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Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members Alan H. Epstein, Chair, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is the R.C. Maclaurin Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astro- nautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of the Gas Turbine Laboratory. Airbreathing propulsion and gas turbines are his pri- mary areas of technical interest. Other areas of activity have included turbomachinery noise and the develop- ment of new instrumentation technologies. Most re- cently, he has been working to develop micro electrical and mechanical systems (MEMS)-based shirt-button- sized gas turbine and rocket engines, manufactured with semiconductor industry fabrication technology from ceramic materials. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a mem- ber of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is a member of the National Research Council's Air Force Science and Technology Board. He was selected to serve on this committee for his ex- pertise in laboratory management, test and evaluation, and aero/astronautics and aero/thermodynamics. George K. Muellner (USAF Ret.), Vice Chair, is se- nior vice president for Air Force Systems, the Boeing Company. Prior to this assignment, he was the presi- dent of Boeing Company Phantom Works. Previously, he was principal deputy, Office of the Assistant Secre- tary of the Air Force for Acquisition. He served as the Air Force military acquisition executive in carrying out the management responsibilities for the Air Force ac- quisition system, including direction, guidance, and su- pervision over all matters pertaining to the formula- 50 tion, review, approval, and execution of plans, poli- cies, and programs relative to acquisition. Addition- ally, he was designated as the Air Force chief informa- tion officer. The general entered the Air Force through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Illinois. Most of his career was spent as a fighter pilot, fighter weapons instructor, and test pilot, with more than 5,300 hours in F-4, A-7, F-15, and F-16 aircraft. He completed 690 combat missions in Viet- nam flying the F-4, and during Operation Desert Storm he commanded the Joint Stars deployment, logging another 50 combat sorties. He has commanded a classi- fied test squadron, the Joint Stars Squadron, and a tac- tical fighter wing. As director of requirements at Air Combat Command, he orchestrated the operational re- quirements for all of the combat air forces and then became the mission area director for tactical, C3 (com- mand, control, and communications), and weapons pro- grams for the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition. As the program executive officer for the Joint Advanced Strike Technology Program, he cre- ated this joint service development activity, which led to the Joint Strike Fighter Program. He was se- lected to serve on this National Research Council committee for his expertise in military acquisition, procurement, research, and technology; industrial management; laboratory management; test and evaluation; space science; systems development and management; aero/astronautics and aero/thermody- namics; cost analysis; systems analysis; computer and communications technologies; and Air Force organization and management.
APPENDIX C Minoru S. Araki, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, is a retired president of Lockheed-Mar- tin Missiles and Space. He joined Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in 1958 as a senior scientist. Sub- sequent promotions earned him positions as assistant chief engineer, development; director, systems engi- neering; director, advanced systems, Space Systems Division; vice president, Space Systems Division, ad- vanced programs and development; vice president and program manager of the division's Milstar programs; vice president and general manager of Space Systems Division; president and general manager of Space Sys- tems Division; vice president of Lockheed Corpora- tion; executive vice president of Lockheed's Missiles and Space Systems Group; and president of Lockheed- Martin Missiles and Space. His research interests include communication satellite applications to government and commercial missions, satellite remote- sensing missions, global positioning satellite missions, and ballistic missile defense. He is a fellow of the American Astronautical Society and a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He was selected to serve on this National Research Council committee for his expertise in military acqui- sition, procurement, research, and technology; indus- trial management; test and evaluation; space science; systems development and management; and systems analysis. Lynn A. Conway, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, is a professor emerita of electrical en- gineering and computer science (EECS) at the Univer- sity of Michigan. Prior to joining the University of Michigan, she held positions as a member of the research staff, IBM Corporation; senior staff engineer, Memorex Corporation; visiting associate professor of EECS at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; research staff member and research manager, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center; and chief scientist and as- sistant director for strategic computing, Defense Ad- vanced Research Projects Agency. Her areas of interest include computer science and electrical engineering, computer system architecture, artificial intelligence, robotics and automation, microelectronics design meth- odology, computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing and collaboration technology, as