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turbulence models was used to predict
the flow features that caused the abrupt
wing stall of the F-18 at transonic
speeds for the Navy Research Lab,
matching the experimental stall angle
of attack to within less than one
degree. He supports the Air Force
Research Laboratory at Eglin Air Force
Base with his Mach 4 predictions of
flow over a supersonic projectile. His
models matched the USAFA
experimental and AFRL flight test data
to within 10%. He has brought in over
$80,000 of research funds to USAFA
and he is the system administrator for a
64 processor PC cluster which has
given USAFA the ability to run full
aircraft simulations in less than a day -
something previously only possible for
large aircraft companies. His efforts
have greatly increased the Air Force's
capabilities in accurately predicting
turbulent flows over aircraft, and he
has demonstrated this capability to the
academic and aerospace community.
He has worked with several cadets on
his research projects and has enriched
the students’ understanding of complex
computational modeling in the core
aeronautics course at USAFA.

Capt James R, Forsythe
Frank J. Seiler Research Award

The second winner of the Frank J.
Seiler Award for Research Excellence
was Dr. Michael J. Wilcox of the
Department of Biology. Dr. Wilcox
won the award for his study of an
“artificial eye" machine-vision system
to address serious shortfalls in image
processing timing and accuracy.

Scientists have long recognized that
animal vision systems can do many
things far better than machines. This
superior visual resolution, attained by
animals, is known as hyperacuity. By
learning how animals process
information, perhaps we can
implement the same approach using
machines.. Dr. Wilcox developed a
computer simulation that could achieve
hyperacuity using optical termination
employed by living photoreceptors and
the neural processing he learned from
intracellular recordings from the
common housefly compound eye.

Dr. Michael J. Wilcox,
Frank J. Seiler Research Award

Dr. Wilcox then designed,
manufactured, and tested the first opto-
electronic chip that processes visual
information similarly to insect retinas.
The discreet electronic circuitry
encodes high-resolution information
from a photo receptor array. The
parallel, analog nature of this circuitry
means that no central processing unit is
needed to process the information. His
silicon chip design performance
suggests hyperacuity and testing has
exceeded the housefly's own visual
performance. Dr. Wilcox's lab is the
only machine-vision research group
that has completed the cycle of
development from the basic aspects to
the real thing. Mounting _ this
technology on an autonomous tracking
vehicle will radically improve our
defensive missile capability. He is
currently funded by the Naval Air
Warfare Center. He continues to
include cadets in every aspect of this
work.

Lt Col Stephen Slate of the
Department of Economics and
Geography won the McDermott
Research Award for Research
Excellence for his work in
acquisition, defense, and information
economics. This award recognizes
the outstanding researcher in the
Humanities or Social Sciences
disciplines. The award includes a
$2500 research grant from the
McDermott Chair. The defense-
related research agenda Lt Col Slate
is pursuing covers many of the
economic problems faced by the
United States Armed Forces.

Lt Col Stephen Slate
McDermott Research Award

Lt Col Slate has brought his
substantial research expertise to bear
on the problems of alliance burden
sharing, research tournaments, and
information warfare. He has been
engaged in vital research designed to
improve our understanding of
contemporary problems in acquisition
and military strategy. The Defense
Systems Management College, the
Institute for National Security Studies,
and the Institute for Information
Technology Applications have funded
his work. He has also published his work
in economic analysis of contract law.

Dr. James M. Smith, the Director
of the Institute for National Security
Studies (INSS), won a McDermott
Research Award Honorable Mention.



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SPACECOM Squadron Commander’s
Course, Peterson AFB, CO,
9 November 2000.

Department of Management

FARQUHAR, J. T. “The Korean Air

War: The Communist View,” Banquet
Address, Undergraduate Pilot Training
Class 551 Reunion, Colorado Springs,

CO, 14 September 2000.

Publications:

BARKER, J. and Wright, B. "Assessing
Concertive Control in the Team
Environment." Journal of Occupational
and Organizational Psychology, Volume
73, Number 3, October 2000.

GREEN, S. and Hornyak, M. "Service
Learning at a Service Academy.”
Academic Exchange Quarterly, 4/4,
December 2000.

Presentations:

BARKER, J. "Organizational Culture on
the Edge of Chaos." University of
Colorado Boulder Management Dept.,
Boulder, CO, October 2000.

BARKER, J. "The Discipline of
Teamwork." Colorado State University
School of Business, Fort Collins, CO,
October 2000.

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Publications:

HADFIELD, S. "Testbank 2000."
October 2000.

HADFIELD, S. “USAFA Research
Tracking Ver 2.01." November 2000.

HADFIELD, S. "USAFA Research
Tracking Ver 2.0." November 2000.

HADFIELD, S. "OPS TEST Software
Version 2.3." December 2000.

HADFIELD, S. “USAFA Research
Tracking Ver 2.00.” November 2000.

Presentations:

BEVAN, C. and Gilchrist, R. "Cadet
Summer Research Program: A Lesson in
How Forecasting is Really Done."
INFORMS National Meeting, San
Antonio, TX, November 2000.

HADFIELD, S., Warner, B. and Chen, A..
“Navigating the Research Tracking
Database." CEE Workshop, USAFA, CO,
November 2000.

HERZINGER, K. "Numerical Semigroup
and Commutative Algebra.” University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, October
2000.

WARNER, B. "Continuous Improvement
in Cardiac Surgery Program." Probability
And Statistics Colloquium, Boulder, CO,

October 2000.

WARNER, B. and Revak, M. "Tactile
Statistics." CCTM Annual Conference,
Denver, Colorado, October 2000.

ZARYBNISKY, E. and R. Gilchrist.
“Supply and Maintenance Effects on the F-
16 Mission Capability Rates." INFORMS
National Meeting, San Antonio, TX,
November 2000.

