2012 News Releases

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Scientific & Technical Interest

1/3	Navy Researchers Investigate Small-Scale Autonomous Planetary Explorers
1/5	NRL-SSC Personnel Embark USNS Pathfinder
1/6	The Naval Research Laboratory's Most Popular Stories of 2011
1/19	Karl Battams Co-authors Paper in Science
1/23	NRL's SoloHI Instrument Selected for Flight on Solar Orbiter Mission
1/27	Scientists See "Sloshing" Galaxy Cluster
2/3	Scientists Chart High-Precision Map of Milky Way's Magnetic Fields
2/23	Pioneering NRL Physicist had Tuskegee Ties
3/7	NRL Designs Robot for Shipboard Firefighting
3/9	TacSat-4 Enables Polar Region SatCom Experiment
3/13	NRL's CT-Analyst Operational Demo Delivered to Hamburg Germany Fire Brigade
3/14	Inside NRL's Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research
3/16	Naval Research Laboratory Opens Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research
3/20	NRL Tests Robotic Fueling of Unmanned Surface Vessels
3/26	NRL Scientists Optimize Arctic Sea Ice Data Products
3/27	NRL Scientists Identify New Coupling Mode Between Stratosphere and Ionosphere
4/6	Experiment Explores Optics with iPad
4/9	NRL Researchers Discover New Solar Feature
5/3	NRL Charges Marine Corps Expeditionary Power Requirements
5/17	NRL RAIDS Experiment Advances Ionospheric Remote Sensing
6/7	Photovoltaic Cells Tap Underwater Solar Energy
6/12	NRL Researchers Develop Improved Non-Skid Coating for Shipboard Applications
6/20	NRL Scientists Propose Mitigation Concept of LEO Debris
6/21	NRL Scientists Track Individual Raindrops Inside Clouds
6/22	Cmdr. Wright Welcomed as New Commanding Officer of Scientific Development Squadron ONE
6/29	NRL Celebrates its 89th Birthday
7/16	NRL Leads NASA Team Workshop on "Coronal Mass Ejection Initiation"
7/18	NRL Brings Inertia of Space to Robotics Research
7/20	Scientists Bring Low Frequency, 'First Light' to the Jansky Very Large Array
7/25	Navy Researchers Sail Down Under to Study Internal Tides with AUVs
7/27	Navy Scientists Demonstrate Breakthrough in Tunnel Barrier Technology
8/3	NRL Scientist Builds Model of LASR Facility: One LEGO at a Time
8/8	NRL Recognized in FY 2011 DoD Value Engineering Achievement Awards
8/15	NRL-SSC Midshipmen Interns Gain Oceanographic and Survey Experience
8/28	NRL Researchers Observe Bright Arctic Clouds Formed by Exhaust from the Final Space Shuttle Launch
8/29	TacSat-4 Participates in Navy Fleet Experiment Trident Warrior
8/30	NRL Change of Command: Captain Anthony Ferrari relieves Captain Paul C. Stewart
9/10	NRL Researchers Use Unmanned Aircraft to Probe Hurricane Outflow Jets
9/18	NRL Demonstrates High Durability of Nanotube Transistors to the Harsh Space Environment
9/24	Fueling the Fleet, Navy Looks to the Seas
10/1	Naval Research Laboratory voted a "Best Diversity Company 2012"
10/12	Naval Research Laboratory Dedicates Marine Meteorology Center
10/19	NRL Researchers Discover New Route to Spin-Polarized Contacts on Silicon
10/30	Navy Oceanographers Delve Deeper in Wave Data to Improve Forecasts
11/2	Navy Researchers Look to Rotating Detonation Engines to Power the Future
11/11	NRL Scientists Detect Carbon Dioxide Accumulation at the Edge of Space
11/29	NRL-SSC Transitions New Ice Model to Navy
12/31	Naval Research Laboratory's Top Stories of 2012

