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Appendix B
Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Edwin L. Thomas (NAE), Chair, professor and department Michael F. McGrath, Vice Chair, is the vice president for
head of materials science and engineering at Massachusetts systems and operations analysis at Analytic Services Inc.
Institute of Technology (MIT), carries out research on pho- (ANSER), a not-for-profit government services organization.
tonics, phononics, interference lithography and mechanical He previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
behavior of microtrusses, polymer physics and engineering Navy for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, and
of the mechanical and optical properties of block copo- in that position, he was a strong proponent for improvements
lymers, liquid-crystalline polymers, and hybrid organic- in technology transition, modeling and simulation, and test -
inorganic nanocomposites. Professor Thomas has a special ing and evaluation. In prior positions, Dr. McGrath served
interest in the area of photonics and the fabrication of poly- as the vice president for government business at the Sarnoff
meric photonic crystals using self-assembly, especially with Corporation, assistant director for manufacturing at the De-
block copolymers, and holographic interference lithography. fense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and
For these studies, much emphasis is placed on the under- director of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Computer-
standing of complex relations between the lattice symmetry aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CALS) Program.
and optical properties of periodic structures. Another area of While at DARPA, Dr. McGrath managed the Affordable
particular focus is phononics. Professor Thomas’s group is Multi-Missile Manufacturing Program and the Agile Manu-
exploring the way that light and sound propagate in quasi- facturing Program, which developed technologies for distrib-
crystalline photonic and phononic structures. Other major uted engineering and manufacturing processes and teams. He
topics in his research are structured polymers. His structured- also led DoD’s Research and Development (R&D) planning
materials research concentrates on enhancing the ability to program Technology for Affordability. He has maintained
fabricate complex structures with characteristic length in research interests in information systems, supply chains, and
submicron and nanometer ranges in order to create materials manufacturing technologies. He is a member of the National
with superior properties that can be tailored to a particular Research Council’s (NRC’s) Board on Manufacturing and
application. Understanding the influence of composition Engineering Design, and he chaired the 2002 NRC study
and processing conditions on the resultant microstructure Equipping Tomorrow’s Military Force: Integration of Com-
of polymers and how this determines the properties is the mercial and Military Manufacturing in 2010 and Beyond. Dr.
central part of his polymer morphology research. Professor McGrath’s expertise includes defense R&D programs and
Thomas is also the founding director of MIT’s Institute for organizational management, defense acquisition, systems en-
Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN), where advanced nanotech- gineering, manufacturing enterprise systems, and life-cycle
nology research seeks to improve the survival of the soldier support. He holds a B.S. in space science and applied physics
of the future. The ISN was founded in March 2002 with the (1970) and an M.S. in aerospace engineering (1972) from
help of a $50 million contract from the U.S. Army, and now Catholic University and a doctorate in operations research
entering its third 5-year contract, its charge is to pursue a from George Washington University (1985).
long-range vision for how technology can make soldiers less
Relva C. Buchanan is a professor and former head of ceram-
vulnerable to enemy and environmental threats. The ultimate
goal is to create a 21st-century battlesuit that combines high- ics and materials science in the Department of Chemical and
tech capabilities with light weight and comfort. Materials Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. His
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research focus is on electroceramics materials as components areas, including metals, ceramics, composites, magnetic
for passive devices and various microelectronics sensing materials, thin films, nanomaterials, and semiconductors,
applications. Included are ferroelectric thin-film systems with an emphasis on production and production capacity.
and also core-shell/barrier-layer structures, developed in Her recent focus has been on dynamic processing and pro-
donor doped BaTiO3 ceramics, with superior dielectric and duction of powder materials using submillisecond-duration
strain properties, of interest for supercapacitor and sensor dynamic pressures. The process has also been successfully
applications. Dr. Buchanan’s research interests include Ni- applied to armor-grade materials. Dr. Chelluri is the inventor
ZrO2 and Ni/NiO composite film structures for fuel cell and of the dynamic magnetic powder compaction process. She
capacitive electrode systems and thermistor use. Conductive holds six patents and has four patents pending related to the
polymer/carbon composite structures for electromagnetic processing of advanced powder materials. She led numerous
shielding and thermistor and toxic gas detection, as well as development projects as principal investigator, including Ap-
low-temperature glasses for thick-film use, are also areas plied Technology Programs and Department of Defense and
of his ongoing research. Dr. Buchanan is a fellow of the Department of Energy research programs. Dr. Chelluri has
Graduate College, University of Cincinnati; a fellow of the authored over 60 publications, of which several are invited
American Ceramic Society; a fellow of the American Soci- feature articles. She has presented numerous invited talks at
ety of Metals (International); and a member of the National national and international conferences. Dr. Chelluri is the
Institute of Ceramic Engineers. He has served as trustee of IAP corporate representative for the Metal Powder Indus-
the American Ceramic Society and chair of its Programs tries Federation and the Edison Welding Institute. She holds
and Meetings Committee. He is a member of the Ferro - professional membership in the following: Metal Powder
electrics Program Committee of the Institute of Electrical Industries Federation; the Advanced Particulate Materials
and Electronics Engineers and currently serves on several Association; the American Society for Metals; the Metals,
international review committees: the International Panel Minerals and Materials Society; the American Ceramic
on Evaluation of Portuguese Materials Science Research, Society; and the European Powder Metallurgy Association.
