Engineering Research - Impact on AFOSR

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1 Engineering Research - Impact on AFOSR 17 March 2008 Dr. Brendan Godfrey, Director Air Force Office of Scientific Research (703) ; brendan.godfrey@afosr.af.mil DISTRIBUTION A. Approved for public release.

2 AFRL Core Work Areas Space Vehicles Sensors AFOSR Human Effectiveness Directed Energy Munitions Information Materials & Manufacturing Air Vehicles Propulsion 2

3 AFOSR is USAF Basic Research Manager Identify Breakthrough Research Opportunities Here & Abroad Regular interactions with leading scientists and engineers Liaison offices in Europe and Asia, soon in Latin America 238 short-term foreign visitors; 28 personnel exchanges 95 summer faculty; 30 postdocs/senior scientists at AFRL Foster Revolutionary Basic Research for Air Force Needs 1181 extramural research grants at 227 universities 239 intramural research projects at AFRL, USAFA, AFIT 150 STTR small business - university contracts 533 fellowships; 1390 grad students, 570 post-docs on grants Transition Technologies to DOD and Industry 100 workshops conducted; 148 conferences co-sponsored 664 funded transitions in FY06 (~55% response rate) 3

4 AFOSR Basic Research Areas Aerospace, Chemical & Materials Sciences Physics & Electronics Mathematics, Information & Life Sciences Structural Mechanics Materials Chemistry Fluid Mechanics Propulsion Sub-thrusts Physics Electronics Space Sciences Applied Math Info Sciences Human Cognition Mathematics Biomimetics Areas of Enhanced Emphasis - Complex Networks - Energy & Thermal Management - Robust Decision Making - Agile, Autonomous Flight - Adversarial Behavior Modeling - Space Situational Awareness 4

5 Follow-on Uses of AFOSR Research (FY2006) AFOSR HAS DOCUMENTED 664 TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS Transition Transfer Assist Number of Follow -on-use ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORMED THE RESEARCH AFRL TD Industry University Government Industry TDs Number of Follow -on-use ORGANIZATIONS THAT INVESTED IN THE NEXT STAGE Industry AFRL TD Government University TDs Industry Number of Third Party Resources 5

6 Recent AFOSR Transitions Joint Precision Air Drop System (JPADS): Using GPS and electro-mechanical steering actuators allows cargo bundles dropped from cargo planes to steer themselves to drop zones. Coatings and Corrosion Program: Developed non-chromate conversion coatings, primers, and top coats. Same cost as the chromium-based primer but without health and environmental risks. Physically-Constrained Iterative Deconvolution (PCID): PCID extracts most relevant information from image data by removing atmospheric and system blurring to produce a single high-resolution image. 6

7 Recent AFOSR Transitions Cont. Rewritable 3-D Hologram: Developed dynamic holographic 3-D images that can lead to viewing battle space in nearly real time using realistic images. Self-Healing Materials: Research has demonstrated the ability to engineer high efficiency self-healing polymeric composites. One result would be more durable and longer-lasting aircraft. Electric Oxygen Iodine Laser (EOIL): EOIL uses on-board power to generate electrical discharge to eliminate hazardous chemicals. Minimize massive fluid supplytankage subsystem by a small, fixed-mass electrical subsystem. 7

8 Recent AFOSR Transitions Cont. Luminescent Polymers for Explosive Sensing: New polymer has been developed that allows rapid broad detection of all military nitrogen-based high explosives in a single application fluorescent test. TiAl Turbine Blades: Gamma TiAl was selected by GE-Aviation as the material for low pressure turbine blades in the GEnx engine. TiAl provides superior specific strength and creep resistance. Tough Nano-Composites: Advanced nano-coatings of ceramic grains in a hard amorphous matrix increased material toughness & resistance to failure in heavily loaded JSF engine gears & bearings. 8

9 Recent AFOSR Transitions Cont. Joint Direct Attack Munition Release (JDAM): Research effort in microjet array actuators led to improved cavity and store control at Mach 2. Transition to DARPA Micro Adaptive Flow Control Program. Coherent Matter Wave Dynamics: Able to stop a light pulse in one Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) and revived it from a second, separate BEC. Results have clear and important application for coherent optical and quantum information processing. Bendable Electronics: Developed superflexible silicon chips that are durable and can be attached to curved surfaces like airplane bodies or engines. 9

10 AFRL Workforce Employees Civilian Military Contractor Total ~9600 ~4500 ~1200 ~3900 S&Es ~3500 ~2700 ~800 ~2400 Dayton, OH; Albuquerque, NM; Rome, NY, Boston, MA; Lancaster, CA; Ft Walton Beach, FL; Panama City, FL; Arlington, VA 10

11 AFRL Needs Careers at AFRL span scientific and engineering discipline, greatest number of opportunities in: Aerospace engineering Electronics/Electrical engineering Physics Computer science Chemistry Mechanical engineering For more information, see Click AFRL Employment 11

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13 Major AFRL Facilities WRIGHT-PATTERSON ROME PROPULSION (PR) AIR VEHICLES (VA) SENSORS (SN) MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING (ML) HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS (HE) COLLABORATIVE C2 (IF) INFORMATION (IF) SURVEILLANCE (SN) EDWARDS WARFIGHTER TRAINING RESEARCH (HE) BATTLE SPACE ENVIRONMENTS (VS) ELECTROMAGNETICS (SN) HQ AFRL ROCKET PROPULSION (PR) MESA HANSCOM Detachments (15 ) Operating Locations (63) Commanders Reps (20) Major International Locations (3-London/Tokyo/Sao Paolo*) HAARP/MAUI KIRTLAND DIRECTED ENERGY (DE) SPACE VEHICLES (VS) BROOKS BIOEFFECTS, AEROSPACE PHYSIOLOGY (HE) Arlington AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (AFOSR) TYNDALL EGLIN AIR BASE TECHNOLOGY (ML) MUNITIONS (MN) 40 Sites World-Wide 13

14 60 Years of AFOSR Breakthroughs Partial List 14

15 FY07 S&T Appropriation AF Budget Investment By Budget Activity Directed Energy $178M Human Effectiveness $150M 6.1 $282M 14% 6.3 $720M 34% 6.2 $1,080M 53% 5% Munitions $101M 10% Space Vehicles $215M Propulsion $363M Basic Research $282M Information $178M Air Vehicles $156M Sensors $221M 17% 14% Materials & Manufacturing $239M 9% 7% 11% 9% 7% 11% TOTAL: $2.082 Billion 15