Letter from the Regional Coordinator I hope you enjoyed the FLC national meeting in Charlotte as much as I did. The date for our own regional meeting is fast approaching! Information is available on the 2009 FLC Midwest Regional Meeting page of our website. The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomington, Indiana. Early-bird registration ends July 17. A block of rooms has been reserved under the name "FLC Midwest," but arrangements must be made no later than July 19. Read more
NASA Leads Team in Establishing a Renewable Hydrogen Fueling Station NASA's Glenn Research Center is leading a team of industry and university partners in demonstrating a prototype of a commercial hydrogen fueling station that uses wind and solar power to produce hydrogen from water. This initial installation will produce hydrogen from Lake Erie water to fuel a mass transit bus powered by fuel cells. Read more Argonne's Lithium-Ion Battery Technology to be Commercialized by BASF The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and BASF, the world's largest chemical company, have signed a world-wide licensing agreement to mass produce and market Argonne's patented composite cathode materials to manufacturers of advanced lithium-ion batteries. Read more AFRL Assists UNLV Researchers with UAV Testing
AFRL personnel recently participated in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) test to investigate the performance and operational characteristics of hybrid propulsion systems for UAVs. The test was one part of a much larger multidisciplinary collaborative effort with the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). In preparation for the test, the propulsion system of a commercial off-the-shelf UAV was modified from its original configuration. The UAV's single, centerline electric motor was replaced with two off-centerline electric motors and one centerline heavy fuel engine. Read more
Air Vehicles Volunteers Show Support for FIRST LEGO® League Once again, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Air Vehicles Directorate personnel came out to show their tremendous support for area FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) competitors. At the FLL Ohio State championship, held February 14-15 at Wright State University's Ervin J. Nutter Center, an impressive number of Air Vehicles personnel turned out to participate, provide support, and cheer for their favorite teams. Read more DOE to Establish Two Energy Frontier Research Centers at Argonne The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory will be home to two of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced today by the White House in conjunction with a speech by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences. The EFRCs, which will pursue advanced scientific research on energy, are being established by DOE's Office of Science at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations and private firms across the nation. Read more
Nanotechnology—working with materials that are 100 nanometers or smaller—has potential applications in many facets of human life, from consumer products to medicine. It allows scientists to work with completely new materials by controlling matter at the atomic level, where the properties of matter change in ways researchers are just beginning to understand. While the potential benefits of nanotechnology are known, researchers and concerned consumers alike have raised questions about the potential risks. Read more Bullard-Sherwood Research-to-Practice (r2p) Awards The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) presents the Bullard-Sherwood Research-to-Practice (r2p) Awards to recognize outstanding efforts by its scientists and their partners in applying occupational safety and health research to prevent work-related injury, illness, and death. The award is named in honor of two distinguished individuals who have made significant improvements in workplace injury and illness prevention. Read more NASA and Boeing Win 2008 Software of the Year Award NASA's Glenn Research Center and Boeing employees have won the 2008 NASA Software of the Year Award for the development of a general-purpose program used to perform trajectory optimization and performance studies for a wide variety of vehicles, including aircraft, rockets, satellites and interplanetary vehicles. Read more Upcoming T2 Conferences and Events
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