Research Lab announces 2006 fellows Published Sept. 7, 2006 By Jill Bohn Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Research Laboratory has named seven new scientists and engineers to be honored as new fellows during the annual fellows awards banquet set for 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 their current budget. The fellows to be honored this year are Dr. Paul N. Barnes, Dr. Hugh C. DeLong, Dr. Dennis H. Goldstein, Dr. Kumar V. Jata, Frank A. Marcos, Dr. Michael R. Murphy and Carl E. 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 of the Propulsion Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, is recognized for high temperature superconductors, especially in flux pinning and ac loss. His efforts greatly advanced the yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) coated conductor. The YBCO conductor allows compact power and magnets critical to directed energy weapons. Dr. DeLong of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 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 of the Munitions Directorate, 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 of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, 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 of the Space Vehicles Directorate, 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 of the Human Effectiveness Directorate, 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 current and future Air Force. Mr. Snyder of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, 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 dielectric coolants developed by under his leadership are used in virtually all Air Force, Navy and Army aircraft.