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AFRL Researchers Win STAR Recognition

Air Force Research Laboratory nuclear engineer Dr. Brad Hoff

KAFB News:

KIRTLAND AFB — The Air Force Research Laboratory recently announced eight Air Force Office of Scientific Research STAR Team Award winners.

The award recognizes excellence in basic research across AFRL’s technology directorates, and identifies those researchers who have demonstrated world class scientific or engineering achievement.

Two of the STAR Team winners, Dr. Brad Hoff and Dr. Angel Flores, are from AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate located at Kirtland AFB.

Hoff, a native of Lodi, Calif. and a U.S. Naval Read More

SFCC And LANL Announce Collaboration In Support Of Machining Engineering Technologies Certificate

Lead SFCC Machining Engineering Technologies faculty member Miguel Maestas shown in the Machining and Tooling Lab. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

  • Combining classroom and hands-on training provides path to high-paying job opportunities

SANTA FE – Santa Fe Community College and Los Alamos National Laboratory announce a collaboration in support of the college’s revised Machining Engineering Technologies certificate. 

LANL has seen a steady increase in the need for machinists over the last six years and anticipates that the need will continue to expand.

The college will start recruiting students Read More

USDA: Grants To Spur Innovation Technologies In NM

USDA News:

ALBUQUERQUE — USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announces up to $75,000 of funding available in New Mexico for eligible individuals, local and state governments, non-governmental organizations and tribes through Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG).

The deadline to submit an application for the New Mexico CIG is May 23, 2020. The funding announcement seeking proposals is published on grants.gov and is available here.

In addition, the national NRCS is accepting proposals for On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials (On-Farm Trials), also part of the Read More

Enterprise Bank Brings 625 Students To Bradbury Museum

A student ponders an interactive display during a field trip to the Bradbury Science Museum sponsored by Enterprise Bank & Trust. Courtesy/Enterprise Bank

An EJ Martinez Elementary School student and teacher discuss a display during a field trip to the Bradbury Science Museum sponsored by Enterprise Bank. Courtesy/Enterprise Bank

An EJ Martinez Elementary School student and teacher notice compelling things even hanging from the ceiling at the Bradbury Science Museum during a field trip sponsored by Enterprise Bank. Courtesy/Enterprise Bank

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WHO: Diverse Team Working Toward COVID-19 Vaccine

Under WHO’s coordination, a group of experts with diverse backgrounds is working toward the development of vaccines against COVID-19. Courtesy/WHO

WHO News:

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued this public statement Monday for collaboration on COVID-19 vaccine development:

WHO was informed Dec. 31, 2019 of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China.

Chinese authorities identified the SARS-CoV-2 Jan. 7, 2020 as the causative virus, and the disease was named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Feb. 11, 2020 by WHO.

As part of WHO’s Read More

LANL: South Africa’s National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System Joins Los Alamos’ Efficient Mission Centric Computing Consortium

Los Alamos’ Efficient Mission Centric Computing Consortium recently welcomed it’s first international partner. Courtesy photo

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Efficient Mission Centric Computing Consortium (EMC3) recently welcomed its first international partner, the South African National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System (NICIS). 

“We are pleased to collaborate with NICIS on experiences in deploying a scalable cool data storage tier. Sharing requirements, solutions and experiences on challenges in providing an efficient computing environment Read More

AFRL NM Units Identified To Transfer To U.S. Space Force

The Sodium Guidestar at the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate’s Starfire Optical Range. Researchers use the guidestar for real-time, high fidelity tracking and imaging of satellites too faint for conventional adaptive optical imaging systems. This world-class optical research facility and center for Air Force strategic optical exploration is located on a hilltop site 6,240 feet above sea level on Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. Courtesy/AFRL

The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate’s Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) Read More

AFRL NM STEM Academy ‘Mission To Mars’ Goes Virtual

During ‘Mission To Mars’, students are invited to virtually participate in eight days of activities. Courtesy/mars.nasa.gov

AFRL NM STEM News:

The Air Force Research Laboratory New Mexico (AFRL NM) STEM Academy is virtually continuing its “2020 Mission to Mars” experience for 4th-6th grade students.

Students are invited to virtually participate in eight days of activities, centered on planning a simulated manned-mission to Mars.

“Traditionally this event was held in the Albuquerque Convention Center, but this year it will be held in the kitchens and living rooms of hundreds of 4th- to Read More

DOE/ARPA-E Announces $32M In Project Funding For Development Of Low-Cost Fusion Concepts … LANL Receiving $5M In 2 Awards

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the winners of $32 million in funding for 15 projects as part of the Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy (BETHE) program.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is awarded some $5 million:

  • Target Formation and Integrated Experiments for Plasma-Jet Driven Magneto-Inertial Fusion – $4,618,001; and
  • Electromagnetic and Particle Diagnostics for Transformative Fusion-Energy Concepts – $375,000.

These projects will work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy, with the goal Read More