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Nonacademic Physics

Nonacademic Physics. Rodney Meyer Director of Emergent Technologies. Outline Overview of Field Use of Physics Skills and Knowledge Career Path Recommendations Discussions. Outline Overview of Field Use of Physics Skills and Knowledge Career Path Recommendations Discussions.

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Nonacademic Physics

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  1. Nonacademic Physics Rodney MeyerDirector of Emergent Technologies

  2. Outline • Overview of Field • Use of Physics • Skills and Knowledge • Career Path • Recommendations • Discussions

  3. Outline • Overview of Field • Use of Physics • Skills and Knowledge • Career Path • Recommendations • Discussions

  4. Quick Bird from USGS

  5. “In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.” -- Deciderius Erasmus

  6. Remote Sensing • Trident II D5 backfit (navy) • LWIR hyperspectral landmine detection (DARPA) • GPR landmine detection (army) • LDV landmine detection (army) • SPAD (army) • Mountaintop (NG) • WAAMD minefield detection (army) • Human ID at a Distance (DARPA) • Eyeball (DARPA) • FCS (army) • AGI Toolkit (NGA)

  7. Outline • Overview of Field • Use of Physics • Skills and Knowledge • Career Path • Recommendations • Discussions

  8. “F = ma? It's always f = ma. No! ma = f! That's Newton's other law! “ -- Arthur P. Mattuck

  9. Trident II D5 Backfit Requirements Document for Unit Conversion (TDESS) … 1 gal = 1 cm/s2 1 mgal = .01 cm/s2 …

  10. Performance Tests for Multi-Role Airplane INU-GPS Data Stream

  11. Performance Tests for Multi-Role Airplane INU-GPS Data Stream

  12. Wide Area Aerial Minefield Detection (WAAMD) ROC requirement 95% PD @ FAR .1 km-2 Proposed Solution : 8 mines in each of 4 categories Actual Solution : 30 mines in each of 48 categories

  13. Physics • Trident II D5 backfit (navy) • LWIR hyperspectral landmine detection (DARPA) • GPR landmine detection (army) • LDV landmine detection (army) • SPAD (army) • Mountaintop (NG) • WAAMD minefield detection (army) • Human ID at a Distance (DARPA) • Eyeball (DARPA) • FCS (army) • AGI Toolkit (NGA)

  14. Outline • Overview of Field • Use of Physics • Skills and Knowledge • Career Path • Recommendations • Discussions

  15. “…but how do you get someone to think, to really think? ” -- Mark Havey

  16. Thinking Outside the Box Curiosity Integrity Listening Self-Effacing Willing to Learn Understanding a Customer’s Need

  17. XKCD Business Majors

  18. Outline • Overview of Field • Use of Physics • Skills and Knowledge • Career Path • Recommendations • Discussions

  19. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” -- Robert Frost

  20. Career Paths Academic Nonacademic Government Commercial Open Cleared One Trick Pony Jack of All Trades One Trick Pony One Trick Pony Jack of All Trades Jack of All Trades

  21. Career Steps • Getting your foot in the door • Your first job • For i = 2 to N • Your jobi • Next

  22. Outline • Overview of Field • Use of Physics • Skills and Knowledge • Career Path • Recommendations • Discussions

  23. Faculty • Thinking • Values • Play in a Bigger Sandbox • Student • Understand Your Ignorance • Learn to Learn • Network • Fulfill a Need (BAA)

  24. Outline • Overview of Field • Use of Physics • Skills and Knowledge • Career Path • Recommendations • Discussions

  25. Which image do you think best illustrates nonacademic physics?

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