• Air Force Funds Research on Self-Healing Materials

    A research team at the University of Illinois, funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, is creating new, cutting-edge structural microvascular materials which will have repetitive, self-healing capabilities as well as self-cooling behavior. Professor Scott White and his colleagues are

  • Two AFOSR-Funded Scientists Awarded National Medals of Science

    Two Medal of Science Awardees to be honored at the White House July 27th by President George W. Bush have been funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The National Medal of Science was established by the 86th Congress in 1959 as a Presidential Award to people who are "deserving of

  • Researcher Investigates Electronic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

    Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded research, led by Dr. David Goldhaber-Gordon of Stanford University is creating transistors based on carbon nanotubes, ultrathin tubes of carbon a few atoms in width. According to Dr. Harold Weinstock, "Dr. Goldhaber-Gordon was chosen to give the

  • Engineers Select Air Force Basic Research Program Manager for Fellowship

    The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. recently selected an Air Force Office of Scientific Research program manager here as a Fellow for its class of 2007. IEEE selected Dr. Harold Weinstock, AFOSR's Quantum Electronic Solids Research Program Manager, on factors that included

  • AFOSR Provides Presence at World's Largest Model Rocket Contest

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research here provided staff, information, and an exhibit for hundreds of participants and visitors at the 4 th Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge national finals Saturday at The Plains, Va. Team America, held at the 250-acre Great Meadow Outdoor Center, is a

  • ASC's top civilian executive retires, new senior civilian leader begins work

    The executive director for Aeronautical Systems Center here retired from federal service Tuesday during a formal ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. A member of the Senior Executive Service, Robert May retired after a career spanning more than 37 years in both the active-duty Air

  • Wright-Patterson to host pistol match in October

    The Wright-Patterson Security Forces Combat Arms facility will host a second annual, all-Air Force pistol match Oct.15-19. Participants will compete on the 25-meter, indoor range firing the government-issue M-9 pistol. The best-scoring 10 percent of the competitors will receive elementary level

  • Terminally ill teen takes flight in aero club plane

    Jacob Dennison is an 18-year-old who longs to be a pilot. The son of retired Master Sgt. Steve Dennison and his wife, Tammy, Jacob was born at Moody AFB, Ga., and has been around aircraft his whole life. Of his persistence in wanting to fly, his mother said, "He never stopped talking about it. He's