Former Fellows
Fellows whose Fellowships began in 2008:
Name: Daniel J. Almeida
Agency: Defense Manpower Data Center
Division: DMDC - West
School: California State University at Monterey Bay
Program of Study: B.S., Computer Science & Information Technology - Network & Security
Synopsis: Provide Tier One and Tier Two support and augment the Problem Management, Desktop, and Systems Security teams as required. Assist in completing helpdesk tickets, including password resets, computer casting and deployment, software audits, and various technical tasks.
Dates: Start: 02/2008 End: 08/2010
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Name: Reed Anderson
Agency: Defense Manpower Data Center
Division: DMDC - West
School: California State University at Monterey Bay
Program of Study: B.S., Information Technology & Communication Design
Synopsis: I am a member of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), which is tasked with effectively communicating to decision makers the impact of various standards on a national (NIST) and an international (ISO/IEC) level. My duties deal primarily with researching applicable emerging technologies and technical standards. I also work with the deliverables, which take various forms: guides, whitepapers, reports, briefs, and presentations. I act as a researcher, author, editor, technical writer and/or desktop publisher throughout these projects.
Publications:
DoD (October, 2009). Web Card Brief. Presentation to Senior Management.
DoD (October, 2009). DoD Implementation Guide for CAC PIV End-Point v2.0.
DoD (July, 2009). Global Platform: Networked Framework v0.91 Review. Presentation.
DoD (June, 2009). Web Card Project. Presentation.
Smart Card Alliance (March, 2009). Recommendation on the Credential Numbering Scheme for the FIPS 201 PIV Card Global Unique Identifier. Whitepaper.
DoD (November, 2008). DoD Cryptographic Migration Team Report Step 2 - End Entity with RSA 2048 and SHA-1 Signatures.
DoD (September, 2008). Web Card Brief. Presentation.
DoD (September, 2008). Web Card Whitepaper.
DoD (July, 2008). DoD Implementation Guide for CAC PIV End-Point.
Dates: Start: 05/2008 End: 05/2010
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Name: Nashla N. Barakat
Agency: Defense Manpower Data Center
Division: DMDC - West
School: California State University at Monterey Bay
Program of Study: B.S., Environmental Science Technology & Policy
Synopsis: My duties at DMDC are to work with the Contractor Verification System (CVS) providing support for customer trouble tickets, and creating reports on statistics for the CTIS team. I will be required to use tools I learned in school and through training to troubleshoot tickets. Such tools include applying several DMDC applications, DMDC Tools and SQL Unicenter, and having an understanding of databases and standard query language.
Dates: Start: 11/2008 End: 05/2010
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Name: Ahmadullah Bassal
Agency: Defense Manpower Data Center
Division: DMDC - West
School: California State University at Monterey Bay
Program of Study: B.S., Computer Science & Information Technology
Synopsis: I work in Problem Management, but I also help out the Desktop team. My duties are to assist in completing helpdesk tickets, prepare PCs for new incoming employees, install software on machines, and various other technical tasks.
Dates: Start: 11/2008 End: 07/2010
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Name: Eugene V. Beckley Jr.
Agency: Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
Division: Quality of Life Office
School: The George Washington University
Program of Study: B.A., Political Science; Minor, Economics
Synopsis: Within the Military Community and Family Policy Office, I assist with and conduct research pertaining to the Personal Finance and Transition policy under this section’s director. I assist the Director in creating a curriculum for training Personal Financial Managers and Counselors in Financial Literacy on a wide range of personal finance topics that impact the Financial Readiness and Mission Readiness of DoD Personnel. I gather information on Financial Literacy partners of the DoD that assist in the Military Saves campaign and provide insight on new DoD Directives that pertain to financial readiness.
Dates: Start: 06/2008 End: 05/2009
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Name: Amanda J. Bernardo
Agency: National Defense University
Division: Information Resources Management College
School: American University
Program of Study: B.A., International Studies
Synopsis: As part of the Information Resources Management College's outreach efforts, I am investigating the procurement of international students through foreign military sales. Using this research, I am composing a standard operations procedure for international student enrollment for the College's Office of the Registrar, as well as creating outreach publications to be distributed to foreign embassies here in the D.C. area.
Dates: Start: 01/2008 End: 12/2008
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Name: Carleton S. Boyer
Agency: Defense Manpower Data Center
Division: DMDC - West
School: California State University at Monterey Bay
Program of Study: B.S., Mathematics
Synopsis: As a member of the Education Benefit team within the Data, Analysis, and Programs Division at DMDC West, my tasks include the execution of various types of data analysis for each of the service branches. In general, my role is to aid in verification of the Standard Operating Procedures for the various education programs associated with each of our Reserve and Active Duty Service Members. Specifically, my focus is on the Montgomery G.I. Bill, Chapter 30 "Active Duty" education benefit. My assistance provides an integral piece towards improvement in reporting capabilities for this program.
