They will be honored at the AFRL Fellows induction ceremony and banquet October 21 at the USAF Museum here. They are also encouraged to advise the lab commander on substantial issues and will be called upon to represent the lab in significant endeavors in the national and scientific engineering communities.
Barker is a national expert in plasma physics, microwave generation and computational physics.
His counsel is often sought on matters related to stealth technology and high power microwave generation, and he has significantly advanced the use of particle in cell codes for numerical modeling of radio frequency, millimeter wave source generation, particle beams and diode design. Currently, he is advancing the field of tether electrodynamic technology. Crane is an internationally recognized expert in many forms of nondestructive evaluation and inspection. He also discovered pressure sensitive paints now used by British defense forces to detect damage to composite missile structures. Dimiduk is an internationally recognized expert in deformation mechanisms.