Lt Col Samuel D Butler
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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).