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2021 RESEARCH TOPICS

Topic Nr.	Title	Contact
	Human Effectiveness Directorate (RH)
RH21-1	Functionalized Nucleic Acids Nanostructures for Airman Augmentation	Dr. Jorge Chávez
RH21-2	A Systems Biology Approach to the Impacts of DE on Human Performance	Dr. Matthew Grogg
RH21-3	Persistent, Global, Proficiency-Based Team Training for Humans and Machines	Dr. Glenn Gunzelmann
RH21-4	Effects of Inhaled Particles on Lung Surfactant Function: Impact on Airmen Readiness Engaged in High-demand, High-impact Mission Tasks	Dr. Saber Hussain
RH21-5	Airmen Stress Scenario Simulation Using Cultured Cells: Mitochondrial Health & Organ-Level Effects	Dr. Saber Hussain
RH21-6	Visualization and Fusion of Big Data	Mr. John Ianni
RH21-7	Develop, Test, and Validate Biomarker Sensors	Dr. Steve Kim
RH21-8	Airman-on-a-Chip for Human Performance	Dr. Tyler Nelson
RH21-9	Visualization and Fusion of Big Data	Dr. Vince Schmidt
RH21-10	Visualization and Fusion of Big Data	Dr. Vince Schmidt
	Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (RX)
RX21-1	Molecular Simulation of the Biocompatibility and Biodegradation of Polymer Hydrogels	Dr. Rajiv Berry
RX21-2	Molecular Simulation of Enzyme-Substrate Complexes	Dr. Rajiv Berry
RX21-3	Synthesis and Integration of Quantum Light Sources and Quantum Sensors	Dr. Luke Bissell
RX21-4	Ab Initio Modeling of Point Defects for Quantum Information Science	Dr. Luke Bissell
RX21-5	Design Optimization Methods for Additively Manufactured Property Gradients	Dr. Philip Buskohl
RX21-6	Development and Behavior of High-Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites	Dr. Michael K. Cinibulk
RX21-7	Organic materials for nonlinear optics and photonic applications	Dr. Thomas M. Cooper
RX21-8	Engineering Qubit-Phonon Interactions in Ultra-wide Bandgap Semiconductors for Room Temperature Quantum Technologies	Dr. Chandriker Dass
RX21-9	Enabling Science and Technology for the Additive Manufacturing of Ultra High-Temperature Ceramics	Dr. Matthew B. Dickerson Dr. Carmen Camey
RX21-11	Process-Structure-Property Relationships of Additive Manufacturing PMCs	Dr. Mark Flores
RX21-12	Automated Process-Driven Design for Additive Manufacturing	Dr. Andrew Gilman
RX21-13	Cooperative Human and Machine Learning for Manufacturing	Dr. Andrew Gilman
RX21-14	Synthetic Biology for Materials Through Protein and Organism Engineering	Dr. Chia-Suei Hung
RX21-15	Engineering Nonlinear Optical Materials	Dr. John G. Jones
RX21-16	Microstructural characterization of functionalized MXene nanomaterials	Dr. W. Joshua Kennedy
RX21-17	Creation of Materials, Manufacturing and Design Knowledge Representation via Self-assembly of Ontology Design Patterns	Mrs. Elizabeth Loiacono
RX21-18	Ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) materials for electronics and optoelectronics	Dr. Shin Mou
RX21-19	Studies of Topological Insulator- Ferromagnet Structures for Radio Frequency Applications	Dr. Adam T. Neal
RX21-20	Studies of Ultra-Wide Bandgap Materials for Power Electronics and RF Power Electronics Applications	Dr. Adam T. Neal
RX21-21	Understanding onset of damage in multifunctional composite	Dr. Dhriti Nepal
RX21-22	Exploration of Magnetization Dynamics in Ferromagnetic and Antiferromagnetic Materials	Dr. Michael Page
RX21-23	Dynamic prediction of grain size distribution evolution during hot deformation	Dr. Eric J. Payton
RX21-24	Advanced Processing of Ceramic and Ceramic Matrix Composite Structures	Dr. Lisa M. Rueschhoff
RX21-25	Synthesis and Mechanical Actuation of Helically Chiral Molecules and Polymer Fibrils	Dr. Davide L. Simone
RX21-26	Process Modeling for Polymer Matrix Composites	Dr. Davide L. Simone
RX21-27	Flexible Electronics for Responsive Structures	Dr. Christopher Tabor
RX21-28	Nondestructive evaluation, characterization and analytics	Dr. Michael D. Uchic
RX21-29	Omics and bioinformatics for microbiomes and materials	Dr. Vanessa Varaljay
RX21-30	Using Machine-Learning and Data-Analytics for Exploring Low-Density Materials for High-Temperature Thermo-Oxidative Stability	Dr. Vikas Varshney
RX21-31	Stochastic Modeling of Thermoset Curing towards Correlating Molecular Structure with Transient Cure Properties	Dr. Vikas Varshney
RX21-32	Synthetic Composite Microstructure Generation for Simulation-based Damage and Design Envelope Studies	Dr. John Wertz
RX21-33	Predicting Phase Stability in Chemically Complex alloys	Dr. Christopher Woodward
RX21-34	Predicting Solution Strengthening in FCC Ni Alloys	Dr. Christopher Woodward
	Aerospace Systems (RQ)
RQ21-1	Advanced, Integrated Control, Diagnostics and Health Management for Next Generation Propulsion Systems	Al Behbahani
