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Appendix B: Committee Biographies
Pages 67-72

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... Mr. O'Bryon also worked in various positions within the office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, overseeing and directing testing and evaluation activities for the Secretary of Defense, including examining test plan adequacy, test execution, vulnerability, lethality, and survivability of the nation's major defense systems, and application of tactics and doctrine to these issues.
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From page 68...
... She supports oxide and lowk film etch for integrated development projects for TEL and IBM, as well as for other members of the Nanotechnology Center. Formerly, she was East Coast manager for TEL Etch Systems, analyzing technology trends and customer data to determine hardware and process needs for manufacturing current and next-generation computer chips, including both capability and cost-reduction considerations.
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From page 69...
... Drury is a professor of industrial engineering at the State University of New York, Buffalo, and executive director of The Center for Industrial Effectiveness, where he has worked extensively in the integration of ergonomics/human factors into company operations, resulting in increased competitiveness and job growth for regional industry and two National Association of Management and Technical Assistance Centers' Project of the Year awards. Since 1990, he has headed a team applying human factors to the inspection and maintenance of civil aircraft, with the goal being error reduction.
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From page 70...
... He possesses solid understanding of the procedures and tasks required to transfer technology from the research laboratory to the field, and conducted field experiments to characterize nearEarth propagation of millimeter waves (10 mm to 1 mm wavelength) in turbid and tactically hostile environments.
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From page 71...
... He was a member of two NASA review panels providing technical and managerial review of basic research program and a member of the Independent Review Team examining the performance of the Phoenix Mars landing radar. He is a fellow of the IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society.
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  • national materials
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  • various electronics
  • defense research

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  • customer data
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  • increased competitiveness
  • jet propulsion
  • improve aviation
  • etch process
  • manufacturing current

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