Letter from the Regional Coordinator I'd like to wish everyone a happy and healthy new year! Ken Wright, our Regional Support Office representative, is leaving us. On behalf of Jim Kearns and the entire FLC Midwest Region, I would like to thank Ken for everything he has done for the Region. We've made a lot of progress rejuvenating the Region in the past few years, and Ken played a major role in that development. Read more
Air Force Awarded U.S. Patent for Earpiece System Developed by the 711 HPW The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded a patent to the U.S. Air Force for its award-winning Attenuating Custom Communications Earpiece System (ACCES®). The Air Force Research Laboratory, 711th Human Performance Wing, Human Effectiveness Directorate, Warfighter Interface Division, Battlespace Acoustics Branch (711 HPW/RHCB) partnered with Westone Laboratories, Inc., to develop the deep-insert, custom-molded ACCES hearing protection technology under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). Read more NASA Invites Students to Send Experiments to the Edge of Space The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is inviting student teams to design and build experiments the agency will fly into the stratosphere, a near-space environment, more than 100,000 feet above the Earth. NASA's second annual Balloonsat High-Altitude Flight competition is open to student teams in grades 9 to 12 from the United States and its territories. Each team of four or more students must submit an experiment proposal to NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland by February 11. Read more
NASA Glenn Tests Planetary Excavation Tools and Vehicles NASA's Glenn Research Center recently held a demonstration of digging equipment and mining vehicles for planetary surface material. Sponsored by NASA's Partnerships, Innovation and Commercial Space Division, Glenn and the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) are conducting tests that simulate the mining of planetary surface materials, with the goal of turning the captured materials into life-sustaining resources. Read more Local State News from SSTI Weekly Digest NSWC Crane Partners With Tennessee State University to Expand Educational Opportunities for Students Through an Education Partnership Agreement (EPA), Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) and Tennessee State University will partner to increase educational experiences for students and research possibilities for faculty members. Read more Upcoming T2 Conferences and Events
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