RQ21-2	Integrated Robust and Resilient Control of Propulsion Systems for Reliability and Performance	Al Behbahani
RQ21-3	Aerothermoelastic Analysis Methodologies for Aircraft Design	Dr. Philip S. Beran
RQ21-4	Multi-Fidelity Analysis Methods for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization	Dr. Philip S. Beran
RQ21-5	Numerical Simulation of High Mach Number Viscous Flow	Dr. Nick Bisek
RQ21-6	Advanced Flight Control	Dr. Michael Bolender
RQ21-7	Leveraging Both Experimental and Computational Data to Study Hypersonic Flight	Dr. Matthew Borg Dr. Matthew Tufts
RQ21-8	Advanced Thermal Management System Simulator-1. Cryogenic Fuels	Dr. Christopher E. Bunker Dr. William K. Lewis Dr. Paul J. Wrzesinski
RQ21-9	Control Techniques for Two Phase Thermal Management	Dr. Larry Byrd
RQ21-10	Electric Capacitance Tomography Development for Two Phase Flow	Dr. Larry Byrd
RQ21-11	Predictive Capability for Multidisciplinary Design under Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses for Hypersonic Systems	Dr. Jose Camberos
RQ21-12	Supersonic Combustion Ramjet Research	Dr. Campbell Carter
RQ21-13	Compact and Novel Combustion Concepts	Dr. Andrew Caswell
RQ21-14	High-Altitude Combustion Ignition and Relight Research	Dr. Andrew Caswell
RQ21-15	Enabling Robust and Durable Aerospace Structures for Combined, Extreme Environments	Dr. Ravi Chona
RQ21-16	Unsteady Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer in Turbines	Dr. John Clark
RQ21-17	Development of Active Control Systems for Scramjet Engines	Dr. Jeff Donbar
RQ21-18	High Capacity Cathode Materials Functionalized with Carbon for Lithium-based Batteries	Dr. Joseph P. Fellner
RQ21-19	Intelligent Power Systems for Next Generation Aircraft	Dr. Joe Fellner Dr. James Scofield
RQ21-20	Efficient Small-Scale Propulsion and Power Systems	Dr. Mark Fernelius
RQ21-21	Enhanced Optical Flow Diagnostics/ Minimization of Particle Seeding	Benjamin Hagen
RQ21-22	Coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFO) Analysis and Optimization Techniques for Scramjet Engine Design Applications	Dr. Mark Hagenmaier
RQ21-23	Wall-Modeled LES of Shock-boundary layer interaction (SBLI)	Ez A. Hassan
RQ21-24	Detonation Engine Propulsion Research	Dr. Adam Holley
RQ21-25	Mechanical strengthened interfaces of 3D-Printable Multifunctional Solid State Batteries	Dr. Thomas G. Howell
RQ21-26	Advanced Structural Concepts for lighter and low cost Aircrafts	Dr. James Joo
RQ21-27	Planning, Guidance, and Control for Multiple UAV Cooperative Operations	Dr. Derek Kingston
RQ21-28	Fan and Compressor Design, Modeling, and Simulation	Dr. Michael G. List
RQ21-29	Fan and Compressor Experimental Aerodynamics	Dr. Michael G. List
RQ21-30	High Work High Efficiency Low Pressure Turbine Aerodynamics	Dr. Christopher Marks Dr. Rolf Sondergaard
RQ21-31	Product Line Engineering Research for Low Cost Air Vehicle Concepts	Dr. Douglas P. Meador
RQ21-32	Low-Speed, Unsteady Aerodynamics: Physics, Modeling, and Control	Dr. Albert Medina
RQ21-33	Advanced Analytical Tools for Turbine Engine Bearing Compartments	Mr. Brian D. Nicholson
RQ21-34	Combustion Enhancement in High-Speed Flows	Dr. Timothy Ombrello
RQ21-35	Multiscale, Multiphysics and Multifidelity Modeling of Aircraft Power and Thermal Systems	Dr. Soumya S. Patnaik
RQ21-36	Innovative Active Flow Control for Aircraft Aerodynamics Enhancement	Ryan Plumley
RQ21-37	Basic Research in Energy and Combustion Science	Dr. Brent A. Rankin
RQ21-38	Large Eddy Simulations of Turbulent Combustion Systems	Dr. Brent A. Rankin
RQ21-39	Active Thrust Balance of Engine Mainshaft Bearings	Dr. Lewis Rosado
RQ21-40	Analysis and optimization of advanced hybrid electric architectures for next generation tactical unmanned aerial systems (UAS)	Dr. Michael A Rottmayer
RQ21-41	Weapons Bay Shear Layer Physics Quantified with High Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics	Dr. Ryan F. Schmit
RQ21-42	High Frequency Load Measurements of Slender Bodies in Unsteady Flow Fields	Dr. Ryan F. Schmit
RQ21-43	Chimera Hole Cutting for High-Order Discontinuous Galerkin Fluid Solver	Christopher Schrock
RQ21-44	Structural Dynamics & Mechanics of Turbomachinery Components	Dr. Onome Scott-Emuakpor
RQ21-45	Data Science Based Approaches for Modeling Electronics, Devices, and Systems with Control Applications	Mr. Kenneth Semega
RQ21-46	Residual Stress Engineering Technologies for Airframe Life Extension	Dr. Thomas J. Spradlin
RQ21-47	Magnetocaloric effect of Ni-Mn based Heusler alloys	Dr. Zafer Turgut
RQ21-48	The Properties and Effects of Curing Conditions on Fiber Reinforced Potassium Geopolymer Matrix Composite	Capt Steffan Wilcox