Department of Philosophy
Publications:

BERTHA, C. and Nevin, H. "The
Domestic Role of the National Guard and
Reserves" prepared paper to present to the
2001 Joint Services Conference on
Professional Ethics, 2000.

HITTINGER, J.P. and Fuller, T.
Maritain's Reassessment of the Liberal
State" in volume.

HITTINGER, J.P. and Fuller, T. "The
Cooperation of Church and State:
Argument from the Unity of the Person,"
introduction and a chapter.

HITTINGER, J.P. "The Failure of
Modernism" a book review for the Review
of Metaphysics.

RHODES, W.H. “Professional Identity
and the Future of the Air Force:
Revitalizing Military Education” INSS
paper. Copy requested by DAL, 2000.

RHODES, W.H. and Kima, M.
“Reconciling Civilian and Military
Views on the Ethics of Nuclear
Deterrence” from Philosophy 311 paper,
2000.

Presentations:

RHODES, W.H. “On Choosing a
Character: Understanding Moral
Identity” Air Force Humanities Institute
presentation.

WETMORE, D.R. “Human Rights,
New Technology and the Just War
Tradition” prepared paper to present to
the 2001 Joint Services Conference on
Professional Ethics.

Conferences:

HITTINGER, J.P. Thomism at St John
Vienney Seminary, Denver CO, lecture.

FICARROTTA, J.C. Mountain-Plains
Philosophy Conference, Executive
Committee Member.

FICARROTTA, J.C. Program Director,
2001 Joint Services Conference on
Professional Ethics; assembled annual
program for JSCOPE; manages the
JSCOPE website.

RHODES, W.H. “Empirical Research in
Moral Development and Military
Character Development Efforts” invited
Presenter at US Army War College’s
Anton Myrer Leadership Symposium
“Ethics and Strategic Leadership:
Concepts and Hard Choices,” 2000.

ROHDES, W.H. “Fostering
Commitment: Responsibility,
Experiential Learning, and Vividness”
prepared to present at the Institute on
College Student Values Conference,
2000.


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KRUPNICK, C.A. “The United States and
Europe Under the Next Administration.”
Election 2000: Decisions and
Consequences conference sponsored by
the Department of Political Science,
Baylor University, Waco, TX, 17-18
October 2000.

KRUPNICK, C.A. “The Kursk and
Nuclear Proliferation.” 28th Annual
International Conference sponsored by the
US Air Force Academy and the Colorado
Council of International Organization
(CCIO), US Air Force Academy, CO,

27 October 2000.

SMITH, J.M. “USAF Research in Arms
Control, Counterproliferation, Space
Policy, Environmental Security, and
Information Operations: Current Issues
and Trans-Atlantic Implications.” Science
and Technology Committee, NATO
Parliamentary Assembly, US Air Force
Academy, CO, 17 October 2000.

SMITH, J.M. “Non-Strategic Nuclear
Weapons and Arms Control: The Way
Ahead.” HQ USAF Conference on
Dealing with Non-Strategic Nuclear
Weapons, Airlie, VA, 2-3 November 2000.

SMITH, J.M. “Environmental Federalism
and the U.S. Military: The Decade
Ahead.” Environmental Challenges in the
Next Decade: Partners in Environmental
Technology Symposium, Washington DC,
28 November 2000.

Department of Aeronautics
Presentations:

MITCHELL, T. "Vortex Breakdown over
Slender Wings." NATO RTO AVT Task
Group #080 Minutes, Ankara, Turkey,
October 2000.

YECHOUT, T. and Chadsey, D. "AC-
130H Drag Reduction Flight Test
Program." Joint Flight Test Planning Mtg,
Edwards AFB, Edward AFB, CA,
November 2000.

YECHOUT, T. and Chadsey, D.
"Detailed Flight Test Plan for the AC-
130H Drag Reduction Program." AFSOC /
18th Flight

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Test Squadron and SPO, Hurlburt Field,
FL, December 2000.

Department of Astronautics
Presentations:

SELLERS, Jerry. “Spacecraft Systems
Integration: Theory and Practice in the
USAFA Small Satellite Program,” Core
Technologies for Space Systems, Colorado
Springs, CO, November 2000.

SELLERS, Jerry. “Operations Research in
Satellite System Design Panel Discussion,”
Core Technologies for Space Systems,
Colorado Springs, CO, November 2000.

Department Of Behavioral Science
Publications:

PRINGLE, HLL. Irwin, D.E., Kramer, A.F.
and Atchley, P. (in press). “The Role of
Attentional Breadth In Perceptual Change
Detection.” Psychonomic Bulletin &
Review.

SAMUELS, S. M. and Gibb, R. (in press).
“Self-Efficacy Assessment and
Generalization in Physical Education
Courses.” Journal of Applied Social
Psychology.

Presentations:

PRINGLE. H.L., Kramer, A.F. and Irwin,
D.E. (2000). “The Roles of Scene
Characteristics, Memory, and Attentional
Breadth on Scene Representation.”
Poster presented at Psycho-nomics , New
Orleans, LA, 16-19 November 2000.

PORTER, D.B. & Angelo, T.A. (2001).
“The Learning Organization as a Model for
Successful Self-Studies.” 2001: A
Collection of Papers on Self-Study and
Institutional Improvement. Chicago IL:
North Central Association of Colleges and
Schools Higher Learning Commission.

Proceedings:

PATREY, J., Cowden, A. and Burns, J.
“Data-driven Knowledge Engineering.”
Proceedings of the Interservice/Industry

Training, Simulation and Education
Conference, 2000.

PATREY, J., Reeves, L., Stanney, K.
and Breaux, R.B. “The Development of
Information Visualization Design
Guidelines.” Proceedings of the
Interservice/Industry Training, Simula-
tion and Education Conference, 2000.

