Mr. Detrio has over 46 years of experience in electronic and optical materials research and development. His qualifications include experimental research, processing studies, materials analysis and characterization, and program management.

Prior to his July 2007 retirement, Mr. Detrio was the Metals and Ceramics division head, providing leadership to 35 engineers and scientists conducting research on more than 20 contracts and delivery orders valued at over $5 million annually for the Air Force and other agencies.

Mr. Detrio also led technical programs addressing the characterization of optical distortion, absorption, thermo-optic effect, stress-optic effect, and scattering losses in infrared transparencies for high energy laser windows and mirrors, and studies of high-speed rain and particle impact damage to FLIR window materials.

Mr. Detrio also implemented the use of process simulation modeling for low background extrinsic silicon detector materials. These studies elucidated the effects of ion implantation, annealing, diffusion, solubility, segregation, and impurity concentration on the electrical properties of implanted layers and on detector performance.

Earlier career accomplishments included contributions to the development of cubic SiC for radiation-hardened electronics; III-V light emitting diode characterization for military applications; and laser host materials research and development.

Education:

M.S., Physics, University of Alabama, 1961
B.S., Physics, Spring Hill College, 1959

Affiliations:

Optical Society of America
SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering)
Sigma Xi