WEAPON SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
INFORMATION BOOKLET
5 October 2009
PREFACE
The WSETC Information Booklet is maintained by the WSETC Publications
Subcommittee. Under direction of the WSETC Chairman, the WSETC Information
Booklet is reviewed and updated annually and thereafter distributed to the WSETC
membership at the first WSETC meeting following issue. Updated issues of the WSETC
Information Booklet are provided to each new incoming member by the WSETC
Chairman. All information presented in this booklet is for the exclusive use of the
WSETC. Use of this information outside the WSETC is authorized at the discretion of
the WSETC Chairman.
AIAA MISSION STATEMENT
The nonprofit American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the
principal society and voice serving the aerospace profession. Its primary purpose is to
advance the arts, sciences, and technology of aeronautics and astronautics and to foster
and promote the professionalism of those engaged in these pursuits. Although founded
and based in the United States, AIAA is a global organization with nearly 30,000
individual professional members, thousands of customers worldwide, and an active
international outreach. AIAA is the U.S. representative on the International Astronautical
Federation and the International Council on the Aeronautical Sciences.
AIAA WEAPON SYSTEMS EFFECTIVENESS
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (WSETC)
VISION
Advance the discipline of weapon system effectiveness by fostering research and
technology; promoting technical interchange; encouraging publication; encouraging
professional development; and providing professional recognition.
SCOPE
Activities which serve to advance and promote the science and technology of
predicting, measuring, evaluating, and improving the effectiveness of weapon
systems and assessment methodologies. The WSETC will address factors that
contribute to the endgame effectiveness of weapon systems including, but not
limited to
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lethality
guidance, navigation & control (GN&C)
target identification
discrimination
aimpoint selection
capabilities against countermeasures
target vulnerability
target response
weapon-target interaction
post-engagement ground effects
assessment methodologies
OBJECTIVES
The WSETC will, in order of priority:
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Encourage multidisciplinary interaction and synergism to affect the advancement and
development of the weapon system effectiveness discipline
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Support the development of measures of effectiveness and assessment methodologies
in order to better assess system effectiveness
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Provide forums for technical interchange among the professional community
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Promote informed decision making on all aspects of weapon system effectiveness and
lethality issues within AIAA, industry and government
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Encourage and promote publication of technical papers
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Publish AIAA position papers and articles
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Promote professional development (e.g., offer and sponsor short courses)
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Provide a liaison with other AIAA TCs, local AIAA sections, and other related
professional organizations and societies
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Recognize significant contributions to the advancement of the understanding of
weapon system effectiveness, lethality, and related technologies
METHOD OF OPERATION
A. ORGANIZATION
The WSETC is subdivided into seven standing subcommittees:
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Steering Subcommittee
Conference Subcommittee
Membership Subcommittee
Awards Subcommittee
Publications Subcommittee
Education Subcommittee
Liaison Subcommittee
Each member of the WSETC serves on at least one of the subcommittees.
The steering committee consists of the WSETC Chairman and Vice Chairman, Secretary
and the chairmen of each of the subcommittees.
Additional subcommittees or special action groups for membership planning, honors and
awards, fiscal management and special activities are maintained as deemed necessary by
the WSETC Chairman. Staffing of these activities is by WSETC Chairman.
B. MEETINGS AND ATTENDANCE
The WSETC meets regularly three times per calendar year. Two meetings are held
concurrently with the AIAA Missiles Sciences or Missile Systems Conference and the
ADPA Bomb and Warhead Conference. An additional WSETC meeting is held each
year unassociated with any other activity, hosted at various venues, preferably at member
institutions.
WSETC members are expected to attend at least two WSETC meetings per calendar year.
Attendance at WSETC meetings is open to other AIAA members, AIAA staff, AIAA
honorary members, retirees, ex-officio members, and other individuals as deemed
appropriate by the Chairman.
C. ACTIVITIES
The WSETC is active in Conference / Symposia participation, typically sponsoring
sessions at the Bomb & Warhead Symposium, the Missile Science Conference and the
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Conference.
The WSETC provides various publications each year, including TC announcement in
October Aerospace America, "Highlights" article in December Aerospace America, and a
Home page on the world-wide web. Additional publications planned include a lethality
textbook, a handbook of lethality terms and definitions and a collection of papers on
system effectiveness.
The WSETC maintains an active liaison to other organizations, e.g. with ADPA Bombs
& Warheads, ADPA Ballistics, MORS, HVIS, JTCG-ME, and others.
Regular WSETC activities include working with AIAA HQ, Director and Deputy
Director to promote WSETC and submission of mid-year report, annual report, and new
member selection.
D. POSITIONS
The WSETC supports the Charter, Constitution and By-Laws of the AIAA.
The WSETC supports and abides by the directives of the AIAA-TAC.
The WSETC supports and will participate in ad hoc working groups with members of
other TCs chartered to resolve specific issues as appropriate.
E. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
WSETC members agree to support the objectives, scope and method of operation as
presented herein. Additionally, WSETC members agree to support the objectives, scope
and method of operation of their respective subcommittees as defined herein.
Chairman
1. Provides leadership for the WSETC
2. Schedules and conducts WSETC meetings
3. Coordinates WSETC activities internally and serves as the official link with the
AIAA TAC and AIAA staff
4. Appoints the WSETC Secretary
5. Appoints WSETC members to WSETC subcommittees
6. Appoints all liaison positions and memberships In ad hoc committees
7. Is the official spokesperson for the WSETC
8. Is authorized to delegate spokesperson responsibilities to other WSETC members
9. Provides for the election of a Chairman and Vice Chairman serves as Chairman of the
WSETC Steering Committee serves for a 2 year term
10. Nominates a Vice Chairman for subsequent confirmation by majority vote of the
Technical Committee
Vice Chairman
1. Assists the Chairman providing leadership for the WSETC
2. Fulfills all duties and responsibilities of the Chairman in case of the Chairman’s
absence
3. Serves as Vice Chairman for the WSETC steering committee
4. Performs assignments as directed by the Chairman
5. Assumes the position of Chairman after 2 years
Secretary (appointed by the Chairman)
1. Records and distributes the minutes of all WSETC meetings to the WSETC members,
ex-officio members, AIAA staff as applicable, and the AIAA TAC coordinator
2. Fulfills the duties of the Chairman in the absence of both the Chairman and the Vice
Chairman
3. Coordinates scheduling of the subcommittee and WSETC meetings. Arranges
meeting room requirements and assignments with AIAA staff. Informs respective
subcommittee chairmen about meeting room times and locations.
4. Serves on the WSETC steering committee
5. Presents the minutes to the WSETC for approval
6. Maintains the historical records of the WSETC
7. Performs tasks as assigned by the WSETC Chairman
Subcommittee Chairman
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Provides leadership for the subcommittee
Serves on the WSETC Steering Committee
Conducts regularly scheduled meetings
Coordinates scheduling of the subcommittee meetings with the WSETC Secretary.
Presents a subcommittee report at each WSETC meeting.
