Scott Bair

Principal Research Engineer

Office:	MRDC, Room 4207
Phone:	404.894.3273
Fax:	404.894.8336
E-mail:
Online:	Electromagnetic Propulsion News Release

Education

• Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990
• M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1974
• B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1972

Research Areas and Descriptors

• Tribology; Tribology, rheology, properties of liquids at high pressure, and machine design

Distinctions

• Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
  • International Award (the Society's highest technical honor), 2009
  • Captain Alfred E. Hunt Memorial Award, 2001
• Naval Research Laboratory (Chemistry Division) Alan Berman Award--Basic Research Category, 2007
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow, 2002

Patents

• Instrument and Method for Phacoemulsification by Direct Thermal Irradiation, U. S. Patent 6,527,766, March 4, 2003
• Microkeratome, U. S. Patent 6,126,668, with Igor Gradov, Ronald L. Rabie, and Edward L. Hicks, October 3, 2000
• Method and Apparatus for Thermal Phacoemulsification by Fluid Throttling, U. S. Patent 5,865,790, February 2, 1999
• Fluid Jet Surgical Cutting Tool and Aspiration Device, U. S. Patent 5,853,384, December 29, 1998
• Method of Using Fluid Jet Surgical Cutting Tool, U. S. Patent 5,735,815, April 7, 1998
• Hydrojet Apparatus for Refractive Surgery, U. S. Patent 5,643,299, July 1, 1997
• Fluid Jet Surgical Cutting Tool, U. S. Patent 5,562,692, October 8, 1996
• Drinking Water Filter, U. S. Patent 4,998,228, with Douglas R. Eger, March 5, 1991
• Vacuum Cleaner With Wheel and Nozzlel Height Adjusting Mechanism, U. S. Patent 4,391,018, with Don W. Vermillion and Francis S. Gromek, July 5, 1983
• Liquid Metering Pump, U. S. Patent 4,349,130, September 14, 1982
• Power Assist Drive Upright Vacuum Cleaner and Power Assist Drive System Therefor, U. S. Patent 4,347,643, September 7, 1982