Hbar Technologies, LLC Team

Dr. Howe received his Ph.D in nuclear engineering from Kansas State University after completing his thesis research in experimental particle physics at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1980. After a one year stay at the Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe in West Germany as a visiting scientist, he returned to Los Alamos as a staff member in the Thermonuclear Applications Group. During the four years in the group, he was appointed design physicist for two nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site and supervised research efforts investigating fundamental physics in dense, high temperature plasmas. Dr. Howe then joined the Laboratory's systems analysis group that analyzed various concepts proposed for the Strategic Defense Initiative. During this time, he became involved in examining potential Laboratory programs and technologies pertinent to future space missions such as space radiation modeling, antimatter physics, Mars Mission requirements, space debris mitigation, and advanced propulsion technologies. Dr. Howe has extensive experience in radiation transport modeling.

Before entering the private sector in the autumn of 2000, Dr. Jackson was an accelerator physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for 14 years. He received his doctorate from Cornell University in 1987. Dr. Jackson has published an extensive body of work in the areas of beam physics and accelerator technology. He was co-recipient of the 1999 IEEE Accelerator Technology Award for his design and construction leadership of a 2-mile circumference particle accelerator, was inducted as a fellow of the American Physical Society, and elevated to senior member of the IEEE. He has an international reputation in the areas of instrumentation, vacuum technology, robotics, particle beam control, and facility construction, earning him many invitations to present invited talks and teach. He regularly serves on U.S. Department of Energy high energy physics institutional reviews. He is also a frequent referee for scientific peer reviewed journals, SBIR grant proposals, and accelerator research grant proposals.

Ms. Elaine Marshall has a bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering with a minor in bioengineering from the University of Illinois. She followed this with a Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences (specializing in Environmental and Occupational Health) from Washington State University. During the early part of her career, she worked for Westinghouse Hanford Company reviewing experiments planned for insertion in the Fast Flux Test Facility for compliance with various regulations. After three years in Washington, Ms. Marshall was employed by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory initially in the oversight ES&H organization and then in a line organization. While in the oversight ES&H organization, she was actively involved in auditing and assessing various aspects of environmental programs implemented by the Laboratory. For the last seven years, Ms. Marshall has been involved in the preparation of required EPA reports, gathering data to support permitted activities and categorization of hazardous waste materials. In the autumn of 2005 HBar Technologies hired her as an environmental, safety and health specialist who is primarily responsible for HBar Technologies compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Dr. Babcock joined Hbar Technologies in the spring of 2006 Before that, he was a Senior Research Scientist at Ultramet for 6 years, during which time he secured over $3.5 million in government funding to support his research into advanced materials, coatings, and catalysts for the aerospace industry He received his doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1998, and then spent two years as a postdoctoral associate studying chemical vapor deposition in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University. He has extensive experience in designing refractory and ceramic materials systems that can withstand extreme environments for a wide variety of applications. Dr. Babcock holds four patents, and his published work has focused on inorganic and organic chemical synthesis, deposition of transparent conducting oxide and superconducting thin films, fabrication of ceramic and metal components and coatings for rocket and turbine engines, catalytic decomposition of chemical propellants, and catalytic remediation of volatile organic compounds, the latter two focusing on the use of nanomaterials.

The cornerstone of Hbar Technologies, Kathrine was hired in the spring of 2005 to replace our founding office manager, Laura Pentecost. Taking advantage of the skills she learned in her father's basement machine shop, Kathrine began her professional career as a technician at Western Electric. She then worked at CIC, making safes and oil pump control panels for the Standard Oil Company. During this time she interpreted electrical schematics and blueprints, and became adept at wiring, soldering, and all the other trades required to build prototypes from scratch. In 1983 Kathrine started at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory as a technician, working on high-precision electromagnets for the very successful Loma Linda proton therapy accelerator, and building superconducting coil presses and accelerator magnets for the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). Kathrine then moved up into the adminstrative track, starting as a clerk in Employment, then Medical, Travel, Publications, and ultimately in the Accelerator Division as an administrative assistant.

Jason Friedman began his career at Hbar Technologies as a summer intern in 2005. In 2003 Jason received his Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He then went on to the Aerospace Engineering Master Degree program at the University of Alabama at Huntsville. In addition to his more traditional accomplishments, Jason served in the Civil Air Patrol and as historian and publications officer of the Alpha Phi Delta National Fraternity. In the autumn of 2005 Jason was hired full-time by Hbar Technologies, and is currently building prototype instruments & facilities, and the underlying infrastructure, for a number of projects involving antimatter commercialization.