Dan Powers

Experience

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  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Feb 2009 - now

  Responsible for leading, supervising and mentoring a 76-member civilian/military/contractor research team consisting of 15 scientific, engineering, and medical AF specialties. Manages a high-visibility $24.5M program of S&T research projects centered on the advanced detection, visualization, and exploitation of human-based measurements and signatures for remote human-focused intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance efforts. Defines and directs program policies, strategic planning, and long range technical objectives. Manages and distributes financial and human resources. Establishes requirements from users and program offices to facilitate transition of technology to AF customers. Plans coordinates and advocates Branch efforts within the USAF and externally to other Government and private sector organizations, nationally and internationally. Serves as technical expert for special projects or case studies. Show less Led, supervised, and mentored (11) scientists and engineers in the Thermal Materials and Sciences Branch. Applied knowledge of rigorous scientific methods of applied research, exploratory, advanced development technology transition as they relate to the principles, techniques and practices of material & process engineering in thermal sciences and materials. As Program Manager for the Nano-modified Carbon Fiber program, responsible for planning, designing, developing, and implementing the program within the branch to ensure research activities are properly scoped and prioritized. Contributed technical support and defined solutions to technical problems. As the Project Engineer, provided contract technical direction to three separate on-site support contracts of significant size (~$50M each) and complexity. Show less

  • Chief, Human Signatures Branch

    Oct 2011 - now

  • Chief, Counterproliferation Branch

    Apr 2010 - Oct 2011

  • Chief, Thermal Materials & Sciences Section

    Feb 2009 - Apr 2010