the International Advisory Committee of Electroceramics
Richard A. Haber is a professor of material science and en-
European Conferences V-VIX, the International Conference
on Electroceramics, 2003 through 2009, and the U.S.-Japan gineering at Rutgers University. Professor Haber is also the
conference committee on dielectrics. He has served also on director of the Center for Ceramic Research, the oldest active
several national review committees, including as chair of the National Science Foundation Industry/University Coopera-
Energy Technology Review Committee, University of Chi- tive Research Center in the United States. Professor Haber
cago/Argonne National Laboratory, and on the Ohio Science also is the manager of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s
and Technology Council. Dr. Buchanan has authored more Material Center of Excellence for Ceramics in Lightweight
than 150 technical and review articles (e.g., in the Journal of Vehicular Armor at Rutgers. He has been on the faculty of
Materials Research, Applied Physics Letters, the Journal of Rutgers since 1984. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
the American Ceramics Society, Sensors and Actuators, and degrees from Rutgers University. He is a fellow and past
others). He has given more than 120 invited talks and more vice president of the American Ceramic Society and past
than 100 technical presentations (with his students) and has president of the Ceramic Manufacturers Council. Professor
co-authored or authored six books. His book Ceramic Mate- Haber has written more than 90 papers and presented more
than 250 lectures worldwide, on a range of topics including
rials for Electronics: Process, Properties, and Applications
(Marcel Dekker, 1991; 3rd ed., 2004) is widely used in the the following: ceramic processing, minerals processing,
field, as is his book Materials Crystal Chemistry (Dekker, characterization of ceramic materials, strategic mineral and
1997). He teaches courses in materials science, ceramic material utilization, nondestructive analysis, and structure-
processing, materials crystal chemistry, functional ceramic property relations in armor ceramics.
devices, electrical ceramics, and glass and glass properties.
John Woodside Hutchinson (NAS/NAE) is the Lawrence
Bhanumathi Chelluri is a senior research scientist and pro- Professor of Engineering, School of Engineering and Ap-
gram manager at IAP Research, Inc. Dr. Chelluri received plied Sciences, Harvard University. Professor Hutchinson
her M.S. in physics (1974) and Ph.D. in materials science and his collaborators work on problems in solid mechanics
and engineering (1980) from the University of Illinois at concerned with engineering materials and structures. Buck-
Champaign-Urbana. After completing her Ph.D., she worked ling and structural stability, elasticity, plasticity, fracture, and
at the Max-Planck Institute in Germany for 2 years. On re- micromechanics are all relevant research topics. Research
turning to the United States, Dr. Chelluri joined AT&T Bell activities include efforts to develop a mechanics framework
Laboratories in New Jersey in the molecular beam epitaxy for assessing the durability of thermal barrier coatings
and research and development group. In 1989, she joined IAP (TBCs) and the development of a fracture approach for
as program manager of the advanced materials group. She has structures subject to intense dynamic loads. Industrial efforts
initiated and worked on a broad range of materials research are under way to exploit these ceramic coatings, which are
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now widely used in aircraft and power generation turbines Dr. Kumar was associated with the polymer branch at the
to shield engine blades and essentially all metal surfaces Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force
from high temperatures, thus enabling even higher operating Base, Ohio, as an onsite contractor through Universal Energy
temperatures. The technological challenge is to enhance the Systems and subsequently through the University of Dayton
lifetime of the coatings under more severe operating condi- Research Institute. At the Air Force Research Laboratory, the
tions given their tendency to delaminate and spall. The effort focus of his research was structure, processing, and proper-
involves collaboration with a broad community of engineers ties of rigid-rod polymeric fibers, as well as structural studies
and material scientists who are actively exploring all aspects of carbon fibers and thermosetting and thermoplastic resins.