Provides communication between the WSETC Steering Committee and the
subcommittee
7. Presents a written subcommittee report to the Secretary within two weeks following
the WSETC meeting
8. Performs specific tasks assigned by the WSETC Chairman
WSETC Member
WSETC members are AIAA members appointed to the WSETC. New members are
voted in by the current membership based on recommendations of the Membership
Committee. This appointment is confirmed by the AIAA-TAC and maintained in record
format by AIAA staff headquarters. WSETC membership is a one-year appointment
renewed annually by the Chairman. Normal WSETC tenure is four years. WSETC
members are expected to participate actively in the business of the WSETC by (as a
minimum):
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Attending at least two regular WSETC meetings per calendar year
Serving on WSETC subcommittees as appointed by the Chairman
Actively participating in the business of the WSETC
Serving enthusiastically as liaison to other agencies as applicable
Performing tasks as assigned by the WSETC Chairman and/or the respective
subcommittee chairman
6. Presenting new ideas, recommendations for improvements and initiatives that
contribute to the WSETC scope
Ex-Officio Members
Ex-officio members are non-voting members of the WSETC appointed to “ex-officio”
membership by the WSETC Chairman. Except for voting, ex-officio members have the
same rights and privileges as WSETC members.
1. Report on activities germane to the WSETC scope.
2. Perform tasks requested by the WSETC Chairman
Emeritus Members
Emeritus member is a position within the TC similar to ex-officio members but granted
only to those members who have maintained long-standing active participation in the TC
as a measure of status within the TC. These members are considered to be valuable
assets to the TC, but may not be able to support regular TC functions due to extenuating
circumstances. Except for voting, emeritus members have the same rights and privileges
as WSETC members.
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Report on activities germane to the WSETC scope.
Perform tasks requested by the WSETC Chairman
Invited to TC meetings and teleconferences
Not required to meet current membership rules, including those related to paying
dues, attending meetings, and contributing to subcommittee activities
WSETC ORGANIZATION
CHAIRMAN
Jeff Elder
VICE CHAIRMAN
David Lyman
SECRETARY
Jay Willis
STEERING SUBCOMMITTEE
David Lyman (chairman)
Nasit Ari
Jim Atwater
Milt Franke
Jim Horkovich
Richard Keith
Wes Kitchens
Richard Lloyd
Phil Maki
Richard Rushing
Don Stevenson
James Walker
Jay Willis
CONFERENCE SUBCOMMITTEE
Jim Horkovich (chairman)
Allison Cash
Harry Fair
Greg Ferguson
Pete Haase
Clark Ince
Gray Killough
Ira Kohlberg
James O’Bryon
Brian Kiser
Charles Lind
Steven Standley
Jack Roach
David Loomis
MEMBERSHIP SUBCOMMITTEE
Wes Kitchens (chairman)
Jim Atwater
AWARDS SUBCOMMITTEE
Richard Rushing (chairman)
Steven Standley
PUBLICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
James Walker (chairman)
Torger Anderson (editor)
Peter Dunn
Scott Fish
EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE
Richard Lloyd (chairman)
David Pierson
LIAISON SUBCOMMITTEE
Phil Maki (chairman)
Chuck Lamar (government representative)
Wes Kitchens (industry representative)
Rusty Graves (DEPS/AIAA TC/PC coordinator)
WSETC MEMBER CONTACT LISTING
Dr. Torger J. Anderson
Institute for Defense Analyses
4850 Mark Center Dr, Alexandria, VA 22311
703.845.6702
tanderso@ida.org
Dr. Nasit Ari
ITT Corporation
1500 Garden of the Gods Rd, PO Box 7463, Colorado Springs, CO 80933
719.599.1623, cell 719.332.3109, fax 719.599.1736
nasit.ari@itt.com
Mr. James Atwater
Consultant
PO Box 1822, Santa Ynez, CA 93460-1822
805.637.5633
jimatwater@earthlink.net
Ms. Allison Cash
ITT Corporation, Advanced Engineering & Sciences Division
6767 Old Madison Pike, Suite 160, Huntsville, AL 35806
256.964.1440
allison.cash@itt.com
Dr. Peter Dunn
Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc.
3330 Oakwell Court, Suite 100, San Antonio, TX 78218
210.824.5960
pdunn@bakerrisk.com
Mr. Jeff Elder
Miltec Missiles and Space Co
689 Discovery Dr, Huntsville, AL 35806
256.428.1726, cell 256.509.8138
jelder@miltecmissiles.com
Dr. Harry Fair
Institute for Advanced Technology
3925 W. Braker Lane, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78759
512.471.9060
harry_fair@iat.utexas.edu
Dr. Greg Ferguson
Miltec Missiles and Space Co.
689 Discovery Dr, Huntsville, AL 35806
256.428.1730
gferguson@miltecmissiles.com
Dr. Scott Fish
Institute for Advanced Technology, University of Texas
3925 W. Braker Lane, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78759
512.471.9060
scott_fish@iat.utexas.edu
Dr. Milton E. Franke
Air Force Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics.Astronautics
2950 Hobson Way, AFIT.ENY, Bldg 640, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7765
937.255.3636 x 5720, fax 937.656.7053
milton.franke@afit.af.mil, milton.franke@afit.edu
Mr. Bruce Graves
US Army Aviation & Missile Command
SFAE-AV-S, Bldg 5681, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898
256.842.4999
rusty.graves@us.army.mil
Mr. Peter Haase
AEGIS BMD
Arlington, VA
540.653.2347
Peter.Haase@mda.mil
Mr. James Horkovich
Raytheon Missile Systems
Tucson, AZ
520.794.1201
james_horkovich@raytheon.com
Mr. Clark Ince
Lockheed Martin
7629 Normandy Way, Cupertino, CA 95014
408.742.3006
clarkince@ieee.org
Dr. William Isbell
Consultant
600 Via Hierba, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
805.967.2355
bvisbell@cox.net
Mr. Richard Keith
Applied Physics Laboratory, John Hopkins University
11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723-6099
240.228.8726
richard.keith@jhuapl.edu
Mr. Graham Killough
ITT Corporation
6767 Old Madison Pike, Suite 160, Huntsville, AL 35806
256.964.1400
graham.killough@itt.com
Mr. Brian Kiser
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
6138 Norc Ave, Suite 314, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5157
540.653.4564
brian.kiser@navy.mil
Dr. Clarence (Wes) Kitchens
SAIC
7990 Science Applications Ct, MS CV-51, Vienna, VA 22182
703.676.0441
clarence.w.kitchens@saic.com, weskitchens@cox.net
Dr. Ira Kohlberg
Institute for Defense Analyses
1801 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1772
703.578.2744
ira.kohlberg@gmail.com, ikohlber@ida.org
Mr. Chuck LaMar
US Army Space and Missile Defense Command
RDTC-TDD, Bldg 5220, Von Braun Complex, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898
256.955.3675, cell 256.565.9983, home 256.350.8140, fax 256.955.5959
chuck.lamar@us.army.mil, chucklamar@mac.com
Dr. Charles Lind
Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO)
5000 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-5000
703.602.8434, cell 703.303.9034, fax 703.601.4690
charles.lind@jieddo.dod.mil
Mr. Richard Lloyd
Raytheon Electronics Co
Tewksbury, MA
