Jeff Simmen4 May 2009

APL-UWOverview

for theCPAC workshop

UNIVERSITY-AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERa unique research laboratory on the UW campus

Applied Physics LaboratoryUniversity of Washington

Applied Research LaboratoriesUniversity of Texas

Applied Research LaboratoryPennsylvania State University

Applied Physics LaboratoryJohns Hopkins University

Applied Research LaboratoryUniversity of Hawaii

(new)

Some Attributes of APL-UW:

• special relationship with Navy/DoD• horizontally & vertically integrated research• unique & complementary set of core R&D areas • linked with, and physically located on, campus• substantial at-sea experimentation• diverse funding portfolio

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Prototype Development

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{research publications& presentations, teaching, students, outreach, …}

INTEGRATED R&Dhorizontal and vertical integration is succeeding at APL

Integration enabled by‘mixing’ of APL researchers, connectivity to campus, and having customer ‘pull’

Interdisciplinary Basic Research

Acoustic & Remote Sensing

Ocean Physics & Engineering

Medical & Industrial Ultrasound

Polar Science & Logistics

Environmental & Info Systems

Electronic & Photonic Systems

R&D EMPHASIScontinuing the leadership role in core areas

Designing ultrasound methods to localize and efficiently destroy

kidney stones on Earth & in space

Developing state-of-the-artinstrumentation to measure the

fine-scale processes in the ocean

Probing the Greenland outlet glaciers to understand their

rapid changes in ice discharge

Building the control systems and interfacing software

for underwater ocean gliders

Studying the utility of remotesensing of coherent structures as asource of information on river flow

Developing photonic sensors todetect chemical explosives and to

sense sound waves

• Sediment Acoustics– experiments & theory to understand the

physics of sound penetration into the seafloor and the ability to acoustically detect & image buried mines

• E-Field Sensors– investigate e-field sensors for undersea

surveillance, mine detection, collision avoidance, and oceanography

• Remote Acoustic Hemostasis– develop portable technology to detect

bleeding and to use focused ultrasound to induce hemostasis for combat casualty care

SAMPLE R&D EFFORTS

proud buried

Sanford honored with SECNAV Chairand IEEE Disting. Engineering Honor

• Undersea Persistent Surveillance– develop a networked, semi-autonomous, and

adaptive system of fixed & mobile nodes to do robust & long-term undersea surveillance

• Sonar Simulation Toolset– generate high-fidelity simulated

sonar signals for system design & performance evaluation, tactics development, and training of sonar operators

• Anoxia in Hood Canal– measurements & modeling to

understand the causes for the decline of oxygen in Hood Canal and the efficacy of potential corrective actions

SAMPLE R&D EFFORTS

Newton honoredwith Seattle Conservation

Award

• Regional Cabled Observatory– large role in wet-end engineering of an

interactive, regional, cabled-to-shore observatory off Pacific NW; to provide long-term, continuous and high-bandwidth ocean data in real time

• Arctic Buoy Program– network of automatic data buoys to

gather oceanographic, meteorological, and ice data in the polar regions to understand the complex & coupled processes that control polar variability

SAMPLE R&D EFFORTS

• Navy ICEX Support– provide tech & logistical support for Navy

sub under-ice exercises: ice camp, diving services, customized tracking range

2008 APL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING AWARDfor extraordinary scientific and engineering achievement that has enhanced the Laboratory’s reputation as a premier center for science and technology

Kristin LaidreQuantifying the

sensitivity of Arctic marine mammals to climate change

Deep submersible Raman instrument deployed from

Alvin at Juan de Fuca Ridge

For her exceptional contributions to the research of marine mammals, as well as her community outreach and service on international committees that have brought great credit to APL-UW. Shehas pioneered challenging studies of arctic whales and their environment and been prolific in publishing her findings.