RQ21-49	Design Approaches for Hypersonic Inlet and Isolator Operability	Ms. Heidi Wilkin
RQ21-50	System Engineering for Energy and Power Integration Coupled with Validation Testing	Dr. Kirk Yerkes
RQ21-51	Advancement of Automated Aerospace Structural Design	Dr. Andrew Zakrajsek
RQ21-52	Autonomous Aircraft Structural Layout and Topology Optimization using Parametric Geometry Coupled with a Finite Element Method	Dr. Andrew Zakrajsek
RQ21-53	Control Techniques for Aircraft Energy Management	Dr. Jon Zumberge
RQ21-54	Intelligent Gas Turbine Control Systems and Engine Integrated Health Management Research	Dr. Al Behbahani
RQ21-55	Trajectory Planning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems	Dr. Dave Grymin
RQ21-56	Design and Verification of Automatic, Autonomous, and Intelligent Aerospace Control Systems	Dr. Kerianne Hobbs
RQ21-57	Computational Fluid Dynamics {CFD) for Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)	Dr. Paul A. Fleitz
RQ21-58	Computational Design, Analysis and Integration of Aircraft Power and Thermal Management Subsystems	Dr. Soumya S. Patnaik
RQ21-59	Digital Engineering and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) for Aircraft Power and Thermal Subsystems	Dr. Soumya S. Patnaik
RQ21-60	Modeling and Simulation Study of Aircraft Environmental Control System for UAS Military Aircraft	Dr. Abdeel J. Roman
RQ21-61	Study of DEW thermal performance under aircraft mission profile conditions	Dr. Abdeel J. Roman
RQ21-62	Two-phase flow thermal systems study for UAS aircraft applications	Dr. Abdeel J. Roman
RQ21-63	Analysis and Development of Inlet Systems for Gas Turbine Engines	Dr. Stuart Benton
RQ21-64	Analytic Sensitivities and Machine Learning applied to Uncertainty Quantification for Multidisciplinary Systems Analysis & Design Optimization	Dr. Edwin E. Forster
RQ21-65	Machine Learning Approaches in Computational Fluid Mechanics	Christopher Schrock
RQ21-66	Integrated Resilient and Predictive Control of Propulsion/Power Systems for Improved Reliability and Performance	Dr. Al Behbahani
RQ21-67	Integrated Robust and Resilient Control of Propulsion Systems for Reliability and Performance	Dr. Al Behbahani
RQ21-68	Advanced, Integrated Control, Diagnostics and Health Management for Next Generation Propulsion Systems	Dr. Al Behbahani
RQ21-69	Intelligent Gas Turbine Control Systems and Engine Integrated Health Management Research	Dr. Al Behbahani
RQ21-70	Advanced, Integrated Control, Diagnostics and Health Management for Next Generation Propulsion Systems	Dr. Al Behbahani
RQ21-71	Intelligent Gas Turbine Control Systems and Engine Integrated Health Management Research	Dr. Al Behbahani
RQ21-72	Compact and Novel Combustion Concepts	Dr. Andrew Caswell
RQ21-73	High-Altitude Combustion Ignition and Relight Research	Dr. Andrew Caswell
RQ21-74	Efficient Small Scale Propulsion and Power Systems	Dr. Mark Fernelius
RQ21-75	Detonation Engine Propulsion Research	Dr. Adam Holley
RQ21-76	Fan and Compressor Experimental Aerodynamics	Dr. Michael G. List
RQ21-77	Fan and Compressor Design, Modeling, and Simulation	Dr. Michael G. List
RQ21-78	Unsteady Flow Physics and Aerodynamic Flow Control in High-Work Low Pressure Turbine Passages	Dr. Christopher Marks
RQ21-79	Computer Science/Pattern Tracking/ ML to enhance flow visualization techniques for Unsteady Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer Turbine Research	Natalia A. Posada
RQ21-80	Large Eddy Simulations of Turbulent Combustion	Dr. Brent A. Rankin
RQ21-81	Basic Research in Energy and Combustion Science	Dr. Brent A. Rankin
RQ21-82	Structural Dynamics, Mechanics and Material Assessment for Improved Turbine Engine Design and Sustainment	Dr. Onome E. Scott-Emuakpor
RQ21-83	Multidisciplinary nonlinear time-spectral methods for air vehicle design	Dr. Nathan A. Wukie
RQ21-84	Extending the Tractability of Large-Eddy Simulation for High Reynolds-Number Flows	Dr. Daniel J. Garmann
RQ21-85	Goal-oriented adaptive methods for air vehicle design	Dr. Nathan A. Wukie
	Sensors Directorate (RY)
RY21-1	Growth and evaluation of laser and nonlinear optical materials	Dr. Rita Peterson
RY21-2	Printed and Flexible Electronics and Photonics for USAF Sensor Applications	Dr. Emily M. Heckman
RY21-3	Synthesis and Characterization of Si1-x-yGexSny Alloys	Dr. Bruce Claflin
RY21-4	Printed, Flexible Microwave Circuits	Carrie Bartsch
RY21-5	Wideband Digital Beamforming	Andrew Duly
RY21-6	Modeling Techniques for non-Gaussian RF Signal Sensing	Dr. Robert Ewing
RY21-7	Reconfigurable Radio Frequency (RF) Technology for Adaptable Phased-Arrays and Cognitive Electronic Warfare (EW) Applications	Tony K. Quach Seng Hong