978.858.4813
richard_m_lloyd@raytheon.com
Mr. David Loomis
DNL Consulting
7834 Native Dancer Tr., Evergreen, CO 80439
303.674.7028
dnloomis@att.net, david.n.loomis@us.army.mil
Dr. David Lyman
SAIC
4901 Olde Towne Pkwy, Suite 200, Marietta, GA 30068
770.579.4413
lymand@saic.com
Mr. Phil Maki
SMDC (SETA)
615 Susana Ave, Redondo Beach, CA
310.892.1360
phil.maki@us.army.mil, phil.maki@maki-engineering.com
Dr. James O'Bryon
The O'Bryon Group
Bel Air, MD
443.528.2711
jamesobryon@obryongroup.com
Dr. David Pierson
Applied Physics Laboratory, John Hopkins University
11100 Johns Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD 20723-6099
443.778.1392
david.pierson@jhuapl.edu
Mr. Jack Roach
SAIC
12837 Valleywood Dr, Woodbridge, VA 22192
571.432.1324
jack.roach.ctr@osd.mil
Mr. Richard Rushing
Arnold AFB
676 Second St, Arnold AFB, Tullahoma, TN 37389
931.454.5801
rick.rushing@arnold.af.mil
Mr. Steven Standley
AFRL
Eglin AFB, FL
standles@eglin.af.mil
Mr. Donald Stevenson
Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne
Canoga Park, CA
818.586.2907
donald.stevenson@pwr.utc.com
Dr. James Walker
Southwest Research Institute, Mechanical and Materials Engr Div
6220 Culebra Rd, San Antonio, TX 78238
210.522.2051
james.walker@swri.org
Mr. Jay Willis
BAE Systems
310 Voyager Way, Huntsville, AL 35806
256.890.8047, cell 256.509.9124, home 256.721.1186, fax 256.319.4047
jay.willis@baesystems.com, jay.willis@us.army.mil
WSETC MEMBERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES
TORGER ANDERSON
Principle Engineer
Institute for Defense Analyses
Mr. Anderson received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering in 1974 and spent 4 years in
the U.S. Navy as a Naval Flight Officer in carrier-borne aircraft. From 1979 through
2004 he worked with United Technologies Corporation at their Research Center, UTC
Fuel Cells and Pratt & Whitney developing technologies for propulsion and power
applications. This work included developing and applying laser-based diagnostics for gas
turbine and scramjet combustion, designing pulse detonation engine concepts and
developing methods for stability control for several gas turbine and augmenter
combustion systems. He has been awarded four patents for his work in these areas.
In 1992 he earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering for work to develop laser-based
methods for imaging density distributions in gaseous detonation waves. In 2003, Torg
moved to the Institute for Defense Analyses where he is a principal engineer overseeing
live fire testing to evaluate the vulnerability of new U.S. military aircraft systems for the
Department of Defense.
NASIT ARI
Lethality Test and Analysis Section Manager
ITT Corporation, Advanced Engineering & Sciences
Since 1989 Dr. Ari has supervised a group of analysts and experimentalists who support
USASMDC, MDA, MSIC, NSWC and DTRA Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)
programs with high fidelity simulations, test planning & fielding, flight test telemetry
operations, and design, fabrication & instrumentation of lethality test articles. He is
personally active in enhancing code capabilities for modeling hypervelocity impact
lethality, High Explosive (HE) initiation and hydro-structural response, as well as
development of specialized lethality instrumentation for ground and flight tests.
Hydrocode simulation work led by Dr. Ari includes, among others, formal pre-test
predictions for LFT&E programs (PAC-3, THAAD), lethality effectiveness assessments
of Miniature Kill Vehicle (MKV) interceptor designs, and numerous armor/anti-armor
programs. For MDA/SE he leads several Corporate Lethality Program tasks related to
WMD negation topics, such as, Bulk Chemical lethality, aerobreakup, and aerothermal
demise. Dr. Ari has also executed several large scale test programs relevant to assessment
of lethality phenomenology (e.g., Bulk Chemical In-Situ Kill, High Altitude Aerobreakup
Effects, Momentum vs. Energy Scaling of Intercept Damage, Emerging Threat High
Explosive Payloads).
Dr. Ari received his PhD in Continuum Mechanics from Princeton University. He is a
regular briefer at MDA (formerly BMDO) Annual Lethality Meetings and author of over
100 published reports related to Weapons Lethality effects. A member of the AIAA
Weapon System Effectiveness Technical Committee since 1995, he serves as the current
Chair.
JAMES ATWATER
Senior Scientist Consultant
ITT Corporation, Advanced Engineering & Sciences
Mr. Atwater has over 50 years of Missile, Missile Defense and Space Systems Research and
Development. He is a consultant to ITT Advanced Engineering and Sciences, Colorado Springs
and is Staff Engineer for FCS System Engineering at Control Point Corporation, Santa Barbara.
Previously, as Sr. Scientist and Technical Manager, Northrop Grumman Xontech, he supported
Boeing’s successful Lead System Integrator proposal, managed development lethality test
program planning, test range sensor analysis, and test & evaluation documentation. He chaired
NMD’s Kill Assessment Working Group, a forum to advise kinetic energy interceptor lethality
development for Missile Defense.
At ITT Corporation, Vandenberg AFB he supported the AF 30th SW Plans Office providing
DoD/contractor/test range interface for ballistic and space system programs. Earlier, as an AF
acquisition test team member, he supported over 15 AF/BMD program design reviews including
AF Satellite programs (BSTS, AWS, FEWS, ALARM, BE), Space Based Interceptor, ABL, and
the AF ASAT program. He was Associate Director, Combined Test Team, Strategic Defense
Initiative providing systems engineering & technical analysis support to AF Space and Missile
Systems. He has managed scientific studies for reentry vehicle signature data reporting including
discrimination, tracking, and observables characterization. He has led ICBM R&D flight test
analysis reporting based on telemetry, radar and optical data collections for Thor/Delta, Atlas,
Minuteman, Titan and Peacekeeper. In the early 1960’s, as rocket propulsion engineer for
Douglas Missiles and Space he maintained the Rocketdyne liaison office. Mr. Atwater served in
the US Army Signal Corps and received a Bachelor of Science, BSME from Cal Poly University,
San Luis Obispo, CA.
Mr. Atwater is an AIAA Emeritus Lifetime Member and Associate Fellow who joined the
American Rocket Society as a student in 1957. He is a WSE Technical Committee charter
member and a Vandenberg AIAA Section officer and Council member. Mr. Atwater is a WSE
TC past co-chair, Chair for the 2007 WSE Forum, Technical Chair for the 2005 WSE Forum, and
chaired several AIAA Missile Sciences Conference sessions. He has authored over 100 technical
reports and conference papers for AIAA, ITEA, and ADPA.
ALLISON CASH
Section Manager, Weapon Systems Effectiveness
ITT Corporation, Advanced Engineering & Sciences
Ms. Cash works for ITT as the manager for the Weapon Systems Effectiveness Section.
