Selected Academic, S&T Publications

Beason, Dr. Doug, "The E-Bomb: Changing the Way Future Wars Will Be Fought," RUSI Defence Systems, The Royal United Services Institute, UK, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp 90-93, Summer 2006.

Beason, Dr. Doug, "Visionaries Win Wars, Bureaucrats Don't," OpEd, Defense News, February 20, 2006.

Beason, J. Douglas and Mark Lewis, "The War Fighter's Need for Science and Technology," Air and Space Power Journal, Air University Press, Winter, 2005.

Duffner, Robert, Russell Butts, J. Douglas Beason, and Ronald Fogelman, "A Real-Time Revolution in Military Affairs: the History and Science Behind the AirBorne Laser," commissioned by the USAF Chief Scientist on the USAF Centennial Celebration of Manned Flight, October, 2003.

Beason, J. Douglas, "Global Situational Awareness," Proceedings of the Statistical Analysis of Massive Data Streams, The National Academies of Science, Washington, DC, December 13-14, 2002.

Beason, J. Douglas, "The Need for Technical Warriors," Aerospace Power Journal, Air University Press, Spring, 2000.

Beason, J. Douglas, "The Success of the Airborne Laser," Air Force Magazine, December, 1999, p. 8.

Degnan, J.H., M.L. Alme, J.D. Beason, et al, "Compression of Plasma to Megabar Range Using Imploding Liner," Physical Review Letters, Vol. 82, No. 13, 29 March 1999, pp. 2681-2684.

Beason, J. Douglas, DoD Science and Technology: Strategy for the post-Cold War, National Defense University Press, Washington DC, 1997.

Beason, J. Douglas, 'Early Spacecraft Materials,' Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. XX, No.7, Jul, 95.

Beason, J. Douglas, 'Early Aircraft Materials,' Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. XX, No. 5, Apr, 95.

Degnan, J. H., W. L. Baker, M. L. Alme, C. Boyer, J. S. Buff, J. D. Beason, et al, "Multi-megajoule Electromagnetic Implosion of Shaped Solid Density Liners," Fusion Technology 27(2), March 1995.

Baker, W. L., J. H. Degnan, J. D. Beason, et al, "Current Delivery and Radiation Yield in Plasma Flow Switch Driven Implosions," Fusion Technology, 27(2), March 1995.

Beason, J. Douglas, 'Electric Cables,' Materials Research Bulletin,Vol. XX, No. 3, March, 1995.

Beason, J. Douglas, 'Paints,' Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. XX, No. 2, February, 1995.

Degnan, J. H., F. M. Lehr, J. D. Beason, et al, "Electromagnetic Implosion of Spherical Liner," Physical Review Letters, Vol. 74, No. 1, 2 January 1995, pp. 98-101.

Beason, J. Douglas, "America's Blueprint for Mars: the Report of the Synthesis Group," in Clashing Views on Controversial Issues: Science, Technology and Society, edited by Thomas Easton, Dushkin Publishing Group, CT, 1995, pp. 156-161.

Beason, J. Douglas, David Dietz, James H. Degnan, Marvin Alme and Peter Turchi, "Numerical Simulation of Spherically Symmetric Compression Obtained by Cylindrical Implosions," United States Air Force Academy, TR95-005, USAF Academy, CO, 1995.

Lehr, F. M., A. Alaniz, J. D. Beason, et al, "Formation of Plasma Working Fluids for Compression by Liner Implosions." Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 75, No. 8, 15 April 1994, pp. 3769-3776.

Hussey, T. W., J. D. Beason, et al, "Theoretical Modeling of Pulsed-Power Driven Flux Compression Systems at the Phillips Laboratory," Megagauss Magnetic Field Generation and Pulsed Power Applications, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., NY, pp. 101-108, 1994.