
Affiliated Research Centers (UARC's)
Dr. Robert Kokoska
919-549-4342
Robert.Kokoska@us.army.mil
University
Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) Management of two Army UARCs: The Institute
for Collaborative Biotechnologies (ICB) and Institute for Soldier
Nanotechnologies (ISN). ICB research is focused on the study of the
fundamental mechanisms underlying the high performance and efficiency of
biological systems and the translation of these results to engineering
systems of benefit to the Soldier. The lead university host, the
University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) in collaboration with the
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) and its industrial and Army partners address
research in the areas of (1) Biomolecular Sensors, (2) Bio-Inspired
Materials, Lightweight Portable Energy, and Flexible Energy-Dispersive
Composites, (3) Biodiscovery Tools, (4) Bio-Inspired Network Science, and
(5) Cognitive Neuroscience. The ISN, centered at MIT, engages in
fundamental, multidisciplinary nanoscience research relevant to the
Soldier. In collaboration with Army and industrial partners, this focused
nanoscience research creates opportunities for new materials, properties
and phenomena as material properties become size dependent below a critical
length scale of approximately 100 nm. The five ISN strategic research areas
are: (1) Lightweight, Multifunctional Nanostructured Fibers and Materials,
(2) Battle Suit Medicine, (3) Blast and Ballistic Protection, (4) Chemical
and Biological Sensing and (5) Nanosystems Integration.
Research Programs:
Physics
Chemical Sciences
Life Sciences
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Electronics 
