2011 News Releases


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Scientific & Technical Interest
1/3 SOHO Spots 2000th Comet
1/12 NRL Begins Field Tests of Laser Acoustic Propagation
1/14 NRL Collaborates on Research to Improve Understanding of Climate Change
1/17 NRL Scientists Develop 3D Model of the Ionosphere F-region
2/8 NRL Researchers View the Sun in 3-D
2/10 NRL Scientists Elevate Warfighter Readiness Against Invisible Threats
2/15 NRL Researchers Study Ways to Reduce Jet Aircraft Noise
3/11 NRL Positions Unique Elliptic-Orbit TacSat-4 Satellite for Launch
4/11 New Technique Tracks Viral Infections, Aids Development of Antiviral Drugs
4/13 NRL Marks Achievements of Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer
4/15 NRL Scientists Demonstrate Novel Ionic Liquid Batteries
4/26 NRL Scientists Focus on Light Ions for Fast Ignition of Fusion Fuels
4/29 NRL Researchers Take a Step Toward Valleytronics
5/5 NRL Scientists Achieve High Temperature Milestone in Silicon Spintronics
5/10 Herschel Space Observatory Discovers the Clearing Out of Star-Forming Gas in Mergers of Gas-Rich Galaxies
5/24 NRL Scientists Demonstrate a High-Efficiency Ceramic Laser
6/1 NRL History - Phil Abelson The Atomic Age
6/6 NRL Fully Integrates GPS Radio Occultation into Global Weather Prediction
6/7 NRL's MISSE-8 Launched Aboard STS-134
6/22 NRL Instrument Provides Key Space Weather Data
6/24 NRL's Digital Imaging Star Camera Travels to International Space Station
6/27 Navy, Marine Corps Tests Autonomous Zero-Power Bathythermograph Sensors
7/28 NRL Researchers Receive Navy's Top Scientists and Engineers Award
8/1 Office of Naval Research Celebrates 65 Years of Pioneering Science and Technology
8/5 Space Test Program to Launch Trio of NRL Space Science and Technology Experiments
8/17 NRL Flight-Tests Autonomous Multi-Target, Multi-User Tracking Capability
8/22 NRL Set to Launch Experimental TacSat-4 Spacecraft
8/30 Mixing Hot Spot in the Gulf of Mexico
9/6 NRL Robotic Loader System Achieves Composite Material Testing Milestone
9/12 NRL hosts first annual Karles Invitational Conference
9/16 NRL Researchers Produce Award-Winning AI Video
9/19 Naval Research Laboratory voted a "Best Diversity Company 2011"
9/20 NRL TacSat-4 Spacecraft Encapsulated
9/27 NRL TacSat-4 Launches to Augment Communications Needs
10/3 NRL Center for Space Technology Reaches Century Mark in Orbiting Spacecraft Launches
10/11 NRL Researchers Discover Technique to Improve Solar Cell Technology
10/12 NRL Scientists Demonstrate the Power of Optical Forces in Blood Cell Identification
10/18 Dr. Jeffrey Book Receives Presidential Award for Career Achievements
10/25 NRL refurbishes VAULT2.0 for reflight
10/27 Navy's Modern Airship Receives Historical Identification
10/31 Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun Reaches Testing Milestone
11/10 NRL's MIGHTI selected by NASA for potential space flight
11/18 NRL Monterey Develops More Accurate Tropical Cyclone Prediction Model
11/30 NRL Researchers Develop "Streamlined" Approach To Shipboard Inspection Process
12/5 Autonomous Deployment Demonstration Program Completes Flight Testing
12/8 Faster Colloidal Fluorescence Emitters: Nanoplatelets


Featured Stories
1/7 Dr. Jill Dahlburg Elected Chair-Elect of APS Panel
1/13 Dr. Phillip Sprangle Elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America
2/7 Former NRL College Intern Selected as Rhodes Scholar
2/9 Dr. Arati Dasgupta Elected Fellow of American Physical Society
2/17 Dr. Igor Vurgaftman Selected APS Fellow
3/1 NRL Receives Multiple CFC Awards at Annual Ceremony
4/1 Ms. Windie Borodin Receives the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
4/4 Mr. James Headrick Receives 2011 Picard Medal
4/20 Dr. Igor Vurgaftman Selected OSA Fellow
4/26 Dr. Thomas Mehlhorn Elected to APS Executive Committee
5/3 Patricia Phoebus Elected AMS Councilor
5/17 Dr. Thomas Mehlhorn Appointed to New National Research Council Panel
5/18 Dr. Richard Colton Receives Navy Superior Civilian Service Award
5/23 Dr. Paul Ottinger Selected IEEE Fellow
5/31 NRL Researchers Receive MILCOM Award
5/31 Dr. Edward Franchi Receives TTCP 2010 Achievement Award
6/8 Dr. Glen Henshaw Receives "Best Paper" Recognition By ASCE
6/10 Dr. Phil Valent Inducted into ASCE Hall of Fame
6/14 Employees Implement Conservation Program at NRL's Chesapeake Bay Detachment In Maryland
6/17 Dr. Eric Mokole Selected IEEE Fellow
6/21 Paul Charles Recognized for Fostering STEM Education, Diversity
6/29 NRL Researchers Win "Best Paper" at FLAIRS-24
7/1 NRL's Debra Rolison Honored with ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials
7/5 NRL's Dr. Michael Roland Authors Book on Behavior of Rubbery Materials
7/7 Drs. Ishwar Aggarwal and Jas Sanghera Awarded Prestigious OSA Richardson Medal
7/12 NRL's Travel Office Employees Receive Commanding Officer's Award
7/21 Ms. Joyce Ferrell Receives Commanding Officer's Annual Secretarial Award
8/1 Chief Of Naval Research Visits Scientific Development Squadron One
8/10 Dr. Tim Campbell Receives Hero Award for Technical Excellence
8/24 Dr. John Sample Tapped to Attend Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
8/27 Dr. Christopher Wilcox Named a Conference Chair for SPIE
Defense, Security, and Sensing 2012
9/7 Dr. Debra Rolison Selected ACS Fellow
9/8 Dr. Michelle Johannes Receives 2011 Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award
9/8 Dr. Baochuan Lin Receives the NRL Sigma Xi Applied Science Award
9/8 Sigma XI Honors Dr. Yi-Ming Wang with Pure Science Award
9/27 What is the Naval Research Laboratory's Future in Space?
10/6 Dr. Gerald M. Borsuk Receives the Distinguished Executive Presidential Rank Award
10/6 Dr. Judith Lean Receives Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Senior Professional
10/13 Dr. Bhakta Rath receives Michigan Tech's Distinguished Alumni Award
10/17 Dr. Joseph Huba Presents 2011 CEDAR Prize Lecture
11/2 NRL researchers honored with NAVAIR's Heinemann Award
11/4 Purdue University Honors Peter Wilhelm with Alumni Award
11/22 Dr. Virginia DeGiorgi Selected One of Top Ten Business Women in 2012 by ABWA
12/2 NRL Railgun Group Receives Award of Merit for Group Achievement
12/9 Dr. Robert E. Morris Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
12/19 NRL's Dr. John Emmert Appointed to NRC Committee to Assess Air Force Orbit Standards
12/21 Dr. Thomas Mehlhorn named American Physical Society Fellow