Dr. Patrick A. Berry, a Senior Level Executive, is the Technical Advisor, Artificial Intelligence, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He serves as the recognized Air Force authority for artificial intelligence application across the entire program acquisition life cycle and is charged with providing technical oversight and advice to high-level Air Force and government officials. In this role, Dr. Berry is the lead engineer developing the Air Force Materiel Command strategy for new technical approaches to artificial intelligence for major engineering efforts.
Dr. Berry started his civil service in August 2003 as an engineering co-op student focusing on infrared laser research and development. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and physics from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2003. He received his master’s and doctorate degrees in electro-optics from the University of Dayton in 2005 and 2010, respectively. As an electronics engineer, he led novel solid-state laser research for infrared countermeasures. He was the principal investigator for the experimental mid-IR advanced laser development program. He served as the EO threat warning and countermeasures core technical competency lead as well as the branch technical advisor. Prior to his current position, he was the program manager for Skyborg, an Air Force Vanguard program which transitioned from the Air Force Research Laboratory to a program of record for collaborative combat aircraft. Dr. Berry’s 42 scientific publications have been cited over 800 times.
Dr. Berry has been a lecturer at the University of Dayton as well as a graduate degree committee member at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Prior to government service, Dr. Berry was the senior software engineer for Advanced Marketing Concepts, where he developed customer relationship management software, and a corporate quality assurance systems analyst and quality assurance chemist for the Stroh Brewing Company, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
EDUCATION
2003 Bachelor of Science, Physics and Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wis.
2005 Master of Science, Electro-Optics, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
2010 Doctorate of Philosophy, Electro-Optics, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. August 2003–August 2007, Electrical Engineer, EO Warfare Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
2. September 2007–December 2011, Electronics Engineer, EO Countermeasures Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. January 2012–December 2013, Research Physicist, Opto-electronics Technology Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. January 2014–December 2019, Senior General Engineer, EO Threat Warning and Countermeasures Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
5. January 2020–August 2020, Principal General Engineer, Electro-Optic Threat Warning and Countermeasures Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
6. August 2020–February 2024, Principal General Engineer, Transformational Capability Office, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. February 2024–present, Senior Leader, Technical Advisor, Artificial Intelligence, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
AWARDS AND HONORS
Tech Transition to a Program Office Award, Integrated Capabilities Directorate, 2024
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Large Team of the Quarter, 2022
Air Force Research Laboratory, Commander’s Cup Team, 2021
Popular Science, Best of What’s New, Aerospace (Skyborg), 2021
Fighters & Advanced Aircraft Directorate, Large Team of the Quarter, Q2 2021, Q4 2020, Q3 2020
Director’s Cup, Senior Individual, Sensors Directorate, 2019
Brian M. Hendrickson Scientific/Technical Achievement Award, Sensors Directorate, 2018