Department of Biology
Publications:

HALE, D. and Eicher, E. "Meiotic
Behavior of the Sex Chromosomes in
XY Female an Hermaphroditic Mice of
the CS7BL/6J-Y POS Strain."
Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 90:160,
November 2000.

HALE, D., Unangst, E., Hall, Z. and
Hendrickson, J. "Use of chromosomal
markers for distinguishing Peromyscus
maniculatus and P. leucopus on the
USAFA reservation." Peromyscus
Newsletter, 30:14, October 2000.

HALL, D. and de Andrade, M. "A
Comparison of Genetic Software
Packages Available for Assessing
Linkage on Chromosome 5 Using a
Variance Components Approach."
Genetic Analysis Workshop 12
Proceedings, October 2000.

HALLORAN, M. and Bekoff, M.
“Home Range Use by Abert Squirrels: A
Comparative Analysis." Southwestern
Naturalist, 45:253-258, December 2000.

NOYD, R. "A Primer on Concept
Maps." Journal of Cooperation &
Collaboration in Teaching, 10(1):8-11,
November 2000.

NOYD, R. "Mycology Reference
Cards." American Phytopathological
Society Press, October 2000.

Presentations:

NOYD, R. "Overteaching: When is Less
Really More? " Front Range Community
College, Colorado Springs, CO, October
2000.



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Dr. Smith was nominated by the
34th Education Group. Dr. Smith has
published several papers on
Presidential prerogative and military
operations other than war, and national
security issues in a nuclear, biological,
and chemical warfare environment. He
has served as chair and discussant on
two research conference panels dealing
with current issues in military
operations and counterproliferation.
Due to his prior experience on military
service culture, he was invited by the
Air Staff to participate on the USAF
Chief of Staff's "Developing Aerospace
Leaders Initiative." As a consequence,
he has become an important
contributor to the initiative, presenting
at many meetings and CORONA
conferences on such varied topics as:
USAFA's contribution to Aerospace
Leadership, Developing Aerospace
Strategists, Culture Change and
Innovation in the USAF, Universal
Officer Competencies, and Designating
the Transitional Leader from Air to
Aerospace.

r. James M. Smith
Honorable Mention,
McDermott Research Award

The Institute for National Security
Studies (INSS) is located at the
Academy. Each year, they present the
Outstanding USAFA INSS Research
Award. Capt Stephen D. Kiser of the
Department of Political Science won
the award for his work addressing
environmental security. His paper
"Water: The Hydraulic Parameter of
Conflict in the Middle East and North

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Africa" was judged the best product,
and that having the most relevance to
USAF and national security policy, of
all submissions authored by a member
of the USAFA cadet wing, staff, or
faculty in 1999. The award includes a
research grant of $2000. This research
was published as the Institute for
National Security Studies Occasional
Paper Number 35 in September 2000.
The research addresses two case
studies of cross-border —_ water
contention as an illustration of how
critical natural resources issues can
contribute to instability and potential
conflict in today’s world. This work
has generated interest and recognition
both within government and within the
academic community.

Capt Stephen D. Kiser
Outstanding USAFA
INSS Research Award

Publications and
Presentations

Center for Character Development
Publications:

MALMSTROM, F. V., & West, J. E. “Study
evidence shows support for honor system.”
CheckPoints, September 2000.

MALMSTROM, F. V. “Seasonal affective
disorder.” Flying Safety, October 2000.

ROBBINS, T. L., Summers, T. P., Miller, J.
L. and Hendrix, W.H. (2000). “Using the
group value model to explain the role of non-
instrumental justice in distinguishing the

effects of distributive and procedural
justice.” Journal of Occupational and
Organizational Psychology, 73, 511-518.

34th Education Group
Publications:

KAROLICK, D.M., Whyte, M.M. and
Carey, D. “Field Dependent/Independent
and the Needs of Students in a Web-Based
Instructional Environment.” Proceedings
of ED-MEDIA 2000 World Conference on
Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia &
Telecommunications, Montreal Canada;
26 June — 1 July 2000.

SMITH, J. M. “Expeditionary Leaders,
CINCs, and Chairmen: Shaping USAF
Officers for Leadership Roles in the 21st
Century.” Aerospace Power Journal,
Winter 2000.

SMITH, J. M. “Aerospace Professionalism
Across the Academy: Focusing on
USAFA’s Four Products.” USAFA
Educator, Fall 2000.

Presentations:

ATKINSON, C.L and Krupnick, C.
“Slovakia and Changing Concepts of
Security in Europe.” INSS Research
Results Conference, US Air Force
Academy, CO, 13-14 November 2000.

BERRY, W. “IMET Civil-Military
Relations Seminar for Government,
Military, and NGO Representatives.” Port
Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 4-8
December 2000.

DONLEY, P.H. and Krupnick, C. “The
European Union and a Nuclear Security
and Defense Policy.” INSS Research
Results Conference, US Air Force
Academy, CO, 13-14 November 2000.

DROHAN, T.A. “The US-Japan Security
Relationship.” Annual International
Affairs Fellows Conference of the Council
on Foreign Relations, Council on Foreign
Relations, New York, 27 October 2000.

DROHAN, T.A. Panel chair, “East Asian
Security: Questions of States.” American
Political Science Association and
International Studies Association
Conference on Globalization and Security,
Loews Giorgio Hotel, Denver, CO, 10
November 2000.



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BONNER, T., "The Cars of Colorado.”
The Morris Gazette. September 2000.

BONNER, T., "English at the Air Force
Academy." The Literary Way
[newsletter] Fall 2000.

KING, R. “Border Crossings in the
Mexican American War.” The Legacy of
the Mexican and Spanish-American
Wars: Legal, Literary, and Historical
Perspectives. Eds. Gary Keller and
Cordelia Candelaria. Tempe AZ:
Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingtie, 2000.
63 - 85.

