IDA Research Staff participate actively in various professional activities – both within their disciplines and ancillary to them – including publishing in the open literature. Below are some recent citations of IDA Researchers and their work.
JAWD’s Jessica Huckabey presented a paper on “Admiral Gorshkov’s Grand Design” for a panel on the Cold War and naval strategy at the 2019 McMullen Naval History Symposium at the U.S. Naval Academy September 19. The biennial event – the largest regular meeting of naval historians – “highlights the latest research on naval and maritime history from academics and practitioners all over the globe.”
Congratulations to Peter Levine, who was named by the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) as a member of its 2019 Class of Fellows. The class will be inducted at NAPA’s 2019 fall meeting being held November 7–8, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia.
STPI Research Staff Memeber Gifford Wong was a panelist on the topic Urgency of Collaborating to Inform Arctic Policy during the Arctic Future 2050 conference held last month in Washington, D.C. The discussion focused on challenges faced in informing policy and policy makers about research.
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) announced that STPI’s Alexis McKittrick will receive the 2019 Emerging Leader Award on November 8 as part of the WE19 Conference being held November 7–9, 2019, in Anaheim, California.
SFRD’s David Markov was a member of a panel discussion on “Future Operating Environment,” which was sponsored by the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA) at the Modern Day Marine 2019 military expo, held September 22–24 in Quantico, Virginia. The discussion and Markov’s comments were covered in a Marine Corps Times article.
“In Search of a 21st-Century Joint Warfighting Concept” by IDA researchers Tom Greenwood and Pat Savage of JAWD was published September 12, 2019 in War on the Rocks. The article highlights the need for a joint warfighting concept to achieve unity of effort against near-peer competitors (such as China or Russia).
IDA’s Dorina Bekoe participated in a NATO Strategic Direction -- South Hub hosted a webinar, “Africa: Obstacles to Opportunities,” facilitated by Three Stones International, to discuss Africa’s security, employment, and equality challenges. She was one of 19 Africanists representing a broad range of sectors -- economics, gender, academia, peace building, human rights, health care, and government.
The IDA team of Deena Disraelly, Laura Itle, John Adams, Steve Olechnowicz, Laura Odell, Mike Dominguez, David Nicholls, Georgia Butcher, Maia Salholz-Hillel, Patricia Sadiq, Linda Garlet, Matt Coursey, and Mike Lippitz proposed an innovative, secure, modern, mission-capable information technology solution to be hosted by the U.S. Postal Service to improve the customer experience of navigating the “background check” process and utilizing post offices as local, readily accessible fingerprinting and credentialing service hubs. The work merited a Government Effectiveness Advanced Research (GEAR) Center Challenge Honorable Mention Award.
SFRD’s Deena Disraelly, an active Society of Women Engineers (SWE) member, is featured on a SWE video: My Journey. My Community. My SWE. Dr. Disraelly discusses her story – how and why she became an engineer – and how important she views the role of women in the organization to be mentors.
SFRD’s Kayla Matteucci received a Fulbright award that will allow her to do research for 10 months in England, starting in September. Her specific Fulbright is the United Kingdom Open Award, an open study and research grant awarded on the basis of her proposed project.
The latest article by SFRD’s Peter Levine appeared in the August 6 War on the Rocks: Can the Pentagon Save Its Way to Better Management? Prepared as IDA publication NSP-10777 Are Savings Goals an Effective Tool for Managing the Pentagon? Mr. Levine argues that savings targets and budget reductions can be a useful driver for management reform, but only if they are based on a specific reform agenda and a thorough knowledge of what it can be expected to accomplish, rather than being established on the basis of wishful thinking.
STPI Director Mark Lewis delivered the morning keynote address at the inaugural National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Hypersonics Capabilities Conference hosted by NDIA and Purdue University on July 30. Dr. Lewis’s talk also received coverage in Breaking Defense (July 31).
STPI’s Bhavya Lal testified on July 25 at House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics hearing, “The Commercial Space Landscape: Innovation, Market, and Policy.”
STPI’s Asha Balakrishnan was a panelist at a briefing on the Global Challenge of Space Traffic Management on July 17. The presentation was part of the 70th International Astronautical Congress Series of Capitol Hill Events.
STPI’s George Borlase participated in a Federal Trade Commission workshop called “Nixing the Fix” to look at so-called “Right to Repair” issues with consumer products and business electronics. He was on a panel discussing the safety considerations of repairing these products.
STPI’s Bhavya Lal participated in a policy roundtable entitled Small Satellite Integration: Implications for Encryption, Interference, and Deorbit Assurance on July 9. The roundtable was held at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
STPI’s Mark Lewis will moderate a panel on Hypersonics on July 12 at the Inaugural John Glenn Memorial Symposium, which takes place in Cleveland from July 10 to 12. The focus of the symposium is Powering Innovation from the Sky to the Stars.
