Directed Energy Professional SocietyReport & Recognitions

William Baker

3 November 2008

2009 schedule

• HPM Weapons Conference, March, Albuquerque

• DE System Symposium, April, Monterey

• DE Programs and Capabilities, May, DC

• Lasers, June, Boston

• DE T&E, August, Albuquerque

• Annual DE Symposium, November, San Antonio

2010 schedule

• DE System Symposium, April, Monterey

• Advanced High-Power Lasers, June, Boulder

• DE T&E, August, Albuquerque

• HPM Weapons Conference, September, UK

• Annual DE Symposium, November, DC

Other DEPS Activities

Publications

Proceedings

JDE

JDE (Limited Edition)

Books HEL Weapons

High Power Fiber Lasers

Effects of DE Weapons

Education

Short Courses

Internships

Graduate Scholarships

Support from HEL JTO

DEPS Financial Status• Cash on hand

– Sep 2007 $330,000– Sep 2008 $365,000– Sep 2009 $191,000

• 2009 budget– Income (net from events, sponsorship, membership,

miscellaneous) $236,000– Expenses $333,000– Expected Reserve -$97,000

• Independent Audits– 2007 Audit completed, June 2008– 2008 Audit completed, August 2009

DEPS Board of DirectorsElected by the DEPS Membership

Directors serve 3 year terms with a two term limitServing Members• William Baker• Rett Benedict • Edward Duff • Kirk Hackett • Lou Marquet • Tom Meyer• Ed Pogue• Jim Riker• John Wachs

New Directors• Tim Andreadis• Jim Horkovich

DEPS OfficersElected by the Board of Directors

Serving OfficersPresident William Baker Vice President Ed PogueSecretary Jim Riker Treasurer Rett Benedict

New OfficersPresident Ed Pogue Vice President Kirk HackettSecretary Jim RikerTreasurer Tom Meyer

DEPS Board of Scientific and Engineering Advisors

• Jorge Beraun• Kirk Hackett• George Neil• Harold Schall• David Stoudt

DEPS Professional Personnel

• Executive Director Dr. Samuel Blankenship

•  Executive Administrator Cynnamon Spain

•  Business Manager Tiffany Bjelke

•  Administrative Assistant Donna Storment

Program

• Best Paper Awards

• Induction of Fellows

• In Memoriam

2008 Best Paper Awards

HELD. O’Connor, A. Majumdar, C. Marrs, P. Langston, R. Deweese, S. Lundin, A.

Ogloza, G. Beckstrom, M. Wisecarver, B. Vent, T. Morgan  “Some Recent Results of Maritime Laser Propagation Measurements over

1.35 and 7.07 km: Analysis of Turbulence Parameters”

HPMP. Coleman, C. Woods, G. Nelson “Diagnostic Array for Characterizing Narrow Band HPM Sources”

StudentC. Stephenson, A Fliflet, R. Bruce, S. Gold, M. Imam, C. Feng“Millimeter-Wave Solid-State Reactive Sintering of Polycrystalline Nd:YAG

Laser Host Materials”

DEPS Fellows

Recognizing Significant DE Contributions

Fellows of the Directed Energy Professional Society are esteemed members of the DE community, noted for creative contributions and distinguished service

Current DEPS Fellows

John AlbertineFrederick BenningJorge BeraunKenneth BillmanRobert ButtsJacqueline GishKirk HackettWilliam LathamWilliam LaughlinStephanie MillerMichael Murphy

George NeilGlen PerramThomas RomesserHarold SchallLaVerne SchlieJ. Thomas SchriempfSadegh SiahatgarAlfred SkolnickPhillip SprangleDavid StoudtJohn TatumPatrick Vail

DEPS Fellows Induction

Tim Andreadis

Jack Slater

In Memoriam

Maj Gen Donald Lamberson

1931 - 2009