Senior Leadership Award, Sensors Directorate, 2016
Civilian Achievement Medal, 2012
Air Force Materiel Command Scientist Team Award, 2012
Brian M. Hendrickson Scientific/Technical Achievement Award, Sensors Directorate, 2011
Special Act or Service Award, Air Force Research Laboratory, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 (twice), 2019, 2018 (twice), 2017 (twice), 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012 (twice), 2011 (twice), 2010, 2005
Notable Achievement Award, Sensors Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, 2014, 2010, 2008 (twice)
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1992 Eagle Scout
PUBLICATIONS
Thermal lens mitigation and modeling of chromium-doped zinc selenide laser sources, PA Berry, University of Dayton, 2005
Thermal effects in Cr 2+: ZnSe thin disk lasers, KL Schepler, RD Peterson, PA Berry, JB McKay, IEEE Journal of selected topics in quantum electronics 11 (3), 713-720, 2005
Modeling of time-dependent thermal effects in Cr2+-doped zinc selenide thin disks, PA Berry, KL Schepler, Solid State Lasers XV: Technology and Devices 6100, 241-250, 2006
A promising mid-infrared transition metal laser ion, K Schepler, P Berry, SPIE Newsroom, http://spie. org/x14261. Xml, 2007
12-Watt CW polycrystalline Cr2+: ZnSe laser pumped by Tm-fiber laser, IS Moskalev, VV Fedorov, SB Mirov, PA Berry, KL Schepler, Advanced Solid-State Photonics, WB30, 2009
Cr2+: ZnSe master oscillator, PA Berry, KL Schelper, Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering, 2010
Versatile chromium-doped zinc selenide infrared laser sources, PA Berry, University of Dayton, 2010
Cr2+: ZnSe master oscillator/power amplifier for improved power scaling, PA Berry, KL Schepler, Solid State Lasers XIX: Technology and Devices 7578, 399-409, 2010
High-power, widely tunable Cr2+: ZnSe laser, PA Berry, KL Schepler, CLEO/QELS: 2010 Laser Science to Photonic Applications, 1-2, 2010
High-power, widely-tunable Cr2+:ZnSe master oscillator power amplifier systems, PA Berry, KL Schepler, Optics Express 18 (14), 15062-15072, 2010
Energy scaling of nanosecond gain-switched Cr2+: ZnSe lasers, VV Fedorov, IS Moskalev, MS Mirov, SB Mirov, TJ Wagner, MJ Bohn, Solid State Lasers XX: Technology and Devices 7912, 333-339, 2011
Ultrafast laser inscription of waveguide structures in cr2+: ZnSe, PA Berry, JR MacDonald, AK Kar, KL Schepler, Advances in Optical Materials, AIFB5, 2011
Directly written mid-infrared waveguides in zinc selenide, JR Macdonald, PA Berry, KL Schepler, AK Kar, Advances in Optical Materials, IF1A. 3, 2012
840 mW continuous-wave Fe: ZnSe laser operating at 4140 nm, JW Evans, PA Berry, KL Schepler, Optics Letters 37 (23), 5021-5023, 2012
A broadly tunable continuous-wave Fe: ZnSe laser, JW Evans, PA Berry, KL Schepler, Solid State Lasers XXII: Technology and Devices 8599, 60-67, 2013
Gain-switched single-pass Cr: ZnSe amplifier, SA McDaniel, PA Berry, KL Schepler, Solid State Lasers XXII: Technology and Devices 8599, 68-75, 2013
Compact mid-infrared Cr: ZnSe channel waveguide laser, JR MacDonald, SJ Beecher, PA Berry, KL Schepler, AK Kar, Applied Physics Letters 102 (16), 2013
Efficient mid-infrared Cr: ZnSe channel waveguide laser operating at 2486 nm, JR Macdonald, SJ Beecher, PA Berry, G Brown, KL Schepler, AK Kar, Optics Letters 38 (13), 2194-2196, 2013
Fabrication and power scaling of a 1.7 W Cr: ZnSe waveguide laser, PA Berry, JR Macdonald, SJ Beecher, SA McDaniel, KL Schepler, AK Kar, Optical Materials Express 3 (9), 1250-1258, 2013
Laser-Inscribed Cr: ZnSe Channel Waveguide Lasers, PA Berry, JR Macdonald, SJ Beecher, SA McDaniel, KL Schepler, AK Kar, Advanced Solid State Lasers, ATu2A. 7, 2013
Widely tunable Cr: ZnSe channel waveguide laser, JR Macdonald, SJ Beecher, PA Berry, KL Schepler, AK Kar, Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources, MW1C. 5, 2013
