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  • Students (left to right): Paul Warkentien, Evan Kolodey, Miranda Ghrist, Elena Cintron, delved into hypersonics research for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, via a partnership between AFOSR, NASA, a private company and a community college, gaining experience in laboratory settings. (Photo courtesy of Regan Silvestri)

    AFOSR develops Next Generation Scientists

    ARLINGTON, Va. -- Some of the best and brightest ideas can come from young scientists eager to innovate and advance the world of science, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research is always searching for ways to harness that knowledge and talent to advance future U.S Air Force operations.Like many AFOSR Program Officers, Dr. Ali Sayir
  • AFRL researchers visit Israel

    AFRL matching tech to needs with international partners

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Research Laboratory is reaching out to technical innovators and entrepreneurs within Israel to tap into potential new partnership opportunities. A group of AFRL scientists and engineers, hosted by Dr. Ehud Galun of the Israel Ministry of Defense, visited universities throughout Israel to learn
  • An Air Force Research Laboratory research team has developed a 3-D printed polymer-based foam structure that responds to the force of a shock wave to act as a one-way switch. These images show the material’s formation of jets, which localize shock wave energy in one direction, but not the other. (Los Alamos National Laboratory photo illustration)

    AFRL achieves “shocking” materials technology breakthrough

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with research partners at Los Alamos National Laboratory, are working to change the shape of materials technology with a breakthrough development that could open up a new range of possibilities for the military and beyond.Through an Air Force Office of Scientific

  • The power of one small basic research investment

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A small basic research investment by the Air Force Research Laboratory, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, has created a community of origami researchers who in six short years have transitioned to working on applied technologies for the Air Force. The story begins in 2012 when AFRL’s Air
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    AFOSR Awards Grants to 31 Scientists and Engineers through its Young Investigator Research Program

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Office of Scientific Research today announced it will award approximately $13.9 million in grants to 31 scientists and engineers from 24 research institutions and businesses who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program (YIP). The YIP is

  • The Air Force Office of Scientific Research Awards Grants to 60 Scientists and Engineers through its Young Investigator Research Program

    ARLINGTON, Virginia --  In January 2016, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research awarded approximately $20.6 million in grants to 56 scientists and engineers from 41 research institutions and small businesses who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program.This is to acknowledge an additional
  • Biological Science presentation for ARAP

    Tri-Service effort leverages synthetic biology expertise to address future warfighter needs

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  Taking advantage of Department of Defense research laboratory expertise in chemistry, biology, computer science and material science and engineering, a collaborative, $45 million tri-service effort is changing the way the DoD exploits biological systems to meet the unique needs and challenges of defense

  • Air Force patent license could lead to natural fiber automotive components

    AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, VIRGINIA – The Air Force Office of Scientific Research signed a Patent License Agreement with Natural Fiber Welding, Inc. that allows the company to use an Air Force developed fiber welding process in the creation of automotive components.Air Force research showed that with proper solvents and control,
  • Researchers Catxere Casacio, Waleed Muhammad, Warwick Bowen, Lars Madsen, and Nicholas Mauranyapin perform quantum optics experiments at the Laboratory for Translational Quantum Science, in the Australian Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems, University of Queensland on November 30, 2016. The experiments are being performed broadly to bring to bear techniques from quantum optics on the biological sciences and microscopy, with the goal of enhancing the resolution and speed of biological imaging and sensing. (Courtesy photo / Erick Romero)

    AFOSR and NASA Glenn Research Center contribute to University of Queensland’s Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence

    RESTON, Virginia --  The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center significantly contributed to the University of Queensland’s recent success to host a prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence. The AUD $33.7 million ARC Centre of
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