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Environmentally-Safe Fuel Cells May Emerge from Air Force Funded MIT Research
A carbon nanotube can produce a very rapid wave of power when it is coated by a layer of fuel and ignited. (Graphic: Christine Daniloff)
Light-Activated Technology for Battlefield Injuries
Harvard Medical School professor and Massachusetts General Hospital Wellman Center researcher, Dr. Irene Kochevar is pleased with the initial lab bench experiments involving light-activated technology that may benefit airmen’s traumatic battlefield injuries. (Credit: Harvard University)
Solving AF Logistics Planning Problems
AFOSR-funded Colorado State University researchers are trying to solve computationally difficult problems related to logistics planning. (Credit: U.S. Air Force Photo, Capt. Dustin Doyle.)
Automating Mission Control for AF UAVs
Engineers at Boston University (BU) are working on a theoretical approach to improve automated mission control and decision-making for fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Automating these functions would let UAVs adapt their actions more rapidly in response to unforeseen events and ultimately require less human supervision. (Photo Credit: Dr. David Castañón, Boston University)
New Ways of Measuring Catastrophic Risks
Noted AFOSR-funded researcher, Dr. Graciela Chichilnisky is pioneering a new approach for measuring, anticipating and managing catastrophic risks, sometimes called “Black Swans” or natural catastrophes like hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis and floods that may possibly enhance the Air Force’s capabilities of preparing for disasters. (Photo Credit: NASA)
AFOSR: New Propulsion Systems for Mini Satellites
A prototype of a miniature electrospray thruster with four rows of ion emitters is shown here. The thruster is contained within two black plates each measuring about one square inch. (Credit: Dr. Paulo Lozano, MIT)
Cryo Cooler
Under an AFOSR, MURI grant, a team led by University of New Mexico professor, Dr. Mansoor Sheik-Bahae and graduate student, Dr. Denis Seletskiy created the first-ever cryo (temperatures that can only be obtained by liquefying gases) cooler that can be applied to airborne and spaceborne sensors.(Credit: Sheik-Bahae, University of New Mexico)
Faster and More Efficient Software for the Air Force
Dr. Myra Cohen and her team of researchers at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln have addressed the issue of faulty software. They have developed an algorithm and open source tool that is 300 times faster at generating tests and also reduces the time of software testing over its predecessor. (Credit: University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
World's Smallest Semiconductor Laser
AFOSR-MURI and National Science Foundation-funded professor, Dr. Xiang Zhang has demonstrated at the University of California, Berkeley the world’s smallest semiconductor laser, which may have applications to the Air Force in communications, computing and bio-hazard detection.
New Algorithms for Computerized, Large-Scale Surveillance
A synthetic scene showing two very faint buildings as seen from above. On the right, the buildings are much more visible because image analysts used algebra to make them more distinct. (Credit: Myoung An and Richard Tolimieri, dB Research)
AFOSR-Funded Optical Links Advance Quantum Communications
Researcher Dr. David H. Hughes of the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y. is leading a team that is investigating long-distance, mobile optical links imperative for secure quantum communications capabilities in theater. (Credit: Brian Rhea, Director, Corporate Communications, AOptix Technologies)
AFOSR-Funded Optical Links Advance Quantum Communications
Researcher Dr. David H. Hughes of the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y. is leading a team that is investigating long-distance, mobile optical links imperative for secure quantum communications capabilities in theater. (Credit: Brian Rhea, Director, Corporate Communications, AOptix Technologies)
Unique New MAV Wins First Prize
French researcher, Dr. Jean-Marc Moschetta, funded by the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, in London, England and the French DoD has designed a rugged micro air vehlcle (MAV) that is attractive to the U.S. Air Force because of its high aerodynamic efficiency, even in adverse conditions. Moschetta's students who contributed to the design and fabrication of the early prototypes of the MAV include: Boris Bataillé, Loris Rion, Charles Plachot and all the MAV club from ISAE. (Credit: ISAE)
AFOSR-Funded Rocket Thruster
A University of Michigan professor is developing an electric rocket thruster (NanoFET) that uses nanoparticle electric propulsion and enables spacecraft to travel faster and with less propellant than previous technology allowed. (Credit: Michael Rayle, Electrodynamic Applications, Inc.)
AFOSR-Funded Self-Healing Plastics
A singularly successful energy related program funded by AFOSR at the turn of the century was the development of self-healing plastics. This research could lead to enormous payoffs for the Air Force—as well as many commercial applications—resulting in more durable and longer lasting aircraft structures. (Credit: University of Illinois)
Finding New Applications for Carbon Nanostructures
Dr. Jiwoong Park of Cornell University, who receives basic research funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), is investigating carbon nanostructures that may someday be used in electronic, thermal, mechanical and sensing devices for the Air Force. (Credit: Adam Tsen, Cornell University)
New Magnetron Could Help Defeat Enemy Electronics
Existing UM relativistic magnetron that generates 100's of MW of microwave power. The new UM magnetron invention is expected to be much more compact than the existing device with higher power and faster startup.
Super-fast Computing
Air Force Office of Scientific Research-supported physicists at the University of Michigan are developing innovative components for quantum, or super-fast, computers that will improve security for data storage and transmission on Air Force systems. (Bo Sun, artist, Applied Physics doctoral student, University of Michigan)
Mission ready electronics
AFOSR-funded near-field plates could lead to microscopes with unprecedented resolution, hi-tech lithography systems, and electronics that are always charged and mission ready. (Photo Credit: Cyan James)
AFOSR and NASA launch rocket environmentally friendly fueled rocket
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research and NASA launched the first-ever test rocket fueled by environmentally-friendly Aluminum-Ice Propellant August 7 near Purdue University. The ALICE flight-vehicle accelerated to a speed of 205 mph and reached an altitude of nearly 1300 feet. (Credit: Dr. Steven F. Son, Purdue University)