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Robotic wheelchair competition unleashes student creativity
Students participating in the Robotic Sentry portion of the 2017 AFRL Student Challenge prepare to demonstrate their robot on the obstacle course. This yearly AFRL-sponsored project enables college seniors to gain practical experience in aerospace engineering by taking on real-world Air Force needs. (Photo courtesy of Ohio Aerospace Institute)
Robotic wheelchair competition unleashes student creativity
The student team from Worcester Polytechnic Institute poses with a tracked all-terrain chair, donated by Action Trackchair, that they will use to build their prototype robotic sentry as part of the AFRL Student Challenge. (Photo courtesy of Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Materials engineer finds second calling as historic novelist
Engineer by day, author by night: AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate engineer TJ Turner demonstrates a conformal body armor prototype, part of a project he worked on to develop more comfortable armored vests with greater coverage. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lori Hughes)
From lemon to lemonade: AFRL researchers reclaim clunker for endurance race
With technical expertise and a fresh coat of paint, researchers from the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Materials Integrity Branch transformed a 1992 BMW 325 into a race car for the 24 Hours of LeMons even in South Haven, Michigan, October 14-15, 2017. The series requires teams to field a competitive racecar for under $500. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Nicholas Jacobs)
From lemon to lemonade: AFRL researchers reclaim clunker for endurance race
Starting with an inoperable 1992 BMW 325, researchers from the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Materials Integrity Branch transformed a clunker into a racer for the 24 Hours of LeMons event October 14-15, 2017, in South Haven, Michigan. The race series requires teams to field a competitive racecar for under $500. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Brett Jordan)
From lemon to lemonade: AFRL researchers reclaim clunker for endurance race
Starting with an inoperable 1992 BMW 325, researchers from the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Materials Integrity Branch transformed a clunker into a racer for the 24 Hours of LeMons event October 14-15, 2017, in South Haven, Michigan. The race series requires teams to field a competitive racecar for under $500. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Brett Jordan)
From lemon to lemonade: AFRL researchers reclaim clunker for endurance race
Despite a soggy track, the race team from the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Materials Integrity Branch successfully completed the 24 Hours of LeMons race in South Haven, Michigan, October 14-15, 2017. The team transformed a 1992 BMW 325 to race condition with minimum funding and maximum ingenuity. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Kenneth LaCivita)
AFRL volunteers growing a LEGACY in materials science
LEGACY (Leadership Experience Growing Apprenticeships Committed to Youth) students toured the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate labs as part of the program’s Craftsman camp events. Directorate volunteers participated in the camps this summer to promote youth interest in STEM-related fields. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
AFRL volunteers growing a LEGACY in materials science
LEGACY (Leadership Experience Growing Apprenticeships Committed to Youth) students enjoy a group activity as part of the program’s Craftsman camp events. AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate volunteers participated in the camps this summer to promote youth interest in STEM-related fields. (U.S. Air Force photo/Kwame Acheampong)
AFRL researchers trace history of innovation during Aviation Heritage Tour
Gerald Landis examines a flight exhibit at the Wright Brothers’ Bicycle Shop. A group of military and civilian scientists, staff and engineers from AFRL's Materials and Manufacturing directorate visited significant aviation history sites across Dayton during an Aviation Heritage Tour to gain a better understanding of the evolution of innovation in Dayton, the legacy of which the AFRL carries on today. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
AFRL researchers trace history of innovation during Aviation Heritage Tour
A group of military and civilian scientists, staff and engineers from the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate pose for a photo outside the Wright Brothers Mansion during an Aviation History Tour of Dayton, September 13. The event, coinciding with the directorate’s 100 year anniversary, traced the evolution of innovation in Dayton, with stops at significant aviation history sites across the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
AFRL researchers trace history of innovation during Aviation Heritage Tour
The AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate’s Aviation Heritage Tour ended at the new AFRL Wright Brothers Institute, located in the growing downtown Dayton innovation district, where today’s AFRL scientists and engineers carry on the Wright brothers’ legacy of innovation while working alongside business and industry entrepreneurs to accelerate the pace of technology for the future. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
AFRL researchers trace history of innovation during Aviation Heritage Tour
Col. Charles Ormsby, Acting Director, AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, views displays at the site of the original Wright Brothers’ Bicycle Shop in downtown Dayton, September 13. Ormsby accompanied a group of military and civilian scientists, staff and engineers from the directorate on a visit to significant aviation history sites across Dayton during an Aviation Heritage Tour to gain a better understanding of the evolution of innovation in Dayton, the legacy of which the AFRL carries on today. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
AFRL senior scientist to receive prestigious materials science and engineering achievement award
Dr. Sheldon ‘Lee’ Semiatin, the Air Force Senior Scientist for Materials Processing and Processing Science, has been named the recipient of the 2018 ASM International Albert Savuer Achievement Award. The prestigious award recognizes him for making significant contributions to materials research and development that have led to the establishment of the discipline of Processing Science, impacting the worldwide research endeavor. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Linking form with function: AFRL’s flex team drives future tech capabilities for the warfighter
One of the most notable, recent projects by the Flexible Materials and Processes team is the transition of 3-D printed conformal antennas to enable Link-16 radio communication on the MQ-9 reaper platform. The team’s expertise in additive manufacturing and functional materials enabled them to create a quick-turn solution to meet a communication need for the Air National Guard. (Courtesy photo)
Linking form with function: AFRL’s flex team drives future tech capabilities for the warfighter
A member of the Flexible Materials and Processes team at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate exhibits an additively manufactured electrical circuit embedded in a flexible material substrate. The flex team is exploring novel ways to use 3-D printing technology to create next generation flexible hybrid technologies for the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo / Marisa Alia-Novobilski)
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Lt.s Dan Xu (left), a Navy Research Biochemist, and Joshua Roaf (right), a naval surface warfare officer and graduate intern on site at the Naval Medical Research Unit - Dayton as part of his master's program in toxicology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, work to draw a filter sample for contaminant verification of particulate matter during a test at NAMRU-D's Environmental Health Effects Laboratory July 25 (U.S. Air Force photo/Bryan Ripple).
AFRL leader named ACS Fellow
Dr. Timothy J. Bunning, Chief Scientist, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, was elected to the 2017 Class of the American Chemical Society of Fellows. ACS is the world's largest scientific society and a leading source of authoritative science information, with more than 157,000 members worldwide. The fellow honor, awarded to only 65 members this year, recognizes members for distinguished contributions to science and for their contributions to development and leadership of the society. Bunning is one of only a handful of AFRL scientists to ever achieve this honor. (Courtesy photo)
Library Research
Dwight Goforth, a library technician at the D'Azzo Research Library, places books back into circulation. Today, the library includes more than one million items. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bryan Ripple)
USAFSAM aerospace physiology training optimizes airmen’s performance
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Agnes Cattaneo, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine operational physiology technician, addresses a group of USAFSAM aircrew students about the Barany chair inside a USAFSAM classroom at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, April 26, 2017. The Barany chair is used as introductory spatial disorientation demonstrator and for rotational training as part of the airsickness management program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michelle Gigante)