March 5, 2024 Academia, workforce mutually benefit from new radiation effects and testing lab The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL’s, Space Vehicles Directorate held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new University of New Mexico, or UNM, COSMIAC Radiation Effects Lab, or CREL, Dec. 8, 2023.
March 1, 2024 AFRL Commander urges “AFMC Teammates” to participate in 2024 AFRL Commander’s Challenge The event, which is open to junior officers, enlisted military members and DOD civilians from across the entire Command, tasks competitors to develop low-cost solutions to intercept and defeat slow-moving, high-altitude aerial targets.
Feb. 8, 2024 Mentors inspire tomorrow’s innovators through STEM outreach An Air Force Institute of Technology professor and student recently showed how mentoring and workforce development play pivotal roles in nurturing the next generation of scientists, engineers and innovators.
Oct. 17, 2023 AI research robots key to ‘democratizing and revolutionizing science’, world-class AFRL researcher says Internationally acclaimed Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researcher Dr. Benji Maruyama and his team are seeking industry and academic partners to help them transition open-source autonomous experimentation software, known as Educational ARES OS, to public school classrooms across the nation
Sept. 26, 2023 Air Force Sustainment Center and Langston University sign Educational Agreement focusing on STEM and non-STEM related fields The Air Force Sustainment Center needs a talent pool as large as possible to fill both current and future workforce requirements, and students at Langston University are in high-demand for career opportunities upon graduation.
July 28, 2023 Serious study, staggered brain breaks help Edwards PRIME students for STEM success The base’s Prioritizing Relevance in Mathematic Experiences outreach program wrapped up yet another year of serious study interspersed with fun aimed at spurring students to success in the study of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
July 26, 2023 ALCM summer training program prepares students for career opportunities More than 20 students learned about the day-to-day challenges Airmen face by working through real-world scenarios during the 2023 Air-Launched Cruise Missile Summer Training Program, held in two June sessions at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
March 17, 2023 Motivating the Aerospace Valley: Edwards AFB inspires the next generation at the Aerospace Valley Career Festival The goal of the Aerospace Valley Career Festival was to highlight career pathways available to youth in aerospace, military, government and STEM-related trades needed for the aerospace industry.
March 16, 2023 Robotics competition teaches kids teamwork, STEM Senior Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, leaders joined middle and high school students at Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio, March 11, 2023, as the students competed in the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, or FIRST, Tech Challenge Ohio State Championship.
Feb. 1, 2023 OC-ALC donates advanced light microscope to OU under education agreement The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex donated an advanced light microscope to the University of Oklahoma. The microscope, a Zeiss Discovery 12 metallograph, was originally purchased for $110,000 in 2007, and was slated for replacement and upgrade in 2020. It was offered to OU in lieu of disposal,