SERDP & ESTCP Symposium 2018

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November 26, 2018
November 27, 2018
November 28, 2018
November 29, 2018

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November 26, 2018

Registration, Check-in & Information Desk

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Symposium Registration, Check-in & Information Desk (Terrace Foyer)

November 27, 2018

Registration, Check-in & Information Desk

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Symposium Registration & Check-in (Terrace Foyer)
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Symposium Information Desk (Concourse Level)

Breakfast

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast (International Ballroom)

Plenary Session (International Ballroom)

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM	Symposium Opening Host: Dr. Herbert Nelson
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM	OSD Address
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote Address Keynote Speaker: Lt. Gen. (Ret) Jeffrey Talley
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Break
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Keynote Address Keynote Speaker: Mr. Richard Rhodes
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Presentation of the Project-of-the-Year Awards Program Managers: Dr. Herbert Nelson, Dr. Andrea Leeson, Dr. Robin Nissan, Mr. Timothy Tetreault, Dr. Kurt Preston
11:30 AM - 11:35 AM	Plenary Session Closing Host: Dr. Andrea Leeson
11:35 AM	Adjourn

Poster Session (Columbia Hall)

11:30 AM - 1:45 PM

Poster Session (Group 1) & Booths Open

Lunch

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch (International Ballroom)
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Dessert (Columbia Hall)

Afternoon Technical Sessions

1:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Accelerated Aging/Sensor Development/Coating Degradation Mechanisms (Georgetown) Coating systems to include passivation, primer and topcoats comprise the most widely used methodology for corrosion protection. As new coating systems are developed we often compare them to the standard chromated systems. However, the mechanism of coating degradation is not always constant and can change with various environmental stimuli as well as with the coating system. In this technical session we will explore various methods for obtaining reliable accelerated aging data which can replicate actual field observations of coating degradation.
1:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Installation Resilience - Session I (Jefferson) Department of Defense (DoD) installations are both globally distributed and geographically specific. As a result, DoD installations face a diverse and evolving array of challenges with implications to mission that are known and some that are unknown. This, the first of two sessions, will begin with a discussion of the definitions of resilience and will, in addition, examine the concepts of regime shift and the implications that a return to the initial state may not be possible or even an optimal end-state. From this perspective, the session review research activities currently being pursued to understand resilience and regime shift as well as reviewing projects that are observing regimes shift. From this vantage point, the session will transition from science to engineering to examine systems that are being developed to increase the resilience of specific systems or infrastructure.
1:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Future Directions in the Management of Chlorinated Solvent Contamination in Groundwater (Lincoln) The collective understanding gained through work funded by SERDP and ESTCP over the past 27 years has yielded important scientific knowledge that continuously helps DoD site managers. Nonetheless, the potential magnitude of the DoD’s chlorinated solvents liabilities will require a sustained and continuous effort to characterize, treat, monitor, and continuously manage risk at these sites. SERDP and ESTCP recently convened a workshop comprised of stakeholders, regulators, and scientists that reviewed the current state of the science and identified the most pressing needs for future research, demonstrations, and technology transfer with respect to chlorinated solvents remediation. Presentations on current state of affairs, potential application opportunities, in addition to what the participants considered remaining challenges in the remediation of chlorinated solvents sites will be presented during this session.
1:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Cybersecurity of Facility Related Control Systems – Making Smart Installations Secure (Monroe) To enhance mission assurance, ESTCP has been investing in innovative technologies, such as microgrids, energy storage and advanced control systems to enable a more diverse, smart, and resilient energy system for DoD installations. To provide full benefit to the system, these technologies increasingly rely on information technology (IT) networks to communicate with other devices and sensors and servers to perform analytics. With this increase of connected devices comes an increase in vulnerabilities to cyber threats. To address the cybersecurity concerns of these smart technologies, ESTCP has invested in a range of technologies that help energy systems prevent, detect and recover from cyber-attack. This session will look at the benefits of new connected technologies along with strategies and technologies that protect them from cyber threats.

Technical Exchange Reception (Columbia Hall)

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Technical Exchange Reception / Poster Session (Group 1) & Booths Open
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM	SEMS Office Hours The SERDP and ESTCP Management System (SEMS) is used by the programs for the submission and selection of all proposals and the management and tracking of all funded projects. On Tuesday and Wednesday evening there will be a question and answer session lead by the developers of SEMS. Any user of SEMS is welcome to come and have questions answered by the experts.