ANDERSON, D. “A Rumor of War: A
Conversation with Philip Caputo at 58.”
War, Literature & the Arts: An
International Journal of the Humanities
12.1 (interview, with the assistance of
Michael S. Neiberg and Thomas G.
Bowie, Jr.), Spring/Summer 2000.

ANDERSON, D. “Accident.” Weber
Studies 18.0, personal essay, Summer
2000.

ANDERSON, D., “The Peacock
Throne.” Columbia 33, fiction, Winter
2000.

ANDERSON, D. “Fire Road.” Short
Story (fiction). First Place, Society for
the Study of the Short Story.

ANDERSON, D. Contest; invited to
read winning story at the 6th Annual
International Conference on the Short
Story in English, University of lowa.

Department of Foreign Languages
Publications:
GUAJARDO, Y. and Keaton, R. "CD
ROM: Introduction to Japanese
Literature, Second Edition." July 2000.
GUAJARDO, Y. and Fukazawa, E.

"CD-ROM: Japanese Government &
Constitution." July 2000.

MUELLER, G. "Beyond the "Linguist":
Global Engagement Skills." Applied
Language Learning: Millennium Edition,
Volume 11 Number 1,

January 2000.

Presentations:

CANTON, R. "Culture in the
Classroom: Embracing the Culture of
Technology." Colorado Conference of
Foreign Language Teachers, Colorado
Springs, CO, February 2000.

CANTON, R. "PowerPoint for Course
Developmen/HTML uses." Arizona
Language Association, Tempe, AZ, June
2000.

GUAJARDO, Y. and CJLEAS'
Technology Development Committee.
"Communication & Networking - A
Statewide Effort to Connect Teachers."
CCFLT Spring Conference, Colorado
Springs, February 2000.

GUAJARDO, Y. and Canton, R..
"Language and Technology Workshop.”
Arizona Foreign Language Association,
Tempe, Arizona, June 2000.

GUAJARDO, Y. "Motivating Students
to Take the Initiative While Achieving
Professionalism & Accountability in
Their Projects." Faculty Development
Conference, Colorado Springs, June
2000.

GUAJARDO, Y. "Promoting Student
Professionalism - The Tangible Goals of
Foreign Language Learning." Colorado
Council of Foreign Language Teachers,
Colorado Springs, CO, February 2000.

GUAJARDO, Y. and Sutherland, R.
"Student-Teacher Collaboration in
Courseware Production." CCFLT Spring
Conference, Tucson, Arizona, June
2000.

HEALY, S. and Valentine, S. "Language
Learning Through Music and Video."
Colorado Conference of Foreign
Language Teachers, Colorado Springs,
CO, February 2000.

SMITH, N. "French Language and
Culture." Annual Conference for Second
Language Educators, Fairbanks, Alaska,
July 2000.

SUPINSKI, S. “Russian Language
Development and Maintenance at a
Distance: Methodology and
Technology.” Second Annual Language
Conference, Monterey, CA, August
2000.

SUTHERLAND, R. "Inexpensive
Production of Online Materials for
Distance Learning." Second Annual
Language Conference, Monterey, CA,
August 2000.

SUTHERLAND, R., Guajardo, Y. and
Brehm, A. "Joint Courseware
Production." Colorado Council of
Foreign Language Teachers, Colorado
Springs, CO, February 2000.

SUTHERLAND, R. and Guajardo, Y.
“Student-Teacher Collaboration in
Courseware Production." CALICO
Conference, Tucson, Arizona, June
2000.

Department of History
Publications:

FARQUHAR, J. T. “Richard I. Bong,”
“Thomas McGuire,” “Arthur
Coningham,” “Arthur Tedder,” “John
Slessor,” “Otto P. Weyland,” and
“Elwood ‘Pete’ Quesada,” Encyclopedia
of Air Power, Walter J. Boyne, ed.

FARQUHAR, J. T. “Offutt Air Force
Base,” Encyclopedia of the Midwest,
David C. Skaggs, ed.

Presentations:

FARQUHAR, J. T. “Foundations of Air
Power: A Look at the Origins of the US
Air Force, 17831918,” Military Order of
the World Wars Banquet, Colorado
Springs, CO, 27 October 2000.

FARQUHAR, J. T. “The Rogue Pilot: A
Leadership Case Study,” US



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USAFA Discovery is published quarterly by the faculty of the US Air Force Academy (USAFA). It contains reports on USAFA cadet and
faculty research, a complete list of current USAFA research points of contact, and a summary of recent awards and publications. All written
material contained within reflects the opinions of the authors and editors and does not necessarily reflect current US Air Force or USAFA policy.

The newly formed Solar Terrestrial Interactions Group
(STING) in the Department of Physics studies the physics of
space and upper atmospheric environments. Organized to be a
center of teaching and learning excellence in space
environmental science, the group’s activities fall into three
general categories: astronomy for characterizing the behavior of
stars like the Sun; space physics for characterizing solar-
terrestrial interactions; and small satellite support for developing
and integrating spacecraft payloads to investigate near-Earth
plasma and upper atmospheric phenomena. The group currently
supports the research efforts of 8 USAFA faculty members and 7
cadets.

The astronomy efforts, led by Dr. Derek Buzasi, focus on
studying the characteristics of cool, low-mass and variable stars.
Data used in these studies are collected through both space-based
and ground-based sensors such as the Wide-Field Infrared
Explorer (WIRE) satellite, the CHANDRA X-ray satellite, and
the 61-cm Cassegrain Telescope at the USAFA Observatory. In
addition, a number of hardware development efforts are
underway, including ultra-efficient filters and high-speed Charge-
Coupled Device (CCD) cameras. NASA provides a majority of
the funds for this effort.