of TBCs. A wide range of efforts are also under way to de- His current research and teaching interests are in the areas of
velop new concepts for metallic structures with enhanced structure, processing, and properties of polymers, fibers, and
blast resistance (fracture now generally limits the maximum composites, with an emphasis on polymer-carbon nanotube
sustainable load). Professor Hutchinson’s current work in nanocomposites. Dr. Kumar has conducted fiber processing
this area is focused on the development of fracture models and structure-property studies on a broad range of polymers,
that can be employed in structural analysis codes to predict including synthetic and natural polymers, as well as carbon
both the onset of failure and its progression. fibers. His areas of research interest also include the ability
of carbon nanotubes to nucleate polymer crystallization as
Gordon R. Johnson is a program director in the Engineer- well as their ability to template polymer orientation. He is
ing Dynamics Department at Southwest Research Institute. also conducting research on carbon-based electrochemical
Previously he was a chief fellow at Honeywell/ATK and a supercapacitors, with the objective of enhancing their energy
senior scientist at Network Computing Services/Army High density. He serves on the editorial advisory boards of several
Performance Computing Research Center. He received a journals in the field.
B.S., M.S.C.E., and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota
Robert M. McMeeking (NAE), a professor of mechani-
in 1964, 1966, and 1974, respectively. Dr. Johnson is the
originator and principal developer of the EPIC computer cal engineering and professor of materials, University of
code, which has been used extensively by the Department California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), earned a B.Sc. (with first
of Defense, the Department of Energy, and industry for class honors) in mechanical engineering at the University
computations involving high-velocity impact and explosive of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1972, finishing first in his class
detonation. He has developed numerous algorithms for of mechanical engineers. He then completed his M.S. and
finite elements, meshless particles, contact, and linking of Ph.D. in solid mechanics at Brown University under the
particles to elements. He has also been a developer of the supervision of Professor James R. Rice, with dissertations
Johnson-Cook strength and failure models for metals, the on finite deformation plasticity methods for finite elements
Johnson-Holmquist models for ceramics (JH-1 and JH-2), and ductile crack tip blunting in metals. He was at Stanford
the Johnson-Holmquist-Beissel model for ceramics with a University for 2 years working on metal forming problems
phase change, the Holmquist-Johnson-Cook model for con- with Professor Erastus H. Lee. After 7 years at the University
crete, and the Johnson-Beissel-Cunniff models for fabrics of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on the faculty of the Theo-
and composites. He is the author of numerous publications, retical and Applied Mechanics Department, Professor Mc-
served on the National Research Council’s Committee on Meeking went to UCSB in 1985 as a professor of materials
the Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Fuel Storage, and of mechanical and environmental engineering. He was
and received the H.W. Sweatt Award from Honeywell and chair of the Department of Mechanical and Environmental
the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Hypervelocity Engineering at UCSB in 1992-1995 and again during 1999-
Impact Society. 2003. He has written more than 220 scientific papers on such
subjects as plasticity, fracture mechanics, computational
Satish Kumar is professor of materials science and engi- methods, glaciology, tough ceramics, composite materials,
neering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received materials processing, powder consolidation and sintering,
his M.Sc. degree in physics in 1975 from the University of ferroelectrics, structural evolution, nanotribology, actuat-
Roorkee, India (now I.I.T. Roorkee) and his Ph.D. in the ing structures, blast and fragment protection of structures,
field of fiber science in 1979 from the Textile Technology fluid structure interactions arising from underwater blast
Department at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. waves, and the mechanics of the cell and its cytoskeleton. In
He obtained his post-doctoral experience in polymer science 1983, Professor McMeeking was a Science and Engineer-
and engineering under the tutelage of Professor R.S. Stein ing Research Council Senior Visiting Fellow at Cambridge
at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He conducted University. In 1995-1996 he was a visiting professor at
research as a foreign collaborator at C.E.N.G. at Grenoble, Cambridge University and was honored as a visiting scholar
France, a laboratory of the Atomic Energy Commission of at Pembroke College. He was Southwest Mechanics Lecturer
France, using small-angle scattering studies to understand in 1988, and a plenary lecturer at the Seventh International
the structure of ion-containing polymers. From 1984 to 1989, Congress on Fracture in 1989, and he was honored as a
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Midwest Mechanics Lecturer in 1992-1993 and as the Ar- cant increase in the mechanical performance of laminates as
thur Newell Talbot Lecturer at the University of Illinois at compared to the traditional particulate B4C–SiC composites.
