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AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate hosts annual awards ceremony

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, or RX, Director Darrell Phillipson, far left, and Chief Scientist Dr. Richard Vaia, far right, pose with award recipients, from left to right, Dr. Matthew Dickerson, Dr. Lisa Rueschhoff and Dr. Abigail Juhl at the 70th Annual RX Awards Ceremony Jan. 27, 2022, at the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Kenney Hall. The team of Dickerson and Rueschhoff tied with Juhl for the directorate’s most prestigious honor, the Charles J. Cleary Scientific Achievement Award, for the first time in the organization’s history. The Cleary Award acknowledges exemplary research published or accepted for publication, in a recognized, refereed journal. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee).

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World-renowned AFRL researcher inducted into Engineering and Science Hall of Fame

Dr. Nicholas “Nick” J. Pagano, an internationally recognized composite materials researcher, speaks to local high school science, technology, engineering and math students at the Engineers Club in Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 10, 2022, following his induction into the Engineering and Science Hall of Fame. The lecture, in which Pagano discussed his experiences and motivation for his career, was part of the hall’s Inductees Lectures program to "Listen to and question those who have made history." (Courtesy photo)

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World-renowned AFRL researcher inducted into Engineering and Science Hall of Fame

Dr. Som Soni, left, former Air Force Research Laboratory scientist Dr. Nicholas “Nick” J. Pagano, center, and Engineering and Science Hall of Fame Board of Trustees President James Mattice, right, pose in the Engineers Club in Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 9, 2022, following Pagano’s induction ceremony. Soni, Pagano’s longtime friend and colleague, wrote the nomination package to highlight Pagano’s extensive achievements and contributions to the composite materials research field over 40 years. (Courtesy photo)

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World-renowned AFRL researcher inducted into Engineering and Science Hall of Fame

Dr. Nicholas “Nick” J. Pagano, longtime Air Force Research Laboratory employee and world-renowned composite materials researcher, sits for his official portrait at the Engineers Club in Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 9, 2022. Pagano was inducted into the Engineering and Science Hall of Fame for his pioneering contributions in modeling performance of composite materials and his image will be enshrined in the hall at the Engineers Club of Dayton. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL division wins award for cold spray robot

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, senior general engineer and technical adviser Harry Pierson, far left, accepts the 2022 Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award with the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, or ARM, Institute project team. From left: David Barron, Alex Klinger, Chris Adams, Shane Groves, Andy Strat, Nihad Alfaysale and Stuart Lawrence at the 2022 Defense Manufacturing Conference in Tampa, Florida, Dec. 6, 2022. The team, comprised of government, industry and academia employees, won the award for its creation of an augmented reality-enabled cold spray robot system nicknamed “ARRI” that applies thermal coatings to refurbish worn aerospace parts. The award is given annually to teams that demonstrate significant achievements in world-class defense manufacturing technology capability and technical accomplishment. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL launches wearable biomolecular sensors program for DOD, transfers technology to Sensate Biosystems

Case Western Reserve University Nutrition Professor and BioSIS founder Dr. Mark Chance, left, discusses advancements in wearable biomolecular sensor technology with Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Senior Materials Engineer and Technical Lead Dr. Lawrence Drummy, right, Aug. 18, 2022, during the Biomedical Sciences for the Department of Defense Mission Symposium at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. AFRL partnered with the Nano Bio-Materials Consortium and Case Western Reserve University to create wearable biomolecular sensors that measure biomarkers in Airmen and Guardians, and has transferred that technology to Sensate Biosystems, a spinoff company of Case Western Reserve University. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL, AFTC collaborate on future technology via weeklong autonomy summit

Roger Tanner and Bill Gray pilot the X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft, or VISTA, from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to Edwards Air Force Base, California, Jan. 30, 2019. Dr. Terry Wilson, director of artificial intelligence technology development and transition for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Autonomy Capability Team, discussed VISTA during a virtual summit Nov. 14, 2022. The weeklong event was a joint working-level forum for AFRL and Air Force Test Center dedicated to autonomous technologies and capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo / Christian Turner)

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AFRL accepting applications for fully funded graduate internship program

Graduate student intern Brittani Huegen works in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Liquid Metals Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 29, 2022, preparing an electromyography measurement using liquid metal-based electrodes. Huegen, a fifth-year Duke University Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering, began her internship with AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate in September 2022. AFRL is accepting applications for this fully funded graduate student internship program Dec. 1, 2022 through Jan. 20, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

