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  • This group of high school students interned in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory or GRILL as part of the Wright Scholar Research Assistant Program. The summer internship, now in its 20th year, offers research opportunities and paid work experiences to students interested in science, technology, engineering and math or STEM fields. (U.S. Air Force photo/Debbie Miller)

    Student internship program celebrates 20th year

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFRL) – Sixty interns from 31 high schools nationwide recently completed the Wright Scholar Research Assistant Program despite the continued challenges posed by COVID-19. The summer internship, now it is 20th year, offers research opportunities and paid work experiences to high school students interested in
  • The Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate hosted STEM Signing Day for local students virtually, July 30, 2021. AFRL leadership, along with local city leaders, celebrated these students' commitment to STEM. (U.S. Air Force photo screenshot/Rachel Simones)

    AFRL hosts STEM Signing Day for local high school students

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate celebrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Signing Day for approximately 40 local students, July 30, during a virtual event. Students from the greater Dayton area that attended AFRL summer internship programs were recognized for
  • Career STREAM founder Ronda Cole-Harmon conducts a Zoom meeting with the selected mentors from the University of New Mexico and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steve Burke)

    STEM Academy builds Career STREAM Program to bring positive change in STEM workforce

    The National Defense Education Program (NDEP) awarded Air Force Research Laboratory’s STEM Academy funding to bring life to a program that hopes to increase diversity in the STEM workforce.
  • Lisa Fitzgerald, a senior technical advisor with the Aerospace Systems Directorate, smiles in her work environment, May 7, 2021. Fitzgerald's diverse career experiences inspired her daughter to attend the Air Force Academy and follow in her mother's footsteps by serving in the military. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rachel Simones)

    AFRL senior technical advisor inspires daughter to follow in her footsteps

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – A senior technical advisor with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Aerospace Systems Directorate inspired her daughter to embark on a military career full of adventure and multicultural experiences.Lisa Fitzgerald raised four children who all ended up in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
  • Graduate student from the University of Texas El Paso, Cristian Orozco, works in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate over the summer. One of his duties includes working with a vacuum chamber for thin film coatings for optics. (U.S. Air Force photo / Marisa Alia-Novobilski)

    Air Force partners with universities in next-generation minority leaders research collaboration program

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The objective of the Air Force Research Laboratory Research Collaboration Program II (also known as the Minority Leaders – RCP) is to enable collaborative research partnerships between AFRL and academia that engages a diverse pool of scientists and engineers in addressing foundational research challenges in
  • A joint Air Force Institute of Technology and Air Force Research Laboratory Diversity and Inclusion Book Club meeting was held in the Fall of 2019 (Courtesy photo)

    AFRL AFWiSE discuss unconscious bias and its impact on fair hiring and promotions

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Air Force Women in Science and Engineering is a resource group comprised of mainly women from the Air Force Research Laboratory. It is a platform to network and share new ideas for the advancement, professional development and promotion of workplace diversity throughout AFRL.The group recently hosted a
  • photo of students and inflatable cubes inside a convention center

    Adapting A Mission to Mars - A Bright New Future for AFRL STEM Academy

    The 25th Annual Mission to Mars was the latest in the growing list of events that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Javier Rodriguez, engineer, of the Air Force Research Laboratory is selected to receive the 2019 STEM Military and Civilian Hero Award at the 31st Annual Great Minds in STEM Conference in September 2019, at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

    AFRL employees receive Great Minds in STEM Award

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force Research Laboratory has winners in the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation Great Minds in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Heroes Award for 2019.GMiS is a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping America technologically strong by promoting STEM careers,
  • Airmen from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio hold a large garrison-size American flag during the presentation of the colors and singing of the national anthem at the NCAA First Four Tournament March 19, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michelle Gigante)

    Wright-Patt joins in First Four tournament activities

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The NCAA First Four Division I Men’s Basketball tournament at the University of Dayton Arena March 19-20 marked the 19th consecutive year that the road to the final four has started in Dayton, Ohio. The Big Hoopla ticket program donated approximately 3,000 tickets to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Airmen and
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