Michigan State University graduate Brian M. Kent, internationally recognized scientific expert in radar technology, has joined Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) as senior scientist and science and technology lead for electromagnetic (EM), radio frequency (RF) and Sensing Systems.

 

He retired in June 2014, as chief technology officer of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Dayton, Ohio, after a distinguished 37-year civilian engineering career in the Air Force.

 

Kent is a renowned subject matter expert in the field of electromagnetics and radio frequency technologies, and is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA), and AFRL, an IEEE Distinguished International Lecturer, and an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at MSU/

 

During his tenure with AFRL and its predecessor organizations,  Kent held a variety of positions and was recognized with numerous technical and public service awards during his career including the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award, the Michigan State University Claude M. Erickson Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award, and the USAF Avionics Laboratory Samuel M. Burka Award (which he received twice).

 

He has authored more than 100 archival scientific publications, written key sections of classified textbooks and design manuals, delivered over 250 lectures, and developed a special low observables short course for the Department of Defense and the Georgia Institute of Technology Research Institute that was taught to more than 3,500 scientists and engineers since its inception in 1989.

 

He travels around the U.S. as part of the IEEE APS Distinguished Lecturer Program.  Kent has also provided technical advice and counsel to a wide range of federal agencies, including the Department of Justice and NASA's Space Shuttle Program

 

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