All-Purpose Remote Transport System

All-Purpose Remote Transport System (ARTS), shown with brush cutter attachment prior to beginning vegetation clearance at the Massachusetts Military Reserve. (U.S. Air Force photo)

AF-M315E propellant fast cook-off test

AF-M315E propellant fast cook-off test

JHU

A celebrated electrical and computer engineering professor at Johns Hopkins University is conducting AFOSR-supported research about the “miniaturization” of electronic chips, which would allow for lighter, smaller and faster computers for the Air Force. Dr. Alexander Kaplan, right, professor of electrical and computer engineering and Dr. Sergei Volkov, a postdoctoral fellow at John’s Hopkins University are working together on the research. (Photo Credit: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University)

Bat-Inspired Flight for MAVs

As part of the 2007 MURI program, researchers from several universities are studying how the biological attributes of flapping and flexible flight demonstrated by birds, bats and insects can improve future MAV systems. This research has led to the creation of engineering models, such as the one illustrated in this graphic. (Image credit: Dr. Wei Shyy, University of Michigan)

Holographic impedance surface

Holographic impedance surface (Courtesy of Dr. Daniel F. Sievenpiper, HRL Laboratories)

Close-up view of a holder and material sample after touchdown

Close-up view of a holder and material sample after touchdown. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Fusing nanoparticles

Fusing nanoparticles. (Image courtesy of Drs. Ronggui Yang, Zhifeng Ren, and Gang Chen)

FIRST explores air vehicle structures research

Air Force Research Laboratory commander Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Bedke speaks during the Nov. 19 ribbon cutting at the Facility for Innovative Research in Structures Technology (FIRST), a $3 million in-house experimental validation facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Research has already begun in the facility, which is expected to reach full operational capability by January 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Earley)

AFRL’s transportable waste-to-energy system

The Air Force Research Laboratory's transportable waste-to-energy system. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Optical nanopatterning

New direct-write approach to optical nanopatterning. (Image courtesy of Dr. Craig Arnold, Princeton University)

Tribo-rheometer

Tribo-rheometer. (Photo courtesy Dr. Pirouz Kavehpour, UCLA)

Water Droplets

Water beads up into droplets that roll or bounce off a transparent coating. (Photo courtesy Dr. C. J. Brinker, University of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratories)