DIRECTED ENERGY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY Directed Energy Education Workshop 2006 3 November 2006 Albuquerque, NM Education is vital to the Directed Energy community. Fostering the professional growth of current workers in the field and increasing the number of young, new members in the community are important DEPS educational goals. This was the sixth Workshop in a series of DE Education Workshops to advance these goals. The workshops considers current and future Directed Energy education programs around the country. Support for the Workshop was provided by the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office and by DEPS. The scope of the workshop included: Programs from K-12 through graduate school and technical vocational training Professional continuing education Student motivators (scholarships, fellowships, recognitions) Summer internship programs Curriculum development The overview agenda for the Workshop is shown below. Lunch was a "working lunch", in that presentations will continue after a short break for lunch to be brought in. Overview Agenda 0700 Check in at Albuquerque Hyatt, Pavilion VI Continental Breakfast 0800 Introductions and Overviews HEL JTO Education Interests, Don Seeley, Deputy Director DEPS Education Programs, Sam Blankenship, DEPS 0830 AFIT DE Education Program Marken Houle, AFIT Center for Directed Energy Jonathan Eckel, Carnegie Mellon University, Summer DE Intern 0930 Break 0945 Notre Dame DE Education Program Eric Jumper, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Alice Nightingale, Graduate DE Scholar DJ Wittich, Graduate DE Scholar 1115 K-12 and College Programs Gerald Mora, STARBASE La Luz 1145 Break for lunch to be served Francis Takahashi, Kauai Community College Bob Montgomery, Huntsville Public Schools 1300 Adjourn This Workshop was co-located with and immediately followed the technical program of the Ninth Annual Directed Energy Symposium, also held in Albuquerque on 30 October through 2 November 2006. Proceedings Proceedings of the Workshop will be included in the unclassified Symposium proceedings and are available for purchase through the DEPS online store. Organizing Committee Chair:     Dr. Sam Blankenship (505) 998-4910 sam@deps.org   Registration:     Cynnamon Spain (505) 998-4910 cynnamon@deps.org   Copyright 2006 Directed Energy Professional Society   DHTML/JavaScript Menus by OpenCube

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