For leading an innovative team and developing new instrumentation and real-time sensing capabilities for industrial, biologic, and environmental monitoring applications. He has pushedthe limits of chemical sensing with revolutionary optical technologies to measure dissolved gases and geochemistry in remote and harsh environments.

Brian Marquardt

JOINT APPOINTMENTS at UW43 Appointments; across 10 UW Departments (5 Colleges)

with UW DepartmentsBioengineering (2)Civil & Enviro Engineering (2)Earth & Space Science (5)Electrical Engineering (12)Mechanical Engineering (3)Neurological Surgery (1)Oceanography (15)Pediatric Dentistry (1)Statistics (1)Urology (1)

Appointments may involve Teaching and include Affiliate, Research,

WOT, and Tenured Faculty

with UW CollegesArts & Sciences (6)Dentistry (1)Engineering (19)Medicine (2)Ocean & Fish (15)

Teaching and joint seminar series

RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS at UW • Physical mechanisms of shock wave therapy in orthopedics Appl. Math (Leveque), ME (Ching), Rehab

Medicine (Chang), ME (Ching)• Interface Stability of Thin Condensing Films Aero. & Astronautics (Hermanson)• Boundary Layer Studies Connecting Satellite Surface Winds & Pressure Fields to Storm, Weather & Climate Atmos. Sci. (Patoux, Brown)• Using Surface Pressure to Validate Tropical Cyclone Surface Winds Retrieval From SAR Atmos. Sci. (Patoux)• Satellite Ocean Vector Wind-Derived Surface Pressure Field for Data Assimilation Experiments Atmos. Sci. (Patoux)• Ocean Surfaces on Snowball Earth Atmos. Sci. (Warren), ESS (Waddington)• Ultrasound Activated Implantable Drug Delivery Systems Bioengineering (Ratner)• Scales of Residence Time Variation in Northwest Estuaries Biology (Ruesink)• Research and Development of a Field-Deployable Brain-Imaging Device Biostatistics (Comstock), Radiology (Rouesche, et. al),

Neurology (Becker, et. al), Hmc Patient Care (Moore)• Use of HIFU for Cardiac Ablation Cardiology (Gill)• Development of Next Generation Electro-Optic Materials & Devices for the National Reconnaissance Office Chemistry (Dalton)• Distributed Multifunction Fiber Optic Micro Sensor Arrays for IED Detection Chemistry (Dalton)• ONR Coherent Structures in Rivers & Estuaries Experiment (COHSTREX) Civil Engineering (Horner-Devine)• Nanophotonic Devices for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Electrical Engineering (Hochberg)• A Smart Sensor Web of Ocean Observation: System Design, Modeling, and Optimization Electrical Engineering (Roy)• Learning from Heterogenous Data Electrical Engineering (Gupta)• Biogeochemistry of meltwater from the Greenland & Ice ESS (Sletten)• Recent Dynamics of Martian Circumpolar Ice Flow Features ESS (Koutnik, Waddington)• Dynamics of Ground Ice on Earth & Mars ESS (Hallet, Sletten)• X-ray Spectrometer with Wide Element Range for the MoonLITE Penetrators ESS (McCarthy)• Smart Medical System for Mission Critical Care Supplement Fred Hutch (Yee), Gastroenterology (Storb),