Publications:
"Education Benefit Reports in Cognos (Project Charter and Functional Specifications)." Portion of the IDS Redesign Project led by Maureen Ross.
Dates: Start: 09/2008 End: 08/2010
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Name: Robyn L. Bradford
Agency: Air Force Research Laboratory/Human Effectiveness Directorate
Division: Warfighter Interface Division
School: Central State University
Program of Study: B.S., Manufacturing Engineering
Synopsis: Research Topic: Network Science - An Analysis of Network Performance and Vulnerability Based on the Tenets of Information Theory and Genetic Algorithms
Network science is an interdisciplinary field that encompasses interest from social, behavioral and information scientists, engineers, biologists and mathematicians to the US military. Networks that are of concern to the military are communication systems that connect US forces and adversarial communication structures. Other networks include people working in complex military scenarios, power grids, medical logistics, food and water supplies, and numerous other distributed systems involving people and resources.
The research conducted by the WPAFB Computational Intelligence Lab focused on how to analyze performance, determine robustness, vulnerability and failure for two types of complex networks: randomly distributed networks and scale-free networks. A series of mathematical and computer-based models were developed based on the principles of genetic algorithms and information theory. Separate programs for optimization via maximization and minimization were run to gather data on mutual information flow and cut-set flow through various nodes of the network. The optimization model was used to assess the maximum amount of mutual information, or the highest flow conditions in the network. The converse condition, the minimal flow representation was also obtained to establish degradation and congestion. Knowing the maximum and minimum flow conditions allowed for the calculation of sensitivity of a node (or group of nodes to attack). With this procedure, key areas of the network could be identified which were critical to performance. Commanders and other decision makers could then have an ideal of their network’s vulnerabilities and allocate their resources to better protect against network intrusion.
Publications:
Bradford, R.L. (2009). An investigation to determine a procedure for the reliable crystallization of proteins. Proceedings of the Ohio Space Grant Consortium Student Research Symposium, 17th Annual Meeting.
Bradford, R.L. (2009). An investigation to determine a procedure for the reliable crystallization of proteins. Proceedings of the Ohio Board of Regents Statewide Student Research Conference, 17th Annual Meeting.
Bradford, R.L. (2008). The production of the vertical fin and horizontal supports for commercial aircraft. Proceedings of the National Nuclear Security Administration Undergraduate Internship/Research Review hosted by Central State University, Wilberforce, OH.
Dates: Start: 01/2008 End: 12/2009
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Name: Amy M. Campbell
Agency: Defense Manpower Data Center
Division: DMDC - East
School: The Catholic University of America
Program of Study: M.A., Psychology (General)
Synopsis: At DMDC, my primary responsibilities include quality control checks and data entry. I review and edit briefing plans and tab plans for surveys that assess equal opportunity issues as well as attitudes of spouses of Active Duty and Reserve Component members. I also assist in the compilation and proofing of codebooks, which describe how a survey is created. My most recent task involves using SAS to create original recodes of variables to be used in data analysis.
Dates: Start: 09/2008 End: 08/2010
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Name: Alicia B. Castle
Agency: Air Force Research Laboratory/Human Effectiveness Directorate
Division: Biosciences & Performance Division
School: Wright State University
Program of Study: M.S., Pharmacology & Toxicology
Synopsis: Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) have a variety of applications due to their high extinction coefficient and surface plasmon resonance. By manipulating the surface and the core-shell structure of Ag NPs, different functionalities can be engineered to explore the molecular behaviors in living cells. My current study will investigate if Ag NPs anchored to different types of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) show biocompatibility.
I will also be working on modulating the immune system using magnetic nanomaterials. Natural killer cells have been shown to decrease when the warfighter is sleep deprived. Magnetic nanomaterials could be used to increase the natural killer cells helping the warfighter fight off viruses. After toxicity testing is complete, the next step will be to biofunctionalize the magnetic nanomaterials with various cytokines to stimulate the natural killer cells and thus reverse sleep deprivation.
Publications:
Alicia B. Castle, Edgar E. Garcia-Espino, Cesar Nieto-Delgado, Humberto Terrones, Mauricio Terrones, Saber Hussain. In-vitro Biocompatibility of Silver Nanoparticles Anchored on Multi-Walled Carbon nanotubes. Ohio Valley Society of Toxicology, Columbus, OH, August 2008.
Dates: Start: 01/2008 End: 06/2009
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