The Space Weather efforts, supported by Dr. Delores Knipp,
Lt Col Geoff McHarg, Lt Col Francis Chun and Maj Ryan
Haaland, includé studies to understand _large-scale
electrodynamic response of the upper atmosphere to various
forcing mechanisms, which start in the solar wind and are
transferred to the upper atmosphere via various mechanisms
including the Aurora Borealis. Research efforts also include
investigating the effects and characteristics of upward directed
lightening, called Sprites, which can affect the upper atmosphere
from below. The National Science Foundation provides the bulk
of the funds for Space Weather.

The Small Satellite team builds and integrates instruments for
characterizing the behavior of upper atmospheric plasma and
near-earth plasmas. Dr. Lon Enloe, Dr. Linda Krause, and
Maj Ed Tomme lead this thrust. Various platforms are possible
for these instruments, the primary of which is the USAFA family
of FalconSat spacecraft. Other possible platforms used to
conduct investigations include high-altitude balloons, rocket
launches, and Space Shuttle and Space Station deployed
missions. Data collected from these instruments allow faculty
and cadets to investigate topics relevant to the Air Force. The
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) funds this

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Department of English and Fine Arts

Great Teaching Derives Naturally from Scholarly

Writing and Research

By Maj Brian Hanley
During an English Department gathering a couple of years ago, a
colleague made a point of asserting that—whatever the merits of
scholarly activity—perfecting one’s teaching skills must remain the
primary obligation of USAFA faculty members, the planted axiom of
his argument being that scholarship comes directly at the expense of
one’s proficiency as an academic instructor. What appeared to vex
my colleague’so was what he took to be the self-centeredness and
irrelevance of academic research. The faculty member gains in
reputation by accumulating publications in his narrow field of
interest, my friend had assumed, but surely the energy devoted to
research and writing would be much more profitably spent on lesson

preparation, curriculum development and review, and the like.

In this issue:

e Lead article: New Group Organizes within DFP to Support
Faculty and Cadet Research (page 1)

* Great Teaching Derives Naturally from Scholarly Writing and
Research (pages 1-2)

* Department Research News (page 2-3)

« Research Awards (pages 4-6)

¢ Publications and Presentations (pages 6-11)

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Aeronautics Dr. Aaron Byerley 3436__| Aaron.byeriey Physics Maj Carl Kutsche 3412 | Carl.kutsche
Astronautics Dr. Scott Dahlke 4462 _| Scott.dahlke Political Science Dr. Paul Bolt 2219 | Paul.bolt
Behavioral Sciences Dr. Kieth Carlson 2972 _| Kieth.carlson _
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Chemistry Or. John Wilkes 6005__|_John.wilkes Aeronautics Dr. Aaron Byerley 3436__| Aaron.byerley
Civil Engineering Lt Col Jim Pocock 3150 | James.pocock Aircraft Life Extension Lt Col Jim Greer 3618 | Jim.greer
Computer Science Maj Larry Merkle 7101 | Larry.merkle Human-Environmental Lt Co!:Rick Carrier 6016 | Rick.carrier
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USAFA Discovery #2000-04 (Oct-Dec 00)

RHODES, W.H. “The Ethics of
Casualties” conference sponsored by
USNA’s Center for the Study of
Professional Military Ethics, 2000.

Department of Physics
Publications:

OBRINGER, J. and Johnson, M. "Gene
Profiling of Cultured Human Retinal
Pigment Epitherial Cells after High
Energy, Ultrashort Pulse Laser Light
Exposure." Amer. Association for the
Advancement of Science, Vol 40 No 2,
November 2000.

Presentations:

KNIPP, D., Chun, F., Hairston, M. and
Ridley, A. "Auroral Zone Heating
Comparisons for September 1999."
Solar Terrestrial Energy Program,
Sapporo, Japan, October 2000.

KNIPP, D., Lin, C.H. and Emery, B.
“Tonospheric Electrodynamic Response
to the Solar Wind Void of 10-12 May
1999." Solar Terrestrial Energy
Program, Sapporo, Japan, October 2000.

KNIPP, D. "Is the Weather in Space
Frightful?"” Am. Inst. Of Astronautics
and Aeronautics, US Air Force
Academy, CO, October 2000.

KNIPP, D., Rich, F., Chun, F. and
Krause, L. "Upper Atmosphere Heat
Budget Over The Last Two Decades."
Solar Terrestrial Energy Program,
Sapporo, Japan, October 2000.

KRAUSE, L. and Knipp, D. "Impact of
the 2-5 May 1998 Geomagnetic Storm
Activity on the DSCS III B-7 Spacecraft
Frame Potential." Solar-Terrestrial
Energy Program Conference, Sapporo,
Japan, October 2000.

KRAUSE, L. and Knipp, D. "Impact of
the 2-5 May 1998 Geomagnetic Storm
Activity on the DSCS III B-7 Spacecraft
Frame Potential." Solar Terrestrial
Energy Program, Sapporo, Japan,
October 2000.

SCHOU, J. and Buzasi, D.
"Observations of P-Modes in Alpha
Cen." Helio and Asteroseismology at the
Dawn of the Mill, Tenerife, Spain,
October 2000.

Department of Political
Science

Publications:

ANDERSON, M. "Racial Politics in
Contemporary Brazil and Negotiating
National Identity." Nationalism and
Ethnic Politics, 6/3, October 2000.

MCCARTHY, J. "Achieving
Information Dominance." October 2000.

MCCARTHY, J. "Command and
Control for Air Force Operations."
October 2000.

MORRISON, J. "Religion and the
American Constitutional Experiment."
Journal of Legal Studiés, 10, October
2000.

PILCH, F. "Kosovo: How Myths and
Truths Started a War." Journal of Legal
Studies, 10, October 2000.

PILCH, F. "Refugees in an Age of
Genocide." Journal of Nationalism and
Ethnic Politics, 6/3, October 2000.

TALBOT, B. "Balancing in the
Balkans." Nationalism and Ethnic
Politics, 6/3, October 2000.

