2018-2020 Assessment of the Army Research Office
2021

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The mission of the Army Research Office (ARO), as part of the U.S. Army Futures Command—U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command—Army Research Laboratory (ARL), is to execute the Army's extramural basic research program in the following scientific disciplines: chemical sciences, computing sciences, electronics, life sciences, materials science, mathematical sciences, mechanical sciences, network sciences, and physics.

The goal of this basic research is to drive scientific discoveries that will provide the Army with significant advances in operational capabilities through high-risk, high pay-off research opportunities, primarily with universities, but also with large and small businesses. ARO ensures that this research supports and drives the realization of future research relevant to all of the Army Functional Concepts, the ARL Core Technical Competencies, and the ARL Essential Research Programs. The results of these efforts are transitioned to the Army research and development community, industry, or academia for the pursuit of long-term technological advances for the Army.

This report summarizes the findings of the review of ARO's Information Sciences Directorate in 2018, the Physical Sciences Directorate in 2019,and the Engineering Sciences Directorate in 2020 conducted by the panels of the Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board.

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156 pages · 8.5 x 11 ·
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-09403-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26324

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. 2018-2020 Assessment of the Army Research Office. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Front Matter i-xiv
Summary 1-14
Part I: Information Sciences Directorate 15-16
1 Introduction 17-20
2 Computing Sciences Division 21-27
3 Network Sciences Division 28-35
4 Mathematical Sciences Division 36-44
5 Crosscutting Recommendations 45-48
Part II: Physical Sciences Directorate 49-50
6 Introduction 51-54
7 Physics Division 55-63
8 Chemical Sciences Division 64-72
9 Life Sciences Division 73-82
10 Crosscutting Recommendations 83-84
Part III: Engineering Sciences Directorate 85-86
11 Introduction 87-90
12 Electronics Division 91-100
13 Materials Science Division 101-110
14 Mechanical Sciences Division 111-123
15 Crosscutting Recommendations 124-126
Part IV: Army Research Office-Wide Crosscutting Recommendations 127-128
16 Army Research Office-Wide Crosscutting Recommendations 129-130
Appendixes 131-132
Appendix A: Possible Metrics for Assessment of Program and Project Accomplishments and Plans 133-134
Appendix B: Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board Members and Staff Biographical Information 135-139
Appendix C: Acronyms 140-142

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