Section activities include the development of the MDA Core Lethality Model, the
Parametric Endo/Exoatmospheric Lethality Simulation (PEELS), independent
verification and validation (IV&V) of the Range Safety Modeling Toolkit (RSMT) and
CT-Analyst, and lethality analysis and modeling support for several missile programs.
She has been with ITT since 2002.
Ms. Cash received her Masters of Science degree in aerospace engineering and her
Bachelors of Science degree in aerospace engineering with a minor in mathematics from
Mississippi State University. She specialized in computational fluid dynamics, with
research including submarine propulsion, boundary layer theory for a rotating disk, and
supersonic wind tunnel nozzles. While in school, Ms. Cash interned for Lockheed Martin
Astronautics as a member of the Atlas V team. She has authored, co-authored and
presented many papers for technical conferences, such as the annual Missile Defense
Conference. Ms. Cash has served on the Board of Directors for the AL/MS Section of
the AIAA since 2002 in many capacities and has been elected Chairman of the Board for
2008-2009.
PETER E. DUNN
Senior Consultant, Structures Section
Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc.
Dr. Dunn received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics & Astronautics from MIT in 1992. He
worked at Applied Research Associates, Inc. through 2008, first as the group leader for
the Southwest Division's Computational Physics Group (SWD CPG) in Albuquerque,
New Mexico and later as the manager of the Advanced Technology Office (ATO) in San
Antonio, Texas. In 2009, Dr. Dunn joined BakerRisk where he works on blast design for
anti-terrorism/force protection (AT/FP) and on personnel vulnerability, including blast
traumatic brain injury (bTBI).
During his 15+ years as a government contractor, Dr. Dunn has been involved in
numerous R&D programs to develop tools for modeling weapons end effects. These
include erosion models for high-speed penetration through soil and concrete; detonation
and air blast propagation models of thermobaric explosives for trade-off studies of
conceptual fills; air blast propagation, fragment fly-out and ejecta fly-out for partially
buried ordnance; weapon effectiveness studies of the BLU-122; blast, thermal, debris,
fire and rubble effects of dirty nuke detonations in urban landscapes; and IED blast and
fragmentation effects against vehicles and personnel. Dr. Dunn has been a member of
AIAA since 1989.
JEFFREY S. ELDER
Vice President, Weapons Effectiveness
Miltec, a Ducommun Company
Mr. Elder graduated with honors from Murray State University in 1986, receiving a B.S.
in Engineering Physics. He graduated magna cum laude and received the award for
Outstanding Engineering Physics Senior. His professional career began in 1985 at
Kaman Sciences Corporation (now ITT AES) and continued through early 1999 when he
left to take a position with Miltec Corporation. During his 14 years at Kaman, Mr. Elder
was involved in numerous research and development and acquisition programs, including
HEDI, ERIS, PAC-3, THAAD, and GMD. Mr. Elder specializes in development of fastrunning endgame lethality codes. He received the manager of the year award in 1994
from the Tennessee chapter of the ADPA for development of a computer code called the
Parametric Endo/Exoatmopheric Lethality Simulation (PEELS). This code is still widely
used within the Missile Defense Agency for assessment of lethal effectiveness of kinetic
energy weapons engaging ballistic missiles.
Mr. Elder joined Miltec Corporation in early 1999 as a company director, and was
subsequently promoted to Vice President in 2001. He has worked numerous ground, air,
and space defense programs, including CKEM, LCI, ASVD, and Aegis BMD, and was
principle design engineer for the penetrator sub-system for the CKEM anti-armor
program. Mr. Elder manages a group of 12 engineers, specializing in lethality M&S,
T&E, first principles analysis, and product development. One major product
development is the KWEval software suite developed under contract to the Naval Surface
Warfare Center. The KWEval code is the standard endgame lethality effectiveness code
for the Navy Aegis BMD program.
Mr. Elder has been a member of AIAA since 1991 and is a charter member of the
Weapon System Effectiveness Technical Committee. He has authored 16 papers in
various conferences since 1994, two of which received best paper awards. He is
currently Vice President of Weapons Effectiveness at Miltec, a Ducommun Company,
and Chair of the AIAA Weapon System Effectiveness Technical Committee.
HARRY D. FAIR
Dr. Fair is an experienced laboratory director, program manager, and physicist who has
created, directed, and managed complex multi-disciplinary, technical efforts of national
importance. To focus the research and development of the enabling technologies for the
next generation of hypervelocity weapons, he established and is the Director of the
Institute for Advanced Technology at The University of Texas at Austin, the Army's
University Research Center in hypervelocity physics and electrodynamics.
Dr. Fair initiated the national program on Electromagnetic Propulsion and managed all
the U.S. research and development, including electromagnetic and electromechanical
pulsed power sources, accelerators, and components developed in the program. He
established and chairs the organizing committee of the biennial Symposia on
electromagnetic Launch Technology, whose IEEE proceedings provide the most
thorough review of the state of the art for all aspects of the critical electrodynamic
technologies. He initiated the Hypervelocity Impact Symposia and Society which
provides the current state of the art in this field. He established and directed the Joint
DARPA/Army/Marine Corps Armor/Anti-Armor Program Office (JPO) which managed
the major DoD program in armor/anti-armor technologies. He also initiated and directed
the Advanced Kinetic Energy Weapons Technology Program for the DoD Strategic
Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO), the Army Propulsion Program, and the Army
Program on Solid State Physics and chemistry of Explosives and Reactive Materials.
In addition to receiving the Secretary of the Army Fellowship (1974) and numerous other
awards and honors, the Fifteenth Annual Edison Award and Medal was presented to Dr.
Fair in 1982 from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He received his
B.S. in Physics from Indiana University and his M.S. in Chemical Physics and Ph.D. in
Solid State Physics from the University of Delaware.
GREGORY L. FERGUSON
Senior Engineer, Lethality Division
Miltec Missiles and Space
Dr. Ferguson has over 30 years of experience with 20 being in the defense sector, both as
a contractor and government employee. He currently is a Senior Engineer at Miltec where
he is the Lethality IPT on the ANNEX-E task (investigating HRAM and HEI) for the
Core Lethality Program and is also the Lethality IPT for Low Cost Interceptor
(LCI/MERLIN) program. He previously was the Lethality IPT on the successful Compact
Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM) anti-tank missile development program where he
developed a fast running first principal penetration code for evaluating concepts against
stacked target arrays and verified them through sled and light gas gun testing. Dr.
Ferguson has been the Principal Investigator on two Phase I lethality SBIRs, one on
Advance Discrimination Technologies (ADT) and one about Boost Phase Intercept (BPI).
The ADT effort has progressed into a Phase II effort.
Previous to this, Dr. Ferguson was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia
National Labs where he was the Project Lead on the design and development of generic
and site specific safe secure transport vehicles for the DoE. While at Sandia, he designed
test apparatus and conducted high speed spinner tests for W-88 components. Dr.
Ferguson also worked as a Research and Development, Test and Evaluation engineer at
the High Speed Sled Track and Guidance Test Divisions at Holloman Air Force Base,
NM. While there, he developed the first 3-D dynamic analysis simulation tool for
analyzing and designing coupled sleds traveling on rough rails which served as a
precursor to lethality sled testing. Additionally, he conducted Blast Interaction Tests on
Cruise Missiles and High Speed Centrifuge testing of MX guidance systems. Dr.
