Defense Sciences Engineering Division

The Defense Sciences Engineering Division, located at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), performs work in designing, testing, and evaluating systems in areas of Electromagnetics, Pulsed Power, Optics, and Material Science. DSED performs DOE and Commercial research and design that is in the national interest.

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DSED provides electrical engineering solutions for specific Laboratory programs and our industrial and government partners to promote national security, environmental quality, and economic competitiveness.


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DSED designs and tests systems in support of both defense and non-defense activities. The primary strength of the Division is it's people who design, engineer, fabricate, test, and evaluate systems (embedded or stand-alone) and derive in-situ operational parameters. The beneficiaries of these efforts have been the defense community and private industry. The Division is also involved with other organizations to further their efforts in the national interest.

DSED has core competencies which include the following areas:

• Power Conversion Technologies
  Plasma sciences
  High power systems
  Pulser technologies
  
  
• Electromagnetics
  System design
  Materials characterization
  Failure susceptibility
  Antennas and radar systems
  EM computational modeling
  Imaging and analysis
  Photonics
  
  
• Instrumentation and Data Acquisition
  Data Acquisition and Analysis
  Instrumentation and controls
  Field (in-situ) testing
  
  
• Chemistry and Material Science
  Materials testing
  Material processing
  

Pulsed plasma processing of effluent gases and toxic chemicals
Plasma heated waste remediation methods
Ground penetrating imaging radar systems

DSED's approach to accomplishing mission objectives includes a strong focus on partnerships with other organizations and the private sector. DSED's world-class multi-disciplinary workforce is helping to meet the challenges of the 21st century and is continuing to excel in creating and applying science and technology to meet the national challenges of today and the future.

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