RVRS member recognized for his outstanding efforts at his "day job"

RVRS Senior Member Greg Askew recently received the 2008 SAFE Award for Individual Achievement at the 46th Annual SAFE Symposium held in Reno, Nevada. Greg received this prestigious award for his outstanding contributions in the field of life support, which he performs in his job at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Human Systems Department (AIR 4.6) at Patuxent River, Maryland. Greg was recognized for his work in developing a personal microclimate conditioning system, which provides either cooled or heated air at the touch of a button without the need for reconfiguring the device. The device is currently patent pending and the development of this system has been endorsed by NAVAIR and the Pentagon. In addition, Greg was recognized for his significant contributions as the Principal Electronics and Computer Engineer in the AIR 4.6 Environmental Physiology and Human Performance Laboratory (EPHPL) where he designs the instrumentation and ensures the high quality of physical and biomedical data obtained during human research experiments aimed at developing new protective concepts and furthering the understanding of the relationship between physiologic and cognitive responses to stress.

Congratulations Greg!