Tag Archives: Jessica L. Tozer

(U.S. Defense Department graphic illustration by Jessica L. Tozer/Released)

Meet the Scientists: Dr. Susan Berggren

Posted on April 27, 2015 by jtozer

Meet the Scientists: “Don’t let people tell you that you can’t do something. Use it as motivation to prove them wrong.” – Dr. Susan Berggren, SSC Pacific
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Why Science Matters to Me

Posted on April 24, 2015 by jtozer

Jessica Tozer: Before I relinquish the chair for the final time, I wanted to write you all a final farewell, and a final thanks. Science (always) matters!
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Posted in Articles, Featured, Robots, Space, Space Matters | Tagged armed with science, Autonomous Systems Research, DARPA’s Robotics Challenge, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, Kirk, Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research, LASR, Leonard Nimoy, matters, Naval Research Lab, Picard, robots with faces, science, science future, science matters, science-fiction, Senate Armed Services Committee, Star Trek, Wanted: Robot. Willing to Pay 2M | Comments Off

It’s the Final Robot Countdown!

Posted on March 18, 2015 by jtozer

With 3.5 million dollars in prizes at stake, the DARPA Robotics Challenge is heating up. With only months left, this is the final countdown…and these are the final few.
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Posted in Articles, Challenge, Featured, Robots | Tagged armed with science, Captain Picard, DARPA Robotics Challenge, disaster response, dod robots, DOD Science, dod tech, DRC Expo, final robot countdown, Gill Pratt, half human, half robot, Jean-Luc Picard, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, robot challenge, robotics, robots, science-fiction, Star Trek, Unmanned Aerial Systems | 1 Comment

Meet the Scientists: Dr. Burton Neuner III

Posted on March 16, 2015 by jtozer

Meet the scientists: Dr. Burton Neuner III is a man who continually asks “why” and knows that discovering the answer is just part of the path to knowledge.
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Posted in Articles, Featured, Lasers, Meet the Scientists | Tagged Advanced Photonic Technologies Branch, armed with science, DOD Science, dod tech, Dr. Burton Neuner III, free-space infrared radiation, Free-space optical communications, ideal laser wavelength, improved RF analysis, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, laser-based photonic integrated circuits, lasers, Meet the Scientists, metamaterials, Navy Warfare Centers, OCOMMS undersea, optical methods, Physicist at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, plasmonics, science, scientists, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, SSC Pacific, University of Texas at Austin | Comments Off

Cybersecurity: Facing the Front Lines

Posted on March 13, 2015 by jtozer

It’s a new era for cybersecurity, and some might say the stakes have never been higher.
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Posted in Articles, Cyber Security, Featured | Tagged armed with science, communication, cyber security, cyber strategy, cyber threats, cyber warfare, Cybercom, Cybercom Commander Admiral Michael Rogers, cybersecurity, Defense Secretary Carter, Department of Defense, digital community, digital defense, Director of National Intelligence, DOD Science, dod tech, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, media, nsa, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Sun Tzu, warfare | 2 Comments

Meet the Scientists: Dr. Adi Bulsara

Posted on March 9, 2015 by jtozer

Meet the Scientists: Dr. Bulsara from SSC Pacific is helping humanity to understand life, the universe, and everything. One calculative epiphany at a time.
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Posted in Articles, Education & Culture, Featured, Meet the Scientists, STEM | Tagged Advanced Dynamic Magnetometer, armed with science, Center for Statistical Mechanics, Distinguished Scientist/Technologist, Dr. Adi Bulsara, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, Lauritsen-Bennett award, Meet the Scientists, Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine, nonlinear dynamic system, nonlinear dynamical systems, nonlinear dynamics, SPAWAR Pacific, SSC Pacific, SSC Pacific’s Advanced Dynamic Research team, stochastic resonance, University of Texas, Wagnerian Ring Cycle, Zoroastrian religion | Comments Off

The Future Moves at Mach 6

Posted on February 13, 2015 by jtozer

The Electromagnetic Railgun uses electricity instead of traditional chemical propellants to launch projectiles at distances over 100 nautical miles and at 6 times the speed of sound.
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Posted in Articles, Energy, Featured, Lasers | Tagged Adm. Jonathan Greenert, armed with science, Chief of Naval Operations, Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Rear Adm. Mat Winter, CNO, electromagnetic force, electromagnetic railgun, EM Railgun, high electrical currents, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, Lorenz Force, Mach 6, Naval Future Force Science and Technology (S&T) EXPO, Office of Naval Research, Office of the Secretary of Defense, onr, Science and Technology Partnership Conference, traditional chemical propellants | 1 Comment

Meet the Scientists: Dr. Jim Rohr

Posted on February 9, 2015 by jtozer

Meet the Scientists: Dr. Jim Rohr lives by the mantra that STEM provides great power. STEM provides hope. STEM demands great responsibility.
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Posted in Articles, Education & Culture, Featured, Meet the Scientists, STEM | Tagged armed with science, AWS, cyber threats, DOD Science, DoD STEM, dod tech, Dr. Jim Rohr, Dr. Rohr, engineering, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, K-12+ Coordinator, Math, Meet the Scientists, Naval Systems Commands, Navy STEM professionals, science, Space and Naval Warfare Command, spawar, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, SSC Atlantic, SSC LANT, SSC Pacific, stem, STEM-centric, Technology, The Physics Teacher: Reflections on a Bouncing Ball | 1 Comment