The 2009 Winner is Mr. Robert M. Bader

Mr. Bader retired from the Flight Dynamics Directorate, Wright Laboratory (now the Air Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory), in 1993 where he served as the Chief of the Structures Division.  He was responsible for the planning and execution of the basic research, exploratory development and advanced development programs.  Prior to that assignment he was the Assistant Chief and the Assistant for Research and Technology in the Structures Division.
 
From 1965 to 1978 Bob served as the Chief of the Structural Integrity Branch, Chief of the Design and Analysis Branch and Technical Manager of the Analysis Group.  During 1975 -1976 he was assigned to the F-4 System Program Office and served as the USAF Team Chief, co-located to the McDonnell Aircraft Company, St. Louis, Missouri, for the F-4 Damage Tolerance and Life Extension Program.  In 1960 he was assigned to the
X-20 Dyna-Soar System Program Office and accomplished thermal analyses of the X-20 Glider and directed several hardware development programs.  He began employment with the USAF in the spring of 1959 as an Aeronautical Engineer in the Aircraft Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.  
 
From 1957 to 1959, he was employed at the Bettis Atomic Power Division, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as a Design Engineer.  He served in the US Navy from 1953 to 1957 in the engineering department of a destroyer and as an instructor in the Department of Marine Engineering of the US Naval Academy.  He is a Korean War veteran.
 
Since retirement in 1993, he has been employed as a consultant, and now volunteers in an Emeritus position in the Structures Division.
 
Mr. Bader has served, as the US National Delegate to the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue, as the National Leader of the Structures and Dynamics Panel of The Technical Cooperation Program, on numerous structural review teams/panels and technical/planning committees for national/international conferences.  He has authored several publications in the structural integrity area.  He is a Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Life Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the National Management Association.
 
Degrees:
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, The Ohio State University - 1953
Master of Science (Engineering Mechanics), The Ohio State University – 1969
 
Recognition:  
Plantema Memorial Lecturer, International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue - 1991 Distinguished Alumnus, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University - 1993
Outstanding Alumni Award, Department of Civil Engineering,  The Ohio State University – 1993
USAF Outstanding Civilian Service Award - 1993