RY21-8	Wide-aperture nonlinear and nonreciprocal multilayers for optical switching, limiting, isolation, and enhanced light detection	Dr. Ilya Vitebskiy Dr. Igor Anisimov
RY21-9	Avalanche Photodiodes for LIDAR	Dr. Charles Reyner
RY21-10	Coupled Semiconductor Laser Arrays	Dr. Ricky Gibson
RY21-11	Bio-Inspired Self-Evolving Hardware and Software Platform for Cyber Security	Dr. David A. Kapp
RY21-12	Context-aware Malware Detection for Autonomous Air Vehicle Operations	Dr. David A. Kapp
RY21-13	Adaptable Protection for Embedded Systems Resilience	Dr. Tern Kebede

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2020 RESEARCH TOPICS

Topic Nr.	Title	Contact
	Human Effectiveness Directorate (RH)
RH20-2	Assessing Humans as a Complex Model System through Multi-Omic Data Analysis over Diverse Timescales to Predict and Enhance Human Performance	Claude Grigsby
RH20-3	Development of Gene Regulatory Elements for Biosensing Applications	Svetlana Harbaugh
RH20-4	3-D Bioprinted Living Systems for Sensor Development	Saber Hussain
RH20-5	Biosensors to Monitor Operationally Stress-Induced Biosignatures	Saber Hussain
RH20-6	Mitochondrial Based Biometric Sensor to Monitor Stress-Induced Metabolic Flux In-Situ	Saber Hussain
RH20-7	Develop, Test, and Validate Biomarker Sensors	Steve Kim
RH20-8	Automated Image Analysis of Colorimetric Detectors	Doug Lewis
RH20-9	Airman-on-a-Chip for Human Performance	Tyler Nelson
	Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (RX)
RX20-1	Ab Initio Modeling of Point Defects for Quantum Information Science	Luke Bissell
RX20-2	Synthesis and Integration of Quantum Light Sources and Quantum Sensors	Luke Bissell
RX20-3	Design Optimization Methods for Additively Manufactured Property Gradients	Philip Buskohl
RX20-4	Development and Behavior of High-Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites	Michael Cinibulk
RX20-5	Organic Materials for Nonlinear Optics and Photonic Applications	Thomas Cooper
RX20-6	Tissue-Integrated Optical Sensor Platforms	Matthew Dalton
RX20-7	Enabling Science and Technology for the Additive Manufacturing of Ultra High-Temperature Ceramics	Matthew Dickerson Carmen Camey
RX20-8	Cathode and Development and Design for High Power Microwave Applications and Vacuum Electronic Devices	Steven Fairchild
RX20-9	Automated Process-Driven Design for Additive Manufacturing	Andrew Gilman
RX20-10	Cooperative Human and Machine Learning for Manufacturing	Andrew Gilman
RX20-11	Phosphate Oxide based Glasses as UV Emitter Hosts	Jonathan Goldstein
RX20-12	Synthetic Biology for Materials through Protein and Organism Engineering	Chia-Suei Hung
RX20-13	Engineering Nonlinear Optical Materials	John Jones
RX20-14	Creation of Materials, Manufacturing and Design Knowledge Representation via Self-Assembly of Ontology Design Patterns	Elizabeth Loiacono
RX20-15	Ultra-Wide Bandgap (UWBG) Materials for Electronics and Optoelectronics	Shin Mou
RX20-16	Studies of Topological Insulator-Ferromagnet Structures for Radio Frequency Applications	Adam Neal
RX20-17	Studies of Ultra-Wide Bandgap Materials for Power Electronics and RF Power Electronics Applications	Adam Neal
RX20-18	Understanding Onset of Damage in Multifunctional Composite	Dhriti Neal
RX20-19	Oxide Ferroelectric Materials for Memristor and FeFET Devices	Shanee Pacley
RX20-20	Investigation and Optimization of Hexagonal Boron Nitride (h-BN) as a Telecom Single Quantum Emitter	Michael Page
RX20-21	Identification of Local Structure Evolution in Selective Heating of Tailored Pre-ceramic Polymers	Timothy Pruyn
RX20-22	Epitaxial Metal Nitrides for Electronic and Opto-Electronic Applications	Amber Reed
RX20-23	Advanced Processing of Ceramic and Ceramic Matrix Composite Structures	Lisa Rueschhoff
RX20-24	Responsive Covalent Bonding in Thermosetting Polymers; High Temperature Capable Chiral Polymers and Fibrils	Davide Simone
RX20-25	Process Modeling for Polymer Matrix Composites	Davide Simone
RX20-26	Flexible Electronics for Responsive Structures	Christopher Tabor
RX20-27	Nondestructive Evaluation, Characterization and Analytics	Michael Uchic
RX20-28	Design of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles for Next Generation Printed Electronics and Energy Storage	Richard Vaia
RX20-29	Omics and Bioinformatics for Microbiomes and Materials	Vanessa Varalijay
RX20-30	Using Machine-Learning and Data-Analytics for Exploring Low-Density Materials for High-Temperature Thermo-Oxidative Stability	Vikas Varshney
RX20-31	Stochastic Modeling of Thermoset Curing towards Correlating Molecular Structure with Transient Cure Properties	Vikas Varshney
