Team APG’s Electrobots win STEM competition
Electrobots coach Virginia To discusses robot strategy with (from left) Sam Boin, George Houzouris and Aaron Boin at a FIRST LEGO League competition Jan. 26.
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Seven Harford County students showcased their talents as aspiring scientists and engineers, winning a FIRST LEGO League competition Jan. 26.
The Electrobots team, sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Team APG and Churchville Lions Club, took top honors at the FLL First State Championship Tournament at the University of Delaware.
Electrobots' members are Aaron Boin, Sam Boin, George Houzouris, Tyler Kash, Nicholas Kendall, Dawson Reed and Tommy Sukiennik. The team competed against 125 teams from northeastern Maryland, Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.
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Saving time, effort and $$$ with 3-D plans and schematics
When the Ds are 3, things are better all around for manufactures working with our plans and schematics.
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- See how the Armament Research Development and Engineering Center teamed up with the Army Research Lab to get our plans and schematics up to speed with the rest of industry saving time, effort, and $$$. Because saving $$$ is kind of a big deal.
Army engineering team marks a year of solutions in theater
Daniel R. McGauley (left), executive officer of the RDECOM Field Assistance in Science and Technology-Center, describes a Common Remotely Operated Weapons Station thermal imager protective cover that was designed and fabricated by the RFAST-C at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 15. McGauley briefs (from left) Maj. Gen. Harold Greene, deputy for acquisition and systems management at ASA (ALT); Heidi Shyu, assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology; and Gen. Dennis L. Via, commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command.
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- A team of U.S. civilian engineers and technicians deployed to Afghanistan recently marked one year of solving Soldiers' technological hurdles.
The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Field Assistance in Science and Technology-Center, or RFAST-C, Forward Deployed Prototype Integration Facility provides a platform for its subject matter experts' knowledge and talents to be translated into battlefield solutions, said Michael Anthony, the team's director.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, RELOAD!
Reload!
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- Because once is never enough, we came up with a solution on what to do with old artillery shells. Click the link to find out where they all went.
Armor-all
The Armor Inspection System in action overseas.
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- It doesn't shoot and it doesn't blow up, but ARDEC took on the project of making sure the armor plates that keep our Soldiers alive were up to snuff. Read more about the Armor Inspection System at the link below.
eCYBERMISSION program registers a strong year in STEM outreach
eCYBERMISSION national finalists tour the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington June 20 as part of the week-long National Judging and Educational Event.
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The U.S. Army's eCYBERMISSION program reported a record year in 2012 for science, technology, engineering and mathematics outreach, officials announced.
eCYBERMISSION is one of several STEM efforts offered by the Army Educational Outreach Program. AEOP provides student opportunities from elementary school to college and includes STEM competitions, real-world research opportunities, summer programs, career fairs, teacher professional development, and student internships.
In the 2011-12 school year, 15,406 students and 690 team advisers participated, said Louie Lopez, STEM outreach program manager for the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command. Both figures are the largest in the program's 10-year history.
RDECOM is the Army's executive agent for the eCYBERMISSION program, a web-based STEM competition for sixth- through ninth-grade students, in which teams compete for awards while working to solve problems in their community. The program is designed to encourage students to become more actively engaged in STEM education.
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RDECOM shares contracting opportunities at APBI
Jill Smith, acting deputy director of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, discusses RDECOM's partnerships with industry during the Advanced Planning Briefing for Industry conference at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Dec. 5.
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command presented contracting opportunities Dec. 5 as part of APG's first installation-wide Advanced Planning Briefing for Industry, or APBI, conference.
Jill Smith, RDECOM acting deputy director, provided an overview of the command and discussed how the Army's research and development community partners with industry during her opening remarks at the Post Theater.
"Across the command, we leverage industry for about 40 percent of applied research funding," Smith said. "RDECOM partners with industry for about 60 percent of RDECOM's advanced technology development budget because that process involves integration, and we want industry to be prepared if we proceed to production in quantity."
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Aberdeen Proving Ground volunteers recognized for service to eCYBERMISSION program
Dale A. Ormond, director of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, presents Lauren McNew with a Presidential Volunteer Service Award.
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The U.S. Army honored three civilian employees, Dec. 19, for their commitment to enriching students' experience in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, commonly known as STEM.
Dale A. Ormond, director of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, thanked the employees for their efforts with the eCYBERMISSION program and presented each with a Presidential Volunteer Service Award.
"It's great things to get kids engaged in science and engineering, looking at problems and coming up with innovative solutions. None of this is possible without volunteers," Ormond said. "Science, technology and engineering is going to make a difference, and we have to get our young people involved."
RDECOM is the Army's executive agent for the eCYBERMISSION program, a free web-based STEM competition for sixth- through ninth-grade students, in which teams compete for awards while working to solve problems in their community.
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Army engineers design, build roadway threat detection system
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Explosives along roadways remain an unrelenting hazard for deployed Soldiers.
U.S. Army engineers have developed a system for detecting possible threats by identifying potential threat locations on unimproved roads.
The Shadow Class Infrared Spectral Sensor-Ground, known as SCISSOR-G, could allow Soldiers on a route clearance patrol to achieve greater standoff ranges during missions, said Jim Hilger, chief of the Signal and Image Processing Branch within the U.S. Army Communications--Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate at Fort Belvoir, Va.
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APG organizations establish STEM agreement with Harford schools
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- The U.S. Army is bolstering its commitment to science and math education in northeast Maryland to increase the number of students seeking high-tech careers.
Eight major APG tenant organizations agreed to a partnership Dec. 14 with Harford County Public Schools to expand educational outreach efforts in science, technology, engineering and math, commonly known as STEM.
The agreement will help increase participation and improve HCPS students' performance in STEM and programs that expand academic opportunities, officials said.
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