November 28, 2018

Registration, Check-in & Information Desk

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Symposium Registration & Check-in (Terrace Foyer)
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Symposium Information Desk (Concourse Level)

Breakfast

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Breakfast (International Ballroom)

Morning Technical Sessions

8:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Advancements in Wastewater Treatment (Georgetown) The Department of Defense is working to reduce water and energy use throughout its installations in order to improve sustainability. One aspect of this is treatment of wastewater on both fixed installations and forward operating bases (FOBs). Current wastewater treatment options are generally energy intensive and do not produce water that is of sufficient quality to be reused. This session will highlight research on wastewater treatment with a focus on sustainable on-site treatment of wastewater and generation of usable products from these technologies.
8:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Installation Resilience - Session II (Jefferson) This session continues along trajectory from Session I and examines engineered systems developed to increase the resilience of specific systems or infrastructure. The session ends with a recapitulation that draws together the current state of science and engineering relevant to installation resilience and ends with a discussion of potential future science and engineering research and demonstration needs. These two sessions offer a broader view of installation resilience and provide opportunity for scientists, researchers and engineers focused on specific topic areas to engage in a multidisciplinary discussion of DoD installation resilience.
8:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Science to Inform Wildland Fire Management (Lincoln West) Sustainable use of training and testing lands impacted by wildland fire, which includes both prescribed fire and wildfire (often caused by ordnance use), requires an understanding of fire's role in managing the variety of fire-affected ecosystems on military installations. This session highlights ongoing research funded by SERDP and others to address a number of fire, natural resource, and land management-relevant issues related to wildland fire. It also will identify future research challenges needed to address wildland fire management and policy needs. Key topics will include wildland fire and the military mission, combustion physics of wildland fire (what ongoing SERDP research is telling us), managing wildfire risk over the long-term for ecosystem benefits, human dimensions of wildland fire management, future research needs from the manager and research manager perspectives, and the Wildland Fire Leadership Council, DoD, and the future of wildland fire science. The session closes with a panel discussion on future wildland fire science directions.
8:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Depot Level Maintenance Alternatives (Lincoln East) Hard chromium and cadmium coatings have been used extensively to provide corrosion protection for military platforms and components. Repair technologies usually involve electrochemical plating and employ hazardous and toxic chemicals. In this technical session we will explore alternative technologies that will reduce the use and exposure to these materials while maintaining performance.
8:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Underwater UXO - Systems for Detection and Classification (Monroe) SERDP and ESTCP researchers are developing new systems to find unexploded and discarded munitions underwater that pose a potential hazard due to their proximity to shore. Presenters in this session will describe several sensor modalities that can detect and discriminate underwater munitions both proud of the seafloor and buried in the sediment. Both experimental measurements using acoustic and electromagnetic sensors and sophisticated analyses of the results will be presented.

Poster Session (Columbia Hall)

11:45 AM - 1:45 PM

Poster Session (Group 2) & Booths Open

Lunch

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch (International Ballroom)
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Dessert (Columbia Hall)

Afternoon Technical Sessions

1:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Tracking and Treatment of Legacy and Insensitive Munitions Constituents (Georgetown) Munitions constituents may pose environmental, occupational, safety, and health risks and mitigating these risks throughout the life cycle of these materials is critical to mission success. This session will highlight recent advances in characterization, fate, effects, sampling and analytical techniques, and treatment options for wastes from munitions manufacturing.
1:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Threatened, Endangered, and Invasive Species (Lincoln West) The management of Threatened, Endangered, and Invasive Species is critical for maintaining near and long term training and test capacity of the over 30 million acres of land for which DoD is responsible. This session presents the progress that SERDP research and ESTCP demonstration are making at both protecting threatened, endangered, and at-risk species while controlling invasive species. SERDP and ESTCP efforts focus on minimizing impacts and reducing conflicts between threatened, endangered, and at-risk species management and military activities; identifying species vulnerable to population and habitat decline; maintaining long-term species and habitat viability; and reducing the potential for future listings.
1:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Emissions from Military Activities (Lincoln East) Emissions from military activities are of significant concern. These include air emissions from Range operations and weapon disposal processes, as well as noise emissions from jet engines or blasts. The former are often regulated in terms of composition, including particle size and contaminant levels and the latter can have an impact on the community or on the warfighter who are in close proximity to the source. In this technical session we will try to provide an overview of the efforts we have underway to monitor and/or mitigate these emissions.
1:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Underwater UXO - Burial and Mobility (Monroe) Many active and former military installations have ranges and training areas with UXO contamination that include water environments such as ponds, lakes, rivers, estuaries, and coastal ocean areas. Storm waves or currents can cause underwater munitions to become unburied and move into new, potentially dangerous locations. SERDP researchers have conducted specialized coastal engineering studies to simulate and track how these energetic events can cover, uncover, and move unexploded ordnance. This session highlights experimental and modeling efforts focused on an engineering model of munitions mobility.

