Katherine Sheets EMI/EMC Lab Director Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

Ms. Katherine Sheets is a Senior Research Electrical Engineer for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, OH. She serves as the Director of the Modern Aircraft Device Demonstration and Characterization (MAD/DC) Laboratory centered around EMI/EMC research. The Lab is conducting research on All-Electric/ Hybrid/ Mechanical Propulsion systems for VTOL/STOL/ATTOL/HOTOL Aerospace operations, also Fly by Light technologies for Aerospace Systems. She maintains a large intern STEM program to seed retention of core technology areas in Aerospace development. She has over 20 years of experience in different basic science, applied research, and commercial application product development. Before joining AFRL, she worked for a defense contractor UES Inc., and before that she served in the US Navy. Ms. Katherine Sheets has received multiple honorable awards, multiple patents, and her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and at several national and international conferences.