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New Employees

New Employees Vol. 23 

Several new employees joined the company in September, including our new Logistics Manager at RAF Mildenhall, UK. Meet him and all the new staff members on page 2.

Honors & Awards

  Honors & Awards Vol. 23

Group Impact Award presented to MAD Lab team (above) and more company awards; a clean sweep of 645 AESG Quarterly Awards; employment tenure milestones; and several academic achievements on page  4.  

Family News

 Family News Vol 23

The extended E&T family grew by one last month. Who is this little flower? Find out on page 6.  

Group News  

Group News Vol. 23 

Page 9: Riverside Research is pleased to welcome Ms. Heidi Schultz to the Board of Trustees. Read her bio here.   

Celebrations  

Celebrations Vol. 23 

This beautiful view of the Boston skyline was enjoyed by the BRO staff as they cruised the Boston Harbor during an outing in September. Read about their exciting excursion on page 10; see photos here.

Security Corner  

Security Corner Vol. 23  

Page 11: Lillian Penewit-Ross (above) helped Riverside Research achieve another Commendable security rating at the DRC, plus Annual Security Cleanout Week is established across the company.

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Mandatory Ethics Training Program is open until 7 Nov 2012. Get last minute tips and a 403b contribution reminder on page 12. 
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VOLUME 23 | OCTOBER 2012

Riverside Research News

 Juan Lopez Receives Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Award

DHO Award  

Juan Lopez Jr. (pictured above with his son, Joseph) proudly accepted the 2012 Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan Award on 12 October at an annual awards gala hosted by the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission in Downtown Columbus. He was nominated for this award by the Center for Cyberspace Research at the Air Force Institute of Technology where he serves as a Research Engineer. "It's great to be recognized for my work; however, being recognized as a member of a particular culture is even more important," said Juan. "I strongly believe that diversity encourages forward thinking and unity of purpose." Juan, our Senior Technical Expert in Critical Infrastructure Protection, was recently interviewed by CNN Money about ways to safeguard the power grid. Watch it here. Read more on our website and page A8 of WPAFB's Skywrighter
Shawn Kalis Joins USGIF Academic Advisory Board
Kalis USGIF

  
Shawn Kalis, Director of our Education and Training Directorate, was selected to join the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) Academic Advisory Board after meeting with Dr. Max Baber, USGIF Director of Academic Programs, at the 2012 GEOINT Symposium. "It's great to add Shawn's expertise to our very talented team," said Dr. Baber. Shawn was also selected to join the USGIF Tradecraft Development Subcommittee to help ensure the GEOINT tradecraft remains at the forefront of homeland and national security. Read more

 

Dr. Baber sat down with Scott Morgan of geointv to discuss USGIF's leading role in accrediting collegiate geospatial programs, the USGIF scholarship program, and the professional GEOINT analyst certification program. Watch the interview here

 

Other E&T News:

Riverside Research Helps Boy Scouts Earn Space Exploration Merit Badge

Test and Evaluation Center of Excellence Established at AFIT, Skywrighter, page A4

 

Riverside Research Takes Leading Role at GEOINT 2012

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For the 8th consecutive year, Riverside Research participated in the nation's premier annual intelligence event - the 2012 GEOINT Symposium. Hosted by USGIF, GEOINT 2012 brought more than 4,300 geospatial professionals to Disney World for four full days of insightful keynote addresses, panel discussions, and breakout sessions; invaluable networking opportunities; and a 100,000-sq ft exhibit hall lined with over  200 leading suppliers of geospatial technologies, all focused on "creating the innovation advantage." A total of 23 Riverside Research personnel attended this year's Symposium, including Chief Scientist John Morris who moderated one of the more popular breakout sessions of the week. Read more starting on page 7.

 

Click on the videos below to watch some highlights from GEOINT 2012, including John's standing-room only breakout session on Activity-Based Intelligence (top right).  
 
Opening Video  Welcome Reception  ABI Breakout  
Clapper Keynote  Long Keynote  More Videos    
  
CSE Lab Awarded 4-Year ProjNet™ Contract 

 

The Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Lab, one of our six interconnected research laboratories, was awarded a four-year, $7.3M contract by the National Institute of Building Sciences to develop, operate, maintain, and support a secure online application service known as ProjNet™. So what is ProjNet™? Find out here.    

Rick Bartell Published in Optical Engineering

Optical Engineering  

Rick Bartell, our Senior Technical Expert in optically-based remote sensing, was published in the October 2012 issue of Optical Engineering (Volume 51, Issue 10), a publication of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics. Co-authored with several former colleagues at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Center for Directed Energy, his paper entitled "Comparison of Coherent and Incoherent Laser Beam Combination for Tactical Engagements" is open access and is available in its entirety here. If you'd like to download a copy of the paper, click the "PDF" button to the right of the highlighted title. 

 

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