Technical Exchange Reception (Columbia Hall)

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Technical Exchange Reception / Poster Session (Group 2) & Booths Open
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM	SEMS Office Hours The SERDP and ESTCP Management System (SEMS) is used by the programs for the submission and selection of all proposals and the management and tracking of all funded projects. On Tuesday and Wednesday evening there will be a question and answer session lead by the developers of SEMS. Any user of SEMS is welcome to come and have questions answered by the experts.
	Panel Discussions: Technology Transfer Lessons Learned One of the greatest challenges in research and development is the transition of successful technologies into service. These panel discussions will feature individuals from a variety of backgrounds who have had success in transitioning different technologies. Panelists will discuss their efforts that have been successful as well as lessons learned. Panel Discussion #1 (6:00 - 6:45 PM) Panel Discussion #2 (7:00 - 7:45 PM)

November 29, 2018

Registration, Check-in & Information Desk

7:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Symposium Information Desk (Concourse Foyer)
7:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Symposium Registration & Check-in (Terrace Foyer)

Breakfast

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Breakfast (International Ballroom)

Morning Technical Sessions

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM	International Session (Georgetown) DoD environmental programs have particular relevance overseas where access, sustainability of operations, and mission support rely on the cooperation of host nations. Given the importance of both the built and natural infrastructure to DoD in Alaska, SERDP and ESTCP has long supported research in the Arctic. This session will focus principally on terrestrial Arctic research goals and objectives and the importance of interaction with other nations in understanding this important and dynamic environment.
8:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Recent Progress in Developing Solutions for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Environment (Jefferson) SERDP and ESTCP have been addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the environment since 2011. This session will provide an overview of issues facing military program managers as they address PFASs on their installations. It will also provide an update on the current status of research related to fate, transport, occurrence, ecosystem risks, in situ and ex situ remediation, sampling methods, and treatment of PFAS-contaminated waste.
8:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Clean Agile Manufacturing of Energetic Materials (Monroe) Synthesis and formulation play an important role in the production of propellants, explosives and pyrotechnics. New environmentally sustainable practices have not yet been applied to the manufacturing of military ordnance. In many cases the processes we use today have been employed for several decades with only modest improvements. In this session we will explore some of the methods that have been used in industrial processes and which may be adapted to the production and packaging of energetic materials.

