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AFRL Change of Command
Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel Command commander, hands the guidon of the Air Force Research Laboratory to Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, who took over command of the organization July 29 from Maj. Gen. William McCasland. (U.S. Air Force photo by Niki Jahns)
Maj. Gen. Masiello takes command of AFRL
During a ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, the new commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, tells attendees they “Will deliver a rich legacy of technologies for our future force.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Niki Jahns)
Spirit supercomputer
At a Glance: Named after the Air Force B-2 advanced fighter for its power and ability to deliver, “Spirit” is powered with 9,216 sockets (73,728 cores) powered by Intel 8-core processors operating at 2.6 GHz, boosting the peak performance to more than 1.5 petaflops, making it the 14th-fastest supercomputer in the world, according to TOP500 (www.top500.org). The SGI ICE X Spirit Supercomputer is housed in 32 M-racks, which provide water cooling directly to the CPUs. The system has 144 terabytes of main memory and 6.72 PB of file storage. To put this in perspective, a typical desktop has a single dual-core processor and can contain upwards of eight gigabytes of memory and 1 terabyte of disk space. This supercomputer has 36,000 times more power. (U.S. Air Force photo by Niki Jahns)
Spirit supercomputer
At a Glance: Named after the Air Force B-2 advanced fighter for its power and ability to deliver, “Spirit” is powered with 9,216 sockets (73,728 cores) powered by Intel 8-core processors operating at 2.6 GHz, boosting the peak performance to more than 1.5 petaflops, making it the 14th-fastest supercomputer in the world, according to TOP500 (www.top500.org). The SGI ICE X Spirit Supercomputer is housed in 32 M-racks, which provide water cooling directly to the CPUs. The system has 144 terabytes of main memory and 6.72 PB of file storage. To put this in perspective, a typical desktop has a single dual-core processor and can contain upwards of eight gigabytes of memory and 1 terabyte of disk space. This supercomputer has 36,000 times more power. (U.S. Air Force photo by Niki Jahns)
Spirit supercomputer
Describing the “Spirit” supercomputer as a “barnburner of a computer,” Maj. Gen. William McCasland commander of Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) notes it has more than 73,000 central processing units. (U.S. Air Force photo by Niki Jahns)
Spirit supercomputer
Describing the “Spirit” supercomputer as a “barnburner of a computer,” Maj. Gen. William McCasland commander of Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) notes it has more than 73,000 central processing units. (U.S. Air Force photo by Niki Jahns)
Spirit ribbon-cutting
Maj. Gen. William McCasland (center), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) commander, hosts a ribbon-cutting for the “Spirit supercomputer. Joining the general are (from left) Bobby Hunter, Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program associate director; Jim Brickner, president of SGI Federal; former Congressman Dave Hobson, U.S. Rep. Mike Turner; and Jeff Graham, director of AFRL’s DoD Supercomputer Resource Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Niki Jahns)
Spirit ribbon-cutting
Maj. Gen. William McCasland (center), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) commander, hosts a ribbon-cutting for the “Spirit supercomputer. Joining the general are (from left) Bobby Hunter, Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program associate director; Jim Brickner, president of SGI Federal; former Congressman Dave Hobson, U.S. Rep. Mike Turner; and Jeff Graham, director of AFRL’s DoD Supercomputer Resource Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Niki Jahns)
Environmental sensing platform offers added protection against corrosion
The Air Force Research Laboratory is developing and testing a device that can measure environmental factors such as pollutants, salt, and moisture in order to predict corrosive conditions before they can start causing damage to valuable assets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Hartshorne)
Dr. Kim Luu (AFRL photo)
Dr. Kim Luu (AFRL photo)
AFRL’s Steven Turek (right) receives the 2012 Defense Manufacturing Achievement Award from the Department of Defense’s Brett B. Lambert. (AFRL image)
AFRL’s Steven Turek (right) receives the 2012 Defense Manufacturing Achievement Award from Brett B. Lambert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Industrial Base Policy. (AFRL image)
The cross-sections of the nanorods and the gaps between them form a pattern that replicates the function of resistors, inductors and capacitors. (AFRL Image)
The cross-sections of the nanorods and the gaps between them form a pattern that replicates the function of resistors, inductors and capacitors, three of the most basic circuit elements, but in optical wavelengths. (AFRL Image)
Dr. Boris Tomasic, winner of the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award. (Air Force photo)
Dr. Boris Tomasic of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Sensors Directorate, winner of the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award. (Air Force photo)
Unitized hybrid GLARE avionics hatch. (AFRL Photo)
A unitized hybrid avionics hatch on the Aurora Onion Remotely Piloted Aircraft, utilizing Glass Reinforced Aluminum Laminate (GLARE), a technology with promise for other applications. (AFRL Photo)
Carbon nanotubes are heated up rapidly until the objects beneath them effectively disappear.
Dr. Ray Baughman at the University of Texas/Dallas used carbon nanotubes--which look like pieces of thread--and then heats them up rapidly until the objects beneath them effectively disappear.
The nanoscale coating can repel almost any liquid and could lead to breathable protective wear (University of Michigan image)
The nanoscale coating can repel virtually any liquid and could lead to breathable protective wear for soldiers and scientists, as well as affording protection from chemical/biological agents, and the realization of stain-proof garments. (University of Michigan image)
Electron micrograph image of a 3.8-micron diameter carbon nanotube yarn that functions as a torsional muscle. (Image courtesy of the University of Texas at Dallas)
A scanning electron micrograph image of a 3.8-micron diameter carbon nanotube yarn that functions as a torsional muscle when filled with an ionically conducting liquid and electrochemically charged. The angle indicates the deviation between nanotube orientation and yarn direction for this helical yarn. (Image courtesy of the University of Texas at Dallas)
Schematic of molecular disposition by DPN (AFRL Image)
Schematic of molecular deposition by DPN through a water meniscus formed between the scanning probe tip and the substrate surface. (AFRL Image)
Terahertz Parametric Oscillator (TPO-1500), perfectly suited to carry out terahertz imaging. (Graphic courtesy of Microtech Instruments, Inc. )
The Terahertz Parametric Oscillator (TPO-1500) averages up to 0.1 mW of power, but significantly, its central 1.5 THz wavelength, combined with a spectral width of 100 GHz, makes it perfectly suited to carry out terahertz imaging. (Graphic courtesy of Microtech Instruments, Inc. )
The hemisphere-shaped antenna could result in small conformal antennas integrated onto the surface of Micro-Air Vehicles. (Graphic: Grbic/University of Michigan)
The hemisphere-shaped antenna developed at the University of Michigan could result in small conformal antennas integrated onto the surface of Micro-Air Vehicles. (Graphic: Grbic/University of Michigan)