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The Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters (DIA HQ) is the main operating center of the Defense Intelligence Agency . It is located on the premises of Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling in Washington, D.C.

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11-642: DIA Headquarters (sometimes called the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center or DIAC) opened in 1983 and became operational in 1984. and designed by SmithGroupJJR to consolidate DIA activities in the Washington, D.C., area. In 2005, the agency opened the Headquarters Expansion, also designed by SmithGroupJJR, which allowed for more DIA personnel to serve under one roof than ever before. It simultaneously housed

22-564: Is an American engineer, educator and pioneer in lighting calculation software. He received his Bachelor of Science in physics from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1970, after which he worked for 10 years as an illuminating engineer at the architectural engineering firm of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls. During this time he was also visiting lecturer in illuminating engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder , where he taught for

33-490: Is the longest continually operating architecture and engineering firm in the United States that is not a wholly owned subsidiary. The firm's name was changed to Field, Hinchman & Smith in 1903, and it was renamed Smith, Hinchman & Grylls in 1907. In 2000, the firm changed its name to SmithGroup. In 2011, the firm incorporated its sister firm, JJR, into its name, becoming SmithGroupJJR . As of August 1, 2018,

44-749: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence from 2005 until 2008, when the DNI's own facility was opened at Liberty Crossing in McLean, Virginia . Under DIA HQ is also the headquarters of the co-located United States Strategic Command 's Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JFCC-ISR). DIA HQ also includes the DIA Memorial Wall , which commemorates 21 Defense Intelligence Agency employees who have died in

55-676: The 8th and 9th editions of the IES Lighting Handbook and editor of the 10th edition, he has published 42 technical papers, a translation and analysis of Johann Lambert 's seminal Latin work "Photometria", authored "A History of Light and Lighting", and for eight years was Editor-in-Chief of LEUKOS , the journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society. He was inducted into the Architectural Lighting Hall of Fame in 2001, and

66-659: The Headquarters and most of DIA's work is performed there. In addition to DIA Headquarters, agency employees may also be detailed to US embassies as part of the Defense Attaché System , Ft. Detrick ( Frederick, MD ) for NCMI , Redstone Arsenal ( Huntsville, AL ) for MSIC , military combatant command headquarters, and several other locations. SmithGroupJJR SmithGroup is an international architectural , engineering and planning firm. Established in 1853 by architect Sheldon Smith, SmithGroup

77-1043: The firm changed its name back to SmithGroup . As of 2019, it ranks among the top 50 architecture firms according to Architect Magazine , the official magazine of AIA and also ranked as the 5th largest architecture/engineering firm in the U.S. The firm is composed of client industry-focused practices serving Cultural, Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, Mixed-Use, Parks & Open Spaces, Science & Technology, Senior Living, Urban Environments, Waterfront and Workplace markets. The firm has offices in 20 cities: Ann Arbor , Atlanta , Boston , Chicago , Cleveland , Dallas , Denver , Detroit , Houston , Los Angeles , Madison , Milwaukee , Phoenix , Pittsburgh , Portland , Sacramento , San Diego , San Francisco , Shanghai , and Washington, D.C. The firm expanded outside North America by opening an office in Shanghai, China, in December 2013. Notable architects and engineers from

88-742: The firm include Wilfred Armster , C. Howard Crane , David DiLaura , Rainy Hamilton Jr. , Robert F. Hastings , Julius Goldman , William Kapp , Wirt C. Rowland , Rosa T. Sheng and Minoru Yamasaki . Date Central United Methodist Church Detroit Opera House Dodge Main Factory Central Power Plant, University of Michigan Fyfe Building Hilberry Theatre Yost Ice Arena , University of Michigan Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building Saint Paul Catholic Church University of Michigan University of Michigan Eastern Michigan University David DiLaura David L. DiLaura (Boulder, Colorado)

99-658: The first time in 1972. In 1981 he founded Lighting Technologies, Inc. in Boulder, Colorado, where he directed the development of Lumen Micro. At the same time he was appointed Associate Professor Adjunct of Architectural Engineering in the College of Engineering at University of Colorado, and established its lighting education program. He was appointed Senior Instructor at University of Colorado in January 1994, and gave up daily management responsibilities at Lighting Technologies. He

110-642: The service of the agency and of the United States. Additionally, the facility houses a memorial honoring seven employees who died in the attacks of September 11, 2001 at the Pentagon , the Torch Bearers Wall, which recognizes employees' exceptional contributions to the agency’s mission, and the DIA Museum, which chronicles the history of the agency along with associated historical artifacts. Currently, approximately 30% of DIA's workforce serves in

121-729: Was Professor and Associate Chair for Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado. In 2007, after 27 years of teaching, he retired from the university and joined Acuity Brands as Principal Illuminating Engineer. DiLaura is a Fellow and Gold Medalist of the Illuminating Engineering Society , a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , a member of Tau Beta Pi , and has his LC. He has been topic editor of

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