Speakers

Col Michael Micucci, USMC
LAV Program Manager
TACOM MARCORSYSCOM

Colonel Micucci was commissioned in 1984 from Iowa State University with a BS Degree in Civil Engineering. He has spent many years in the Marine Corps Operational Forces as a Combat Engineer Officer and has led Marines at all levels, most notably serving as a Combat Engineer Company Commander during Desert Shield and Storm and a Combat Engineer Battalion Commander during OIF-I. Col Micucci has had three tours in Acquisitions; countermine project officer (1997-2000), the PM for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (2005-2006) and currently as the PM for Light Armored Vehicles (A position he has held since July 2006).

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David K. Hansen
Deputy Program Manager, Joint MRAP Vehicle Program
USMC

Dave Hansen enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1980. Awarded an NROTC scholarship to attend the University of Southern California from 1981 through 1985; graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Business Management. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in May of 1985. Served in various positions in the operating forces of the Marine Corps, and at Marine Corps Systems Command. Received a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) in 1991. Medically retired from the Marine Corps in 1997 and returned to the Marine Corps as a Civilian employee later that same year. Served as Deputy Program Manager for Infantry Weapons, Deputy Program Manager for Non-Lethal Weapons, and the Program Manager for Infantry Weapons. And the Program Manager for the Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad. Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Graduated ICAF in June 2007 with a Masters Degree in Strategic Defense Resource Management. Level III DAWIA certified in PM and Log, Graduate of the Senior Acquisition Course and the ACAT I Program Managers Course. He has been married for 22 years – wife’s name is Deb, and has two kids Alissa 18, and Mitch 12.

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LTC Stuart Meyer, USA
Product Director for the Stryker Mobile Gun System and Stryker Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle
Stryker Brigade Combat Team

LTC Stuart L. Meyer was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in 1990. His military education includes Infantry Officer Basic Course, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, and Command and General Staff College. His civilian education includes a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from West Point and a Master of Science Degree in Acquisition Management from Florida Institute of Technology in Huntsville Alabama. LTC Meyer’s initial acquisition assignment was as a contracting analyst at CECOM. His next assignment was as the Chief of Small Arms in the Directorate of Combat Developments at the United States Army Infantry Center Ft. Benning, GA. His initial assignment in PM-SBCT was as the APM for fielding and NET, where he deployed to Mosul, Iraq in support of 1 SBCT 25th Infantry Division. Next he managed the Stryker Battle Damage Repair Facility in Doha Qatar as Assistant Product Manager (APM), Stryker Brigade Combat Team Combat Power Regeneration. His third PM SBCT assignment was as the Deputy Director of Logistics. He is currently serving as the Product Director for the Stryker Mobile Gun System and Stryker Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle.

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COL Mike Flanagan, USA
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (G3)
RDECOM

Colonel Flanagan was born into an Army family at Fort Dix, New Jersey in 1964. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Armor. His military service has been divided between the Armor and Acquisition Corps. COL Flanagan served as an armor officer on M1/M1A1 Abrams tanks in three divisions. He served as tank and scout platoon leaders from 1987-1990 in 3-64 Armor, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized). During Desert Storm, he served as the battalion liaison officer for 3-8th Cavalry in the 3rd Armored Division. From 1991-1994 he served in the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Riley, Kansas, as an Assistant Brigade S-3 and a tank Company Commander (B/4-37th AR). COL Flanagan has served in research and development assignments and on major weapon system programs as an acquisition officer. He began in the Abrams Tank program as the Test Officer and later as the Assistant Product Manager (APM) for the M1A2 Abrams from 1997-1998. Later he commanded the Abrams Tank program during GWOT (2004-2006), responsible for 6,000 US Army tanks and more than 1,000 Abrams tanks in service in four allied armies. He also served in the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) program as the APM for FMTV Future (2000-2001). COL Flanagan served at the Army Materiel Command’s (AMC) Science and Technology Center Europe (STCEUR) as the research and development coordinator for ground combat systems for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa from 2001-2004. Before his current assignment as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (G3) for the Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), he served as the military assistant for acquisition to the Secretary and Under Secretary of the Army (2007-2008). He has a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University (1996) and a Masters in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College (2007). His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with 4 oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, the Army Achievement Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, Ranger Tab, and Parachutist Badge. Colonel Flanagan married his high school sweetheart, Melia, and together they have three children, Thomas (20), Mary (19), and Catherine (16).

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Professor Lawrence Drzal
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Composite Vehicle Research Center
Michigan State University

Dr. Lawrence T. Drzal, is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Michigan State University. He is also Director of the MSU Composite Materials and Structures Center since 1985. He joined MSU in 1985 after serving 11 years as a military and civilian researcher at the AF Materials Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. His research has contributed to the fundamental understanding of the fiber matrix interphase in composite materials and interfacial aspects of adhesively bonded joints. Currently his research group is focused on the development of new, inexpensive, and sustainable nanomaterials which introduce can impart multifunctionality into polymers and composites to which they are added. During his career Professor Drzal has made over 300 invited presentations at national and international conferences, published over 320 peer reviewed research papers, and has been awarded 18 patents. He has been identified by ISI as one of the most cited materials researchers and serves on the editorial board of five journals and on numerous government committees. He has been elected as a Fellow in 5 professional societies.

