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Ocean Engineering and Marine Systems

The Ocean Engineering and Marine Systems program seeks to provide a knowledge framework for advanced engineering methodologies and to accelerate the transition of basic research developments into advanced marine platform systems with applications to unmanned surveillance and monitoring systems for the naval forces and at-sea experimental capabilities for the ocean sciences community.
March 18, 2022

Marines Test New Energy-Efficient Weapon in the War on Trash

The Marine Corps is currently testing an ONR-funded trash disposal system that can reduce a standard 50 gallon trash bag of waste to a half-pint jar of harmless ash
November 15, 2011

ONR-Sponsored Scientist Receives Nobel Prize in Physics

An ONR-sponsored scientist, Dr. David Wineland, won the Nobel Prize in physics on Oct. 9, 2012.
October 15, 2012

Electric Boat Competition Sparks Interest in Naval Science Careers

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.
April 22, 2024

Navy to Begin Tests on Electromagnetic Railgun Prototype Launcher

The first industry-built Electromagentic Railgun prototype launcher will undergo government evaluation.
January 01, 2012

Chilling With Sound

Have a hankering to chill your Cherry Garcia™ and to listen to Jerry Garcia using the same system? The concept may not be too far off. The Office of Naval Research has long funded researchers at Penn State who now have proved they can build a compact freezer case substituting sound waves for...
December 06, 2002

Cyber Boost: New Operating System Will Improve Navy Computing Power

With support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Dr. Binoy Ravindran, an engineering professor at Virginia Tech, has designed a system that could revolutionize how military and commercial computing systems perform.
June 20, 2017

STEM Grand Challenge Winners to Build Better Digital Tutors for Students

Winners of ONR's STEM Grand Challenge will produce intelligent tutoring technology that will be used to enhance the STEM skills of students, Sailors and Marines.
February 21, 2012

Mission Ready: ONR, Orlando Science Center Partner for Flight

The Orlando Science Center, in partnership with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), last week held a ribbon-cutting for its new Flight Lab exhibit.
January 19, 2018

TechSolutions: New Technology in the Hands of Warfighters in 12 Months or Less

In the world of science and technology (S&T), getting a new product to warfighters in less than five years is nearly unheard of—unless you are talking about the TechSolutions program, which puts newly developed prototypes into warfighters’ hands in 12 months or less.
January 01, 2020