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From laser weapons to improved battlefield medical care, the Office of Naval Research showcased a host of technologies at Modern Day Marine.

Student engineering teams from Princeton, Washington College and the University of Alabama have won first place in their respective events at the “Promoting Electric Propulsion” (PEP) boat races, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). In just six years, this electric boat-building competition has grown from a single university to 34, with more than 200 students who took part in the five-mile races on Broad Bay in Virginia Beach. Dr. Steve Russell, program officer, Sea Warfare and Weapons department, said he launched the PEP competition with a colleague from ASNE, Dr. Leigh McCue, and Tim Cullis, Naval Sea Warfare Center Carderock, after seeing a public race by local hobbyists in the Chesapeake Bay.

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The Office of Naval Research participated in Modern Day Marine, held April 30-May 2 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Modern Day Marine is the largest military equipment, systems, services and technology exposition exclusively targeted to the Marine Corps.

The Office of Naval Research's Dr. Michael Kassner, director of research, will discuss the Navy's efforts to support and increase the quality of basic research—and to grow the cadre of naval scientists and engineers—on a panel hosted by NPR’s Ira Flatow on "Talk of the Nation:Science Friday."

The Office of Naval Research’s Afloat Lab, nicknamed “Starfish,” will make a port visit June 10 through 12 to help celebrate the 29th Annual Norfolk Harborfest.

The Sea Cadets—members of a maritime-based program established by the Navy League of the United States to create a favorable image of the Navy on the part of American youth—were getting ready for a robotics competition they would hold at the next day’s Navy League STEM Expo.

Participating in a White House initiative to offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses to military family communities, ONR is kicking off a $1.1 million investment Sept. 30 in high schools in two states.

Arlington, Va.—The Office of Naval Research and the Orlando science and technology community hosted the 46th National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS), which took place in Orlando, Florida, on April 30-May 4. Chief of Naval Research Rear Admiral William E. Landay III presented this...