DIRECTED ENERGY PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY


Directed Energy Education Workshop 2003
17 June 2003 Albuquerque, New Mexico

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 third workshop in a series of workshops to advance these goals. The workshop considered current and future Directed Energy education programs from organizations around the country.

The workshop program included invited and contributed presentations on current and planned Directed Energy education programs such as middle school optics kits to stimulate interest in optics and lasers at several locations, the West Mesa High School photonics technical preparatory program, the Technical Vocational Institute Photonic Technician Program, the University High School HEL study project, the undergraduate summer program, and the graduate scholarship program. The workshop concluded with an open discussion of new ideas as a foundation for planning the next phase of the DEPS education initiative.

DEPS sponsors education projects at all educational levels. Within the DEPS educational program, DEPS operates the High Energy Laser (HEL) Joint Technology Office (JTO) educational outreach initiative.

Workshop Speakers

  • Carmen DiGregorio, West Mesa High School
  • Wendy Gilpin, Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State
  • Art Guenther, UNM
  • Bob Hall, Albuquerque TVI
  • Wolfgang Rudolf, UNM

Program

0830 An Introduction to the JTO Program and HEL Education Needs
Don Seeley, JTO Education Programs
0900 The DEPS JTO HEL Education Program Past Successes and New Initiatives
Pete Latham, DEPS Education and Scholarship Chairman
0930 DEPS Regional Education Projects
1430 Stimulating DE Education Programs at Colleges and Universities
1600 Industry Education Needs
1640 New Ideas for DE Education
1700 DEPS Education Reception
1900 Conclusion

Proceedings

Materials from the 17 oral presentations at the workshop are included with the unclassified proceedings from the 2003 Directed Energy Annual Symposium and available for purchase through the DEPS online store.

 
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