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Stephen Howard
Acting Director, PM-SANG Washington Field Office
U.S. Army Security Assistance Command

Mr. Stephen Howard is currently the Director of the Washington Field Office for the Saudi Arabian National Guard Modernization Program (PM-SANG). He served as an officer in the U.S. Army for more than 28 years, retiring in the rank of colonel. During his active duty time, Mr. Howard served with PM-SANG on two different assignments for a total of four years. In November, 1995 he was in the PM-SANG office building when it was bombed by terrorists linked to Osama bin Laden – one of the first such attacks to occur against the U.S. military. Mr. Howard is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the National Defense University and holds a bachelor of science degree from Trinity University’s school of engineering and a masters degree in business administration from Boston University.

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Professor Dahsin Liu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Composite Vehicle Research Center
Michigan State University

Dahsin Liu received his Ph.D. degree in engineering mechanics from Virginia Tech in 1984 and then worked as a postdoctoral research associate at University of Florida before he became a professor at Michigan State University in 1985. He has been teaching various courses in solid mechanics and composites since then. His research interest is in the area of dynamic testing of composite materials and structures, ranging from low strain rates based on drop-weight testing to high strain rates using split Hopkinson’s pressure bars, and to ultrahigh strain rates for ballistic impact and blast loading. Based on a shock tube, his research team has developed an innovative blast and impact simulator for standard laboratory uses. Designing composite materials and structures with high energy absorption capability is also their research goal. Their recent designs, so-called quasi-three-dimensional (Q3D) woven composites, have high delamination resistance and comparable in-plane properties. Dr. Liu is a fellow of American Society for Composites.

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Professor Alfred C. Loos
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Composite Vehicle Research Center
Michigan State University

Alfred C. Loos is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University, where he teaching courses in mechanics of materials, mechanics of composite materials, and composites manufacturing. Professor Loos' current research interests are in the areas heat transfer and flow phenomena in materials processing, mathematical modeling of manufacturing processes, mechanics of materials, finite element analysis, and materials characterization and testing. A research focus has been in the area processing science of polymeric-based composites. Dr. Loos has published 237 technical papers and reports. He is a member of ASME, ASEE, SAMPE, SME and ASC, where is currently serving as President.

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Jim Olson
Director, Business Development
Digital Design Corporation

Mr. Jim Olson is an electro-optical systems engineer and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience developing and producing IR imaging systems, CCD and CMOS sensors and camera systems, image processing and communication systems, and other electro-optical systems in the government and commercial marketplaces. Mr. Olson holds a Master of Science in Optics from the University of Rochester and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University. Currently, Mr. Olson is a principal in a technology partnership. This innovative partnership is with Digital Systems Engineering, Digital Design Corporation and N2 Imaging, offering both component and integrated system solutions for enhanced situation awareness.

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Reinhard Radermacher
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE)
University of Maryland

Dr. Radermacher, Director of the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE), is an internationally recognized expert in energy conversion systems; in particular integrated Cooling, Heating and Power (CHP) Systems, heat pumps, air-conditioners and refrigeration systems. His work has resulted in more than 200 publications, including three books, numerous invention records and nine patents. He was a visiting scientist and NATO scholar at the National Institute of Standards and Technology before joining the University of Maryland. He is an ASHRAE Fellow and serves as the editor of the ASHRAE HVAC&R Research Journal. He earned his MS and PhD from the Physics Munich Institute of Technology (Muenchen, Germany)

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Ron Williamson, PhD
Mission Systems Integration Technology Area Director and Engineering Fellow
Raytheon Corporation

Dr Williamson is currently the Mission Systems Integration Technology Area Director and Engineering Fellow at the Raytheon Corporation. He has been a key member of the Object Management Group’s Unified Modeling Language Profile for DoDAF and MODAF over the last few years. He is active in the INCOSE Model Based System Engineering activities focusing on the modeling needs and technologies associated with System of System Architecting and engineering.

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LTC Charlie Stein, USA, Product Manager, Ground Combat Tactical Trainers, PEO-STRI

Lieutenant Colonel Maxi Blum (R), Israeli Defense Forces

PEO Land Systems, United States Marine Corps

Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland

David Bialas, Chief, Integration Division, Center for Army Lessons Learned, US Army Combined Arms Center

Samuel Cameron, Logistics Domain Group, U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency

Eddie C. Crow, Jr., Head, Systems Operations & Automation Division, Applied Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University

Glen Gallant, Business Development, Allen Vanguard

Robert Horton, Chief Executive Officer, GPS Source, Inc.

Mike Kelley, TRADOC Capability Manager, Platform Battle Command and Combat ID

Jay Ochterbeck, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University

Bryan Prosser, Program Manager, Assault Amphibious Vehicle Systems, Armor and Fire Support Systems Marine Corps Systems Command

John Rutledge, Business Development, American Defense Systems,Inc.

Bao Yang, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland

Chris Yunker, Mob/C-Mobility Section, Fires & Maneuver Integration Division, Marine Corps Combat Development Command