Radiology (Hwang)• HIFU Drug Delivery Gastroenterology (Hwang)• Methods and Mechanisms of Acoustic Cavitation-Mediated Thrombolysis Gastroenterology (Hwang)• A Device for Tissue Ablation during Laparoscopic Surgery General Surgery/Oncology (Yeung)• A sulfur hexafluoride section in the North Pacific Ocean: Application of a dual tracer approach JISAO (Sonnerup)• Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center ME (Malte, et. al), Oceanography (Kawase)• Reduction of underwater sound levels from pile driving operations ME (Reinhall, Zhou)• Computational Modeling for Dialysis Access Surgical Planning ME (Alidesda, Riley), Surgery (Beach, Zieler)• Chemiresistive Nanowires for Detection & Classification of Explosives & Photothermal Effect… MSE (Jen)• High Speed Phase Modulators MSE (Jen), Chemistry (Dalton)• Wave Length Switch MSE (Jen), Chemistry (Dalton)• Nonlinear Acoustics in Calibration/Metrology of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Medicine (Hwang)• Diets for Dyslipidemia in the Metabolic Syndrome Medicine (Knopp)• Comparison of oral & patch forms for hormonal contraception… Medicine (Knopp)• Prototype Testing for Non-Invasive Determination of Intracranial Pressure Neurology (Tanzi, Kliot)• Refinement of Non-Invasive Approach to the Determination of Intracranial Pressure Neurology (Kliot)• LSG Mobilisa Oceanography (Devol)• Regional Scale Nodes, OOI Oceanography (Delaney)• Impact of Ocean Current Systems on the Atmosphere: Using Vector Winds & Atmosphere-Ocean Modeling Oceanography (Thompson)• Tidal Flats Oceanography (Nittrouer, Ogston) • CFC Mixed Layer Boundary Conditions in the North Pacific & Implications… Oceanography (Thompson, Warner)• Passive Ambient Sound on ARGO floats Oceanography (Riser)• The APEX GasFloat Oceanography (Riser)• NSF Program for International Research & Education (PIRE) Oceanography (Rhines, Erickson)• Towards predicting the likelihood of dental caries ("cavities") Pediatric Dentistry (Berg)• Forensics Analysis of Explosives Materials Using X-ray Emission Spectroscopy Physics (Seidler)• Acoustic feedback techniques to improve SWL outcomes Polyclinic (McKay), Radiology (Dighe),

Urology (Wessells, Sorenson, Shah)• Similarity-Based Statistical Learning Architecture for IED Prediction and Detection Psychology (Miyamoto), Electrical Engineering (Gupta)• Probability Weather Study DRU: Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Communicating Wealther Forecast Uncertainty Psychology (Joslyn)• Large-Bleeder Mitigation by Image Guided Ultrasound Radiology (Carter)• Development of Mid-Frequency Multibeam Sonar for Fisheries Application SAFS (Horne)• Backscatter Measurement of Salmon Species SAFS (Horne)• Change Point Detection in Multivariant Data Streams Statistics (Steutzle)• Ultrasonic Tissue Pulsatility Imaging of Tumors Urology (Vessella)

FY08 FIELD PROGRAMS world class; covering the globe and varying in scope• North Pole Environmental Observatory North Pole• Aerial hydrographic surveys for IPY: tracking variability Prudhoe Bay/Barrow • Climate Change and Baleen Whale Trophic Cascades West Greenland• Stratification on Bering Shelf, Nutrients & Ecosystem Bering Sea• Physics in the Pacific inflow to the Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean• Dynamics of Archipelago Sea Straits Philippines• Hood Canal Anoxia Hood Canal• Sigma Profiler of Intrusions Columbia River• Equatorial Internal Gravity Waves Oregon Shelf• Biophysical Study of the North Atlantic Bloom North Atlantic • Hurricane Gustav-Ocean Interaction and Gas Exchange Gulf of Mexico• Internal Tides and Boundary Mixing Monterey Canyon• Studies of the Norwegian Atlantic Current Norwegian Shelf• Narwhal distribution in sea ice Greenland• Kuroshio Variability off Luzon & Taiwan• Switchyard: Arctic circulation Lincoln Sea• Arctic Gateways in Davis Strait Canadian Arctic Archipelago• Internal Waves Cruise South China Sea• Quantifying Bering Strait Ocean Fluxes Bering Strait• Breaking Waves and Energy Dissipation Puget Sound• Sediment Properties of Tidal Flats Skagit Bay• Coherent Structures in Rivers and Estuaries Snohomish River• Ship Guidance MURI Cruise N. California Coast• AUV’s for Coastal Margin Observation Program Lake Washington• Air-sea Gas Fluxes and Ocean Productivity Pacific Ocean• MCM Target Scattering Panama City, FL• Transverse Acoustic Variability Experiment East China Sea• Mobile Platform Transmission Loss Surveys Western Pacific• PLUS INP Field Trials off Bahamas & Hawaii• Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals off Hawaii

