Directed Energy Professional Society Annual Report

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Directed Energy Professional SocietyAnnual
Report

• Edward A. Duff
• President
• 1 November 2006
• http//www.deps.org

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DEPS Vision

• Be recognized as the premier professional
  organization
• for exchanging information
• and advocating research, development and
  application of Directed Energy

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2006 DEPS Events
Dates Event Location
20-24 March Directed Energy Systems Symposium Beam Control Conference Directed Energy Modeling and Simulation Conference Employment of Directed Energy Weapons Conference High Energy Laser Lethality Conference Monterey, CA
4-6 April High Power Microwave Conference Adelphi, MD
15-16 June Solid State and Diode Laser Technology Review Los Angeles, CA
1-3 August DE Test and Evaluation Conference Albuquerque, NM (with ITEA)
28-29 September Ultrashort Pulse Laser Workshop Boulder, CO (with SPIE)
30 October 2 November Ninth Annual DE Symposium Albuquerque, NM
3 November Directed Energy Education Workshop Albuquerque, NM
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2007 DEPS Events
Dates Event Location
19-23 March Directed Energy Systems Symposium Beam Control Conf DE Modeling and Simulation Conference Employment of DE Weapons Conference High Energy Laser Lethality Conference High Power Microwave Conference Monterey, CA
26-28 June Solid State and Diode Laser Technology Review Los Angeles, CA
7-9 August DE Test and Evaluation Conference Albuquerque, NM (with ITEA)
26-28 September Ultrashort Pulse Laser Workshop Boulder, CO (with SPIE)
5-9 November Tenth Annual DE Symposium Huntsville, AL
9 November Directed Energy Education Workshop Huntsville, AL
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Other DEPS Activities

• Publications
• www.deps.org
• Proceedings
• Journal of Directed Energy (JDE)
• Classified Journal in planning
• Member updates - Sponsor Updates
• Education
• Professional development short courses
• Graduate/undergraduate programs
• K-12 and vocational curriculum development

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DEPS Financial Status

• Cash on hand
• Sep 2004 -- 311,758
• Sep 2005 -- 204,669
• Sep 2006 -- 310,960
• 2006 budget
• Income (net from events, sponsorship, membership,
  miscellaneous) 212,000
• Expenses (Office, committees, BOD, BSEA, Staff,
  other) 184,500
• Expected Reserve for 06 27,500
• Independent Audits
• 2004 Audit completed December 05
• 2005 Audit underway

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DEPS Board of DirectorsElected by the DEPS
Membership

• Serving Members
• William Baker Re-elected
• Rett Benedict Re-elected
• Dennis Boesen
• Edward Duff
• Donald Lamberson
• Lou Marquet
• Ed Pogue
• J. Thomas Schriempf Re-elected
• Greg Schneider Resigned New
  position at NATO
• New Directors
• Tom Meyer

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Previous DEPS Directors

• Greg Schneider

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DEPS OfficersElected by the Board of Directors

• Serving Officers
• President Edward Duff 
• Vice President
  William Baker
• Secretary
  Dennis Boesen 
• Treasurer Rett Benedict
• New Officers
• President
•  
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer

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DEPS Professional Personnel

• Executive Director Dr. Samuel Blankenship
•  Executive Administrator Cynnamon Spain
•  Business Manager Tiffany Wheeler
•  Administrative Assistant Donna Storment

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DEPS Recognition

• Be recognized as the premier professional
  organization
• for exchanging information
• and advocating research, development and
  application of Directed Energy
• As part of our vision, we recognize
• service and excellence

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Board of Science and Engineering Advisors (Year
term expires)

• John Albertine (2008) 
• Jackie Gish (2007) 
• Art Guenther (2006) 
• John Tatum (2008) 
• Pat Vail (2006)

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DE Scholarships 2006-2007Co-Sponsored by the HEL
JTO and DEPS

• Thomas Fitzgerald, Air Force Institute of
  Technology
• Brad Hoff, University of Michigan
• John McCorkindale, University of Illinois at
  Chicago
• Alice Nightingale, University of Notre Dame
• Edward Nissen, Northern Illinois University
• Daniel Roskey, University of Arizona
• Donald Wittich, University of Notre Dame

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Best Paper Awards

• Best Student Paper
• Best HEL Paper
• Best HPM Paper
• The Best Paper Awards are underwritten by
  Brashear, a division of L-3 Communications.

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DEPS Event Chairs

• Recognition Ceremony
• Presented by
• Mr. Edward Duff
• Ms. Cynnamon Spain

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DEPS Fellows

• In Recognition of Significant Contributions to DE

Fellows of the Directed Energy Professional
Society, listed below, are esteemed members of
the Directed Energy community, noted for creative
contributions and distinguished service.
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DEPS Fellows

• John Albertine
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• Frederick (Fritz) Benning
•  
• Kenneth Billman
•  
• Robert Butts
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• Jacqueline Gish
•  
• Arthur Guenther
•  
• William Laughlin 

• Thomas Romesser
•  
• J.Thomas Schriempf
•  
• Sadegh Siahatgar
•  
• Alfred Skolnick
•  
• Phillip Sprangle
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• David Stoudt
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• John Tatum
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• Patrick J. Vail

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DEPS Fellows Induction

• Induction Ceremony
• Presented by
• Mr. Edward Duff
• Dr. J. Thomas Schriempf