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A -- EXPERIMENTAL, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND RESEARCH WORK Sol F33600-95-R-0094. Due 050795. Contact Point, Jerry A. Blais, Contract Negotiator, (513) 257-8344 or JS Smith, Contracting Officer, (513) 257-8344. The United States Air Force has the requirement for a Research Associate to conduct research in environmental fiber optic detection for the Air Force Institute of Technology, Department of Engineering Physics. The Research Associate will assist faculty in research by preparing, characterizing and applying sol-gel materials technology to environmental detection, particularly infrared, Raman and Fluorescence fiber optic spectroscopy. The Research Associate must have a Ph.D. in materials science, or materials engineering, or chemistry with a specialty in optical sol-gel materials preparation. The Research Associate must have demonstrated expertise in the field of preparation of sol-gel materials for environmental detection applications by having a minimum of three refereed publications in the areas of sol-gel materials or chemical sensors in the past 5 years. The Research Associate must have two or more years work experience in the area of optical sol-gel materials beyond the award of the doctoral degree. Experience in infrared and Raman fiber optic spectroscopy and molecular recognition chemistry is also valuable experience. The contract period will be one basic year plus one option year. The solicitation will be issued approximately 07 April 1995. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of this acquisition. The only purpose of the Ombudsman is to receive and communicate serious concerns from potential offerors when an offeror prefers not to use proposal development phase of this acquisition. Potential offerors should use established channels to request information, pose questions and voice concerns before resorting to use of the Ombudsman located in ASC/CY, Bldg 2041, 2511 L St. Serious concerns only. This is a notice of intent to award to Dr. Guangming Li, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Gokisocho, Nagoya 466, Japan. Direct all requests for solicitations and routine communication concerning this acquisition to the buyer listed elsewhere in this synopsis. All responsible sources may submit proposals which shall be considered. No telephone requests. Only written or faxed requests received directly from the requestor are acceptable. FAX Number 513-257-6390. See Note 22. (079)

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