As a project manager and information scientist, kindly elaborate on the kinds of research you have engaged in or would like to engage in during your studies as well as during your expected tenure with the department of the defense. Please discuss these research interests in sufficient detail for an expert who is technically competent in your field to judge your understanding of the questions to be addressed, relevant hypotheses and approaches one might take to answering the questions, and other research principles required to investigate in the research area you identify.