FY07 FIELD PROGRAMS

FY07 FIELD PROGRAMS

• Acoustic Techniques for Assessing Fish Atlantic (off NJ Shelf)

• APL Ice Station

Beaufort Sea (Arctic)

• Archipelago Straits DynamicsMindinao Sea (Philippines)

• Climate Variability

Gulf Stream & N. Atlantic

• Deep Ocean Gas ExchangeAtlantic (off Portugal)

• Equatorial Cold Pool Heat FluxEastern Equatorial Pacific

• Freshwater Switchyard

Arctic Ocean

• Hood Canal Anoxia

Puget Sound

• Integrating Ocean VariablesPacific (off CA & OR)

• Intrusions in the Subtropical FrontNorth Pacific

• Kuroshio Current Structure & VariabilitySouth China Sea

• Narwhal & Beluga Tagging StudiesBaffin Bay & Melville Bay

• Nonlinear Internal Waves

South China Sea

• North Pole Environmental ObservatoryNorth Pole

• Observational Array

Labrador Sea

• Passive Acoustic ListenersPacific (off WA)

• Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance Dabob Bay

• Physical & Chemical PropertiesBering Strait

• Remote Sensing of Breaking WavesLake Washington

• Radiometry & Sea Surface ImagingGulf of Mexico

• Synthetic Aperture Sonar Characterization Panama City (FL)

• Supraglacial Lakes

Greenland Ice Sheet

• Valiant Shield 2007

Western Pacific

• Variability of Davis Strait

Davis Strait (Norway)

FY06 FIELD PROGRAMS

FY06 FIELD PROGRAMS

• Arctic Switchyard

Arctic Ocean

• Coherent Structures in Rivers & Estuaries Snohomish River, WA

• Controls on Ice Stream Flow

Ross Sea (Antarctic)

• Deep Ocean Mixing

Pacific (off Oregon)

• Eddies Experiment

Sargasso Sea

• Equatorial Floats

Pacific (near Equator)

• Flux Variability in Davis Strait

Davis Strait (Norway)

• Hood Canal Anoxia

Puget Sound

• LWAD 06-1

Philippine Sea

• Marine Mammal Detection

Pacific (off Washington)

• Maud Rise Nonlinear Equation of State

Weddell Sea (Antarctic)

• Nonlinear Internal Waves Experiment

South China Sea

• North Pole Environmental Observatory

North Pole

• Ocean Modeling & Sampling TechnologyMonterey Bay

• Pacific Internal Waves

Pacific (near Hawaii)

• Pelagic Imaging Sonar

Atlantic & Gulf of Alaska

• RIMPAC 06 (Navy exercise)

Pacific (off Hawaii)

• Sea-Ice Algae

Barrow, AK

• Shallow-Water Acoustics Experiment

Atlantic (NJ shelf)

• SHAREM 151 (Navy exercise)

East China Sea

• Submesoscale Ocean ParameterizationsMonterey Bay

• Supraglacial Lakes

Greenland Ice Sheet

• Vessel Performance in Evolving Wave FieldsGulf of Alaska

• Water Properties & Flow in Bering StraitBering Strait

• Wave Breaking & Dissipation

Lake Washington

Transverse Acoustic Variability Exper.

measurement/analysis of ‘precursor’ waves in East China Sea

collaboration with- Naval Research Lab- Penn State University- Hanyang University- KORDI- Korean Agency for Defense Development

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SAMPLE FIELD PROGRAMS multidisciplinary and international collaborations

