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Meet the Scientist: Dr. Tony Thampan

Posted on October 9, 2015 by glenn.selby

Dr. Tony Thampan, a scientist working for the Army Material Command, provides insight into his latest research and how it will affect the military.
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Posted in Articles, Energy, Featured, Meet the Scientists, Rotator, Technology | Tagged Army Materiel Command, batteries, Dr. Tony Thampan, TRADOC, U.S. Army | Comments Off

(U.S. Defense Department graphic illustration by Jessica L. Tozer/Released)

Meet the Scientists: Dr. Jeff Long

Posted on August 25, 2014 by jtozer

Meet the Scientists: Dr. Jeff Long is using nanostructured materials to help power the military. Good power comes in very, very small packages.
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Posted in Articles, DoDLive Science, Featured, Meet the Scientists | Tagged armed with science, batteries, capacitors, Carl Perkins, Chemical warfare agents, DoD, DoD Scientist of the Quarter, Dr. Jeff Long, electro-chemical materials, electrochemical reactions, improving batteries, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, Johnny Cash, Meet the Scientists, nanostructured materials, Naval Research Lab, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Roy Orbison, Star Trek, Will Riker, zic batteries | Comments Off

It’s All About the POWER

Posted on January 28, 2014 by jtozer

The Command, Power and Integration Directorate is all about the POWER. Where we get it, how we use it, and how the military is inventing ways to make it all better.
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Posted in Articles, Energy | Tagged advanced battery chemistry, advancing generator technology, Army’s Top Ten Greatest Invention, Artificial Intelligence, batteries, C4ISR platform integration, Command, Energy Informed Operations Project, environmental test chambers, fuel cells, John Willison, Mission Command and Power and Energy, PEO, PEO partners, Power and Integration Directorate, Project Manager Mobile Electric Power, Project Manager Soldier Warrior, renewables, REPPS, Rucksack Enhanced Portable Power System, smart grids, soldier power management, Soldier Wearable Integrated Power Equipment System, state-of-the-art technologies, SWIPES, TRADOC | Comments Off

ARL Prototype Hardware Helps NASA Recover Images that Would be Lost at Sea

Posted on November 21, 2013 by jtozer

New hardware built by research engineers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory is helping NASA retrieve experimental images otherwise lost at sea. The hardware weighs less than two pounds and serves as a means of locating NASA’s flight imagery recorders …
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Posted in Featured, Space, Space Matters | Tagged ARL Project Lead Engineer, army, batteries, Electronics Technician, FIR, Flight Imagery Recorder Locator, high-g guided projectile concepts, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Missions to Mars, nasa, navy, Rex Hall, satellite communications modem, Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator, U.S. Army Research Laboratory | Comments Off

HAZMAT: Know The Facts

Posted on January 8, 2013 by jtozer

Most jobs in the Navy, and onboard amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5), require hazardous materials on a regular basis. Hazardous material, or HAZMAT, causes harm to health or shipboard conditions if used improperly, accidentally spilled or deliberately mixed. …
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Posted in Education & Culture | Tagged batteries, boiling points, Command Hazardous Material Control and Management Program, Damage Control Central, disposing of hazardous materials, disposing of hazardous waste, flash points, hazardous material, Material Safety Data Sheet, navy, Navy Safety and Occupational Health, OPNAVINST, preventive maintenance, SOH, USS Peleliu (LHA 5) | Comments Off

Soldiers Using Sunlight To Improve Combat Capability

Posted on December 4, 2012 by jtozer

Soldiers are enlisting the sun’s power in Afghanistan. Ten solar generators are now providing Special Forces soldiers in distant outposts the energy they need to accomplish their mission. And, these generators are allowing them precious more time to train Afghan …
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Posted in Energy, STEM | Tagged 28-kilowatt mobile solar generator system, afghanistan, alternative energy sources, army, army new fuel sources, batteries, communications equipment, diesel generators, energies, going green, harnessing the power of the sun, solar generator system, solar power, soldiers, Special Forces, U.S. Army, WWII | Comments Off

Biological Energy

Posted on September 19, 2012 by jtozer

Energy efficiency is the hottest trend these days. Everyone wants to talk about it. Do stuff about it. Make changes to it. Come up with alternatives to the sources we have. Panic over the possibility that we might run out …
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Posted in Energy | Tagged alternative fuel sources, batteries, benthic microbial fuel cells, carbon dioxide fuel source, Dr. Lenny Tender, electricity, energy, energy from mud, energy harvester, microbial fuel cells, mud, naval research laboratory, NRL, ocean, oceanographic sensors, organic matter, powering things with sediment, sediment-powered batteries, sensors, turning carbon dioxide into a fuel source, U.S. energy consumption, waste water fuel source | Comments Off

Protecting Soldiers In Extreme Environments

Posted on August 31, 2012 by jtozer

At the U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists and engineers have been studying how they can make higher performance materials for soldiers at lighter weights. Army researchers want to enhance soldiers’ battlefield effectiveness without placing an extra load on their backs. …
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Posted in Featured, STEM | Tagged academia, advanced design, ARL, army, batteries, defense, develop materials, Enterprise for Multiscale Research of Materials, government, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, industry, MGI, military, soldiers, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White House, White House Materials Genomes Initiative | Comments Off