Urbana-Champaign in 2007. In 1998 he was elected a fellow Another topic that Dr. Orlovskaya is currently pursuing is
of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and in the mechanochemical synthesis of ReB2, OsB2, and IrB2
2002 was recognized by the Institute for Scientific Informa- powders. Additionally, stress- and temperature-altered vi-
tion as a highly cited researcher in the fields of materials brational properties of Zr(Hf)B2–SiC ceramic composites
science and engineering. He was also promoted to fellow of are under intensive exploration. Dr. Orlovskaya’s interest in
the American Academy of Mechanics in 2002 and in 2004 materials availability and world production of lightweight
was given an Alexander von Humboldt Research Award for materials led her to organize, as director of a NATO Ad-
senior U.S. scientists. Professor McMeeking was elected to vanced Research Workshop, a workshop entitled “Boron
the National Academy of Engineering in 2005 and was given Rich Solids: Sensors for Chemical and Biological Detection,
the Brown University Engineering Alumni Medal in 2007. Ultra High Temperature Ceramics, Thermoelectrics and Ar-
He has served as a reviewer for funding agencies such as mor,” held at UCF in 2009. The workshop attracted attention
the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, from the international community interested in boron-rich
and the Army Research Office in the United States and for solids, and scientists from the United States, France, Italy,
funding agencies of the United Kingdom, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, Egypt, India, and South
Hong Kong, Ireland, and Sweden. He is active in consulting Africa presented their research results during the workshop.
for manufacturers of medical devices and other companies
Michael Ortiz, the Dotty and Dick Hayman Professor of
on mechanical stress, fatigue life, fracture, and ferroelectric
devices. He was associate editor of the American Society of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, California Insti-
Mechanical Engineers Journal of Applied Mechanics, 1987- tute of Technology (Caltech), Department of Engineering
1993, and is currently editor for the 2002-2012 term. He is and Applied Science, received a B.S. degree in civil engi-
an editorial board member for several journals in the fields neering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain,
of solid mechanics and materials and has reviewed for all and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the
the major journals in his field. In addition to his appointment University of California, Berkeley. From 1984 to 1995 he
at UCSB, Professor McMeeking is Sixth Century Professor held a faculty position in the Division of Engineering at
of Engineering Materials (part-time) at the University of Brown University, where he carried out research activities
Aberdeen, Scotland; visiting professor of materials engi- in the fields of the mechanics of materials and computational
neering at the University of the Saarland, Germany; and solid mechanics. He has been on the faculty at Caltech since
external member of the Leibniz Institute for New Materials, 1995 and currently serves as the director of its Department of
Saarbrücken, Germany. Energy/Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program Cen-
ter on High-Energy Density Dynamics of Materials. Profes-
Nina A. Orlovskaya is an assistant professor of mechanical, sor Ortiz has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Sherman Fairchild
materials, and aerospace engineering at the University of Distinguished Scholar at Caltech, a Midwest and Southwest
Central Florida (UCF). Her research interests lie in the field Mechanics Seminar Series Distinguished Speaker, a fellow
of ceramics and ceramics composites for various engineering and an elected member-at-large of the U.S. Association for
applications. During her research career she has addressed Computational Mechanics, and an elected fellow of the
numerous topics both in the processing of ceramics and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Professor Ortiz
ceramic composites and in the characterization of materials’ is the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Research
properties. She devoted significant efforts to the develop- Award for Senior U.S. Scientists, the International Compu-
ment of the hot-pressing technique for the manufacture of tational Mechanics Awards for Research, the U.S. Associa-
B4C, Si3N4, and SiC-based ceramics for armor and cutting- tion for Computational Mechanics Computational Structural
tools applications. Through her manufacturing work she has Mechanics Award, the ISI Highly Cited Researcher Award,
gained extensive experience not only in hot pressing but also and the inaugural 2008 Rodney Hill Prize conferred every 4
in pressureless sintering of bulk ceramic materials, as well as years by the International Union of Theoretical and Applied
in magnetron sputtering of the thin films. Recently she has Mechanics. Professor Ortiz has served on the Science and
also been working on spark plasma sintering to process B4C, Technology Panel of the University of California’s Office of
ZrB2 and ReB2 ceramics. One of Dr. Orlovskaya’s major the President and on the Los Alamos National Laboratory
research interests is lightweight, hard, and tough boron-rich T-Division Review Committee. He currently serves on the
ceramic laminates. B4C/B4C–SiC laminates are designed Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Predictive Sci-
such that the differences in the layers’ compositions lead ence Panel; the Sandia National Laboratories Engineering
to the differences in the coefficients of thermal expansion Sciences External Review Panel; the Lawrence Livermore
and Young’s moduli of the adjacent layers, thus facilitat- National Laboratory Chemistry, Materials, Earth and Life
ing the appearance of thermal residual stresses. If properly Sciences Directorate Review Committee; and the National
designed, the thermal residual stresses could bring a signifi- Research Council’s Panel for the Evaluation of Quantifica-
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gins Award for Excellence in Teaching from Johns Hopkins
tion of Methods and Uncertainty; he chairs the Lawrence
University, 1995; elected member, Pi Tau Sigma, 1994; and
Livermore National Laboratory Engineering Directorate
best paper, ASME Tribology Division, 1987.