Ferguson has also been an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department
at the University of Alabama.
Dr. Ferguson is a Professional Engineer, registered in two states. He received his Ph.D.,
M.S., and B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from New Mexico State University.
He has over 40 publications to his credit and has been granted one patent with a second
approved.
SCOTT FISH
Dr. Fish received his MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
from MIT in 1984 and began work at the David Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center outside
D.C. During a period of 6 years there, he received a PhD in Mechanical Engineering
from the University of Maryland and conducted research in ship wake signature
reduction, torpedo launch dynamics, and propeller quieting analysis.
In 1990, Dr. Fish began work on integration of high power electric weapons aboard Navy
ships and developed a simulation method for quantifying the impacts of these pulsed
loads on the ship's electrical and propulsion systems. In 1993 Scott joined the University
of Texas, Institute for Advanced Technology where he leads the Technology Integration
Division and conducts research in electric weapon systems and ground vehicle mission
effectiveness. He has developed end-to-end models for electro-magnetic railgun system
performance, and POWERSIM a simulation of hybrid electric combat vehicle power
management and performance. He is a member of AIAA, ASME, and IEEE.
MILTON E. FRANKE
Dr. Franke is a member of the faculty at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT),
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, where he holds the academic rank of Professor in the
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He teaches and conducts research in the
areas of conventional weapons, propulsion, aerodynamics, fluid control, and heat
transfer. He has been at AFIT since 1959 and has authored or coauthored over 90
technical articles. He holds four patents.
Dr. Franke received his B.M.E degree from the University of Florida in 1952, his
M.S.M.E from the University of Minnesota in 1954, and his Ph.D. from The Ohio State
University in 1967. He was a project engineer on active duty and as a civilian with the
Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH from 1954 to 1957. His industrial experience
was at Westinghouse in 1952 and at Du Pont from 1957-1959. He served for 30 years
(including four years active duty) in the Air Force Reserve and retired as a colonel in
1982.
Dr. Franke is a Fellow of ASME International, an Associate Fellow of AIAA, and a
member of ASEE, ESA, ISA, NDIA, and ROA. Milt has held several international
offices in ASME and served on numerous international, national, and local committees,
including the AIAA Liquid Propulsion Technical Committee and the AIAA AirBreathing Propulsion Technical Committee.
CLARK S. INCE
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Mr. Ince received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado in
Boulder. He was in Air Force ROTC during his final two years in Boulder and went on
active duty shortly after graduation. He then attended the Air Force’s Navigator Training
and Electronic Warfare Officer Training schools and flew on B-52 aircrews for several
years.
He received a MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Davis
after leaving the service, emphasizing studies in electro-magnetic theory, microwave
systems, and signal processing. He maintained his interest in the field of Electronic
Warfare and pursued work in defense electronics after graduation. He worked for Signal
Science and Condor Systems on projects encompassing communication systems design,
signal analysis, radar system engineering, missile defense and emitter location.
Mr. Ince is now a systems engineer at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in
Sunnyvale, California. He works for the Chief Scientist of the THAAD and Missile
Defense Systems programs, developing advanced concepts for missile defense systems.
WILLIAM M. ISBELL
Consultant
Mr. Isbell is internationally recognized as a specialist in applications of shock wave
technologies to military and civilian needs. He is fortunate to have been a participant in
two of the great expansions of scientific endeavor in this field - the development of
missiles and of space exploration during the 1960s and the Strategic Defense Initiative
during the 1980s.
His technical experience includes: Systems Analysis - Technology assessments, facilities
evaluations, force sizing, system effectiveness, risk assessment; Kinetic Energy Weapon
Lethality - Lethality estimates of theater and strategic defensive weapon systems;
Hypervelocity penetration and damage of missiles, warheads, satellites, aircraft, and
armored vehicles; Design and evaluation of advanced and hypervelocity anti-tank
weapons; Directed and Nuclear Energy Lethality - Evaluation of response of materials
and structures to radiant energy deposition; Space Debris - Debris mitigation and
spacecraft shielding.
Additionally, he has organized and managed large, multi-disciplinary technical groups for
industry and the DoE. His career includes senior positions at ATA Associates, GRC
International, University of Texas Institute for Advanced Technologies, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, General Motors Corporation, and Stanford Research
Institute. He has authored over 150 publications and reports in fields of shock wave
physics, impact lethality, and system assessments, including a recently-published book,
Shock Waves: Measuring the Dynamic Response of Materials.
In addition to founding ATA Associates, a consulting and instrumentation development
company, Mr. Isbell is Founding President of the Electromagnetic Launcher Association,
has served on the Founding Board of Directors of the Hypervelocity Impact Society, is a
Senior Institute Fellow of the University of Texas, and is a Fellow of the Aeroballistic
Range Association. He is member of APS, AIAA, SPIE, and NDIA. His education
includes a Doctorate of Engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, and a B.A.
in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, where his proudest
accomplishment was as Drum Major of the University of California Marching Band, as
they routed the Stanford Band in the annual Big Game.
RICHARD H. KEITH
Applied Physics Laboratory
Mr. Keith received his BS in Physics from Auburn University in 1965 and MS in Physics
from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1974. He worked in the launch vehicle
guidance and navigation (G&N) system area for the Apollo and Skylab Programs at The
Boeing Company in Huntsville, Alabama (1965-1973). His work there included G&N
system pre-flight design assurance and post-flight performance evaluation, and
development of G&N schemes for abort and alternate missions.
Since 1973, he has worked at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
in Laurel, Maryland, in the areas of Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) and Ballistic Missile
Defense (BMD) test and evaluation (T&E). From 1973–1993, he performed readiness,
reliability, accuracy, and effectiveness assessments for submarine-launched ballistic
missile and reentry systems for the FBM Program.
From 1993–1998, he developed T&E program planning documents, developed T&E
methodologies, and performed effectiveness assessments for the BMD Program,
primarily for the Theater Missile Defense (TMD) Family of Systems (FoS). He had
responsibility for TMD FoS lethality assessments and participated in lethality community
working groups. Since 1998 he has been responsible for FBM Program strategic weapon
system level performance assessments. His work in this area includes evaluating strategic
weapon system performance during various operational and test programs, contributing
to the development of strategic weapon system annual planning factors (launch reliability
and reaction time), and performing special studies to determine the impact of personnel
on strategic weapon system performance and planning factors.
GRAHAM C. KILLOUGH
Department Manager, Tactical Systems & Simulation
ITT Corporation, Advanced Engineering & Sciences
Mr. Killough is currently the Tactical Systems and Simulation Department Manager for
ITT Corporation, Advanced Engineering and Sciences. He is also the Program Manager
for the Lethality Testing and Criteria Development (LTCD) contract with the US Army
Space and Missile Defense Command. Upon graduation from Auburn University with a
Bachelor’s of Aerospace Engineering in 1989, Mr. Killough began his career with KBM,
modeling numerous propulsion, guidance, and aerodynamic enhancements to PATRIOT
and other systems to evaluate overall changes in performance. In the ensuing years, he
developed lethality simulations and provided system effectiveness analyses for the
PATRIOT, THAAD, MEADS, Stinger, Arrow, and other programs. He has also
performed extensive collateral effects / consequence management analyses to evaluate
the comparative effectiveness of systems and lethal mechanisms in terms of ground
hazards.
