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Researchers turn to liquid metals for agile electronics
The oxide skin on gallium-based liquid metals, shown here in suspension, give the materials the ability to hold a shape and to be reconfigured into new shapes that can maintain electrical conductivity. Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory have demonstrated the capacity for liquid metal alloys to be flowed through embedded material channels to create physically reconfigurable antennas and electronic circuits. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
Researchers turn to liquid metals for agile electronics
Embedded channel systems can be 3-D printed within an aerospace-grade structural composite in diverse shapes to flow liquid metal alloys to different positions, ultimately changing the function of embedded radio frequency antennas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
Researchers turn to liquid metals for agile electronics
Dr. Zachary Farrell, a research scientist with UES in the Nanoelectronics Branch of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, examines liquid metal nanoparticles following ultra-sonication. Researchers here are exploring new potential applications for liquid metals by examining their microscopic properties. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
Researchers turn to liquid metals for agile electronics
Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory are using the unique characteristic of liquid metal alloys to explore new ways to wire electronic systems. The unique properties of liquid metal alloys enable droplets to stack upon one another, unlike traditional liquids which flow into a singular shape. (Air Force courtesy photo)
AFRL research to enable next-gen flexible, wireless communications
Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory have demonstrated the growth and transfer of flexible Gallium Nitride devices which can be used to amplify communication signals for next-generation wearable electronics, flexible sensors and radar systems. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)
Aerospace Systems Directorate Uses Educational Partnerships to Further STEM Program
Air Force Capt. Joseph Ausserer assists Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program students installing their design for testing and evaluation in the Aerospace Systems Directorate’s Small Engine Research Laboratory. The program, referred to as APOP, is a directorate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) initiative that funds year-long undergraduate engineer capstone programs across the country that focus on gas turbine engine projects. (Courtesy Photo)
AFRL Directorate highlights workplace safety
Maj. James Enderby, joined by R2-D2, served as emcee and coordinator for the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate’s Star Wars-themed Safety Down Day. The annual event encourages personnel to observe and refresh themselves on proper safety protocol. (U.S. Air Force photo/David Dixon)
AFRL researcher honored with Presidential Early Career Award
Dr. Adam Pilchak, a materials research engineer at the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, is the recipient of the 2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their career. (U.S. Air Force Photo)
AFRL researcher named optical society fellow
Dr. Shekhar Guha, senior scientist, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, will be formally named an OSA Fellow in a ceremony in San Jose, California, May 2017. Guha designs experiments incorporating laser beam propagation through linear and nonlinear media, which are useful for predicting experimental results. (U.S. Air Force photo by Donna Lindner/released).
AFRL researcher named optical society fellow
Dr. Shekhar Guha, senior scientist, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, will be formally named an OSA Fellow in a ceremony in San Jose, California, May 2017. Guha designs experiments incorporating laser beam propagation through linear and nonlinear media, which are useful for predicting experimental results. (U.S. Air Force photo by Donna Lindner/released).
Embracing opportunity: additive technology for manufacturing
Dr. Mark Benedict, a senior materials engineer and America Makes Chief Technology Adviser at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate discusses the potential for additive manufacturing of aircraft components in metal. The complex geometry of the rocket nozzle benefits from the use of additive manufacturing due to its complex, specialized design. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
Embracing opportunity: additive technology for manufacturing
Dr. Dan Berrigan points to an embedded antenna on an MQ-9 aircraft part made possible through functional applications of additive manufacturing. Flexible circuits, embedded antennas and sensors are just a few of the potential manufacturing capabilities his team is exploring using additive technology. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
Embracing opportunity: additive technology for manufacturing
Dr. Dan Berrigan, the functional additive manufacturing lead for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, is exploring new ways to add functionality to existing objects through additive manufacturing. Flexible circuits, embedded antennas and sensors are just a few of the potential manufacturing capabilities provided by additive technologies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
AgilePod ‘reconfiguring’ ISR mission
Air Force Research Laboratory’s AgilePod is a multi-intelligence, open architecture, reconfigurable prototype designed for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and Air Force Special Operations communities. The reconfigurable pod enables operators to customize sensor packages based on specific mission needs, enhancing the intelligence process. The pod capability will be tested on a medium altitude MQ-9 surrogate aircraft in May 2017. (Courtesy photo/released)
AFLCMC and AFRL employees recognized as best in the DoD acquisition workforce
Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, left, presents Matthew Meininger with A Defense Acquisition Workforce Individual Award for science and technology management during a ceremony at the Pentagon on Dec. 8, 2016. Standing with them are Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul J. Selva right, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work. (DoD photo)
USAFSAM team to collaborate, test supplement for special tactics Airmen
Col. Kirk Winger, 88th Aerospace Medicine Squadron commander, holds a CamelBak® hydration system used in rucksacks and a powder supplement. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)
AFRL sends care packages to deployed team members
Key spouses and their family members, along with staff from Air Force Research Laboratory’s Operations Support Office, assemble care packages for 20 deployed AFRL team members. (U.S. Air Force photo / Alaina Fitzner)
Air Force Agreement Allows Ionospheric Research to Continue
View of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program array with Mount Drum in the distance. Under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, AFRL transitioned the site to the university, ensuring that twenty-five years of atmospheric research will continue at the facility. (Courtesy photo / Jessica Matthews, University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Air Force Partners with Athletes and Coaches for Evaluation of Stress, Development of Recovery Methods
Real-time performance monitoring technologies is streaming physiological data during training at the Ohio State University. This research was done as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio and the Ohio State University. The collected information results in a daily report for measuring stress and recovery states and determining the future workloads and specific recovery modalities to help athletes and ultimately warfighters. The data collected for personalized recovery are based off of real-time exertion, daily readiness and heart rate variability (HRV) technology. (Photo courtesy of the Ohio State University)
Air Force Partners with Athletes and Coaches for Evaluation of Stress, Development of Recovery Methods
Ohio State athlete Craig Fada performs an OmegaWave heart rate variability and central nervous system test as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Ohio State University. This test is used to personalize recovery. (Photo Courtesy of the Ohio State University)