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    COLLOQUIUM OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS
        Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics
	                      CSI 898-Sec 001  
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             "Biophysics" Science and Technology Programs 
                   at the Office of Naval Research

                             Keith B. Ward

         Biomolecular and Biosystems Sciences and Technology Division,
                   Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA

   The Biomolecular and Biosystems Science and Technology Division
at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) supports both basic and applied
research efforts aimed at finding solutions for the technology challenges
that will confront Naval Forces in the next 5-25 years. A major trend is the
support of multidisciplinary projects involving biologists, physicists,
chemists and engineers of various kinds, all working as a team to bring
their particular expertise and way of thinking to bear on a common research
problem. Examples of currently supported efforts of these kinds,
particularly in the areas of biosensors and biomaterials,  will be
described, and the rationale for Naval Funding support will be explained.
The various kind of funding support available from ONR will be described,
and the most effective mechanisms for seeking such support will be
discussed.


BIO INFO:

Keith B. Ward holds a B.S. in Physics from Texas A&M University and a Ph. D.
in Biophysics from Johns Hopkins University. He was an Associate Professor
of Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Parkside from '76- '83, and from '83
until '96 led the Macromolecular Crystallography group in the Laboratory for
the Structure of Matter at the Naval Research Laboratory. He currently is a
Program Officer at the Office of Naval Research.

	                 Monday , March 22 1999
                                 4:30 pm
                        Room 206, Science & Tech. I

Refreshments will be served.
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