Mr. Killough joined ITT Corporation in 2000 as the Project Manager for the development
of the Parametric Endo/Exoatmospheric Lethality Simulation (PEELS) and related fastrunning modeling and simulation activities. PEELS is the accredited engagement
lethality model for multiple US air and missile defense systems, and is also used by
selected US allies. In 2007, Mr. Killough worked with the Missile Defense Agency
(MDA) to develop strategic visions for Range Safety modeling and lethality
measurements integration into ground and flight test events. He assumed the position of
Program Manager for the Lethality Testing & Criteria Development contract in April
2007 and the position of Department Manager in October 2007. Mr. Killough has
authored, co-authored and presented several papers for technical conferences, such as the
annual Missile Defense Conference.
BRIAN L. KISER
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
Mr. Kiser has been employed at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
since September 1987 (then the Naval Surface Weapons Center). He completed his
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1991
and Masters of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University 2002. He joined the Aeromechanics Branch full time in 1991, and
worked on several STANDARD Missile variants, including the SM-2 Anti-air Warfare,
SM-2 Blk IVA and SM-3 Ballistic missile defense interceptors. His work focused on the
guidance, simulation, and performance analysis of the STANDARD missile system
integrated in the Aegis Weapon System. He has supported various weapon system
simulation efforts at NSWCDD including multiple six-DOF models and the Midcourse
Engineering Model variants. He served as the Standard Missile Blk IVA technical
engineer in the NAVSEA Navy Area TBMD Mission Office (PMS-451) in 1998.
Mr. Kiser began his current role in the Lethality and Weapon System Effectiveness in
2000. He has provided system level lethality analysis and manages the development of
lethality models for the Aegis Ballistic Missile Program. He is currently the task lead for
the Aegis BMD lethality program at NSWCDD. He manages a team of engineers
responsible for supporting the Aegis BMD flight test program through prediction,
analysis and software development from high fidelity to engineering models including
software development specific to each flight mission.
CLARENCE W. (WES) KITCHENS, JR
Technical Fellow
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Dr. Kitchens is Senior Advisor to the SAIC Program Manager’s Office for the Army’s
Future Combat Systems (FCS). He has a broad background in research and development
management and the application of science and technology to national security problems.
He previously served as Vice President for Weapons Systems Engineering at Hicks and
Associates (SAIC subsidiary) and as the Director/Chief Scientist of the DoD Weapon
Systems Technology Information Analysis Center, operated by the IIT Research Institute.
He has held government Senior Executive Service positions as DoD Director for
Weapons Technologies, Principal Deputy for Technology in the Army Materiel
Command, Director of the Army Benet Laboratories, Director of the Army Research
Laboratory Transition Office and Chief of the Terminal Ballistics Division, Ballistic
Research Laboratory. He received a B.S. and M.S. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University and a Ph.D from North Carolina State University, all in engineering
mechanics. He is a registered Professional Engineer. His current pro bono activities
include the SAIC Executive Science and Technology Council, AIAA Weapon Systems
Effectiveness Technical Committee and Director of Innisfree, Inc.
IRA KOHLBERG
As President of Kohlberg Associates, Inc., Dr. Kohlberg performs R&D studies for DoD
agencies and industrial clients. He is the author of over 160 technical publications and
conference papers principally in the areas of survivability of electronic and
communication systems, electromagnetic theory, fluid mechanics, shock waves, and
radar and acoustic detection systems. He is also and Adjunct Research Staff Member at
the Institute for Defense Analysis (IDA). At IDA he serves as the Technical Working
Group chairman for the Weapons Effects and Countermeasures section for the next
generation Militarily Critical Technologies List (MCTL); and is concurrently working on
re-entry shock physics and thermal radiation transport problems for the Theater Missile
Defense (TMD) program.
In recent years Dr. Kohlberg has served on several Blue Ribbon Panels for the Army. Dr.
Kohlberg has a Ph. D. in Physics from Boston University, an MS in Physics from the
University of Pittsburgh, and a BEE from the City University of New York.
CHARLES LAMAR
Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Mr. LaMar has over twenty years experience with High Energy Lasers. In addition, he
has over 2000 flying hours in U.S. Air Force combat aircraft and extensive experience in
military operational environments.
While at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory, he was responsible for the vulnerability and
instrumentation of targets for the Airborne Laser Laboratory (ALL), infrared missile
tracking analysis, and he directed the High Irradiance Test Series at HELSTF.
While at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, he designed missile tracking systems
including antennae pattern analysis and radome effects, accomplished infrared signature
and scene analysis to support weapon designs, optical system design, and laser system
design.
Mr. LaMar currently leads the U.S. Army High Energy Laser Lethality program and is
the recent chairman and current Army representative of the Joint Technology Office triservice Lethality working group. He has written over 40 professional papers and
publications in the field of High Energy Lasers.
CHARLES A. LIND
Chief, Office of Scientific Engagement and Science and Technology
Advisor to the Director
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO)
Dr. Charles Lind is the Division Chief for the Office of Scientific Engagement and the Science
and Technology (S&T) Advisor to the Director, JIEDDO. He is directly responsible for
facilitating S&T outreach and engagement with defense, national, and international S&T
communities and ensures JIEDDO scientists and engineers have access to sources of S&T to
accelerate counter-IED solutions. Dr. Lind also serves as the S&T Advisor to the Director
advising him on means and methods to develop technology solutions to defeat IEDs as a weapon
of strategic influence.
Prior to this position, Dr. Lind was the Deputy Chief, Technology and Requirements Integration
Division (TRID) where he directly supported the JIEDDO mission to defeat IEDs by identifying,
developing, and delivering counter-IED materiel and non-materiel solutions to the Warfighter.
Dr. Lind was directly responsible for the day-to-day operations of the division, managing 100
personnel and providing execution oversight of its $2.8 billion annual budget.
Previously, Dr. Lind served as the Deputy Chief, Campaign Director, and Technical Director of
the Missile Defense Agency’s Test Operations Division where he managed multiple testing
activities and was responsible for the Agency's $50M Integrated Measurements Program that
focused on the planning and execution of dedicated test events to further the understanding of
consequences of missile tests. As Technical Director, Dr. Lind was the Agency’s technical lead
on ground tests and flight tests and was responsible for the strategic technical direction of the
Agency’s test program. Dr. Lind also served as the Program Manager for the MDA Core
Lethality Models’ Program where he was responsible for the planning, budgeting, and
management of a $70M M&S program that supported the Ballistic Missile Defense System and
operational communities in the prediction of end-game lethality, kill assessment, debris, collateral
and ground effects, and consequences of intercepted and nominally deployed ballistic and cruise
missiles threats.
