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Dr. Garrett Polhamus, a 1976 electrical engineering alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin is the National Society of Professional Engineer’s 2007 Federal Engineer of the Year. The award is based on his engineering achievements, educational, civic and humanitarian activities. Polhamus is the chief of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Bioeffects Division and has overseen research conducted on non-lethal weaponry as well as the biological effects of high powered lasers.