Armed with Science  

Many of the best ideas for solving Warfighter challenges come from the Warfighters themselves. Unfortunately, these good ideas often get buried in the bureaucracy and never make it into the formal acquisition, research, and/or development processes. In 2004, a small team of ANG officers sought to correct this by “data mining” good ideas from front line Citizen-Airmen and then rapidly delivering inexpensive, high return-on-investment solutions. Lt. Col. Edward Vaughan, deputy director of Air Force Blue Horizons, will discuss how employing old technology in radically new ways can result in high yield solutions that challenge conventional thinking, thus breaking old paradigms and “disrupting” the bureaucracy. While such an approach is not suitable for all applications, it has proven effective in areas such as human factors, safety, energy, disaster relief, and ethics of technology.

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How did you spend your summer vacation? We’ll talk next to three students from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Schools who were selected to participate in the 2009 Research Science Institute (RSI) Program held from June through August at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Husain Mogri, from Bahrain American School, Derrick Lewis, from Ramstein High School and Shannon Grammel, from Heidelberg American High School will join us to discuss their experiences working under the mentorship of eminent scientists and researchers. Sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education, RSI is a six-week residential summer program where students attend college-level classes taught by distinguished professors; work with scientists, mathematicians, and engineers; and complete hands-on research with professionals at corporations, universities and research organizations. Twenty-one previous DoDEA students have participated in the RSI program. Student selectees have demonstrated superior achievement in math, the sciences, and verbal arts and show potential to become leaders in science. This program provides an opportunity for academically talented high school to become leaders in science, engineering, technology and mathematics.

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Two seemingly unrelated U.S. Army organizations are gathering robotics experts and companies from across the country in search of innovative robotic solutions to save Soldier’s lives. Fort Hood’s III Corps and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) – are hosting a first-ever “Robotics Rodeo” this week at Fort Hood to encourage development of autonomous systems in support of our Nation’s war fighters. At 1400ET, on Sept. 9, Lt. Col. Barry “Chip” Daniels, Robotics Project Officer at III Corps, Ft. Hood, Texas, and Dr. Jim Overholt, director of the Joint Center for Robotics at TARDEC, will discuss the technologies witnessed at the Rodeo that will potentially benefit the Army’s robotics programs.

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Robotics Rodeo
Fort Hood, Texas
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Dr. Vik Bebarta, Chief of Medical Toxicology at Wilford Hall Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio will discuss cyanide toxicity and its risk of toxicity. He will discuss its threat as a terrorist weapon, a toxin in house fires, and an agent of suicide. He will also discuss antidotes, including recent data in new antidotes and new approaches to treatment. Dr. Bebarta's award-winning research seeks to evaluate antidotes and improve the treatment of acute cyanide toxicity in critically ill patients.

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Best Basic Science Research Award by the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
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