THOMAS, T. "Slumlords: Aerospace
Power in Urban Fights." DoD Urban
Operations Journal, online, October
2000.

Presentations:

BIDLACK, H. "Thomas Jefferson -
Alexander Hamilton Debate." University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
December 2000.

BOLT, P. "Taiwan-Mainland Economic
Cooperation: Ties that Bind?." U.S. And
Cross-Straits Relations, Champaign,

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Illinois, October 2000.HALL, G., J.
Cappello, and S. Lambert. "Triad 2025:
The Evolution of a New Strategic Force
Posture." INSS Research Results
Conference, Colorado Springs, CO,
November.2000.

KIZER, S. "Environmental Security:
Making the Case of the Intelligence
Community for Monitoring and
Assessment." INSS Research Results
Conference, Colorado Springs, CO,
November 2000.

MCCARTHY, J. "Computer Network
Operations - A New Mission Area."
Presentation to CINCSPACE, Colorado
Springs, CO, October 2000.

MCCARTHY, J. "Leveraging
Technology to Improve NATO's
Defense Capabilities." Eastern
Mediterranean Security Conference,
Washington, D.C., October 2000.

MCCARTHY, J. "The Moral
Implications of the Kosovo Operation."
The Sacred and the Sovereign, Chicago,
IL, October 2000.

MCLEOD, L. "From Military
Observation to Peacekeeping."
Conference on Globalization and
Security, Denver, CO, November 2000.

PILCH, F. "Rape as Genocide." A
Century of Killing, Vermillion, South
Dakota, October 2000.

ROBINSON, L. "The Electoral College
and the Disputed Presidential Elections."
SERTOMA Club, Colorado Springs,
CO, November 2000.

THOMAS, T. and Morrison, P. "Beneath
the Winds: US Security Interest in the
South China Sea." INSS Research
Results Conference, Colorado Springs,
CO, November 2000.

THOMAS, T. "Slumlords: Aerospace.
Power in Urban Fights." INSS Research
Results Conference, Colorado Springs,
CO, October 2000.



USAFA Discovery #2000-04 (Oct-Dec 00)

PALMER, L., Hall, D., Jacobs, K. and
Bosken, C. "Linkage Analysis of Single
regions." Genetics Analysis Workshop 12,
San Antonio TX, San Antonio, TX,
October 2000.

Department of Chemistry
Publications:

MORGAN, M., Amend, J. and Whitla, A.
"Inexpensive Digital Monitoring of Signals
from a Spectronic-20 Sprctrophotometer.”
Journal of Chemical Education, 77/2,
October 2000.

RACICOT, R. and Wilkes, J. "USAFA’s
Material Science Degree." Journal of
Materials Education, 21 November 2000.

Presentations:

C1C KADRI, O. and Wilcox M. "Surface
Tension Controls Capsule Thickness and
Collagen Orientation in Glaucoma Shunt
Devices” at the Rocky Mountain
Bioengineering Symposium, Copper
Mountain CO, April 2001.

HUMPHREY, I. "Isolation of Green
Fluorescent Protein Chromophore," Amer
Assn Coll & Univ briefing, United States
Air Force Academy, CO, October 2000.

WILKES, J. "Hydrogen Sources Review."
Hydrogen Sources Program Review, Ball

Aerospace & Technologies, Boulder, CO,
October 2000.

Directorate Of Education
Publications:

MILLIS, B. “Cooperative Learning: It’s
Here to Stay,” Teaching Excellence:
Toward the Best in the Academy, 12, no.
8, Professional and Organizational
Development (POD) Network in Higher
Education, ” 2000-2001.

TALBOT, B. "Balancing in the Balkans"
in the journal of Nationalism and Ethnic
Politics, and published book review, Fall
2000.

Conferences:

MILLIS, B. and Cottell, P. “Using
Cooperative Academic Games to
Enhance Learning,” Professional and
Organizational Development (POD)
Network in Higher Education Annual
Conference, Vancouver, Canada,
November, 2000.

MILLIS, B. and Davidson, N. “Using
Classroom Assessment and Other
Cooperative Techniques to Promote
Student Learning.” Professional and
Organizational Development (POD)
Network in Higher Education Annual
Conference, Vancouver, Canada,
November 2000.

MILLIS, B. and Cottell, P.
Preconference workshop, “Cooperative
Learning for Higher Education Faculty.”
20" Annual Lilly Teaching Conference,
Oxford, OH, November 2000.

MILLIS, B. “Responsive, Responsible
Peer Review: Colleagues Helping
Colleagues” 20th Annual Lilly Teaching
Conference, Oxford, OH, November
2000.

MILLIS, B. “Using Creative Games to
Further Learning and Assessment
Goals.” 20" Annual Lilly Teaching
Conference, Oxford, OH, November
2000.

TALBOT, B. "Globalism, Institutions,
And United States Leadership:
Prolonging The Unipolar Moment" at
the International Security Studies
Section Annual Conference, Fall 2000.

Conferences:

TALBOT, B. Panelist "U.S. Role ina
Changing World: Redefining Security
Priorities" at the Colorado Council of
International Organizations Annual
Conference, October 2000.

Department of Economics and
Geography

Publications:

HAVERLUK, T. “Identity
Construction and Chile Peppers in
Pueblo, Colorado,” article for
publication in The International
Journal of Food and Foodways.

Presentations:

RAPPAPORT, N. and Berndt, E.R.
“Price and Quality of Desktop and
Mobile Personal Computers: A
Quarter Century of History,” at the
National Bureau of Economic
Research Summer Institute 2000
session on Price, Output, and
Productivity Measurement, 2000.

Department of Electrical
Engineering

Publications:

N.E. ISLAM, E., Schoenberg, J.S.H.
and Joshi, R.P. "Compensation
Mechanisms and The Response of
High Resistivity GaAs
Photoconductive Switches During
High Power Applications." IEEE
Transactions on Plasma Science,
Volume 28, No. 5 October 2000.