A Passively -Switched, CW-Pumped Fe:ZnSe Laser, JW Evans, PA Berry, KL Schepler, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 50 (3), 204-209, 2014
Compact Cr: ZnS channel waveguide laser operating at 2333 nm, JR Macdonald, SJ Beecher, A Lancaster, PA Berry, KL Schepler, Optics Express 22 (6), 7052-7057, 2014
Power scaling a Cr: ZnSe thin disk laser by increasing pump diameter, RW Stites, G Cook, PA Berry, KL Schepler, CLEO: Science and Innovations, JTu4A. 124, 2014
Ultrabroad mid-infrared tunable Cr: ZnSe channel waveguide laser, JR Macdonald, SJ Beecher, A Lancaster, PA Berry, KL Schepler, AK Kar, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 21 (1), 375-379, 2014
Cr: ZnSe laser incorporating anti-reflection microstructures exhibiting low-loss, damage-resistant lasing at near quantum limit efficiency, S McDaniel, D Hobbs, B MacLeod, E Sabatino, P Berry, K Schepler, Optical Materials Express 4 (11), 2225-2232, 2014
Gain-switched operation of ultrafast laser inscribed waveguides in Cr: ZnSe, SA McDaniel, PA Berry, KL Schepler, JR Macdonald, SJ Beecher, AK Kar, Solid State Lasers XXIV: Technology and Devices 9342, 66-73, 2015
A continuous wave Fe: ZnSe laser pumped by efficient Er: Y2O3 laser, JW Evans, T Sanamyan, PA Berry, Solid State Lasers XXIV: Technology and Devices 9342, 74-79, 2015
Surface characterization studies of orientation patterned ZnSe doped with Cr2+, BR Reddy, K Schepler, E Moore, J Hoelscher, S Vangala, B Claflin, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and … , 2015
Fe: ZnSe channel waveguide laser operating at 4122 nm, A Lancaster, G Cook, SA McDaniel, JW Evans, PA Berry, J Shephard, CLEO: Science and Innovations, SM2F. 5, 2015
Mid-infrared laser emission from Fe: ZnSe cladding waveguides, A Lancaster, G Cook, SA McDaniel, J Evans, PA Berry, JD Shephard, Applied Physics Letters 107 (3), 2015
Demonstration and power scaling of an Fe: CdMnTe laser at 5.2 microns, JW Evans, BD Dolasinski, TR Harris, JW Cleary, PA Berry, Optical Materials Express 7 (3), 860-867, 2017
CW and passively Q-switched operation of a Ho: YAG waveguide laser, SA McDaniel, PA Berry, G Cook, D Zelmon, S Meissner, H Meissner, X Mu, Optics & Laser Technology 91, 1-6, 2017
Optical spectroscopy and modeling of Fe2+ ions in zinc selenide, JW Evans, TR Harris, BR Reddy, KL Schepler, PA Berry, Journal of Luminescence 188, 541-550, 2017
Special Section Guest Editorial: Solid-State Lasers, JW Evans, PA Berry, BD Dolasinski, Optical Engineering 57 (2), 2018
Visible aluminum monoxide emission during long pulse mid-infrared ablation of aluminum in air, TA Van Woerkom, GP Perram, BD Dolasinski, PA Berry, CD Phelps, JOSA B 35 (10), 2018
Plasma spectroscopy of titanium monoxide for characterization of laser ablation, TA Van Woerkom, GP Perram, CG Parigger, BD Dolasinski, CD Phelps, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1289 (1), 2019
Laser ablation of metals and semiconductors with 100 ps to 100 pulses, TA Van Woerkom, GP Perram, BD Dolasinski, CD Phelps, PA Berry, Optical Engineering 58 (8), 2019
Crystal host engineering for transition metal lasers, JW Evans, SA McDaniel, RW Stites, PA Berry, G Cook, TR Harris, Solid State Lasers XXIX: Technology and Devices 11259, 60-75, 2020
Chromium doped zinc selenide optical fiber lasers, JR Sparks, SC Aro, R He, ML Goetz, JP Krug, SA McDaniel, PA Berry, Optical Materials Express 10 (8), 2020
Picosecond laser ablation of metals and semiconductors with low-transverse order Gaussian beams, TA Van Woerkom, GP Perram, BD Dolasinski, CD Phelps, PA Berry, Optical Engineering 60 (3), 2021
Crystal host engineering for transition metal lasers, JW Evans, SA McDaniel, RW Stites, PA Berry, G Cook, TR Harris, Optical Engineering 62 (1), 2023
(Current as of May 2024)