This talk will introduce a general engineering audience to Directed Energy (DE) weapon technologies and their application in modern warfare. The Directed Energy (DE) community finds itself at a point of convergence between the state of the art of various forms of DE-weapon technology, and a growing number of emerging and asymmetric threats that those DE weapons can reasonably address in a more cost-effective manner than existing, and thus far conceived, conventional kinetic weapons. Guided rockets, artillery, mortars, and the proliferation of unmanned systems for both intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike, are a few of the many evolving threats that may be addressable by currently available DE capabilities, both high-energy lasers (HEL) and high-power microwave/radiofrequency (HPM/HPRF) systems. This immergence of addressable threats, the low cost per engagement, and a deep electrical magazine, allows for DE capabilities to reduce engagement costs and enhance force protection. We are now operating under a new paradigm for DE weapons, where the warfighters and acquisition community need answers on how, and not if or when, DE weapons are to be used. So, this now begs the questions of: How do we operationalize DE weapons? How might such weapons be used? and What are their implications for modern warfare? Co-sponsored by: IEEE Philadelphia Section, IEEE Northern Virginia/Washington/Baltimore Sections Speaker(s): Dr. David C. Stoudt, Agenda: Presentation: 7 pm (eastern time zone). The meeting link will be emailed to on-line attendees on November 28. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/378124

An invited lecture by Prof. Husheng Li at Purdue University. Speaker(s): Prof. Husheng Li, Room: 260, Bldg: Dreese Lab, 2015 Neil Ave, Columbus, Ohio, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/380863