Scientists Put Interactive Flu Tracking at Public's Fingertips Nov 18, 2009
The research is funded by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and Office, Ohio State's Department of Biomedical Informatics and the Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) at Ohio State. Janies conducted the work with Rasmus Hovm. (Science Daily)
UC Davis gets $7.5M for Army research Nov 12, 2009
The 10-year grant from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory will create a in Maryland, with research being conducted across the country. The project seeks to create networks that are not impacted by interference and jamming and that can reconfigure themselves if and as needed. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
U.S. invests $6.4 million in LED research Aug 25, 2009
U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Md. will seek to exploit the negative polarization charge to improve the efficiency of green LEDs. (EETimes)
Defense officials visit Claflin to discuss funding Aug 14, 2009
We want students and faculty members to try to participate in our programs, said Dr. Vallen L. Emory Jr. of the Army Research Laboratory. This is a great way to help build relationships and, more importantly, it helps us learn more about the academic institutions. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Cloud proves to be the answer for Army lab testing Jul 2, 2009
For the Army Research Laboratory, the answer came in the form of cloud computing. "We were in between a rock and a hard place," said Dennis Reedy, a system architect and advisor for ARL supporting contractor Altus Engineering, speaking at the JavaOne conference held earlier this month in San Francisco. (FCW.com)
Researchers putting a freeze on oscillator vibrations Jun 18, 2009
Wang, a member of the Oregon Center for Optics and a professor in the UO physics department, and his doctoral student Young-Shin Park performed the research under grants from the National Science Foundation and Army Research Laboratory through the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI). In nanotechnology, understanding phonons -- vibrations that carry energy -- is becoming increasingly important. (EurekAlert!)
Healing wounds with lasers, vehicles that drive themselves, other cutting-edge optics May 27, 2009
The key challenge, says Eric Forsythe of Army Research Laboratory, is to improve the size, weight, and energy efficiency of these experimental displays and to find a design that can be easily manufactured. In Baltimore, Forsythe will discuss the latest research on organic LEDs and the U.S. Army's progress toward pilot-scale production of flexible displays with improved efficiency. (EurekAlert!)
AGU Journal highlights -- May 6, 2009 May 7, 2009
Gorden Videen: Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland, U.S.A.. Source: Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres (JGR-D) paper 10. (EurekAlert!)
Wilson one of three for Legion of Honor Mar 21, 2009
retired as a colonel and director of the Human Resources U.S. Army Research Laboratory in 1988, after serving for 30 years. He then went into the Civil Service for a 17-year second career, bringing his service to the country to a total of 47 years. (Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV)
Local briefs: Wednesday, Feb. 25 Feb 26, 2009
The contract is for SGI to build computers and storage systems for several defense groups, including the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Naval Surface Warfare Center. 511 system now available online. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
MicroGen Systems Wins NYSERDA Contract; to Partner With the Infotonics Technology Center (ITC) in Developing Micro-Energy Harvesting Technology Feb 14, 2009
The program budget is $619,000 with $319,000 in matching funds coming from The University of Vermont (UVM) Innovations Fund, ITC's Army Research Laboratory funds, and MicroGen itself. MicroGen is a spinout from UVM, which is commercializing technology exclusively licensed from UVM. MicroGen relocated to New York in late 2007 to take advantage of ITC's strong MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) microfabrication and micropackaging capabilities. (PR Newswire)
Researchers Learn Why Robots Get Stuck In The Sand -- And How To Keep Them Going Feb 11, 2009
This project was funded by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory ... This material is based on research sponsored by the Army Research Laboratory and was accomplished under Cooperative Agreement Number W911NF-08-2-0004 ... The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Army Research Laboratory or U.S. Government. (Science Daily)
