EFree Affiliated Scientist Muhtar Ahart (Carnegie) has been awarded an Alan Berman Research Publication Award from the Department of the Navy for 2016.  This award was established by Dr. Alan Berman, the Naval Research Laboratory's fourth Director of Research, to recognize the best published technical writing(s) in each scientific division. Its purpose is to provide continued impetus to superior technical writing and achievement of NRL's publication goals, which are: to stimulate Navy research in basic and applied science, to document and disseminate professional knowledge throughout the Government and the scientific and technical community, and to enhance the prestige of NRL and the scientific profession in the Federal service.