WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) -- Air Force Research Laboratory officials are honoring seven scientists and engineers as new fellows during an annual awards banquet Sept. 19 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Designed to recognize and reward AFRL's most outstanding in-house scientists and engineers, the fellows program encourages further research and development by providing each new fellow a grant of $100,000 per year for two years, in addition to his or her current budget.
The fellows to be honored this year are Dr. Paul Barnes, Dr. Hugh DeLong, Dr. Dennis Goldstein, Dr. Kumar Jata, Frank Marcos, Dr. Michael Murphy and Carl Snyder.
"AFRL fellows are nominated by their directorates and selected by the AFRL commander through a highly competitive process that recognizes our very best scientists and engineers," said Dr. Thomas Cruse, AFRL chief technologist.
Dr. Barnes, Propulsion Directorate at Wright-Patterson AFB, is recognized for high temperature superconductors. His efforts advanced the yttrium barium copper oxide-coated conductor. The YBCO conductor allows compact power for magnets critical to directed energy weapons.
Dr. DeLong, Air Force Office of Scientific Research at Arlington, Va., is a recognized leader in the area of ionic liquids. His scientific reputation has given the Air Force a position of leadership in the areas of compact power, corrosion, electrode position, nanocomposite research, bionanotechology, biomimetics, biomaterials and biointerfacial sciences.
Dr. Goldstein, Munitions Directorate at Eglin AFB, Fla., is internationally recognized in polarimetry research and optical correlation technology. His key scientific contributions include target and background signature phenomenology, scientific basis of on-munition processing making seekers "smart" enough to be autonomous, and controlled laboratory environment testing of sophisticated seekers.
Dr. Jata, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at Wright-Patterson AFB, is recognized in the development, processing, characterization and properties of metallic alloys for aerospace applications. His leadership in fatigue and fracture, friction-stir welding, aluminum-lithium alloy development and corrosion research has been critical to Air Force systems.
Mr. Marcos, Space Vehicles Directorate at Hanscom AFB, Mass., is an expert on the effects of the earth's atmosphere on Air Force space systems. He developed a revolutionary approach to modeling the total density of the atmosphere and satellite orbital drag, now used operationally at Air Force Space Command.
Dr. Murphy, Human Effectiveness Directorate at Brooks City-Base, Texas, is a leader in understanding the effects of human exposure to directed energy systems and non-lethal weapons, both areas of vital interest to the Air Force.
Mr. Snyder, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at Wright-Patterson AFB, is an international leader in the development and transition of fluids and lubricants for Air Force systems. The hydraulic fluids, greases and di-electric coolants developed by under his leadership are used in virtually all Air Force, Navy and Army aircraft.
(Courtesy Air Force Materiel Command News Service)