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“CNR Challenge” Offers $1 Million for Innovative Science & Technology

The Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Rear Admiral William Landay III, USN, has announced the $1 million

June 22, 2007

Office of Naval Research Launches Science and Technology Strategic Plan

Chief of Naval Research Rear Admiral William E. Landay III has unveiled a new Naval science and technology strategic plan that outlines in detail how the Department of the Navy will enable the Navy and Marine Corps of the future—and shape how Sailors and Marines will fight years and even decades down the road

March 26, 2007

ONR Sponsors Award-Winning Nanotechnology Researchers

Two nanotechnology researchers whose work is sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) are among Scientific American´s SA-50, a list of 50 American technology and policy leaders for 2006. A third ONR-funded nanotechnology investigator has earned a 2006 TR35 Young Innovator award from MIT´s Technology Review

January 09, 2007

2007 Naval Science and Technology Partnership Conference

The National Defense Industrial Association is hosting the 2007 Naval Science and Technology Partnership Conference, with technical assistance from the Office of Naval Research

July 23, 2007

Naval Science and Technology to Be on Display at New York City Fleet Week 2007

What: Speak with developers of the latest Navy/Marine Corps technologies and see live demonstrations. Take a virtual tour of a battle zone and learn to weld pipes in a virtual shipyard using ONR´s virtual reality training systems. When: Thursday, May 24, and Friday, May 25—By appointment Where: USS...

May 10, 2007

New Naval S&T Strategy to be Detailed at Partnership Conference

The recently approved Naval Science and Technology Strategic Plan and its thirteen science and technology (S&T) focus areas will be among the items discussed at the 8th annual Naval S&T Partnership Conference to be held starting on July 30th in Washington, D. C.

June 26, 2007

New Virtual Immersive Trainer Will Help Make Marines and Sailors of the Future

Chief of Naval Research Rear Admiral William E. Landay III has announced the funding of a $1.3-million

April 05, 2007

ONR Presents Bowen Award for Composite Materials Test Method

On November 27, the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) honored two engineers who patented a nondestructive method for detecting flaws and anomalies in composite materials. Rear Admiral William E. Landay, Chief of Naval Research, presented the 2006 Vice Admiral Harold G. Bowen Award to Dr. Colin P. Ratcliffe and Dr. Roger M. Crane for their “Nondestructive Method for Detecting Structural Anomalies in Composites,” also known as Structural Irregularity and Damage Evaluation Routine or SIDER (U.S. Patent 6,799,126).

November 28, 2007

CDR Dylan Schmorrow Receives First Leland S. Kollmorgen Spirit of Innovation Award

Commander Dylan Schmorrow of the U.S. Office of Naval Research became the first recipient of the Leland S. Kollmorgen Spirit of Innovation Award, presented by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) on October 2. The officers of the HFES Augmented Cognition Technical Group selected Schmorrow for this award, which was presented at the 4th Augmented Cognition International Conference in Baltimore.

October 19, 2007

ONR Honors Shlesinger With 2006 Dr. Fred E. Saalfeld Award

On October 30, 2007, Chief of Naval Research Rear Admiral William Landay III and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) honored Dr. Michael F. Shlesinger as the 2006 recipient of the Dr. Fred E. Saalfeld Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Science at a ceremony at ONR´s headquarters in Arlington, Va.

October 30, 2007