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Appendix B: Contributors
Appendix B: Contributors
Pages 153-158
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Prior to his tenure with Lockheed Martin, Dr. Ballhaus served as president of two Martin Marietta businesses, Aero and Naval Systems, and Civil Space and Communications.
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Dr. Ballhaus is the recipient of numerous awards, including the presidential ranks of distinguished executive and meritorious executive, conferred by President Ronald Reagan, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Medal, the Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award from the University of California, Berkeley, and the AIAA's Lawrence Sperry Award.
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MOSFET, a novel silicon transistor in which all critical dimensions are controlled precisely without lithography, was recognized by Discover Magazine as a semifinalist for Technological Innovation of the Year in 2000. He is a member of the IEEE and the American Physical Society, and he serves on the CMOS Devices Subcommittee for the International Electron Devices Meeting.
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Recent research integrates socio-economic pathways to human health within the LCA framework and develops the function-based approach to sustainable consumption analysis. He is adjunct research professor at the Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire; he directs the life cycle assessment activities of the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute in Ottawa, Canada; and he is a program associate in the Center for Hazardous Substance Research at Kansas State University and an editor of the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment.
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Recently, his group has focused on the biocatalytic detoxification of chemical weapons, the study of proteins in extreme environments, biocatalytic polymer synthesis, biotechnology in supercritical fluids, and biomaterial design synthesis for tissue engineering. His awards include: R&D 100 Award, Carnegie Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and Presidential Young Investigator Award.
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Ron Weiss is an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University, where his research focuses on programming biological organisms by embedding synthetic biochemical logic circuits into cells, as well as embedding sensors, actuators, and intercellular communication mechanisms. Application areas include drug and biomaterial manufacturing, programmed therapeutics, embedded intelligence in materials, environmental sensing and effecting, and nanoscale fabrication.
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