Review Committee. He has been editor of the Journal of
Engineering Mechanics of the American Society of Chemi-
Donald A. Shockey, director of the SRI International Center
cal Engineers and of the Journal of Applied Mechanics of the
for Fracture Physics, is an internationally recognized expert
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, associate editor
in the fracture of materials and structures and an authority on
of the journal Modeling and Simulation in Materials Sci-
failure under impact and explosive loads. He joined SRI In-
ence and Engineering and of the Journal for Computational
ternational in 1971 after earning a doctorate in materials sci -
Mechanics and is currently associate editor of the Journal of
ence at Carnegie Mellon University and completing a 3-year
the Mechanics and Physics of Solids and of the Archive for
postdoctoral appointment at the Ernst-Mach-Institut and the
Rational Mechanics and Analysis.
Institut für Werkstoffmechanik in Freiburg, Germany. In his
Raúl A. Radovitzky, an associate professor of aeronautics 39 years at SRI, he has directed more than 350 research proj-
ects for government and industry, many of which involved
and astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ballistic testing, modeling, and post-test damage assessment
(MIT), is also the associate director, Institute for Soldier
of metals, ceramics, polymers, and fabrics. Inventor of en-
Nanotechnologies. Professor Radovitzky was born in Argen-
gine fragment barriers for commercial aircraft, he is currently
tina and educated at the University of Buenos Aires, where he
leading problem-solving efforts associated with developing
obtained his civil engineering degree in 1991. He received his
new glass-based materials and new structural designs for
S.M. in applied mathematics from Brown University in 1995
more weight-efficient windows on military vehicles. He
and his Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering from the California
is also assessing transparent ceramics and novel structural
Institute of Technology in 1998. He joined MIT’s Depart-
designs for spacecraft windows that more effectively resist
ment of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2001 as the Charles
damage from hypervelocity impact of micrometeorites and
Stark Draper Assistant Professor. Professor Radovitzky’s
orbital debris. Dr. Shockey’s recent failure-related projects
research interests are in the development of advanced con-
include the following: astronaut gloves—determining how
cepts and material systems for blast protection. To this end,
high-strength fabric gets abraded and torn during space
his research group develops theoretical and computational
walks and what can be done to prevent glove damage;
descriptions of the blast event and its effects on structures
stents for peripheral arteries—devising mechanical tests that
and humans, including advanced computational methods and
mimic loads imposed by blood vessels to enable the design
algorithms for large-scale simulation. The resulting models
of fracture-resistant stents; failure prognostics—developing
help to improve the understanding of the various physical
and applying advanced fractographic methods to generate
components of the problem and thus to design protective sys-
the ability to predict the future performance and remaining
tems. Professor Radovitzky’s educational interests include
useful life of aircraft, bridges, and pipelines; and failure
computational mechanics, continuum mechanics, aerospace
analysis—determining the root cause of and providing expert
structures, mechanics of materials, numerical methods,
testimony with respect to equipment failures such as rotor
and high-performance computing. He is a member of the
hub cracking in a Chilean power plant. Dr. Shockey has writ-
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Interna-
ten more than 150 technical articles, holds several patents,
tional Association of Computational Mechanics, American
and serves on the NASA Panel of Materials Experts. He is
Academy of Mechanics, Materials Research Society, U.S.
a fellow of ASM International, the year 2000 recipient of
Association of Computational Mechanics, and American
the John S. Rinehart Award for pioneering work in the field
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
of dynamic fracture, and the 2006 recipient of the Murray
Kaliat T. Ramesh is the director of the Center for Advanced Medal for excellence in experimental mechanics.
