Wayne P. Hughes Junior Analyst Award

In 2007, MORS established the Junior Analyst Award to recognize young analysts who are already making an impact on Operations Research. The award now bears the name of Wayne P. Hughes, FS, former Dean of the Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences at the Naval Postgraduate School A candidate for an award may be nominated by a mentor, boss or colleague.  The submittor should give relevant information on no more than two pages, including the candidate’s date of birth, education, work experience, and reasons for the nomination in relation to the selection criteria.

Selection criteria:

• Nominees should be forty-years old or less as of 1 June the year of nomination and have been doing operations research for less than 10 years.
• Distinguished self by one or more of the following accomplishments:
  • Outstanding publication(s) highlighting their analyses
  • Development of significant new analysis
  • The use of research results in the solution off military problems

Nominate a deserving young analyst today.
Click here to download the nomination form.

Winners

2011 - MAJ Francisco R. Baez
Major Francisco Baez’s outstanding leadership, research, and analysis skills has produced numerous and significant contributions to Department of Defense Analysis. Major Baez has distinguished himself through superior leadership, outstanding professional competence, and exceptionally praiseworthy service in positions of immense responsibility. MAJ Baez was instrumental in the Cultural Geography simulation development, the Logistics Battle Command model development and deployment, and the Soldier Domain Technologies experimentation. His efforts made a significant impact the evolution of warfighting doctrine for the current and future force. His work in developing, executing, and analyzing alternative courses of action for current operations in Afghanistan was particularly noteworthy. Francisco’s superb efforts resulted in significantly improving the modeling and simulation of the irregular warfare environment for the analysis community and providing senior leaders in theater the information they require.

2010 - Captain Elwood T. Waddell, Jr.

2009 - Capt Ryan Harrell, USAF, Air Education and Training Command Studies and Analysis Squadron

2008 – Maj Paul Evangelista