PROFILES IN INNOVATION


PEOPLE AND EVENTS HBCU PROFESSOR A CONTRIBUTOR TO NOBEL PRIZE S


tephen C. McGuire, the Southern University principal investigator to the LIGO Scientifi c Collaboration, received commendation as one of “the smart and dedicated scientists


and engineers who worked tirelessly over decades to make LIGO a reality” when the Nobel Committee recognized the LIGO discovery and its profound impact on the way we view the cosmos. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientifi c Collaboration is a group of 1,000 scientists who have joined together in the search for the elusive gravity waves predicted by Dr. Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity. “Southern University has been a member of the LIGO team since we were elected to membership in the LIGO Scientifi c Collaboration. Our contributions to LIGO science have focused on the development of superior optical materials for use in the core optics of the interferometers,” McGuire said. A Louisiana native, McGuire is a magna cum laude physics graduate of Southern University and A&M College. He received his M.S. degree in nuclear physics from the University of Rochester and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in nuclear science. McGuire shared the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientifi c Research given to Rainer Weiss, Kip S. Thorne, Barry C. Barish, and the LIGO Scientifi c Collaboration in June 2017. The Southern University physics professor has been working in the areas of optical materials


research and science education outreach since 1999. He serves as the Southern University principal investigator for the LIGO Scientifi c Collaboration and the director of the Southern University Advanced Optical Materials Laboratory located in James Hall on the Baton Rouge campus. S


ESSYE B. MILLER APPOINTED ACTING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER


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s. Essye B. Miller, a career member of the federal Senior Executive Service, was appointed by the Deputy Secretary of Defense as Acting Department of Defense Chief Information Offi cer


eff ective December 8, 2017. In this role, Miller is the primary adviser to the Secretary of Defense for information management, information technology, and information assurance as well as non-intelligence space systems, critical satellite communications, navigation and timing programs, spectrum, and telecommunications. Prior to joining the offi ce of the CIO in the defense department, Ms. Miller was the director of cybersecurity for the Army Chief Information Offi cer/G-6. She was also the Army’s senior information assurance offi cer and was responsible for the development, implementation, execution, and oversight of the Army’s Cybersecurity Program. Miller earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Tallageda College, a Master of Business Administration from Troy State University, and a Master of Strategic Studies from Air University in Montgomery, Alabama. She is a 2016 graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in national and international security studies. Additionally, she is an Acquisition Level III certifi ed executive in information technology. She is a member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. S


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