| FLC Midwest Region Quarterly Newsletter - Fall 2009 |
Letter from the Regional Coordinator
It was a great pleasure to see so many attendees at an FLC Midwest Region meeting! If you were there, I hope you learned something. If you weren't, you missed out. I'd like to extend particular thanks to our gracious hosts at NSWC Crane Division, both for the tour and for inviting so many of their partners to the meeting. We're already planning our next meeting for Madison, Wisconsin, in August 2010. If you'd like to share suggestions for topics or speakers, please contact me or Ken. Read more
AFRL 711th Human Performance Wing Demonstrates New Concept in Training
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), 711th Human Performance Wing (HPW), Human Effectiveness Directorate, has helped make possible a new Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) training concept. This concept integrates into a single training event: live elements (i.e., real people using real equipment), virtual elements (i.e., real people using simulated equipment), and constructive elements (i.e., computer-generated people or things). The FLC Midwest Region has recognized the 711th HPW's contribution to this revolutionary model with a 2009 regional Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer. Read more |
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NASA Technology Poised to Reduce Noise from Aircraft Engines
A team of researchers at NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC), Langley Research Center (LaRC), and Williams International has developed a metallic foam liner that reduces noise from aircraft engines. The team of Dr. Dan Sutliff, Dr. Cheryl Bowman, Mike Jones, and Tom Hartley worked against challenging time and cost constraints to create a technology that would enable commercial aircraft to meet increasingly stringent restrictions on aviation noise without adding to the size or weight of the aircraft. Read more |
USI Center for Applied Research Wins Partnership Award
The University of Southern Indiana Center for Applied Research (USI CAR) is the recipient of the Midwest Region's 2009 Partnership Award. The award is presented to an American-owned company, nonfederal government entity, or college or university in the Midwest Region that has made outstanding efforts to promote either the actual transfer of federal technology or the federal technology transfer program during the 12 months preceding the nomination. Read more |
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ARS Technology Improves Skin Care
A team from the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) has successfully commercialized a botanical material and process that benefits the cosmetic and skin care industry. The NCAUR scientists demonstrated the effectiveness of an enzymatic combination of botanical molecules with vegetable oil with protecting skin from the damaging effects of sun and environmental exposure. The process was first demonstrated by combining ferulic acid with soybean oil, collectively referred to as SoyScreen™. Read more |
Argonne, North Dakota Universities to Form Regional Research Partnership
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, the University of North Dakota (UND), and North Dakota State University (NDSU) announced recently that they are developing a regional partnership to explore complementary scientific research efforts. Read more
The Ultimate Long Distance Communication
Anyone who's vacationed in the mountains or lived on a farm knows that it's hard to get good Internet access or a strong cell phone signal in a remote area. Communicating across great distances has always been a challenge. So when NASA engineers designed the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), they knew it would need an extraordinary communications system. Read more
Argonne's Shevchenko Named Top Innovator
Elena Shevchenko, a nanoscientist at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, has joined a select list of the world's youngest top innovators as chosen by Technology Review magazine. Shevchenko was recognized for her work at Argonne's Center for Nanoscale Materials. Read more |
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ERDC Researchers Win 2009 Army R&D Achievement Awards
Nineteen Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) researchers were named among the winners of the 2009 Army Research and Development (R&D) Achievement Award, which recognizes scientific or engineering achievements that are directly responsible for significant improvements or that advance, materially, research and development accomplishments for the Department of the Army. Read more |
AFIT's Center for Cyberspace Research Awarded a $2.1 Million National Science Foundation Cyber Education Grant
The Center for Cyberspace Research at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) has been awarded a renewal grant in the amount of $2.1 million to continue its successful Scholarship for Service fellowship program, which recruits and educates talented civilians to work for federal, state, or local governments on cyber security issues. Read more
NIOSH Signs a New Licensing Agreement
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) signed a new licensing agreement with Micro Fresh Filters to manufacture a new NIOSH invention—a diesel particulate detection system to measure engine emissions. The system is comprised of a sampling pump and special disposable filters to determine levels of air particles in engine exhausts. The technology is designed to be used to improve diesel exhaust controls. (Note: Mention of a company name does not constitute a NIOSH commercial endorsement.) For more information, contact Kathleen Goedel at Kgoedel@cdc.gov or go to http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/pdfs/fmodp.pdf.
Fighting Pinhole Leaks in Copper Water Lines
Pinhole leaks in copper water lines are a major concern to both homeowners and drinking water utilities because of the high cost of residential line repairs and the waste of water resources from undetected leaks in service lines. Because copper pipe corrosion remains poorly understood, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supports ongoing research to find a remedy for the problem. Read more |
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Award-winning Ultrafiltration Device Used to Aid the Detection of Microorganisms in Drinking Water
The possibility of terrorists or criminals intentionally contaminating drinking water with pathogenic microorganisms is a significant public health concern. This concern has given rise to the need to rapidly and effectively sample water to detect small concentrations of potentially dangerous microorganisms. Read more |
Superconducting Technology, Chicago Style
For decades, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) has been known for innovations in the design and construction of particle accelerators. Its scientists and engineers developed the materials needed to build the superconducting magnets that steer protons and antiprotons in Fermilab's particle collider, the Tevatron. The same technology now beats in the heart of the Large Hadron Collider at the European laboratory, CERN. Read more
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