The Scientific Advisory Board Meeting on October 11-13 will review potential FY 2024 SERDP projects for funding. The presentation schedule is included below.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

0900 Convene SAB Chair
0905 SAB Strategy Session SAB Members
0935 FY22 Munitions Response SON Overview: Detection, Localization, Classification, and Remediation of Military Munitions Underwater David Bradley, Ph.D.

Munitions Response Program Manager

0945 MR24-4262: Improving Advanced Geophysical Classification Performance in the Marine Environment (FY24 New Start) Stephen Billings, Ph.D.

Black Tusk Geophysics Inc

1030 Break  
1045 MR24-4128: Phenomenology Enriched Learning for Imaging and Classification of Underwater Military Munitions (FY24 New Start) Vishal Monga, Ph.D.

The Pennsylvania State University

1130 MR24-4269: Continual Learning Machines for Robust Underwater UXO Classification (FY24 New Start) Mahmood R. Azimi-Sadjadi, Ph.D.

Colorado State University

1215 Lunch  
1315 FY20 RC SON Overview: Installation Resilience Research: Theoretical Frameworks for Compound Threats J. Kevin Hiers

Resource Conservation and Resilience Program Manager

1325 RC24-4510: Predicting Impacts of Species Loss on Ecosystem Resilience: An Experimental Test of a Novel Theoretical Framework (FY20 Follow-on) Jinelle Sperry, Ph.D.

U.S. Army ERDC-CERL

1410 FY24 ER SON Overview: Development of Improved Concentration Technologies for Treatment of Matrices Impacted by Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Andrea Leeson, Ph.D.

Environmental Restoration Program Manager

1420 ER24-4224: Novel Functionalization of Conventional Sorbents for Enhanced Selectivity and Improved Concentration of Ultrashort- and Short-Chain PFAS (FY24 New Start) Lee Blaney, Ph.D.

University of Maryland Baltimore County

1505 Break  
1520 FY24 ER SON Overview: Improved Understanding of Destructive Treatment Processes for PFAS in the Subsurface Andrea Leeson, Ph.D.

Environmental Restoration Program Manager

1530 ER24-4380: A Novel In Situ Subsurface PFAS Destruction Strategy that Uses Ligand-Coordinated Zero-Valent Metals at Ambient Conditions (FY24 New Start) Charles Werth, Ph.D.

University of Texas at Austin

1615 Public Discussion / Adjourn for the Day SAB Chair

Thursday, October 12, 2023

0900 Convene SAB Chair
0905 FY24 WP SON Overview: Sustainable Energetics Synthesis and Preparation John La Scala, Ph.D.

Weapons Systems and Platforms Program Manager

0915 WP24-4296: Designing a High-throughput Cell-based Screen for N- Oxygenase Engineering (FY24 New Start) Aditya Kunjapur, Ph.D.

University of Delaware

1000 WP24-4443: Electrochemical Synthesis of Energetic Materials(FY24 New Start) Benjamin Harvey, Ph.D.

Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division

1045 Break  
1100 FY24 WP SON Overview: Biological Impacts to DoD Coating Performance John La Scala, Ph.D.

Weapons Systems and Platforms Program Manager

1110 WP24-4099: Coating Deterioration: Impacts of Multi-Domain Biofilms and Preventative Measures (FY24 New Start) Brent Peyton, Ph.D.

Center for Biofilm Engineering Montana State University

1155 Lunch  
1255 FY24 ER SON Overview: Self-Assembly Behavior of PFAS Found in Soil and Groundwater at Aqueous Film-Forming Foam-Impacted Sites Andrea Leeson, Ph.D.

Environmental Restoration Program Manager

1305 ER24-4273: Mechanistic Investigation of Assembly and Stability of Supramolecular forms of PFAS on Environmentally Relevant Surfaces and Development of Surface Analytical Protocols (FY24 New Start) Ian Ross, Ph.D.

CDM Smith

1350 ER24-4061: Self-assembly of PFAS Mixtures in the Presence of Inorganic Ions and Hydrocarbon Surfactants During Wetting and Drying (FY24 New Start) Carlos Martinez, Ph.D.

Purdue University

1555 Public Discussion / Adjourn for the Day SAB Chair

Friday, October 13, 2023

0900 Convene SAB Chair
0905 FY24 RC SON Overview: Advanced Wildland Fire Research to Improve Military Land Use Efficiency J. Kevin Hiers

Resource Conservation and Resilience Program Manager

0915 RC24-4132: Linking Smoke to Fire: The Effect of Burn Conditions on Fuel Availability, Smoke Production, and Atmospheric Processing (FY24 New Start) Rawad Saleh, Ph.D.

University of Georgia Research Foundation. Inc.

1000 RC24-4372: Developing Detailed Emission Source Terms for Next- Generation Wildland Fire and Smoke Modeling Tools Using Improved Near-field Fire Measurements (FY24 New Start) Nicholas Skowronski, Ph.D.

USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station

1045 Break  
1100 RC24-4043: From Fuel to Smoke: Measuring and Modeling the Chemistry and Composition of the Prescribed Fire Flame and Near-Field Plume (FY24 New Start) David Weise, Ph.D.

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station

1145 Public Discussion / Adjourn SAB Chair