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Workshops, Special Sessions and Luncheon Speakers

LUNCHEON LECTURE: LUNCHEON LECTURE:
EVENTS IN FED’S HISTORY AN OVERVIEW OF THE ADVANCED
DATE/TIME: TUESDAY, JULY 12, 12:15 – 1:55 PM RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY – ENERGY
(ARPA-E)
Room: Regency A
DATE/TIME: WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 12:15 – 1:55 PM
Presenter:
Room: Regency A
William B. Morgan, American naval architect Presenter:

Eric A. Rohlfing is the Deputy Director for Technology
of the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy
(ARPA-E)
Session Description:
The presentation will consist of a discussion of various events that
happened during the 90 years of FED and the “Movers and Shakers” that Session Description:
caused then to happen. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) advances
high-potential, high impact energy technologies that are too early for
Speaker Bio:
private-sector investment and have the potential to radically improve U.S.
Dr. William B. Morgan is an American naval architect and renowned expert
economic prosperity, national security, and environmental well-being. The
in propeller design. Morgan was born in Iowa, received his B.S. in Marine
agency funds technology-focused, applied research and development
Engineering from the US Merchant Marine Academy in 1950, M.S. in
aimed at creating real-world solutions to important problems in energy.
Mechanics and Hydraulics in 1951 from the University of Iowa, and a
This presentation is an opportunity to learn about ARPA-E, its programs
doctorate in Naval Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley,
and projects, and how it solicits and manages research awards to advance
in 1961, and devoted his entire professional career to the Carderock
potentially disruptive energy technologies.
Division (David Taylor Model Basin), Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Bethesda, Maryland. Speaker Bio:
Dr. Eric A. Rohlfing is the Deputy Director for Technology of the Advanced
Morgan started working with UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II computers in 1954.
Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), responsible for oversight of
He introduced computers into naval engineering and thereby revolution-
all technology issues relating to ARPA-E’s programs. Dr. Rohlfing joined
ized propeller design. He published numerous studies of sub-cavitating,
ARPA-E from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, where he
super-cavitating, and contra-rotating propellers; annular airfoil and ducted
most recently served as Director of the Chemical Sciences, Geosciences,
propeller theory; propeller blade strength; hydrodynamic properties of
and Biosciences Division in the Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES). As
blade sections; and propeller cavitation, ventilation and noise. Perhaps
Director, Dr. Rohlfing provided leadership and direction in establishing
most significantly, he led development of the highly skewed propeller with
vision, strategic plans, goals, and objectives for the research activities
its superior vibration and acoustic properties. Morgan ultimately was
supported by the Division. He joined BES in 1997 and later served as
named head of the hydromechanics directorate, David Taylor Model Basin,
program manager for the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences program
responsible for all hydromechanic research concerning U.S. Navy ships
(2000-2003) and team leader for Fundamental Interactions (2003-2006)
and submarines, and managing three hundred employees, a $70 million
before becoming Director. Dr. Rohlfing held postdoctoral appointments at
budget and Navy testing facilities estimated at almost $2 billion nation-
Exxon Research and Engineering Company and Los Alamos National
wide. He directed the acquisition of major facilities including the Maneu-
Laboratory before joining the staff at the Combustion Research Facility at
vering and Seakeeping Basin, Rotating Arm, 36-inch Variable Pressure
Sandia National Laboratories in 1986. His research interests include the
Water Tunnel, and the Large Cavitation Channel (now named in his honor).
experimental characterization of transient molecules relevant to combus-
Morgan was given numerous awards from national and international tion processes, linear and nonlinear laser spectroscopies, trace detection
technical societies, academia, and the Navy. He is the only U.S. citizen to of pollutants, molecular beam and mass spectrometric studies of carbon
receive the William Froude Medal from the Royal Institute of Naval and metal clusters, and vibrational relaxation dynamics He is the author of
Architects. In 1992 he entered the National Academy of Engineering and approximately 50 peer-reviewed articles, holds membership in the
in 1997 was awarded the Gibbs Brothers Medal by the National Academy American Chemical Society and the American Physical Society, and is a
of Science. He was chair of the ASME Polyphase Flow Committee fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr.
1972-1974 and Chair of FED 1981-82. Rohlfing received a B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Virginia
in 1977 and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Princeton University in 1982.
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