Metallic and Ceramic Systems (CAMCS) in the Department
Samuel Robert Skaggs, retired from Los Alamos National
of Mechanical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University.
Laboratory (LANL), is a consultant for advanced armor de-
His degrees include a B.E. in mechanical engineering from
sign and evaluation. He has extensive experience in dynamic
Bangalore University (India) in 1982, an Sc.M. in engineer-
loading of materials under high strain rate. Dr. Skaggs was
ing from Brown University in 1985, an Sc.M. in applied
the LANL Armor Program manager from 1986 to 1993,
mathematics from Brown University in 1987, and a Ph.D.
assisting in the design of armors for Desert Storm and the
in engineering from Brown University in 1988. Dr. Ramesh
Balkans conflict for both ground vehicles and aircraft. He is
was the chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
responsible for the add-on armor for the U.S. Marine Corps
at Johns Hopkins University in 1999-2002. He was appointed
Light Armored Vehicle 25 (USMC LAV-25, now called the
director of the CAMCS in 2001. His honors and awards
Stryker) and the cockpit armor for the C-141 Starlifter lo-
include the following: M. Hetényi Award from the Society
gistics aircraft flying into and out of Sarajevo. From 1982 to
for Experimental Mechanics, 2006; elected fellow, American
1986 he served as program manager for the LANL Materials
Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001; William H. Hug-
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Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a $400-
by Design program as well as the Fossil Energy program. In
million-per-year office whose technology purview included
1981-1982 he served at the Department of Energy, evaluating
the physical sciences, materials, mathematics, human ef-
alternative-energy methods for clean coal, coal liquefaction,
fectiveness, and the biological sciences including biological
and coal gasification. Dr. Skaggs earned a Ph.D. in materi-
warfare defense. As director, Dr. Wax was responsible for the
als science and an M.S. degree in nuclear engineering at the
office’s investment strategy as well as the transition of the
University of New Mexico and a bachelor’s degree in me-
Defense Science Office’s technologies to the military. His
chanical engineering at New Mexico College of Agriculture
previous government positions also include deputy director
and Mechanic Arts (now New Mexico State University). Dr.
of the Technology Reinvestment Project and an assignment
Skaggs has written more than 60 journal articles and reports
to the National Reconnaissance Office. Dr. Wax is currently
in classified and unclassified areas. He is a member of the
a member of the National Materials Advisory Board and
American Association for the Advancement of Science, the
past member of the Sandia National Laboratories’ External
Hypervelocity Impact Society, and the American Defense
Review Panel for Materials. He recently served as an external
Preparedness Association. He is also a member and founding
reviewer of the discovery and innovation portfolio of the Of-
president of the NMSU Mechanical Engineering Academy
fice of Naval Research. He is also a member of the Air Force
and founder of the Ceramics Modeling Working Group (a
Research Laboratory’s Human Effectiveness Directorate’s
joint working group of the Department of Energy, the De-
independent review team and has supported the Advanced
partment of Defense, and university and nonprofit scientific
Research Projects Agency of the Department of Energy in
research organizations) as well as a founding member of the
its white paper evaluations. He was the winner of the George
Advisory Council to the Dean of the College of Engineer-
Kimball Burgess Memorial Award in 2009. Dr. Wax’s no-
ing at NMSU, having served as secretary from its founding
table technical accomplishments include a major role in the
until 2010.
development of the DARPA’s strategic plans for both biology
Steven G. Wax is a technology consultant specializing in and materials science as well as the co-development of two
material sciences program thrusts (Intelligent Processing
defense research and development (R&D). He supports
of Materials and Accelerated Insertion of Materials) that
defense clients in strategic planning and technology innova-
have revolutionized materials processing and insertion. He
tion across a range of scientific and engineering disciplines,
has also supported work in such diverse areas as ceramics,
including the physical sciences, materials, biology, biomedi-
ceramic composites and fibers, electroactive polymers, mate-
cal, and mathematics. Prior to holding executive-level posi-
rials processing, space materials and systems, advanced bat-
tions at Strategic Analysis, Inc., and SRI, International, Dr.
teries, and personnel armor. Dr. Wax holds a Ph.D. in ceramic
Wax spent 35 years working for the Department of Defense
engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, an M.S.
as a civilian and a military officer. During that period, he
in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois, and
performed and managed government R&D across a broad
a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Mas-
spectrum of classified and unclassified technology areas.
sachusetts. Dr. Wax is a retired Air Force officer.
His last government position was as director of the Defense