Morning Short Courses

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Infrastructure Resilience Planning (Lincoln West) This short course examines tools available for resilient infrastructure planning. Topics include an introduction sea level change tools, an exploration of the statistical adjustment approaches to climate derived hydrology data, what those adjustments and diagnostics are, and how to apply the various methods available, the background context on nonstationarity research, and an introduction to the framework based on the shift in assumptions from hydrologic stationarity to nonstationarity and outlines the major steps of the framework.
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Practical Applications for Selective Plating and Anodizing in Manufacturing and Sustainment (Lincoln East) Brush plating is usually thought of as a messy, poorly-controlled process to be avoided wherever possible. This Short Course will discuss and demonstrate how selective repairs can be carried out in a well-controlled, clean manner. It will provide a detailed look at the technology and its applications, including a depot user’s-eye view of brush plating and anodizing for production and repair of military systems. The capabilities, limitations, and performance of equipment and techniques will be discussed, including selective plating, anodizing, stripping, and repair of components in-place on military equipment. The course will include discussion and demonstration of equipment that avoids drips and runs and keeps toxic materials isolated from the user and the environment in a closed-loop system, and the chance for attendees to discuss selective repair methods with expert, and try out the equipment for themselves.
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Wildland Fire Management Tools (Lincoln West) Given the link between training and testing land sustainability, military activities as an ignition source, and fire's role in fire-affected ecosystems on military installations, an understanding of available and planned wildland fire management tools is key. This short course highlights tools that DoD fire, natural resource, and land managers can use to manage wildland fire and its impacts. Topics include next generation physics models and their potential for management use, available tools for managing smoke air quality challenges, prescribed fire planning tools, and assessing trade-offs between prescribed fire and wildfire: framework development.
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	The Risk Management Framework (RMF)-How To (Lincoln East) DoD has adopted the Risk Management Framework (RMF) for all Information Technology and Operational Technology networks, components and devices to include Facility-Related Control Systems (FRCS). Most Installation Energy and Water ESTCP projects will be required to follow the RMF and, depending on the objectives of the demonstration, obtain an Authorization To Operate (ATO) on the DoD Information Network (DoDIN). The RMF How To Short Course is geared to help ESTCP Investigators and Project Teams become familiar with the RMF process, understand the requirements and if/how they apply and learn about the available resources. The course reviews control system basics, protocols, how to use the NIST Risk Management Framework and the Cybersecurity of Facility-Related Control Systems Design Guidance, guidance on what tools and methods to use to inventory, diagram, identify, attack, defend, contain, eradicate and report a cyber event/incident.

Additional Session

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Funding Opportunities: How to Partner with SERDP & ESTCP (Georgetown)

Each year SERDP and ESTCP issue solicitations that seek innovative technologies for research and development or demonstration and validation to address DoD’s priority environmental and installation energy challenges. Join the SERDP and ESTCP Director, Deputy Director, and Program Managers in this session focused on how to partner with SERDP or ESTCP in a research or demonstration project. This session will provide insight into the SERDP and ESTCP funding process and how to write competitive proposals.

Afternoon Short Courses

1:15 PM - 5:00 PM	An Introduction to Finite Element Modeling Tools for Analyzing Vapor Intrusion (Embassy) In this course you will learn the basics of the finite element method with specific application to vapor intrusion modeling through the use of COMSOL. Geometry generation, choice and application of appropriate physics, meshing, solver configuration and various tips and tricks will be covered. Finally you will use the skills you have learnt to create and run a VI model based on a VI site, using the site's data as inputs with subsequent analysis of results.
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM	MR-QAPP Module 1 RI/FS: How to Document Your Investigation and Data Usability Assessment (Lincoln West) The Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force (IDQTF) has developed the Munitions Response Quality Assurance Project Plan (MR-QAPP) Toolkit to assist project teams in planning for the characterization and remediation of buried munitions and explosives of concern (MEC) at Department of Defense (DoD) installations and formerly used defense sites (FUDS). MR-QAPP Module 1 illustrates approaches for planning and implementing the Remedial Investigation (RI)/Feasibility Study (FS) phase of investigation. This short course will provide an overview of document, walk through an example site investigation and provides a detailed discussion of the data usability assessment for the example site.
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Sustainability Analysis: Capturing Life Cycle Impacts and Costs in Defense (Lincoln East) Making a claim that a chemical, process, or product is more sustainable or greener than the original requires data. DoD’s Sustainability Analysis methodology provides researchers and program officers with a way to collect and produce the evidence needed to support decisions that promote sound environmental stewardship. Personnel across the DoD have used the Sustainability Analysis methodology to characterize potential costs of natural resource, human health, and environmental impacts. This short course will: • Provide an overview of DoD’s Sustainability Analysis portfolio • Present results from recently completed Sustainability Analyses of DoD systems • Describe data, software, and other resources for performing Sustainability Analyses Attendees will leave the course better prepared to achieve life cycle objectives outlined in SERDP-ESTCP statements of need and defense acquisition policies.
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Emerging Regulatory Trends – Potential Impacts of TSCA and REACH to the DoD Mission (Lincoln East) The DoD mission will be impacted by current and future environmental regulations both home and abroad. In certain cases the impacts occur when companies no longer produce specific chemical formulations containing materials of concern. In this short course we will attempt to provide a current overview of the changing regulatory environment and provide specific examples of how this has or will impact the DoD mission and sustainment.

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