During the manufacturing process, many medical devices or equipment for use on humans must be sterilized according to recognized standards. This includes gowns, surgical drapes, syringes, and implantable medical devices. In fact, the United States has a huge medical device sterilization industry, regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The industry is expected to…
This technical inquiry is related to the HDIAC webinar “Printing Destruction: AM, WMD, and the Emerging Challenges to Security” presented by Gregory Nichols and in support of the presentation “Illicit Weapons Production: Assessing Gaps in Additive Manufacturing Security” at the 2023 International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing. The research and publications supplied to the inquirer could be summarized with potential nefarious utilizations of AM on weapons…
Learn MoreHDIAC hosts live online technical presentations featuring a DoD research and engineering topic within our technical focus areas.
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May 14, 2024 12:00 pmHosted by: Amy E. Bair, Ph.D., Catherine P. Starnes, Ph.D.
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April 11, 2024 12:00 pm
This webinar will examine the various antinuclear claims that appeal to extreme radiological risk. The presentation will start with a review of radiation risk and ALARA. The social myths will include false narratives associated with Three Mile Island, Fukushima, and Chernobyl, along with the potential for terrorist threats and nuclear waste. Also included will be…
The 13th Annual SOF and Irregular Warfare Symposium will focus on the dynamic challenges of modern unconventional warfare. As state and nonstate actors continue to evolve their strategies, this year’s event will gather senior leaders…
The Eastern Defense Summit, formerly known as the annual CDCA Defense Summit, brings more than 2,000 government, military, academia, and industry leaders together to better understand and address today’s challenges and threats within our defense…
The AFCEA Atlanta Chapter presents the next Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. AFCEA provides the a meeting place for government, academia, and industry working in all disciplines in industry, service, government,…
The IEEE conference series on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition is an international forum for research in image and video-based face, gesture, and body movement recognition. It is cosponsored by the IEEE Biometrics Council and…
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Dr. Noah Winters is a computational biologist at Battelle, where he uses a combination of comparative genomics, population genetics, and bioinformatics to investigate an extensive array of interdisciplinary research projects. These projects include, but are not limited to, developing models of viral evolution for the creation of vaccines, microbial pathogen detection from mixed environmental samples, and the evolution of insecticide resistance in arthropods.
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