Department of English and Fine
Arts

Publications:

HANLEY, J., “Samuel Johnson as
Book Reviewer. Newark, DE: Univ.
of Delaware Press 2000.

MEREDITH, J.H., “Understanding the
Literature of World War II.”
Greenwich, CT: Greenwood Press
2000.

BONNER, T., “Buffalo Gap, Texas.”
The Beat of the Forum . New Orleans:
Poetry Forum, 2000. p.99



USAFA Discovery

#2000-04 (Oct-Dec 00)

USAFA Research Awards

C1C Jennifer Renae Wiseman wins the Thomas D. Moore Award

The Thomas D. Moore Award is presented to the cadet se-
lected as having the most outstanding cadet summer research
project. The award is named in honor of Maj Thomas D. Moore
who taught at USAFA from 1961-1967. During that time he
served in the Department of Physics and Electrical Engineer-
ing, as well as the Directorate of Research and Development.
He had already received orders to return to school for a PhD in
computer science when he was killed in a plane crash in Viet-
nam. Mrs. Barbara Moore sponsors the award in memory of
her husband. All cadets participating in the Cadet Summer
Research Program (CSRP) are eligible for the award. A com-
mittee consisting of the CSRP director (Capt Dave Lawyer,
Department of Economics and Geography) and a representa-
tive from each of the four academic divisions (Basic Sciences,
Engineering, Humanities, and Social Sciences) selects the
award winner based on quality of research, publication poten-
tial, catalyst for further research, and impact on the sponsoring
organization’s mission. CIC Jennifer Renae Wiseman, from
Cadet Squadron 19, won the Thomas D. Moore Award for Cadet
Summer Research for her work at the Los Alamos National
Laboratory. C1C Wiseman’s work on numerical methods for
computational fluid dynamics will have a national impact on
modeling and simulation prediction of bomb blast patterns and
yields and airflow across aircraft wings. Many of the applica-
tions that will use her research are classified and are of na-
tional importance. The quality of her work is clearly reflected
in the invitations she and her mentor, Dr. Jerry Brock, received
to present their work at international conferences, to include

the 2000 Nuclear Explosives Code Development Conference
in California and the Conference on Computational Physics in
Queensland, Australia. In addition, she has coauthored two
publications with a third publication well into development.
CIC Wiseman is majoring in mathematics.

C1C Wiseman accepts the Thomas D. Moore Award
from the Dean of the Faculty,
Brigadier General David A. Wagie. To the right is
C1C Wiseman’s research mentor, Dr. Jerry Brock,
from Los Alamos National Laboratory.

USAFA Research Awards

The Dean of the Faculty, Brigadier
General David A. Wagie, recognized six
Academy members during the USAFA
Research Awards Ceremony held on
17 November 2000. One of these winners,
CIC Jennifer Renae Wiseman, is profiled
above. Colonel Jim Heald, the Vice
Commander of the Air Force Research
Laboratory (AFRL), was the guest speaker
for the event. This annual ceremony
recognizes the importance of research to the
Academy’s mission and serves as an
acknowledgement of the significant research

endeavors AFRL
organizations.

There were two winners of the Frank J.
Seiler Award for Research Excellence. The
award recognizes the outstanding researcher
conducting basic scientific research. Each
award includes a $2500 research grant from
the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
The first winner was Capt James R. Forsythe
of the Department of Aeronautics. Capt
Forsythe won the award for his
computational modeling of full aircraft at
high angles of attack experiencing massive

sponsored by

conducted by our faculty and cadets. Colonel Jim Heald, flow separation. The prediction of turbulent
Col Heald recognized the contribution of . flows, present for the vast majority of
USAFA researchers to the Air Force Vice Commander of the practical flows over aircraft, has been the
mission, and lauded the close ties USAFA Aur Force Research greatest challenge for those in the field
researchers have with the research Laboratory of computational modeling. One of his



USAFA Discovery #2000-04 (Oct-Dec 00)

Directorate of Education
Institute for National
Security Studies

On 17 October 2000, the Air
Force Institute for National
Security Studies (INSS) hosted
a visit from 14 European
members of Parliament who are
members of the NATO
Parliamentary Assembly
Science and Technology
Committee. This VIP
group visited Colorado Springs
in an effort to learn more about
US Defense Policy. Dr. James

Smith briefed the group on The NATO Parliamentary Assembly Science and Technology Committee

INSS research programs with
particular emphasis towards

stop for a group photo while en-route to dine with cadets

ongoing Arms Control, Counterproliferation and Space Policy research. Dr. Peg Halloran from the Institute for
Information Technology Application (IITA) shared IITA research highlights. After dining on the Mitchell Hall staff
tower with Lt General Dallager, the Parliamentarians visited Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base
in order to learn more about National Missile Defense and the shared Canadian-US Early Warning System. Mr. Frank
Cook, Vice President of the Assembly (and Member of Parliament, United Kingdom), commented that his group
was extremely impressed with the Academy and the quality and content of the briefings provided during the day.

Department of Aeronautics

F-16 at 45 degrees angle of attack,

45 degrees alpha

The Aeronautics Department in
conjunction with Kyle Squires of Arizona
State University, and the Air Force
Research Lab, Computational Sciences
Branch has been conducting research on
the numerical analysis of full aircraft with
massive separation (i.e. at high angles of
attack). This project is sponsored by
AFOSR, and was awarded "challenge"
status by the DoD High Performance
computing center (HPC), granting 800,000
cpu hours on massively parallel computers.
Using this capability, the unsteady flow
past an F16 at 45 degrees angle of attack
was predicted in only 12 hours by using
432 processors. In addition excellent
results have been obtained in predicting
forebody aerodynamics at high alpha, and
abrupt wing stall at transonic speeds. In
response to this encouraging work, HPC
has added 500,000 cpu hours to the project,
giving the Academy unprecedented
capabilities.



