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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.
Winners of ONR's Energy Challenge to Help Navy Reduce Its Carbon Footprint
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced nine winners of an
A Matter of 'Record': Navy's Patent Volume Surpasses Other Tech Agencies
The U.S. Navy received patents for more inventions last year than two-thirds of the Fortune 500 corporations and government agencies ranked in a report published in July 2014.
Navy Secretary Announces Ambitious Energy Goals
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced five energy goals at the Naval Energy Forum in Oct. 14-15, an event co-hosted by the Office of Naval Research and the Navy's Task Force Energy.
Energetic Materials (EM)
The Office of Naval Research's Energetic Materials (EM) program explores materials/synthetic chemistry, advanced dynamic diagnostics and theoretical/computational/predictive approaches to provide novel energetic material concepts (explosives, propellants, reactive materials) that maximize molecular and formulation energy densities, synthesis efficiencies and predicted properties to achieve performance goals.
Navy to Honor History-making Undersea Adventurer and Scientist
ONR and the Department of the Navy honor Dr. Don Walsh, who co-piloted the historic 1960 deep-sea voyage of the Trieste, in a ceremony on April 15 at the U.S. Navy Museum at the Washington Navy Yard.
Strengthening Scientific Diplomacy: ONR Global Celebrates 20 Years in Santiago, Chile
Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Lorin Selby, as well as other leaders from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and ONR Global — the command’s international arm — recently traveled to Santiago, Chile, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ONR Global’s office in that city.
Renowned Military Strategist Speaks at ONR
Dr. T. X. Hammes, a distinguished research fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, gave a presentation titled “Offshore Control: A Strategy for an Unlikely Conflict.”
Navy-sponsored Scientists Win International Acclaim
Two ONR-supported scientists awarded the prestigious 2012 Kavli Prize for nanoscience and neuroscience.
Arctic and Global Prediction
The Arctic and Global Prediction program is motivated by the observed changes in the physical Arctic environment, and the desire to better understand and predict this environment at a variety of time and space scales.