Navy scientist selected for ONR’s Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Science

Photo By John Williams | 181104-N-PO203-0194 ARLINGTON, Va. (Nov. 5, 2018) Dr. Adi Bulsara makes some remarks after receiving the 2017 Fred E. Saalfeld Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Science during an honorary awards ceremony held at the Office of Naval Research. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)  

UNITED STATES

11.06.2018

Story by Patric Petrie 

Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific

SAN DIEGO —Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) is proud to announce Dr. Adi Bulsara has been selected by the Office of Naval Research for the Dr. Fred E. Saalfeld Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Science. Bulsara will be honored during a ceremony at the Office of Naval Research in Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 5, 2018.

Bulsara, the U.S. Navy 's Distinguished Scientist for Nonlinear Dynamics, is being honored for his contributions in the area of physics of nonlinear dynamic systems, stochastic resonance phenomenon and other noise-mediated cooperative phenomena.

In 1991, Bulsara and his collaborators postulated the importance of the “Stochastic Resonance” phenomenon in the processing of information by sensory neurons; this work was recognized by the prestigious journal Nature. His work in the physics of coupled arrays of nonlinear dynamic devices (e.g. neurons, superconducting quantum interference devices, and room temperature magnetometers) was featured on the cover of Physics Today in 1996 and led to his being awarded SSC Pacific’s highest recognition, the Lauritsen-Bennet Award for Excellence in Science. Currently, this work, along with other innovations from his group have led to a compact, cheap and very sensitive magnetometer that is being tested for a variety of land and sea applications

Bulsara was invited to serve as a visiting scientist with the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-Global in London during 2004-2006, and in Tokyo from 2008-2009. He has numerous academic collaborations regularly reviews, and serves as final publication authority of journal manuscripts; he also has 20 awarded patents, with five patents pending, and some 220 journal articles. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2004 and a member of the National Academy of Inventors in 2016.

Bulsara is the first member of SSC Pacific to receive this award.

For more information, please contact Patric Petrie in the SSC Pacific Public Affairs Office at [phone] or email [e-mail].
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• Date Taken: 11.06.2018
• Date Posted: 11.06.2018 16:37
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