Other previous positions included: Aerospace Engineer for the Ballistic Missile Defense Branch
of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia; Post-Doctoral
Fellow and Aerospace Engineer for the Laboratory for Computational Physics and Fluid
Dynamics, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC; and Post-Doctoral Fellow and Visiting
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.
Dr. Lind received his doctorate in Aerospace Engineering in 1994 from the University of
Maryland. His professional awards include: Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for
Excellence; Department of Defense Joint Meritorious Unit Award; American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Alabama/Mississippi Section Professional of the Year;
Department of Defense M&S Award for Acquisition; Office of Naval Research Postdoctoral
Fellowship; Excellence in Technology Transfer Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium;
Civil Superior and Outstanding Performance Ratings; and Best Technical Paper, 20th Army
Science Conference.
Dr. Lind is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. He has published over 50 technical papers and
made over 200 technical presentations on wide range of topics, to include: shock interactions;
hypersonic aerodynamics; computational fluid dynamics; chemical/biological warfare; missile
defense; consequence management, and the modeling and testing of missile intercepts from
engagement to ground effects.
A member of the Defense Acquisition Corps, Dr. Lind is Level III certified in Program
Management (PM), Systems Planning, Research, Development and Engineering (SPRDE) and
Test and Evaluation (T&E). Dr. Lind is also a graduate of the Defense Systems Management
College.
DAVID LOOMIS
DNL Consulting
Mr. Loomis has nearly forty years experience in the Aerospace Industry. He started his
career at the Naval Ship Weapon Systems Engineering Station, Port Hueneme, CA and
for 11 years was responsible for testing the Navy’s suite of surface missile systems
including the Standard Missile family, surface launched Harpoon, CIWS (Phalanx),
Rolling Airframe Missile, 5 and 8” Guided Projectiles and the Vertical Launch System.
After a short stint in the solar energy business, he worked 15 years for Lockheed Martin
Astronautics, Denver, CO in a variety of technical assignments. One significant career
highlight was being assigned the Program Manager for the Zenith Star / Alpha Lamp
Integration (ALI) program. His team achieved several technology firsts including
development of uncooled optics for High Energy Lasers, design and fabrication of state
of the art bandwidth deformable mirror and fast steering mirror, successful application of
holographic optical elements on a 4 meter segmented primary mirror, development of the
largest PtSi area focal plane array. Prior to this assignment, he was the project engineer
on the Canister Launch Eject Test Program and led the Test Planning Analysis for the
Peacekeeper FTM 9 – 18 Flight Test Program.
As the General Manager, Schafer Corporation, Denver Operations, he was responsible for
the technical management, cost and schedule performance. During this 5 years period, he
contributed to significant growth in the SBL / THEL line of business and achieved in
excess of 10% per year growth in sales and profit. He explored several new lines of
business and established new markets in key areas for future growth.
In 2002, he formed DNL Consulting and is providing program management and technical
support to the High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office Lethality Technical Area
Working Group. He also provides technical support to the Directed Energy Professional
Society as the Technical Program Chair for the Directed Energy Systems Symposium. In
this capacity, he developed the technical program for five co-located technical
conferences. These conferences include: High Energy Laser Lethality, Directed Energy
Modeling and Simulation, High Energy Laser Beam Control, Employment of Directed
Energy Weapons and High Power Microwave Effects and Systems.
Mr. Loomis has been a member of AIAA since 2002 and is also a member of ADPA,
NSIA, DEPS, and Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society).
PHIL MAKI
Mr. Maki graduated from the University of Michigan in 1987, receiving a M.S. in
Aerospace Engineering. After graduation, he took a position with TRW (now Northrop
Grumman Space Technology) in Redondo Beach, CA, working in the control systems
department. He performed main body and appendage control system design, stability
analysis, and requirements allocation for numerous spacecraft programs for the
Department of Defense and NASA. Programs he supported included the Chandra X-Ray
telescope, and Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite, as well as many restricted
spacecraft programs. From 1999 to 2003 at Northrop, Mr. Maki supported the Tactical
High Energy Laser (THEL) program. He developed the Acquisition, Tracking and
Pointing control laws, built a verification simulation, participated in the beam director
I&T, and followed up as the lead of Pointer Tracker Subsystem during several years of
successful field testing of the device at White Sands Missile Range. THEL achieved a
first shootdown of a Katyusha rocket in 2000, and has since recorded dozens of kills,
including artillery shells and mortars, as well as rockets.
In 2003, Mr. Maki started his own consulting company (Maki Engineering) after 17 years
at Northrop/TRW. He supported controls and systems engineering work for several Los
Angeles area aerospace firms, and also began supporting the US Army Space and Missile
Defense Command, where his focus has been to serve as a technical advisor for the
Army’s High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator program, which is under
development and scheduled to begin tracking tests in 2010.
Mr. Maki is a lifetime member of AIAA and joined the Weapon System Effectiveness
Technical Committee in 2007. He has authored and presented papers in various Directed
Energy conferences since 2000, including the Directed Energy Professional Society as
well as AIAA.
JAMES F. O'BRYON
The O'Bryon Group
Mr. O'Bryon accepted the Senior Executive Service position of Assistant Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense, Live Fire Testing in November 1986, a position created in response
to an act of Congress. The legislation requires realistic Live Fire Testing be performed on
our major conventional weapons and an independent Live Fire Test Report be prepared
and submitted to the Congress before these systems enter full-rate production.
Since that time, he has also served within OSD as Deputy Director, Test and Evaluation;
as Director, Live Fire Testing and as Director, Weapon Systems Assessment. He is
currently serving at Deputy Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, a Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense position. Mr. O'Bryon reports to the Director, OT&E, the
Honorable Philip Coyle. Jim has more than 25 years of leadership experience in weapon
system technology and survivability, and has testified before the United States Congress
on several occasions regarding weapons acquisition and testing.
Born in Schenectady, NY, Jim O'Bryon received his undergraduate degree in
Mathematics. He also has graduate degrees from George Washington University in
Operations Research Management Science and from MIT through the Electrical
Engineering Department. Mr. O'Bryon's technical experience includes work in the
biophysics department at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, the Actuarial
Department at the home office of New York Life Insurance Company, the Ballistic
Research Laboratories, the Materiel Systems Analysis Activity at Aberdeen and, since
1986, for the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon.
He's the author of over 60 technical publications and owns several copyrights. His honors
include Who's Who in America, Outstanding Young Men in America, Sigma Xi,
recognition as a Distinguished Lecturer at the Defense Systems Management College,
and nominations to Who's Who in Government and Who's Who in Engineering. Mr.
O'Bryon is also a Fellow of the Center for Advanced Engineering Study at MIT and is
Chairman of the Test and Evaluation Division of the American Defense Preparedness
Association and National Security Industrial Association. Jim was raised in Schenectady,
NY and now lives in Bel Air, Maryland.
DAVE PIERSON
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Pierson is a member of the senior professional staff at Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). He was hired in 2004 by APL to perform accuracy
evaluation of the deployment and reentry phase of the Trident II missile system. In 2005
he was tasked to work on conventional weapon effects in support of Navy ballistic
missile programs. Since that time he has been involved in estimation of potential
lethality for proposed Conventional Prompt Global Strike Missile systems.
