Best Paper Awards

Paul A. Siple Memorial Award

Biomedical Technologies
Pro-2-PAM: The First Therapeutic Drug for Reactivation of Organophosphate-inhibited Central (Brain) and Peripheral Cholinesterases
Richard K. Gordon, Amy J. Campbell, Madhusoodana P. Nambiar, Roberta R. Owens and Ruthie H. Ratcliffe, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; James C. DeMar, Angela R. Davis, Latoya A. Hyson, Farhat A. Khan, Elizabeth Marek, Marie A. Medynets, Samuel A. Oguntayo and Sonia G. Thangavelu, The Geneva Foundation; Haim Leader, The Weizmann Institute

Bronze Award (2nd Place)

Nanotechnology
Observation of Unidirectional Current Rectification and AC-to-DC Power Conversion by As-grown Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Transistors
Govind Mallick, Mark Griep, Samuel Hirsch and Shashi P. Karna, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Sarah Lastella, Sangeeta Sahoo and Pulickel M. Ajayan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Bronze Award (3rd Place)

Force Protection/Survivability
Biomechanical and Biochemical Cellular Response Due to Shock Waves
James Barthel, Samidha Konkar, Georgy Sankin, Pei Zhong, Stefan Zauscher, Eric Darling and Farshid Guilak, Duke University; Chian-Fong Yen and Bryan Cheeseman, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; Bruce LaMattina, U.S. Army Research Office

Advanced Modeling and Simulation
Cooperation in Social Networks: Communication, Trust and Selflessness
David C. Arney, U.S. Army Research Office; Elisha Peterson, United States Military Academy

Best Papers

Sensors and Information Processing
Generalized Adaptive Radar Signal Processing
Paul D. Mountcastle and Charles J. Morgan, Technology Service Corporation; Nathan A. Goodman, University of Arizona

Information Technology/C4ISR
Power Allocation Tradeoffs in Multicarrier Authentication Systems
P. L. Yu and J. S. Baras, University of Maryland; B. M. Sadler, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Advanced High Performance Computing in Physical Sciences and Engineering
Scalable Computing of the Mesh Size Effect on Modeling Damage Mechanics in Woven Armor Composites
R. Valisetty, U.S. Army Research Laboratory; A. M. Rajendran, U.S. Army Research Office; Y. Bahei-El-Din, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Lethality Technologies
Rarefaction Wave Gun Tank Main Armament Demonstrator
Eric Kathe, Kevin Miner and Robert Dillon, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center 

Autonomous/Unmanned Systems
Self-reconfigurable Robots for Adaptive and Multifunctional Tasks
Wei-Min Shen, University of Southern California/ISI Polymorphic Robotics Laboratory

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technology
Multifunctional Structural Composite Batteries for U.S. Army Applications
J. F. Snyder, D. M. Baechle, E. D. Wetzel and K. Xu, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Power and Energy
On the Ignition and Combustion Variances of Jet Propellant-8 and Diesel Fuel in Military Diesel Engines
Peter Schihl and Laura Hoogterp, U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Immersive Technology
Cultural Awareness and Negotiation Skills Training: Evaluation of a Prototype Semi-immersive System
Paula J. Durlach, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences; Timothy G. Wansbury, U.S. Army Simulation and Training Technology Center; Jeffery G. Wilkinson, MYMIC, LLC

Behavioral Sciences and Human Performance
Network Science and Crowd Behavior Metrics
Elizabeth Mezzacappa, Gordon Cooke and Kenneth Yagrich, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center 

Biotechnology
A Pyrophosphate Based Energy Generating Module
James P. Chambers, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jennifer Sekowski and James J. Valdes, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command

Microelectronics and Photonics Technologies
Design of Metamaterial Antennas for Low and High Operational Frequency
Habiba Hafdallah Ouslimani, Lu Yang Zhou, Cuong Tran and Alain Priou, University Paris-Ouest La Defense; Olivier Maas, Thales Air Systems; Hervé Teillet and Jean Yves Daden, Thales Communications

Environmental and Engineering Geosciences
Physics of Particle Entrainment Under the Influence of an Impinging Jet
Robert Haehnel, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center; W. Brian Dade, Dartmouth College

Physical/Engineering Processes: Theory and Analytical Modeling
Time Shifting Chaotic Signals Using Synchronization
Jonathan N. Blakely and Ned J. Corron, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center