Submitted by the NAVAIR R&E Fellows Administration Board

Rear Admiral Jeffrey Wieringa, NAVAIR Assistant Commander for Research & Engineering, has announced the selection of 41 NAVAIR Research & Engineering Associate Fellows.

The honorees are:

Cost Department (AIR-4.2)
Timothy E. Conley
Michael E. Popp

Aircraft & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Department (AIR-4.3)
John R. Bortz
Kenneth B. Workman
Richard L. Rogers
Marc Steinberg
Alfred G. Piranian

Propulsion & Power Systems Department (AIR-4.4)
Leonard G. Famiglietti
Darrell Grant
Robert L. Kiang
Charles R. Vining

Avionics Department (AIR-4.5)
David W. Schuck
Jon P. Davis
Oliver E. Allen
Chris W. Hicks
Mark E. Silbert
Leon E. Smith
Timothy E. Smith
Christian J. Utara
Mark A. Strayer

Weapons & Energetics Department (AIR-4.7)
Alice I. Atwood
Philip W. Bowen
John Huthmacher
George P. Dixon
Robert D. Pyke
Ronald E. Schultz

Support Equipment & Aircraft Launch & Recovery Equipment Department (AIR-4.8)
Robert B. McRae
Research & Engineering Sciences Department (AIR-4.9)
John T. Cammett
Eric D. Erickson
Frederick W. Heather
David M. Stricklin

Warfare Analysis Department (AIR-4.10)
Edwin W. Szymanski
Martin J. Guyotte

Integrated Systems Evaluation, Experimentation & Test Department (AIR-5.1)
Paul E. Conigliaro
Kelan D. Sisk
Kevin L. Nolan
John Krohn
Raymond F. Beach
Robert W. Stefano
Brion M. Picard
Mark L. Swierczek

The newest Associate Fellows will be inducted in late August during ceremonies at Patuxent River and China Lake. The East Coast ceremony will take place at the Patuxent River Officers’ Club Eastern Shore Room on August 23 at 2 p.m. The West Coast ceremony is set for the China Lake Michelson Laboratory Management Center on August 25 at 2 p.m.

The NAVAIR Research & Engineering Fellows Program, which was instituted in 2000, is a peer-oriented technical recognition program for the command’s most experienced and talented scientists and engineers who have made major contributions to Naval aviation. NAVAIR Associate Fellow is the program’s first tier of technical recognition, the second tier is NAVAIR Fellow, and the third and highest tier is NAVAIR Esteemed Fellow.

For more information on the NAVAIR R&E Fellows Program, contact Karen Jensen at 301-757-3255.