well as interdisciplinary innovations in the cross products of these specialties. She is experienced in the leader- ship and management of advanced research and is adept 51 at engineering education administration. She is a fel- low of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engi- neers and a member of the American Association of Artificial Intelligence and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is a member of the National Research Council's (NRC's) Air Force Science and Technology Board, and in the past has served as a member of the Air Force Scientific Advi- sory Board and as a member of the Board of Visitors at the U.S. Air Force Academy (presidential appointment). She was selected to serve on this NRC committee for her expertise in military acquisition, procurement, research, and technology; laboratory management; computer and communications technologies; micro- electronics; artificial intelligence; and robotics. William H. Crabtree is president of BC Associates in Cincinnati, Ohio. His company provides management and technical consulting services to government and to the aerospace industry. His areas of interest include acquisition management, orbital launch systems, space communications systems, satellite systems, precision missile weapons systems, and ballistic missile systems. He has served in a variety of significant Air Force man- agement positions related to these areas. As a consult- ant, his company has served industry by conducting acquisition management courses, participating in pro- posal reviews, and suggesting business development strategies. He has received numerous awards and com- mendations and is member of several honor societies. He was selected to serve on this National Research Council committee for his expertise in military acqui- sition, procurement, research, and technology; space science; systems development and management; sys- tems analysis; and control theory. Natalie W. Crawford, a member of the National Acad- emy of Engineering, is vice president and director of Project AIR FORCE at the RAND Corporation. She joined RAND in 1964 as a member of the technical staff and advanced though several positions, including senior staff member and project leader, associate pro- gram director, program director, and Project AIR FORCE associate director. She has served as a vice chair and co-chair of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. She is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She was selected to serve on this National Research Council committee for her expertise in conventional stand-off weapons; night/ adverse-weather attack capabilities; tactical aircraft;
52 aircraft survivability; munitions and targets; tactical air requirements; avionics; aero performance; survivabil- ity; electronic combat; weapons effects; off-board sen- sor support to combat operations; power projection force structure and assessments; theater air defense; force modernization; and space systems. Irwin Dorros, a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), is a retired executive vice presi- dent, Technical Services, Telcordia Technologies, Inc., and president of Dorros Associates. He is a fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers. As executive vice president, he was responsible for the entire work program of Bellcore. He headed a research and development organization of 5,000 scientists, en- gineers, and software specialists, providing for the seven Regional Bell Companies: research, systems en- gineering, software design, quality assurance, systems analysis, technical standards planning, network plan- ning, and other technical services. He was responsible for an annual budget greater than $1 billion and was a member of the Bellcore board of directors. He has broad interests in the fields of telecommunications and information networking. In recent years, he has given increasing attention to the deployment and business aspects of these disciplines. He is a fellow of the Insti- tute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He is the NAE Section 7, Electrical Engineering, liaison to the National Research Council (NRC). He was selected to serve on this NRC committee for his expertise in in- dustrial management, laboratory management, test and evaluation, systems development and management, systems analysis, and computer and communications technologies. Delores M. Etter, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, joined the electrical engineering fac- ulty at the U.S. Naval Academy on August 1, 2001, as the first recipient of the Office of Naval Research Dis- tinguished Chair in Science and Engineering. Her re- search interests are in adaptive signal processing, speech and speaker recognition, digital filter design, and software engineering. Her educational interests in- clude the development of collaborative experiments in virtual teaming of students using the Internet. From June 1998 through July 2001, Dr. Etter served as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology. In that position, she was responsible for Defense science and technology strategic planning, budget allocation, and program execution and evalua- APPENDIX C tion for the $9 billion per year Department of Defense (DoD) Science and Technology Program. Her previ- ous positions include faculty positions at the Univer- sity of Colorado, Boulder; the University of New Mexico; and Stanford University. She is a member of the Defense Science Board and a former member of the Naval Research Advisory Committee. She is a fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a fellow of the American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, and