Panel: Energy R&D at DoD

Speaker:

Rich Carlin, ONR

Tom Hartranf, Army

Dr. Mark Lewis, USAF

Al Shaffer, OSD

Event Date:

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Join us as we find out about new technologies, new investments, new partnerships and more at our Energy R&D Panel with DoD.

Rich Carlin, director of ONR's Division of Mechanics and Energy Conversion

Tom Hartranft, Army Energy Branch Chief, ERDC-CERL

Dr. Mark J. Lewis, Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Chief scientific adviser to the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Air Force

Al Shaffer, Director of Plans & Programs at OSD DDR&E

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