USAFA Discovery

Given the volume, range, and quality
of scholarly work that we in the USAFA
English Department produce, the idea
that academic research and writing are
somehow antagonistic to superior
teaching strikes me as a mildly eccentric
one. My own experience tells me that
scholarship not only improves teaching
but also advances an__officer’s
professional development and, in various

ways, adds something to USAFA’s
standing as a first-rate academic
institution.

The most consequential relationship
between research and teaching, as any
professor who has tried to get something
published in a peer-reviewed journal or
by a university press knows, is that the
author is placed in basically the same
position as his students: one tries to write
clearly and persuasively on what one
assumes is an interesting and important
subject. An offer of publication
endorses the quality of our work,
needless to say, but a rejection notice
accompanied by worthwhile criticism
from the reader is, as far as informing
one’s teaching is concerned, of equal
value. I recall, for instance, the reader’s
report attached to the first draft of my
book. I was told that the piece had much
to commend it, but that I hadn’t taken
full advantage of my research, nor did I
seem entirely aware of what the
academic marketplace was looking for at
the time. After three months of revision,
the manuscript was accepted.

Regularly submitting manuscripts
for publication encourages us to
approach course grading in a similar
way, that is, we should call attention
to praiseworthy habits of mind and
remember that errors are an
inevitable part of learning—even as
we recognize that supremacy in any
field of knowledge often takes a
lifetime to achieve. The ultimate
objective behind my approach to
grading—my evaluation cover sheet
contains two categories: “Meritorious
Aspects of the Paper” and “Areas
That Need Work”—is to help the
student become a more effective
writer rather than merely to tally
errors on any given paper, or to
emphasize not so much what a given
student knows but the extent to
which he falls short of an abstract

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course standard. When I haven’t
submitted anything for publication over
a period of a few months or so, I find
that I must fight the temptation to
measure my students as an exacting
pedagogue might: every mistake is
carefully noted and assigned its due
weight, thus giving the commentary on
even praiseworthy papers and exams an
admonitory cast. Writing for publication
recalls to my mind the immense
difficulty of understanding extremely
difficult subject matter, especially when
one is encountering the material for the
first time, and so encourages me to see
myself in the classroom as a coach, an
advisor, rather than as a bloodless pedant
who, from the point of view of his
students, takes unseemly pleasure in
demonstrating to them how much more I
know about the subject than they do. Put
it another way, scholarly activity forces
on me a sense of humility and a capacity
to sympathize with my students that does
not naturally flourish given the sort of
authority that teachers—at a service
academy in particular—are expected to
wield.

Scholarly achievement helps me in
the classroom in other ways. To begin
with, the promotion to associate
professor—dependent as it is on
scholarly achievement—allows teachers
to join the Faculty Forum. Faculty
Forum members serve on Academic
Review Committees and Cadet
Leadership Selection Boards; they are
also asked to work on ad hoc committees
that provide advice to the Dean on
crucial academic and administrative
matters. It scarcely needs mentioning
that activities of this kind inform the
judgment of teachers and course
directors in important ways. Of equal
significance is that a teacher who has
published material in his field
contributes his mite to the reputation of
the Air Force Academy—no small thing
when we bear in mind that our exalted
academic standing attracts the interest
of the intelligent young as they
consider whether to accept an
appointment to USAFA or, say,
Wabash College or MIT. Scholarly
achievement, then, allows instructors
to make crucial contributions to the
Academy’s mission. So my advice to
junior and senigr faculty alike is:

publish and encourage your subordinates
to publish or at least try to get
published—because nothing but good
can come of it.

Department Research News
Department of History

The Department of History remained busy
during Fall 2000, hosting the 19th Military
History Symposium on “The American Pris-
oner of War Experience” from 14-16 Novem-
ber. Headed by Dr. John Jennings, the Sym-
posium attracted national attention, and was
filmed in part by C-SPAN. Preparations for
and execution of the Symposium consumed
most DFH energies throughout the fall, but will
result in proceedings co-edited by Maj Ben
Jones and Captain Grant Weller to be published
in late 2001 or early 2002. Maj Jones deliv-
ered “The Moon is Down: The Jedburghs in
support of the French Resistance” to the North-
ern Great Plains History Conference, in
Mankato MN in late September. Captains
Grant Weller and Mark Witzel submitted
seven and three articles, respectively, to the
Encyclopedia of Airpower being edited by
Walter Boyne. Dr. Michael Neiberg co-
authored with DFENG’s Colonel Tom Bowie
and Dr. Donald Anderson “An Interview with
Philip Caputo” for the journal War, Litera-
ture and the Arts (WLA). Dr. Neiberg is work-
ing on several other forthcoming periodical
articles, four articles for History in Dispute:
World War I (edited by Dr. Dennis Showalter
of Colorado College, adjunct DFH instructor
and President of the Society for Military His-
tory), and a book review for WLA of Daniel
Hoffman’s Zone of the Interior. Dr. Jacob
Abadi’s “Constraints and Adjustments in
Greece’s Policy towards Israel” appeared in
the Fall 2000 issue of Mediterranean Quar-
terly; several other articles are pending publi-
cation. Dr. Jeanne Heidler’s 2700-page,
five-volume Encyclopedia of the American

ivil War: A Political, Social, and Milita:
History appeared in December to laudatory
reviews, a leading Civil War historian de-
scribing it as the new reference standard.
Lt Col John Shaw spoke to the USS
Carlisle’s reunion dinner on teaching mili-
tary history at USAFA, and participated in
discussions at Gettysburg College on “Why
the North won the Vietnam War.” His edit-
ing of the Harmon Memorial Lectures on
Military History reached the % mark, with
the series now posted on the DFH website
for scholars’ use worldwide.