a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education. She is a member of the National Research Council's (NRC's) Air Force Sci- ence and Technology Board. She was selected to serve on this NRC committee for her expertise in military acquisition, procurement, research, and technology; systems development and management; systems analy- sis; computer and communications technologies; and academic research. Ilan Kroo is a professor of aeronautics and astronau- tics at Stanford University. Before returning to Stanford as a member of the aero/astro faculty, he worked in the Advanced Aerodynamic Concepts Branch at the Na- tional Aeronautics and Space Administration's Ames Research Center for 4 years. His research in aerody- namics and multidisciplinary design optimization in- cludes the study of innovative airplane concepts. He has participated in the design of UAVs, flying ptero- saur replicas, America's Cup sailboats, and high-speed research aircraft. In addition to his research and teach- ing interests, he is director of a small software com- pany and is an advanced cross-country hang glider pilot. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aero- nautics and Astronautics. He was selected to serve on this National Research Council committee for his ex- pertise in industrial management, aero/astronautics and aero/thermodynamics, and systems analysis. Robert G. Loewy, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, is the William R.T. Oakes Professor and chair of the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has served as chief scientist of the Air Force, as chairman of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and of the Aeronauti- cal Systems Division Advisory Group, and is conver- sant with scientific and technical issues currently fac- ing the service. His background includes aerospace science, space science, aircraft design, flight dynam- ics, and other applicable disciplines. He served as a member of the recently concluded F-22 live fire test
APPENDIX C study committee, whose report was extremely well re- ceived by Congress and the Department of Defense. He is a member of the National Research Council's (NRC's) Air Force Science and Technology Board. He was selected to serve on this NRC committee for his expertise in military acquisition, procurement, re- search, and technology; test and evaluation; systems development and management; aero/astronautics and aero/thermodynamics; and systems analysis. R. Noel Longuemare, a member of the National Acad- emy of Engineering, serves as a private consultant. He retired from his previous position of Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Tech- nology after serving for 4 years. For two 6-month periods, he also served as Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology. In these capacities he was responsible for all matters relating to Department of Defense acquisition. Prior to his ap- pointment by President Clinton, he was a corporate vice president and general manager of the Systems Devel- opment and Technology Divisions at the Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group. He played a leading role in the development of modern radar and avionics systems for airborne and land mobile applications. He is a fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is vice chair of the National Research Council's (NRC's) Air Force Science and Technology Board. He was selected to serve on this NRC committee for his expertise in military acquisition, procurement, re- search, and technology; industrial management; and systems development and management. Robert ,l. Patton, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, currently serves as a private consult- ant. He is a retired senior vice president of business development, vice president of aircraft development engineering, and chief engineer/systems engineering development at LTV Aerospace Products Group. He has also held positions as director of manufacturing control at General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, director of B-1A systems engineering at the U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Division, and program di- rector of the FB-11 1A at General Dynamics Fort Worth Division. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was selected to serve on this National Research Council committee for his . . 53 expertise in military acquisition, procurement, re- search, and technology; industrial management; test and evaluation; space science; systems development and management; aero/astronautics and aero/thermo- dynamics; and systems analysis. Richard R. Paul (USAF Ret.) is vice president of stra- tegic development for Phantom Works, The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington. (Phantom Works is Boeing's research and development organization, dedi- cated to advancing the company's competitiveness through technology development, process improve- ment, and new product development.) He joined Boeing in October 2000, after 33 years with the Air Force. During his Air Force career, he served in two Air Force laboratories, at a product center, two major command headquarters, Headquarters U.S. Air Force in the Pentagon, and on a joint staff assignment. In his last assignment, he served both as the Air Force tech- nology executive officer and as the commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory. General Paul received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla (UMR) and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Air Force In- stitute of Technology and was recently awarded a pro- fessional degree in electrical engineering by UMR. He is also a graduate of the Air Command and Staff Col- lege at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island; and