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- Title
The Journal Talks with the U.S. Department of Defense's John H. Hopps, Jr.
- Abstract
In December, the Federation of Materials Societies presented the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) John H. Hopps, Jr., with the 2003 National Materials Advancement Award (Figure 1). The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding capabilities in advancing the effective and economic use of materials and the multi-disciplinary field of materials science and engineering generally, and who contribute to the application of the materials profession to national problems and policy. Hopps is a physicist by training who serves dual roles within the DoD's Defense Research and Engineering Division, serving as the deputy director of Defense Research and Engineering and as the deputy undersecretary of Defense for Laboratories and Basic Sciences. Hopps has broad responsibility for research and education programs in science and engineering disciplines, and his duties include oversight of the defense laboratories, improvement of the defense laboratory science and engineering workforce, and direction of Defense Research and Engineering university-based basic research, instrumentation, graduate fellowship, and education programs in the science and engineering disciplines. He has additional responsibility for international programs of technical cooperation between the United States and its allies. Hopps has long been a vocal advocate for taking an interdisciplinary approach to developing the technical workforce and exploring the frontiers of research, particularly in materials science and engineering. While Hopps began his studies in plasma physics and condensed matter theory, his technical expertise evolved over the years to include work in such areas as semiconductors and electronic materials. His duties have included overseeing research and development activities in high-performance fiberoptic components, integrated optics components, laser devices, semiconductor photonic devices, photonics fabrication automation and packaging, and optical signal processing...
- Subjects
HOPPS, John H.; SCIENCE education; ENGINEERING education; UNITED States. Dept. of Defense; TECHNOLOGY research
- Publication
JOM: The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2004, Vol 56, Issue 4, p14
- ISSN
1047-4838
- Publication type
Interview
- DOI
10.1007/s11837-004-0066-x