RX20-32	Spatial Registration and Tracking of Nondestructive Evaluation Technologies	John Wertz
RX20-33	Predicting Phase Stability in Chemically Complex Alloys	Christopher Woodward
RX20-34	Predicting Solution Strengthening in FCC Ni Alloys	Christopher Woodward
RX20-35	Synthesis of 2D Material Systems for Electronics and Sensing	Nicholas Glavin
RX20-36	Omics and Bioinformatics for Microbiomes and Materials	Vanessa Varaljay
RX20-37	Fatigue Performance of Additive Manufacturing PMCs	Mark Flores Lauren Ferguson
RX20-38	From Processing to Performance; Linking Process Modeling to Performance Modeling Using Discrete Damage Methodologies	David Mollenhauer
	Aerospace Systems (RQ)
RQ20-1	Advanced, Integrated Control, Diagnostics and Health Management for Next Generation Propulsion Systems	Al Behbahani
RQ20-2	Integrated Robust and Resilient Control of Propulsion Systems for Reliability and Performance	Al Behbahani
RQ20-3	Aerothermoelastic Analysis Methodologies for Aircraft Design	Philip Beran
RQ20-4	Multi-Fidelity Analysis Methods for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization	Philip Beran
RQ20-5	Numerical Simulation of High Mach Number Viscous Flow	Nick Bisek
RQ20-6	Advanced Flight Control	Michael Bolender
RQ20-7	Leveraging Both Experimental and Computational Data to Study Hypersonic Flight	Matthew Borg Matthew Tufts
RQ20-8	Advanced Thermal Management System Simulator -1. Cryogenic Fuels	Christopher Bunker William Lewis Paul Wrzesinski
RQ20-9	Control Techniques for Two Phase Thermal Management	Larry Byrd
RQ20-10	Electric Capacitance Tomography Development for Two Phase Flow	Larry Byrd
RQ20-11	Predictive Capability for Multidisciplinary Design under Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses for Hypersonic Systems	Jose Camberos
RQ20-12	Supersonic Combustion Ramjet Research	Campbell Carter
RQ20-13	Compact and Novel Combustion Concepts	Andrew Caswell
RQ20-14	High-Altitude Combustion Ignition and Relight Research	Andrew Caswell
RQ20-15	Enabling Robust and Durable Aerospace Structures for Combined, Extreme Environments	Ravi Chona
RQ20-16	Unsteady Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer in Turbines	John Clark
RQ20-17	Development of Active Control Systems for Scramjet Engines	Jeff Donbar
RQ20-18	High Capacity Cathode Materials Functionalized with Carbon for Lithium-Based Batteries	Joseph Fellner
RQ20-19	Intelligent Power Systems for Next Generation Aircraft	Joseph Fellner James Scofield
RQ20-20	Efficient Small-Scale Propulsion and Power Systems	Mark Fernelius
RQ20-21	Enhanced Optical Flow Diagnostics/Minimization of Particle Seeding	Benjamin Hagen
RQ20-22	Coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis and Optimization Techniques for Scramjet Engine Design Applications	Mark Hagenmaier
RQ20-23	Wall-Modeled LES of Shock-Boundary Layer Interaction (SBLI)	Ez Hassan
RQ20-24	Detonation Engine Propulsion Research	Adam Holley
RQ20-25	Mechanical Strengthened Interfaces of 3D-Printable Multifunctional Solid State Batteries	Thomas Howell
RQ20-26	Advanced Structural Concepts for Lighter and Low Cost Aircrafts	James Joo
RQ20-27	Planning, Guidance, and Control for Multiple UAV Cooperative Operations	David Casbeer
RQ20-28	Fan and Compressor Design, Modeling, and Simulation	Michael List
RQ20-29	Fan and Compressor Experimental Aerodynamics	Michael List
RQ20-30	High Work High Efficiency Low Pressure Turbine Aerodynamics	Christopher Marks
RQ20-31	Product Line Engineering Research for Low Cost Air Vehicles Concepts	Douglas Meador
RQ20-32	Low-Speed, Unsteady Aerodynamics: Physics, Modeling, and Control	Albert Medina
RQ20-33	Advanced Analytical Tools for Turbine Engine Bearing Compartments	Brian Nicholson
RQ20-34	Combustion Enhancement in High-Speed Flows	Timothy Ombrello
RQ20-35	Multiscale, Multiphysics and Multifidelity Modeling of Aircraft Power and Thermal Systems	Soumya Patnaik
RQ20-36	Innovative Active Flow Control for Aircraft Aerodynamics Enhancement	Ryan Plumley
RQ20-37	Basic Research in Energy and Combustion Science	Brent Rankin
RQ20-38	Large Eddy Simulations of Turbulent Combustion Systems	Brent Rankin
RQ20-39	Active Thrust Balance of Engine Mainshaft Bearings	Lewis Rosado
RQ20-40	Analysis and Optimization of Advanced Hybrid Electric Architectures for Next Generation Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)	Michael Rottmayer
RQ20-41	Weapons Bay Shear Layer Physics Quantified with High Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics	Ryan Schmit
RQ20-42	High Frequency Load Measurements of Slender Bodies of Unsteady Flow Fields	Ryan Schmit
RQ20-43	Chimera Hole Cutting for High-Order Discontinuous Galerkin Fluid Solver	Christopher Schrock