the De- fense Systems Management College's Program Man- agement Course at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He is cur- rently a member of the National Research Council's (NRC's) Air Force Science and Technology Board and has served as an ad hoc advisor to the Air Force Scien- tific Advisory Board. He is also a director on the UMR Alumni Association board of directors, a member of the UMR Academy of Electrical Engineering, a mem- ber of the UMR dean of engineering's Advisory Coun- cil, and a recipient of the UMR Alumni Merit Award. George A. Paulikas is a retired executive vice presi- dent of the Aerospace Corporation. His 37-year career there included assignments as a member of the techni- cal staff, department head, laboratory director, vice president, group vice president, and senior group vice president, before he became executive vice president in 1992. He has been at the forefront of advances in space science and space technology, making innumer- able technical contributions to Air Force and National Reconnaissance Office national security space systems
54 such as Defense Support Program, Defense Satellite Communications System, Global Positioning System, Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, and Milstar. He has served as a member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, the Naval Studies Board, and the Na- tional Research Council's (NRC's) Defense Space Technology Committee. He currently serves on the NRC Space Studies Board. He has been a consultant to the Defense Science Board and has served as a trustee of the California Science Center and the Los Angeles Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronau- tics, and a member of the American Geophysical Union. He was selected to serve on this NRC commit- tee for his expertise in military space system acquisi- tion, procurement, research, and technology; laboratory management; test and evaluation; space science; space systems planning development and management; and aero/astronautics and aero/thermodynamics. Robert F. Raggio (USAF Ret.) is the executive vice president of Dayton Aerospace, Inc., a technical and management consulting firm to the aerospace industry and government. Previously, he was commander of the U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He commanded the Air Force's largest acquisition center, which is respon- sible for the procurement of all aeronautical weapon systems; employed a technical and managerial work- force of 12,000; and managed an annual budget of $10 billion. During his Air Force career, Lt. Gen. Raggio served in a variety of operational and acquisition posi- tions of responsibility, including that of C-141 aircraft commander, rescue helicopter commander in Vietnam and Thailand, test pilot, and test wing commander. He accumulated more than 3,200 flying hours in 24 differ- ent types of aircraft, including 150 combat missions. He also served in the Air Force Legislative Liaison of- fice as the primary focal point and interface between members of Congress and the Air Force on weapon system issues. He was the program director of several aircraft systems, including the F-22 Raptor air domi- nance fighter. As the program executive officer for fighters and bombers, his acquisition responsibilities were expanded to include the F-15, F-16, F-117, B-1, and B-2 programs. He was selected to serve on this APPENDIX C National Research Council committee for his expertise in military acquisition, procurement, research, and technology; industrial management; test and evalua- tion, systems development and management; and Air Force organization and management. Eli Reshotko, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, is the Kent H. Smith Professor Emeritus of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Mechan- ics, a fellow of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, a fellow of the American Insti- tute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a fellow of American Physical Society, and a fellow of the Ameri- can Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is coauthor of more than 100 publications and is affiliated with many task forces, committees, and governing boards, on many of which he serves as chair. His area of exper- tise is viscous effects in external and internal aerody- namics, two-dimensional and three-dimensional com- pressible boundary layers and heat transfer, stability and transition of viscous flows both incompressible and compressible and low drag technology for air- craft and underwater vehicles. He was selected to serve on this National Research Council committee for his expertise in research and technology, test and evalua- tion, and aero/astronautics and aero/thermodynamics. Alton D. Romig, ,Jr., a member of the National Academy of Engineering, is chief technology officer and vice president of science and technology and part- nerships at Sandia National Laboratories. He leads and manages research, development, and engineering in nanosciences, materials and process sciences, micro- electronics/microsystems and optoelectronics, high- performance computing, modeling and simulation, advanced manufacturing, batteries, explosive compo- nents, and plasma physics. He has received numerous honors, holds two patents, has published more than 160 technical publications, and is the coauthor of three text- books. He is past president of the American Society for Metals (ASM, International) and other professional groups. He has received a number of prestigious awards, including the Burton Medal and the K.F.J. Heinrich Award. He was selected to serve on this National Research Council committee for his expertise in laboratory management.
