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Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies
Pages 77-84

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... As a member of Army Science Board in the 1980s, he was called upon to direct reviews of the Army analytical community and operations research activities for the Vice Chief of Staff, including the support of the overall Army acquisition process and its integration with the programming and budgeting process.
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... Currently, his interests include Web services and e-business solutions, including technical oversight, information technology consulting, adaptive enterprise architecture design, information technology strategy, formation of partnerships among clients and vendors, and managment of technical risks.
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... Awards that he has received include the University of Houston-Downtown Award for Excellence in Teaching and Service, the American Association of Artificial Intelligence Award for an innovative application of artificial intelligence, NASA's Space Act Award, the NASA Public Service Medal, and the 1995 NASA Invention of the Year Award. He is the author or coauthor of more than a hundred technical publications.
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... Porter had served as director of Acquisition Policy and Program Integration for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, where he was responsible for long-range planning, programming, and budgeting matters related to new military warfare systems. His earlier career included various staff and line management positions at Lockheed-Sanders Corporation in the development and manufacture of military and commercial electronic systems, including mine and undersea warfare systems.
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... Navy sonar domes on surface ships. Arul Mozhi is senior program officer at the National Research Council's Naval Studies Board and served as senior program officer at the NRC's Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design and National Materials Advisory Board.
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... Weston, Inc., a leading environmental consulting company working on long-term nuclear materials behavior and systems engineering related to nuclear waste transport, storage, and disposal in support of the U.S. Department of Energy.


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