Dr. Lazarus joined DARPA in October of 2007 as a program manager for the Strategic Technology Office. At DARPA, Dr. Lazarus has led a number of programs focused on multifunctional structures and advanced energy systems, in particular the structural and material logic programs that seek to enable structural systems for modern military platforms and buildings to adapt to varying loads and simultaneously exhibit both high stiffness and high damping. Dr. Lazarus's primary interests are in ocean hydrodynamics, and advanced material and structural systems. Dr. Lazarus received his Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Webb Institute, and his Master of Science in Engineering and Doctorate in Civil Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.