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STARBASE Wright-Patt Program Manager Receives President's Award

STARBASE Wright-Patt program manager, Jason Streiff, was the recipient of the 2018 President’s Award from the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) Southwest Region during the OSBA Southwest Regional Conference on March 13, 2018.

WRAIR Scientist Honored for Antimalarial Drug Development

Dr. Richard Sciotti from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) is honored as the 2018 first quarter winner of the Department of Defense (DoD) Laboratory Scientist of the Quarter Award.

Dr. John DiCecco is DoD STEM Advocate of the Quarter

Dr. John DiCecco from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport Undersea Warfare (USW) Weapons, Vehicles, and Defensive Systems Department is honored as the 2018 first quarter winner of the Department of Defense (DoD) Scientist, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Advocate of the Quarter Award.

How the Navy is Preparing Drones for the Future

The Art of the Possible

The team of scientists and engineers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) located in Washington D.C. keep breaking their own records as they take lessons from past prototypes to build new autonomous systems to expand the capabilities and options available to the warfighter.

Battling the Military’s Most Ancient Foe by Nurturing Gut Bacteria

Slaying the Traveler’s Demon

When soldiers deploy to different parts of the world, they must contend with many different threats and challenges. Combat comes to many people’s minds when they think of the hardships of deployment, but another major problem soldiers face is the unwanted encounter of getting sick from bacteria or other pathogens in food or water.

Air Force Research Laboratory's STRONG team is developing the world’s first sweat-based biosensors to monitor the content of a person’s sweat in real-time

Sweating the Small Stuff

In today's ever-changing, fast-paced digital world, it is clear that every aspect of people’s lives are being transformed through emerging technologies that impact the way they work, learn and live.

Educators explored problem-based learning and the engineering design process

MDA Hosts Inaugural STEM Ed Workshop

The Missile Defense Agency Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program Office hosted a successful inaugural STEM Education Development (STEM ED) workshop in Tysons, Virginia, on July 17-21.

Maximizing Playtime with STEM Toys

This year, many Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) toys have been introduced to help develop skills such as critical thinking and spatial awareness in a fun and engaging way.

Dr. Polcawich recognized for outstanding and distinguished accomplishments in the piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems field

ARL Scientist Honored as DoD Lab Scientist of the Quarter

Dr. Ronald G. Polcawich from the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Micro & Nano Materials & Devices Branch, was recently honored as the 2017 fourth quarter winner of the DoD Laboratory Scientist of the Quarter Award.

USAF Academy Professor Honored as DoD STEM Advocate

U.S. Air Force Academy professor honored as the Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Outreach Advocate of the Quarter.