Maj Samuel D Butler
Education
PhD., Applied Physics, Sep 2016, AFIT
MS., Engineering Physics, Mar 2010, AFIT
BS., Applied Physics (Computer Science Emphasis), Apr 2004, Brigham Young University
Awards
Air Force Commendation Medal-2012
Joint Service Commendation Medal: First Oak Leaf Cluster-2011
Joint Service Commendation Medal-2008
Joint Service Achievement Medal-2006
Air Force Achievement Medal: First Oak Leaf Cluster-2005
Air Force Achievement Medal-2000
Publications
Refereed Journal Publications
Butler, S. D., S. E. Nauyoks, and M. A. Marciniak. " Experimental analysis of bidirectional reflectance distribution function cross section conversion term in direction cosine space," Opt. Lett., 40: 2445- 2448 (2015).
Butler, S. D., S. E. Nauyoks, and M. A. Marciniak. " Comparison of microfacet BRDF model to modified Beckmann-Kirchhoff BRDF model for rough and smooth surfaces," Opt. Express 23: 29100-29112 (2015).
Conference Papers
Butler, S. D., S. E. Nauyoks, and M. A. Marciniak. " Comparison of microfacet BRDF model elements to diffraction BRDF model elements," Proc. SPIE, 94720C (2015).
Butler, S. D., S. E. Nauyoks, and M. A. Marciniak. " Experimental measurement and analysis of wavelength-dependent properties of the BRDF," Proc. SPIE, 96110G (2015).
Butler, S. D. and M. A. Marciniak. " Robust categorization of microfacet BRDF models to enable flexible application-specific BRDF adaptation," Proc. SPIE, 920506 (2014).
Butler, S. D., M. A. Marciniak, and J. Meola. " Modeling effects of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function on remote sensing in the LWIR," Proc. SPIE, 92220H (2014).