Featured Stories

1/9	Naval Oceanography Admiral Visits NRL-SSC
1/11	Dr. Weilin Hou and Mr. Bob Arnone Selected to Chair SPIE Ocean Sensing and Monitoring IV
1/18	Dr. Robert H. Evans Recognized with Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
1/19	Dr. Bradley Ringeisen Honored with Commanding Officer's Award for Achievement in the Field of Equal Employment Opportunity
1/23	Dr. Brian Bennett Named a Fellow of the American Physical Society
2/13	Hart Middle School Students Sample a Day at NRL
2/21	Meeting the Challenges of Spacecraft Research at NRL
2/22	Dr. Phillip Sprangle Honored with Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
3/2	Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Michael W. Seal Commissioned
3/16	White House S&T Advisor the Honorable Dr. John Holdren Tours Naval Research Laboratory
3/21	Dr. Brett Dunlap named American Physical Society Fellow
3/29	Dr. Frances Ligler Elected to American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineer's College of Fellows
3/30	Dr. Debra Rolison Receives Dual Honors for Advancements in Chemistry
4/16	NRL Oceanographer Coaches Junior High Robotics Team
4/17	Space Shuttle Discovery Flies Over Washington
4/25	NRL Voted as a Top Place to Work for Postdocs
4/30	NRL Intern from Naval Academy Presents Summer Work at AGU OS12
5/7	Dr. Baruch Levush Receives IEEE Harry Diamond Award
5/14	Dr. Megan Sassin Honored by American Chemical Society with Rising Star Award
5/21	Dr. C. Michael Roland Receives the 2012 Charles Goodyear Medal
5/25	NRL Hosts "Take Our Children to Work Day" Event
6/1	NRL Physicist Elected 2012 SPIE Fellow
6/4	Dr. Paul Lane Elected Fellow of the SPIE
6/11	Dr. Melvin Kruer Honored with 2012 Levinstein Award
6/13	NRL Materials Engineer Receives Navy Meritorious Award
6/20	NRL Scientist Honored in Naming of Astronomical Body
6/27	Drs. Ishwar Aggarwal and Jas Sanghera Receive Arthur E. Bisson Prize for Naval Technology Achievement Award
6/28	Ms. Cathy Wyatt Receives Commanding Officer's Award for Excellence in Secretarial Support
6/29	LCDR Kurt Parsons Honored with Meritorious Service Medal
7/2	NRL Researchers Win Bowen Patent Invention Award for Hydrophone Transduction Mechanism
7/3	Dr. Karl Gerlach Honored with 2012 Dennis Picard Medal for Contributions to Radar Research
7/5	Dr. Phillip Sprangle Receives Fred E. Saalfeld Award
7/11	Dr. E. Joseph Friebele Named Fellow of The Optical Society of America
7/13	Dr. Francis Klemm Receives the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award
7/19	Scientific Development Squadron ONE Commander Steingold Receives Meritorious Service Medal
7/23	Mr. Keith Lucas Honored with Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award
8/1	Dr. Lenny Tender Receives the Arthur S. Flemming Award
8/6	Dr. John McCormack Receives 2011 Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Geophysical Research Letters
8/10	NRL Research Library Team Recognized for Excellence in Mission Support
8/13	NRL Research Scientist Dr. Keith Knipling Honored with Presidential Award
8/17	NRL's Jill Dahlburg Appointed Chair-Elect of APS Mid-Atlantic Section
8/21	Kathy Chapman and NRL-SSC Recognize Gulf Coast Technology Innovation Potential
8/24	SEAP Students at NRL-SSC Conclude Internships, Present Summer Work
8/29	Navy Supports Science Teachers with Summer Training Camp
8/31	NRL Supports 8th Annual CanSat Competition
9/11	Dr. Berend Jonker Receives Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Senior Professional
9/13	Dr. Gurpartap Sandhoo Receives Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
9/20	Dr. Paul Bernhardt Honored with NRL's E.O. Hulburt Award
10/16	NRL's Ms. Judy Hope Honored by Department of the Navy
10/26	NRL-SSC Scientists Receive Awards for Inventions and Patents
11/6	Dr. James Hansen Receives Navy Meritorious Civilian Award
11/13	Dr. Igor Vurgaftman Receives NRL Sigma Xi Award for Pure Science
11/13	Dr. Marc Christophersen Receives 2012 Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award
11/13	Dr. Robert E. Morris Receives the NRL Sigma Xi Applied Science Award
11/27	David Lalejini Receives Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
12/5	Dr. Stephen P. Obenschain Receives Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award
12/6	NRL Scientist Tackles JEOPARDY! Quiz Show
12/28	NRL-WISE Hosts NIST Physicist Dr. Katharine Gebbie