RQ20-44	Structural Dynamic & Mechanics of Turbomachinery Components	Onome Scott-Emuakpor
RQ20-45	Data Science Based Approaches for Modeling Electronics, Devices and Systems with Control Applications	Kenneth Semega
RQ20-46	Residual Stress Engineering Technologies for Airframe Life Extension	Thomas Spradlin
RQ20-47	Magnetocaloric Effect of Ni-Mn Based Heusler Alloys	Zafer Turgut
RQ20-48	The Properties and Effects of Curing Conditions on Fiber Reinforced Potassium Geopolymer Matrix Composite	Steffan Wilcox
RQ20-49	Design Approaches for Hypersonic Inlet and Isolator Operability	Heidi Wilkin
RQ20-50	System Engineering for Energy and Power Integration Coupled with Validation Testing	Kirk Yerkes
RQ20-51	Advancement of Automated Aerospace Structural Design	Andrew Zakrajsek
RQ20-52	Autonomous Aircraft Structural Layout and Topology Optimization using Parametric Geometry Coupled with a Finite Element Method	Andrew Zakrajsek
RQ20-53	Control Techniques for Aircraft Energy Management	Jon Zumberge
RQ20-54	Intelligent Gas Turbine Control Systems and Engine Integrated Health	Al Behbahani
	Sensors Directorate (RY)
RY20-1	Printed, Flexible Microwave Circuits	Carrie Bartsch
RY20-2	Synthesis and Characterization of Si1-x-yGexSny Alloys	Bruce Claflin
RY20-3	Wideband Digital Beamforming	Andrew Duly
RY20-4	Fokker-Planck Techniques for Non-Gaussian RF Signal Sensing	Robert Ewing
RY20-5	Printed and Flexible Electronics and Photonics for USAF Sensor Applications	Emily Heckman
RY20-6	Nanopatterned Phase-Change Materials for High-Speed, Continuous Phase Modulation	Joshua Henderickson
RY20-7	Bio-Inspired Self-Evolving Hardware and Software Platform for Cyber Security	David Kapp
RY20-8	Context-Aware Malware Detection for Autonomous Air Vehicle Operations	David Kapp
RY20-9	Adaptable Protection for Embedded Systems Resilience	Tem Kebede
RY20-10	Optical and Electrical Characterization of Topological Materials	Arnold Kiefer
RY20-11	Growth and Evaluation of Laser and Nonlinear Optical Materials	Rita Peterson
RY20-12	Real-Time Anomaly Detection with Streaming Data	Lie Qian
RY20-13	Reconfigurable Radio Frequency (RF) Technology for Adaptable Phased-Arrays and Cognitive Electronic Warfare (EW) Applications	Tony Quach Seng Hong
RY20-14	Metal-Oxide Thin-Film Transistors	Michael Schuette
RY20-15	Novel Intracavity Elements for High Peak Power Semiconductor Lasers	David Tomich
RY20-16	Wide-Aperture Nonlinear and Nonreciprocal Multilayers for Optical Switching, Limiting, Isolation, and Enhanced Light Detection	Ilya Vitebskiy Igor Anisimov

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2019 RESEARCH TOPICS

Topic Nr.	Title	Contact
	Human Effectiveness Directorate (RH)
RH19-1	Development of Enhanced In Vitro Models for Aerospace Toxicology & Human Performance	Laura Braydich-Stolle
RH19-2	Development of Gene Regulatory Elements for Biosensing Applications	Dr. Svetlana V. Harbaugh
RH19-3	Semantic Labeling of Data Manifold Regions for Human Understanding	Dr. Paul R. Havig II
RH19-4	Biomolecular Interactions of Advanced, Nanostructured Materials	Saber Hussain
RH19-5	Application of CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing in In Vitro Models to Elucidate Molecular Mechanisms of Engineered Materials	Saber Hussain
RH19-6	Micro-Structured Devices for Nanoparticle Toxicity Screening	Saber Hussain
RH19-7	Develop, Test, and Validate Biomarker Sensors	Steve Kim
RH19-8	Cognitive and Human Factors of Anomaly Detection	Rik Warren
RH19-9	Bioinformatics Tool Development	Casey W. Pirnstill
RH19-10	Intelligent Dialogue System for Multiple Human-Machine Communication within Human-Machine Teaming	Nia Peters
RH19-11	Machine Reasoning to Identify Inconsistent Knowledge	Christopher Myers
RH19-12	Visualization and Fusion of Big Data	Vince Schmidt
RH19-13	Information and Fusion of Space Data	John Ianni
RH19-14	Mobile Display Concepts for Multi-Modal Data	Vince Schmidt
RH19-15	Airman-on-a-Chip for Human Performance	M. Tyler Nelson

	Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (RX)
RX19-1	Design Optimization Methods for Additively Manufactured Property Gradients	Philip Buskohl
RX19-2	Organic Materials for Nonlinear Optics and Photonic Applications	Thomas M. Cooper
RX19-3	Enabling Science and Technology for the Additive Manufacturing of Ultra High-Temperature Ceramics	Matthew B. Dickerson Carmen Camey
RX19-4	Nanoscale materials behavior in Radar Frequency (RF) devices	Donald L. Dorsey
RX19-5	Advanced Biomaterials Characterization Techniques at the Interface of Structural Biology and Materials	Lawrence Drummy