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AFRL teams with industry to expand alternative natural rubber supply

The initial planting of Kok-saghyz dandelion, commonly known as TK, is shown at the Amherst Greenhouse in Harrod, Ohio, July 28, 2022. The Air Force Research Laboratory kicked off a multimillion-dollar, multiyear program in spring 2022 with BioMADE, Farmed Materials and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to develop a domestic source of natural rubber from this dandelion species. (U.S. Air Force Photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

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AFRL teams with industry to expand alternative natural rubber supply

The Kok-saghyz dandelion species, captured July 28, 2022 at the Amherst Greenhouse in Harrod, Ohio, accumulates rubber in its roots which can be extracted for further use. The Air Force Research Laboratory entered a multimillion-dollar, multiyear program in spring 2022 with BioMADE, Farmed Materials and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company to develop a domestic source of natural rubber from this species of dandelion for use in the production of U.S. Department of the Air Force aircraft tires. (U.S. Air Force Photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

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AFRL’s Computed Tomography lab enhances efficiency with state-of-the-art infrastructure improvements, imaging capability

Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle receives a tutorial from ARCTOS contractor and Computed Tomography, or CT, operator Chad Schmidt inside the new CT suite Nov. 9, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, while AFRL Technical Lead John Brausch and Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Director Darrell Phillipson, far right, observe. The Computed Tomography Laboratory was recently renovated to include an additional CT machine and a brand-new CT suite in which to house the equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

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AFRL’s Computed Tomography lab enhances efficiency with state-of-the-art infrastructure improvements, imaging capability

Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, left, surveys the newly-renovated Computed Tomography Laboratory, Nov. 9, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, while John Brausch, center, Ryan Mooers and Steve Thompson, far right, welcome Pringle to the facility. The lab, part of AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, supports non-destructive testing of 3D-printed materials for the Department of Defense’s internal and external customer base. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

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AFRL’s Additive Manufacturing Laboratory celebrates newly renovated facility, addition of custom 3D-printing system

Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle and AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Director Darrell Phillipson cut a ribbon during a ceremony celebrating the reopening of the Additive Manufacturing Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Nov. 9, 2022. Technical Lead John Brausch and Research Materials Engineer Dr. Edwin Schwalbach, far right, oversaw extensive facility renovations and the addition of state-of-the-art equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

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Deputy Secretary of Defense visits Air Force Research Laboratory

Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle and Gen. Duke Richardson, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, greet Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks, who visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Aug. 17, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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Air Force Research Lab working to develop future workforce

Dr. Roneisha Haney shows the students lightweight aircraft components made by additive manufacturing. The presentation was virtual because of COVID-19 restrictions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Wesley Deer)

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Air Force Research Lab uses Small Business Innovation Research and Title III programs to deal with supply chain problems

An X-ray translucent wire, shown here, is made of strands of nickel-plated carbon fibers. (Courtesy photo/Minnesota Wire)

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AFRL interns showcase their work in annual poster session at Wright-Patterson

The in-person poster sessions meant masks and social distancing because of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Micah Hung)

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AFRL interns showcase their work in annual poster session at Wright-Patterson

Wright State University student intern Alexander Vehre explains his poster. Vehre is an undergraduate majoring in mechanical engineering. (U.S. Air Force photo/Micah Hung)

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The U.S. Air Force has signed an agreement for joint development of Air Launched UAVs with India’s Defence Research and Development Organization.

210730-F- F3963-1001 Indian Air Force Air Vice Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, Assistant Chief of Air Staff for Plans, joined by U.S. Navy Captain Michael Farmer, Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation, New Delhi, counter-signs a landmark agreement to co-develop air-launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicles under the U.S.-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative, at Indian Air Force Headquarters in New Delhi, India, on July 30, 2021.

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AFRL establishes one-stop shop for partnerships

U.S. Navy Capt. Michael Farmer, left, chief, Office of Defense Cooperation, New Delhi, shakes hands with Indian air force Air Vice Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, right, assistant chief of Air Staff for Plans, after Tiwari countersigns an agreement to co-develop air-launched unmanned aerial vehicles under the U.S.-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative, at Indian Air Force headquarters in New Delhi, India, July 30, 2021. The Air Force Research Laboratory stood up a new Strategic Partnering Directorate, or AFRL/SP, to better achieve the Department of the Air Force’s mission and vision of collaborative science and technology partnerships. AFRL/SP will now manage international partnerships for the laboratory. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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