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July 27, 2007
AFOSR Conducts Successful Workshop on Biologically Inspired Fight

Air Force Office of Scientific Research officials here recently completed a workshop entitled, "Biologically Inspired Flight for Micro Air Vehicles - MAVs - in Denver. MAVs are part of a new breed of remotely controlled aircraft that are significantly smaller than currently available remotely
July 27, 2007
Colonel Hatfield Officially Assumes Command of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Colonel Michael Hatfield officially assumed command of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research July 27 during a change of command ceremony. Air Force Research Laboratory Vice Commander Colonel Scott Coale led the official party into the event room and presided over the morning ceremony, handing
July 27, 2007
AFOSR Funded Nanorice Research Seeks to Focus Light on Small Regions in Space

Using funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research here, a team of engineers, physicists and chemists from Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) have successfully created 'nanorice,' which will be used to focus light on small regions in space. Findings on this nanorice
July 27, 2007
Thermal Barrier Coatings Research could extend jet engine life

A team of Princeton University scientists and engineers, funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research here, are paving the way for the development of new and improved thermal barrier coatings (TBC) that could increase the lifetime of jet engines. To make their predictions, the team
July 27, 2007
Basic Research Funded Scientist Receives Electrical and Electronics Engineers Award

An Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded professor at the University of New Mexico has received the John Kraus Antenna Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The IEEE presented the award to Dr. Carl Baum at its 2006 IEEE International Antennas Propagation
July 27, 2007
Multifunctional Materials Researchers Envision Aircraft Powered by Solar, Heat Energies

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research here recently awarded the University of Washington and three partner universities a grant worth approximately $6 million over 5 years to study the design of air vehicles capable of collecting and storing solar and heat energies. One of the goals of the
July 27, 2007
OSR Funds Effort Toward Improving Retrial Queuing Computer Systems

The mission of the Air Fore Office of Scientific Research here is to fund science and technology basic research that will improve and expand the capabilities of the Air Force. Within AFOSR mission parameters, one area of importance emphasized by Air Force is communication networks. In a battlefield
July 27, 2007
DoD Scientific Research Offices Review Chemical Propulsion Programs

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research here and the Army Research Office, N.C., completed a thorough annual review of basic research investments in combustion and diagnostics at a conference recently in Arlington. More than 40 engineers and scientists attended the 2006 AFOSR/ARO Contractors'
July 27, 2007
Research Pioneer in Atmospheric, Space Sciences Retires After Three-Decade Career

When Dr. Herbert C. Carlson Jr. accepted a job at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research here in 1998, he became the organization's first-ever permanently assigned chief scientist. Recently, he again made history as the first AFOSR chief scientist to retire. Dr. Carlson has proudly served his
July 27, 2007
Deception Detection Research Results Presented

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research here recently hosted a final review of its 5-year, $4 million research grant in detecting deception. The grant was given by the Department of Defense through the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program. The University of Arizona