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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 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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Project Arc team works to make technical Airmen more operationally relevant

Project Arc Engineer 1st Lt. Andrew Foor welds together supporting parts for the hardening of a low-cost threat emitter Oct. 18, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Foor, an electrical engineer by trade, worked with his teammate to help Luke Air Force Base modernize its ranges with emerging, high-impact technologies. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Project Arc team works to make technical Airmen more operationally relevant

Project Arc Engineer 2nd Lt. Jacob Geil takes a measurement on the ram air scoop fan assembly Sept. 22, 2022, as part of an initiative to embed engineers at operational wings to solve technical problems. As part of the Project Arc program, Geil and his teammate were stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, for six months to help develop, test and transition Airmen and commercial solutions. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Christopher Tam)

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Project Arc team works to make technical Airmen more operationally relevant

Project Arc Engineer 1st Lt. Kevin Tran tests an early prototype of a corrosion prevention system for space launch infrastructure Sept. 21, 2022, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida. Tran and his teammate were stationed at Cape Canaveral with a mission to test and integrate technologies that will enable assured access to space for the 45th Space Launch Delta. The corrosion prevention tool would save $300K a year at Space Launch delta alone and is currently in the Spark Tank quarterfinals. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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AFRL partners with New Mexico Army National Guard in STEM aviation event

New Mexico Army National Guardsman Chief Warrant Officer 3 Anita Guderjohn, with the 168th Medevac Company, talks to students participating in the DOD STARBASE STEM Camp, inside an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, June 14, 2022. Guderjohn provided a tour of the aircraft and answered questions about their mission, and how she became a pilot. STARBASE New Mexico is a DOD program managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory.

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Dr. Luke Baldwin and Flow chemistry system

Dr. Luke Baldwin with Flow Chemistry machine. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jonathan Taulbee)

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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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Capt. Cristian Hernández-Rivera’s wife, Joanne Ortiz Merced, places his new Space Force insignia on his sleeve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Spencer Deer)

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John Florio reaches for Capt. Kenneth Ehrenberg’s new Space Force service patches. (U.S. Air Force photo/Spencer Deer)

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An electro-optics survivability team of Air Force Research Laboratory personnel earned a 2021 U.S.- UK Science & Technology Stocktake Team Achievement Award for their work and experimentation with lasers. Seen here in a laser lab, team member, Dr. Shekhar Guha, a senior scientist in AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, adjusts an optic behind a carbon dioxide laser. (U.S. Air Force photo/Donna Lindner)

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