RX19-6	Cathode and Development and Design for High Power Microwave Applications and Vacuum Electronic Devices	Steven Fairchild
RX19-7	Materials for Switching Memory Devices	Sabyasachi Ganguli
RX19-8	Phosphate Oxide Based Glasses as UV Emitter Hosts	Jonathan Goldstein
RX19-9	Engineering Nonlinear Optical Materials	John G. Jones
RX19-10	Elastomeric Architectures for Enhanced Survivability of Electronic Systems	Abigail Juhl
RX19-11	Manufacturing Process Monitoring & Control	Benjamin Leever
RX19-12	Polymer Templated Liquid Crystals	Michael E. McConney
RX19-13	Ultra-wide Bandgap (UWBG) Materials for Electronics and Optoelectronics	Shin Mou
RX19-14	Studies of Ultra-Wide Bandgap Materials for Power Electronics and RF Power Electronics Applications	Adam T. Neal
RX19-15	Understanding Onset of Damage in Multifunctional Composite	Dhriti Nepal
RX19-16	Oxide Ferroelectric Materials for Memristor and FeFET Devices	Shanee Pacley
RX19-17	Investigation and optimization of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) as a telecom single quantum emitter	Michael Page
RX19-18	Creation of Materials, Manufacturing and Design Knowledge Representations via Self-assembly of Ontology Design Patterns	Clare Paul
RX19-19	Composite Performance Prediction in Application Environments	Craig Przybyla
RX19-20	Epitaxial Metal Nitrides for Electronic and Opto-Electronic Applications	Amber N. Reed
RX19-21	Low melting point liquid metal composites	Christopher E. Tabor
RX19-22	Reconfigurable Liquid Metal Electronics	Christopher E. Tabor
RX19-23	Molecular Design of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles for Next Generation Printed Electronics and Energy Storage	Richard Vaia
RX19-24	Screening Low-Density Materials for High-Temperature Thermo-oxidative Stability via Machine Learning Algorithms	Vikas Varshney
RX19-25	Efficient Feature Parameterization for Model-based Ultrasonic Characterization of Composite Damage	John Wertz
RX19-26	First Principles Calculations of Creep Mechanisms	Christopher Woodward
RX19-27	Predicting Solution Strengthening in FCC Ni Alloys	Christopher Woodward
RX19-28	Tissue-Integrated Optical Sensor Platforms	Matthew Dalton

	Aerospace Systems (RQ)
RQ19-1	Integrated Robust and Resilient Control of Propulsion Systems for Reliability and Performance	Al Behbahani
RQ19-2	Multi-Fidelity Analysis Methods for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization	Philip S. Beran
RQ19-3	Aerothermoelastic Analysis Methodologies for Aircraft Design	Philip S. Beran
RQ19-4	Numerical Simulation of High Mach Number Viscous Flow	Nick Bisel<
RQ19-5	Advanced Flight Control	Michael Bolender
RQ19-6	Advanced Thermal Management System Simulator-1. Cryogenic Fuels	Christopher E. Bunker William K. Lewis Paul J. Wrzesinski
RQ19-7	Electric Capacitance Tomography Development for Two Phase Flow	Larry Byrd
RQ19-8	Control Techniques for Two Phase Thermal Management	Larry Byrd
RQ19-9	Development of a Predictive Capability for Multidisciplinary Design under Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis for Hypersonic Systems	Jose Camberos Dalton Baier
RQ19-10	Compact and Novel Combustion Concepts	Andrew Caswell
RQ19-11	High-Altitude Combustion Ignition and Relight Research	Andrew Caswell
RQ19-12	Supersonic Combustion Ramjet Research	Campbell Carter
RQ19-13	Enabling Robust and Durable Aerospace Structures for Combined, Extreme Environments	Ravi Chona
RQ19-14	Unsteady Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer in Turbines	John Clark
RQ19-15	Development of Active Control Systems for Scramjet Engines	Jeff Donbar
RQ19-16	Intelligent Power Systems for Next Generation Aircraft	Joe Fellner James Scofield
RQ19-17	High Capacity Cathode Materials Functionalized with Carbon for Lithium-based Batteries	Joseph P. Fellner
RQ19-18	Efficient Small-Scale Propulsion and Power Systems	Mark Fernelius
RQ19-19	Enhanced Optical Flow Diagnostics / Minimization of Particle Seeding	Benjamin Hagen
RQ19-20	Coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics {CFO} Analysis and Optimization Techniques for Scramjet Engine Design Applications	Mark Hagenmaier
RQ19-21	Wall-Modeled LES of Shock-boundary layer interaction (SBLI)	Ez A. Hassan
RQ19-22	Detonation Engine Propulsion Research	Adam Holley
RQ19-23	Mechanical strengthened interfaces of 3D-Printable Multifunctional Solid State Batteries	Thomas G. Howell
RQ19-24	Morphing and Shape Adaptable Aircraft Structures	James Joo
RQ19-25	Planning, Guidance, and Control for Multiple UAV Cooperative Operations	David Casbeer
RQ19-26	Residual Stress Engineering Technologies for Airframe Life Extension	Kristina Langer
RQ19-27	Fan and Compressor Experimental Aerodynamics	Michael G. List