Dr. Pierson received his BS (1992) and MS (1994) in physics from the University of
Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL) and his Ph. D. in physics (2004) from North Carolina State
University (NCSU). While at UMSL, his research area was in the study of stochastic
resonance in physical and biological systems. The work involved using analog
computers to model how additive noise can enhance the signal-to-noise ratio in nonlinear
dynamical systems.
His Ph. D. research at NCSU studied how the time-reversal of backscattered acoustical
waves could potentially be used to detect buried objects in a shallow water environment.
While at NCSU, he worked on using principal component analysis to extract the
composition of polymer blends from X-ray spectra. He also used the same technique to
demonstrate seasonal dependency of coastal shorelines.
JACK L. ROACH
SAIC
Mr. Roach has 30 years of experience in the following areas: missile defense, space
surveillance, missile warning, missile crew operations, space and missile intelligence
collection, development and implementation of Emergency War Orders, battle staff,
nuclear positive control and coded switch programs, space launch, spacecraft command
and control, mission planning, operational concept development, project management,
requirements definition, system integration, test methodology development, test planning,
test conduct, system evaluation, configuration management, software development,
program advocacy, budgeting and programming, and Office of Secretary of Defense
(OSD) oversight of Space, Helicopter, and Ballistic Missile Defense programs.
Mr. Roach received his MS in business from University of Northern Colorado in 1979.
He received a BS in biology from Arizona State University in 1975. He was granted the
Air War College Outstanding Graduate (Seminar) in 1993 and is a certified acquisition
professional, level III.
STEVEN R. STANDLEY
Mr. Standley graduated from Mississippi State University (MSU) in 1991, receiving a
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering. His professional career began at the Engineering
Research Center located on the MSU campus where he was engaged in research and
development of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods and application of same.
His career continued with Lockheed Martin (LM) at the Stennis Space Center in
Mississippi. While working for LM Mr. Standley was involved in programs supporting
the Naval Surface Warfare Center and the Commercial Remote Sensing Project. Mr.
Standley transitioned his career to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida where he worked
under the TEAS contract supporting the Air Force Seek Eagle office. His duties
consisted of performing CFD analysis of various aircraft and weapon systems. In 2002
Mr. Standley moved to civil service working for the computational mechanics branch at
the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Currently, Mr. Standley is working with the
Lethality and Vulnerability Branch of AFRL where he is the manager of the Modular
Effectiveness and Vulnerability Analysis (MEVA) program.
Mr. Standley first joined AIAA in 1988. He has authored numerous papers and served on
the AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Technical Committee. While on this committee he
served on various sub-committees and culminated his association by serving as the
technical chair for the 46th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting January 2008. Currently
Mr. Standley is a member of the AIAA Weapon System Effectiveness Technical
Committee where he hopes to continue supporting the community.
DONALD STEVENSON
Mr. Stevenson is currently the Boeing Rocketdyne Chief Engineer for the Terminal High
Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program, responsible for the overall design,
development and test of the THAAD kill vehicle divert & attitude control system
(DACS) propulsion. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Systems Engineering
Deputy Team Leader for the Navy Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Kinetic Warhead Program.
He has held a number of positions on advanced development programs in the field of
hypervelocity weapon system design, including the Kinetic Energy Anti-Satellite kill
vehicle, Ground Based Interceptor kill vehicle and earlier Space Based Interceptor
experiments. In this capacity he led the development of a system lethality assessment
capability for the Kinetic Energy Weapon program office at Rockwell (prior to it
becoming Boeing North American). He has a background in propulsion system design at
Rocketdyne, having participated in the development of lightweight bi-propellant rocket
engines for Kinetic Energy Weapon and satellite propulsion systems as well as the design
of propulsion systems for maneuverable re-entry vehicles on up to nuclear thermal
rockets and low-cost liquid rocket boosters.
He received his Bachelor's Degree in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering from the
University of Washington and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from
Pepperdine University. He co-founded the AIAA Weapon System Effectiveness
Technical Committee with Dr. Herbert Leifer in 1995, served as technical chair of the
2001 Weapon System Effectiveness Forum, served as administrative chair of the 2003
Weapon System Effectiveness Forum, and is a Senior Member of the AIAA.
JAMES D. WALKER
Institute Scientist
Southwest Research Institute
Dr. Walker is an Institute Scientist at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio,
Texas, where he has worked for 20 years. SwRI is a non-profit engineering research
center, employing over 3200 people on an 1100 acre campus. He earned his B.S., M.A.
and Ph.D. (all in mathematics) from the University of Utah and his primary field today is
impact physics: he addresses the question of “How do projectiles go through armors?” He
has developed impact models for armors ranging from metals to ceramics, fabrics and
composites. He has won best paper, best poster, and best presentation awards. As part of
the space shuttle Columbia accident investigation, he authored the chapter “Impact
Modeling,” contained in Volume 2 of the Report of the Columbia Accident Investigation
Board (Appendix D.12). In October 2004 he was included in Popular Science’s third
annual “Brilliant 10” list: he was recognized for bringing rigor to the field of impact
physics and for his seminal work in impact modeling. He is the recipient of the ASME
2005 Holley Medal, awarded in “recognition of a great or unique act of an engineering
nature, which accomplishes a great and timely public benefit,” for his work in the
Columbia investigation. Dr. Walker has taught mathematics and mechanical engineering
at the graduate level at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is currently on the
AIAA Board of Directors representing the southwest United States (Region IV) and is a
past chairman of the Weapon System Effectiveness Technical Committee.
JAY WILLIS
Principal Engineer
BAE Systems
Mr. Willis retired from the U.S. Army in 1993, and has since been employed by
MEVATEC Corporation and BAE Systems in the fields of weapons effects analysis and
lethality testing. His Army assignments included Air Defense Artillery field duties in
Germany and Korea, and staff and research positions at the United States Military
Academy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Army Strategic Defense Command and
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. His expertise is in missile defense, directed
energy weapons, and chemical, biological and nuclear weapon effects. He is a graduate
of the United States Military Academy and the Air Force Institute of Technology. He
resides in Madison, Alabama.
WSETC-RELATED CONFERENCES
SHORT COURSES
Fundamentals of High-Velocity Impact and Applications
12-14 February 1996, Washington, D.C.
CONFERENCES
WSE TC Forums
First Biennial National Forum on Weapon System Effectiveness
Focus Topic: Test and Evaluation of Emerging Systems and Technologies
6-8 April 1999, Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Second Biennial National Forum on Weapon System Effectiveness
27-29 March 2001, Laurel, Maryland
Third Biennial National Forum on Weapon System Effectiveness
18-20 November 2003, Seal Beach, California
Fourth Biennial National Forum on Weapon System Effectiveness
18-20 October 2005, Austin, Texas
Fifth Biennial National Forum on Weapon System Effectiveness
16-18 October 2007, Huntsville, Alabama
Sixth Biennial National Forum on Weapon System Effectiveness
22-24 September 2009, Tucson, Arizona
Other Conferences
AIAA Missile Sciences Conference
WSETC Session
16-18 November 2008, Monterrey, CA