Higher Education

Researchers at Oxford University have discovered that peregrine falcons steer their attacks using the same control strategies as guided missiles. Initial research funded by AFRL.

A team of scientists and engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Southern California have created a crystal with a higher degree of optical anisotropy than all other solid substances on earth. According to the researchers, the material is promising for a range of optics applications. This research was supported by grants from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Locations: Madison, Wisconsin; Los Angeles, CA

Researchers at The University of Chicago have proposed a method for simplifying calculations of complex molecular interactions. According to the researchers, the innovative method cuts computational costs and improves accuracy. The research is the AFOSR. Location: Chicago, IL

AFRL Center of Excellence - Machines, Algorithms and Data Lab (MADLab): A University Center of Excellence in Efficient and Robust Machine Learning

The University of Notre Dame has completed development of the country’s largest quiet Mach 6 hypersonic wind tunnel. Funded with support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the AFOSR-Notre Dame Large Mach 6 Quiet Tunnel has a nozzle diameter 2.5 times larger than current quiet hypersonic wind tunnels in the U.S.

AFRL Center of Excellence - Nature Inspired Flight Technologies and Ideas

A research team at Texas A&M Engineering is applying the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence to create software that autonomously discovers new materials. The research is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Air Force Research Laboratory - AFRL's Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR).

Professor Sakhrat Khizroev, at FIU College of Engineering and Computing, is creating an extremely fast energy-efficient computer using spintronics. The new technology could help reduce the Internet’s carbon footprint.

Urmila Mahadev, a theoretical computer science grad student at UC Berkeley, has solved a fundamental quantum computing problem— how do you know whether a quantum computer has followed your instructions or done anything quantum at all?

Researchers from University of Washington and 國立清華大學 National Tsing Hua University have constructed functional metalenses out of layered 2D materials

Researchers from University of Washington and 國立清華大學 National Tsing Hua University have constructed functional metalenses out of layered 2D materials.

Researchers at Arizona State University, Northwestern University, and San Diego State University seek to understand the molecular structure of spider silk.

Researchers at Arizona State University, Northwestern University, and San Diego State University seek to understand the molecular structure of spider silk.

Researchers at Georgia Tech merge origami and 3D printing to make complex structures in one one-step. According to the researchers, the structures could have applications in biomedical devices and space exploration.

AFRL Center of Excellence - Human-Machine Teaming and Trust

Professors Michael M. Micci and Sven G. Bilén, at Penn State Aerospace Engineering, have been awarded two grants by AFOSR PO Dr. Mitat Birkan, Space Propulsion and Power— a traditional grant and a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grant— to study the use of beamed microwave energy to launch space vehicles off the surface of Earth.

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have built a Kerr frequency comb generator that integrates the laser together with the microresonator— significantly reducing its size and power requirements.

Dr. Brad Wheaton and his team at JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)are working to advance knowledge of boundary layer transition physics through Boundary Layer Transition (BOLT) experiments, which is critical for determining what materials to use when designing hypersonic vehicles.

Center of Excellence for Assured Autonomy in Contested Environments