RQ19-28	High Work High Efficiency Low Pressure Turbine Aerodynamics	Christopher Marks Rolf Sondergaard
RQ19-29	Product Line Engineering Research for Low Cost Air Vehicle Concepts	Douglas P. Meador
RQ19-30	Advanced Analytical Tools for Turbine Engine Bearing Compartments	Brian D. Nicholson
RQ19-31	Multiscale, Multiphysics and Multifidelity Modeling of Aircraft Power and Thermal Systems	Soumya S. Patnaik
RQ19-32	Innovative Active Flow Control for Aircraft Aerodynamics Enhancemt. nt	Ryan Plumley
RQ19-33	Large Eddy Simulations of Turbulent Combustion Systems	Brent A. Rankin
RQ19-34	Basic Research in Energy and Combustion Science	Brent A. Rankin
RQ19-35	Active Thrust Balance of Engine Mainshaft Bearings	Lewis Rosado
RQ19-36	Analysis and optimization of advanced hybrid electric architectures for next generation tactical unmanned aerial systems (UAS)	Michael A Rottmayer
RQ19-37	Weapons Bay Shear Layer Physics Quantified with High Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics	Ryan F. Schmit
RQ19-38	High Frequency Load Measurements of Slender Bodies in Unsteady Flow Fields	Ryan F. Schmit
RQ19-39	Chimera Hole Cutting for High-Order Discontinuous Galerkin Fluid Solver	Christopher Schrock
RQ19-40	Structural Dynamics & Mechanics of Turbomachinery Components	Onome Scott-Emuakpor
RQ19-41	Magnetocaloric Effect of Ni-Mn Based Heusler Alloys	Zafer Turgut
RQ19-42	Plasma-based control of transitional flows using high-fidelity simulations	Miguel Visbal
RQ19-43	The Properties and Effects of Curing Conditions on Fiber Reinforced Potassium Geopolymer Matrix Composite	Steffan Wilcox
RQ19-44	Design Approaches for Hypersonic Inlet and Isolator Operability	Heidi Wilkin
RQ19-45	System Engineering for Energy and Power Integration Coupled with Validation Testing	Kirk Yerkes
RQ19-46	Autonomous Aircraft Structural Layout and Topology Optimization using Parametric Geometry Coupled with a Finite Element Method	Andrew Zakrajsek
RQ19-47	Control Techniques for Aircraft Energy Management	Jon Zumberge
RQ19-48	Distributed Modular Supervisory Control Architecture for Next Generation Integrated Propulsion Systems	Al Behbahani
RQ19-49	Advanced, Integrated Control, Diagnostics and Health Management for Next Generation Propulsion Systems	Al Behbahani

	Sensors Directorate (RY)
RY19-1	Printed, Flexible Microwave Circuits	Carrie M. Bartsch
RY19-2	Real-Time Anomaly Detection with Streaming Data	Lei Qian
RY19-3	Hardware Acceleration of Assessment Tools and Techniques for Trusted Microelectronics	Pompei (Len) Orlando
RY19-4	Formal Method-Based Microelectronic Assurance Analysis	Pompei (Len) Orlando
RY19-5	Growth and evaluation of laser and nonlinear optical materials	Rita D. Peterson
RY19-6	Metal-oxide thin-film transistors	Michael Schuette
RY19-7	Shock propagation using distributed sensors	Eric Lam
RY19-8	Wide-aperture nonlinear and nonreciprocal multllayers for optical switching, limiting, Isolation, and enhanced light detection	Ilya Vitebskiy Igor Anisimov
RY19-9	Reconfigurable Radio Frequency (RF) Technology for Adaptable Phased-Arrays and Cognitive Electronic Warfare (EW) Applications	Tony K. Quach Ryan Wolfarth
RY19-10	Investigation of Electronlc Transport Properties In Degenerate Semiconductors and Metal Alloys	John Cetnar
RY19-11	Synthesis and Characterization of Sh-x-vGexSnv Alloys	Bruce Claflin
RY19-12	Bio-Inspired Self-Evolving Hardware and Software Platform for Cyber Security	David A. Kapp
RY19-13	Low SWAP Techniques for Malware Detection	David A. Kapp
RY19-14	Automated generation of attacks against x86-based embedded system platforms	David A. Kapp
RY19-15	Ga2O3 for high power devices	Kevin Leedy
RY19-16	Development of Publish-Subscribe Architecture for High Throughput Fiber Networks	Nicholas S. Kovach
RY19-17	Anti-spoofing of Messages In a Publlsh-Subscribe Open Architecture	Alexander Paxton
RY19-18	Image Alignment and Data Fusion for Trusted Microelectronics	Matthew Casto
RY19-19	Adaptive Control of Cancellation Mechanism for Simultaneous Transmit and Receive	Andrew Wegener
RY19-20	Nanopattemed Phase-Change Materials for High-Speed, Continuous Phase Modulation	Joshua Hendrickson
RY19-21	Novel materials and devices for nonlinear frequency conversion	Rita D. Peterson
RY19-22	Optimization of RF Sensing & Specificity to the Detection of Sub-threshold Sensory Signals	Robert Ewing
RY19-23	Goal-Driven Cognitive Algorithmic Processing for EW	Marcin Morys Stacie Severyn Sean Stevens
RY19-24	Printed and Flexible Electronics and Photonics for USAF Sensor Applications	Emily M. Heckman
RY19-25	Optical and Electrical Characterization of Topological Materials	Dr. Arnold Kiefer