Ten scientists working across Department of War (DoW) Laboratories were recently selected to participate in the Laboratory University Collaboration Initiative (LUCI) program. These innovative researchers will receive $600,000 over a three-year period to explore their proposed basic research ideas.
The LUCI program supports a broad range of scientific topic areas including: applied mathematics, cognitive neuroscience, engineering biology, novel engineered materials, quantum information science, manufacturing science, and other areas of interest. LUCI also adds value to the defense enterprise by funding high risk basic research projects and providing adequate time to DoW researchers to cultivate their ideas for potential long-term research. This investment results in new knowledge and insight that can be used to fill capability gaps, generate patents, bring in human capital to the defense research enterprise, and build stronger relationships with academic researchers.
The scientists for the Fiscal Year 2018 LUCI class are the following:
FY18 LUCI Fellow: Nathaniel Bridges
Topic Area: Cognitive neuroscience
**Service Laboratory: **Air Force Research Laboratory
FY18 LUCI Fellow: Katherine Brodie
Topic Area: Oceanography/remote sensing
**Service Laboratory: **Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory
FY18 LUCI Fellow: Matthew Dickerson
Topic Area: Additive manufacturing and self-assembly
**Service Laboratory: **Air Force Research Laboratory
FY18 LUCI Fellow: Alexander Efros and John Lyons
Topic Area: Nanophotonics/2D materials
**Service Laboratory: **Naval Research Laboratory
FY18 LUCI Fellow: Elizabeth Goldschmidt
Topic Area: Quantum sensing
**Service Laboratory: **Army Research Laboratory
FY18 LUCI Fellow: Michael Goodson
Topic Area: Synthetic biology
**Service Laboratory: **Air Force Research Laboratory
FY18 LUCI Fellow: Mark Griep
Topic Area: Nanoplasmonics
**Service Laboratory: **Army Research Laboratory
FY18 LUCI Fellow: Michelle Johannes
Topic Area: Topological materials
**Service Laboratory: **Naval Research Laboratory
FY18 LUCI Fellow: Keith Knipling
Topic Area: High temperature structural materials
**Service Laboratory: **Naval Research Laboratory
FY18 LUCI Fellow: Matthew Marge and Gordon Briggs
Topic Area: Human machine interaction
**Service Laboratory: **Army Research Laboratory and Naval Research Laboratory
For additional information about these outstanding researchers and the LUCI program, please visit the following websites: