Research opportunities include research in the areas of compact energy storage and pulsed power, aerothermal protection systems for flight vehicles, high-strength and dielectric structural materials, and system interfaces between high-power loads and platform power distribution networks.

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Areas for potential research include a search for genetic markers which could reveal a susceptibility to particular types of brain trauma, as well as developing more defined and consistent management and treatment protocols.

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Core research areas addressed in the 2011 strategy include: nanomaterial measurement, human exposure assessment, human health, environment, risk assessment and management, and the new core area of predictive modeling and informatics.

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That strategy should include robust and long-term investments in areas such as research and innovation, manufacturing, market creation, workforce training and education, and the development of new, globally competitive industry clusters.

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Second, disruptive new business models are overwhelmingly likely to be hybrids that bring together at least two different innovations in areas that include product design, supply chain organization, retailing models, materials science research, manufacturing and organizational effectiveness.

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