Awards in 2004



SES 2004 Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Senior Executive - Dr. Bhakta Rath for his distinguished career as an educator, and as a research leader in industry and the U.S. Navy. He is noted for being a strong and positive force in directing and fostering new innovations in materials science and engineering.

SES 2004 Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Senior Executive - Dr. Herbert C. Eppert for vision, leadership, and dedication to serving the needs of a wide range of Naval programs as well as a multitude of other DoD, national and international interests.

SES 2004 Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Senior Executive - Dr. Thomas Giallorenzi for his repeated, insightful identification of areas of optical science research that have the potential to provide the Navy and DoD with revolutionary capabilities.

SES 2004 Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Senior Professional - Dr. Gary Prinz for his leadership in integrating the properties of magnetic materials and semiconductors into planar devices.

SES 2004 Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Senior Professional - Dr. Elaine Oran for her pivotal contributions to a broad range of problems in combustion and propulsion, atmospheric physics, and solar physics and astrophysics.

2004 American Society of Materials Gold Medal - Dr. Bhakta Rath for "outstanding contributions in solid-state transformations, microstructure-property relationships and for visionary leadership in directing leading-edge research for national security."

Environmental Security Technology Certification Program Project-of-the-Year Award - Dr. Bruce Sartwell for his work on the replacement of hard chrome plating on aircraft landing gear using high-velocity, oxygen-fuel thermal spray coatings.

Sigma Xi Mid-Atlantic Regional Young Investigator Award for 2004 - Dr. William Amatucci for his work in the area of physical sciences and engineering.

Lloyd's Register Safer Ship Award from the Royal Institution of Naval Architects - Dr. Frederick Williams, Dr. Susan Rose-Pehrsson and Mr. John Farley for advanced damage control technology.


Link to Timeline page

Sign Up for NRL News