DEPSCoR Day Agenda

Mississippi State University DEPSCoR Day

20 March 2025

Colvard Student Union: Ballroom

198 Lee Blvd

Mississippi State, MS 39762

 

Agenda:

8am

Registration, Coffee, and Poster Set-up

 

9:00-9:15

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Mississippi State University - TBD

9:15-9:35

Basic Research in the DoD

Director of Basic Research

9:35-10:00

DEPSCoR Overview

DEPSCoR Program Manager

10:00-10:45

Tri-Service Basic Research Overview

  • Army Research Office - Dr. Sue Kase
  • Office of Naval Research - Amanda Netburn
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research - Jennifer Talley

10:45 -11:00

Break

 

11am-11:45

Lessons Learned from DoD Awardees

  • 1 Mississippi State University
  • 1 Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • 1 Jackson State University

11:45-12:30pm

Networking Lunch

 

12:30-1:45

Poster Session

 

1:45-2:30

STEM Outreach Panel

  •  Army Research Office - Dr. Brian Gran
  • Office of Naval Research -
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research

2:30-2:45

Recap and Next Steps

DEPSCoR Program Manager

2:45-3:00

PO Portfolio Introductions

DoD Program Officers

3:00-4:00

Speed Networking Session

Must submit research menu in advance

DoD Program Managers

 

Program Officer's Attending:

Service PO Discipline Email
AFOSR Gregg Abate Aerodynamic Sciences gregg.abate@us.af.mil
AFOSR Jiwei Lu Condensed matter physics jiwei.lu@us.af.mil
AFOSR Boyan Tabakov Atomic and molecular physics boyan.tabakov@us.af.mil
AFOSR Irina Pala AFOSR overview irina.pala@us.af.mil
AFOSR Jennifer Talley Space biosciences jennifer.talley.1@us.af.mil
ARO Josh Boschelli Earth materials and processes  joshua.d.boschelli.civ@army.mil
ARO Greg Ruark Humans in complex systems gregory.a.ruark.civ@army.mil
ARO Robert Ulman    Wireless communications and networks robert.j.ulman.civ@army.mil
ARO Matthew Glasscott Electrochemistry matthew.w.glasscott.civ@army.mil
ARO Sue Kase ARO Overview sue.e.kase.civ@army.mil
ONR Amanda Netburn ONR Overview amanda.n.netburn.civ@us.navy.mil
ONR Timothy Bentley Warfighter Protection and Applications timothy.b.bentley6.civ@us.navy.mil
ONR Pranav Shah Naval aviation pranav.d.shah.civ@us.navy.mil
ONR Ming-Jen Pan  Acoustic Transduction Materials ming-jen.pan.civ@us.navy.mil