R/V Sunjin’s large aft work area

North Atlantic Bloom Study

study of the North Atlantic spring bloom to measure patchiness/scales and to relate bio, chemical, and physical coupling

measurement platforms include- Lagrangian floats- Seagliders- R/V Knorr (process cruise)- Satellite (remote sensing)

GRANTS & CONTRACTS FUNDING

FY08 Funding of $59M

FY08 Awards by Sponsor

ONR35%

All Other

4%

NSF18%

Other NAVY21%

(NAVSEA, NSWC,SPAWAR, ONI)

72% Basic; 28% Applied/Development

NASA8%

NOAA7%

NIH7%

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Current # Employees

Full-Time 270Scientists & Engineers 181

(112 PhDs)Technical Support 28Admin Support 61

Hourly 13

Almost 800 Refereed Publications since 2000

8 Spin-Offs since 2000Blue View (sonar technology)

Inson Medical (therapeutic utrasound)

Mirabilis Medica (therapeutic ultrasound)

PhysioSonics (diagnostic ultrasound)

PredictDent (dental technology)

Sound Metrics (sonar technology)

Ultreo (dental ultrasound)

UST (therapeutic ultrasound)

Over 80 Graduate Degrees and 250 Supervised Undergrads since 2000

RECENT PRODUCTIVITYknowledge transfer & commercialization

Ultrasound for Tumor Ablationwas FY08 Top-Ten

Revenue-Generating Technology of UW Tech Transfer

ranked within top 15 fastest-growing private companies by Puget Sound Business Journal

DIDSON handheld sonar

COMMERCIALIZATION AGREEMENTS in 2008record number of licenses/agreements involving APL intellectual property

iRobot- Seaglider design, operating code,

and piloting procedures

Lockheed Martin- sonar simulation software

Lumera- hybrid passive/electro-optic waveguide for low-loss low-voltage modulators

Mirabilis Medica- high-intensity focused ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology

PredictDent- predicting the likelihood of dental caries

UST- high-intensity ultrasound for surgical applications

SEAGLIDER

Increased Outreach

RECENT VISIBILITYrecord year for positive APL-UW publicity, via the news and outreach

National Recognition viaNew York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, McClatchy Newspapers, Christian Science Monitor,NPR, BBC, MSNBC, ABC Good Morning America,National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, …

Local/Regional viaSeattle Times, Seattle PI, Northwest Cable News, Kitsap Sun, Tacoma News Tribune,KOMO TV News, KIRO TV News, KUOW Radio, …

APL in the News27 times in 2008

Around the Americas

Preparing for the Future

R/V JACK ROBERTSONafter a half-century APL has a new, more capable, research vessel

Specifications Length: 57' Beam: 19‘A-Frame: 3-ton capacity

Max Speed: 11 kts Range: 740 n miMain Engine: 341 HPJohn Deere 6125AFM diesel

Construction: fiberglass; semi-displacement hull form; overnight accommodations

Used primarily for instrument testing& smaller experiments in Puget Sound

Provides extended range & duration

Heavy duty A-frame & lifting capability

Ample deck space

Interior Design

of Floor 5

NEW APL SPACEfinished init. staff assignmentand interior (lab/office) design- construction in process

APL should begin occupancyin Benjamin Hall in Sept 2009:

3 (of 6) floors – 1, 2, and 535,724 usable square feet~35% increase in APL space

Benjamin Hall Interdisciplinary Research Building

NEW APL REPORT WITHIN UWAPL will move from within a College to UW Provost

APL will report to UW Provost on 1 July 2009• will further integration of APL across campus• will increase breadth of research activity, efficiency of operation, and image of Lab

Lab’s potential is strong– world-class staff– improved facilities and infrastructure– culture of multidisciplinary & integrated research– new ‘central’ report on campus– great relationships with sponsors

Lab’s near-term goals include:– continue to build multidisciplinary programs – find faster ways to transition research to application– extend our skills & expertise to other areas of need,

with particular interest towards industrial application– increase connectivity with campus– hire new talent

FUTURE