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Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Hoses and a diagram of the new liquid-cooled plate carrier lie on a table Dec. 1, 2021, at the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Lab in Riverside, Ohio. The institute worked with the Air Force Research Laboratory to build a system prototype designed to help cool Airmen wearing body armor in hot weather. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Joe Althaus (left), the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program manager, and engineer Matthew Sunday build the liquid-cooled plate carrier prototype at their lab Dec. 1, 2021, in Riverside, Ohio. The institute worked with the Air Force Research Laboratory on making the concept a reality. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Matthew Sunday, an engineer with the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program, works on placing the battery compartment in the liquid-cooled plate carrier prototype Dec. 1, 2021, at his lab in Riverside, Ohio. The system uses a small pump to circulate drinking water and cool service members wearing body armor. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Engineers with the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program work on a prototype of the liquid-cooled plate carrier Dec. 1, 2021, at their lab in Riverside, Ohio. The system was designed by 1st Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, in hopes of reducing the number of heat casualties in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Matthew Sunday (left) and Joe Althaus (center), Wright Brothers Institute Rapid Innovation Program engineers, and Mike Moulton, an Air Force Research Laboratory engineer, work on the liquid-cooled plate carrier prototype in a lab Dec. 1, 2021. The institute and AFRL collaborated to build the prototype for testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Matthew Sunday, an engineer with the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program, works on the liquid-cooled plate carrier prototype Dec. 1, 2021, at his lab in Riverside, Ohio. First Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, designed the system to fight heat stress for Air Force “Defenders” wearing body armor. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Matthew Sunday, an engineer with the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program, works on the liquid-cooled plate carrier prototype Dec. 1, 2021, at his lab in Riverside, Ohio. The system uses a small pump to circulate water and cool service members wearing body armor. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
First Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, consults with Wright Brothers Institute and Air Force Research Laboratory engineers Dec. 1, 2021, as they build a prototype of the liquid-cooled plate carrier. O’Brien entered his design in Air Force Materiel Command’s Spark Tank competition, catching the attention Air Force leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Joe Althaus (center), the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program manager; Mike Moulton, Air Force Research Laboratory; and 1st Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron; consult a diagram of the liquid-cooled plate carrier as they work on building a prototype Dec. 1, 2021, at the institute’s facility in Riverside, Ohio. O’Brien designed the system as a way to reduce heat-related incidents in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Joe Althaus (left), the Wright Brothers Institute’s Rapid Innovation Program manager, and engineer Matthew Sunday consult with 1st Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, on Dec. 1, 2021, about construction of a system prototype the Airman designed to cool “Defenders” wearing body armor on warm days. The institute and Air Force Research Laboratory worked together to build the prototype for testing. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
First Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, tries on ballistic armor Dec. 1, 2021, containing the prototype of a liquid-cooled plate carrier system he designed to help Airmen in the field on hot days. The Wright Brothers Institute and Air Force Research Laboratory worked together to build and test the prototype in hopes of reducing heat stress in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
James Christensen, Air Force Research Laboratory, talks Oct. 6, 2021, about the role his 711th Human Performance Wing cell played in preparing the next-generation prototype of the liquid-cooled plate carrier at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Christensen’s team worked with 1st Lt. Justin O’Brien to adapt his design to be more robust and easier to manufacture and then test it. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Mike Moulton, Air Force Research Laboratory, works on the prototype of the liquid-cooled plate carrier Oct. 6, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The proposed system is designed to help cool the warfighter or “Defender” with the drinking water they are already carrying. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
Mike Moulton, Air Force Research Laboratory, works on the prototype of the liquid-cooled plate carrier Oct. 6, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The proposed system is designed to help cool the warfighter with the drinking water they are already carrying. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
David Tyler, Air Force Materiel Command’s Improvement and Innovation Cell chief, discusses his office’s role in advancing the liquid-cooled plate carrier prototype during an interview Sept. 29, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Tyler and his team were instrumental in connecting 1st Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, with the right people to move his design for cooling body armor toward production. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Airman comes up with a cool idea … and leaders listened
First Lt. Justin O’Brien, 88th Security Forces Squadron, explains features of the liquid-cooled plate carrier during an interview Sept. 24, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He designed the carrier as a way of cooling “Defenders” wearing body armor. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate celebrates annual awards recipients
To create the virtual event, a studio-like setting was created for the awards ceremony. From left to right are Mr. Timothy Sakulich, Dr. Jonathan Spowart, Mr. Keith Slinker and Col. Michael Warner.
AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate celebrates annual awards recipients
To create the virtual event, a studio-like setting was created for the awards ceremony. From left to right are Mr. Timothy Sakulich, Dr. Jonathan Spowart, Mr. Keith Slinker and Col. Michael Warner.
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Artistic rendering of AFRL-developed “Polymerized Liquid Metal Network” technology. (U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic/Second Bay Studios)
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From left to right: Dr. Derek Bas, Dr. Piyush Shah and Dr. Michael Page examine a potential acoustically driven ferromagnetic resonance material under a microscope in the magneto-optics lab. The microscope is designed to observe magnetic properties on a small scale. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Wolf)