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Program Overview
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is home to AFRL, the foremost aeronautical and aerospace research organization in the Air Force, which is the Air Force's only organization wholly dedicated to leading the discovery, development, and integration of warfighting science technologies for our superiority in air, space, and cyberspace.
The Air Force STEM activities are coordinated through a network of 10 technology directorates and the plans and programs support directorate located at five sites. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is home to five technology directorates and the plans and programs support directorate.
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Contact:
Mr. Ricardo Negron
Chief, Domestic Partnering Branch
937-255-6793
Ricardo.negron@wpafb.af.mil
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Community Snapshot
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Wright-Patterson AFB (WPAFB) in Dayton, Ohio, employs approximately 22,000 people, making it the fifth-largest employer in the state and the largest employer at a single location. Nearly 11,000 of these people are federal civilian employees. WPAFB hosts the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and five of the 10 technology directorates: sensors, materials & manufacturing, human effectiveness, propulsion, air vehicles, and the plans & programs support directorate.
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/afrl/
EDUCATION
Dayton (and southwest Ohio) is home to more than 100,000 students seeking primary and secondary education. The Dayton Region encompasses 42 school districts in 10 counties. The region boasts many superior higher education institutions:
Two-year community colleges:
Four-year institutions:
ARTS
The Dayton region's arts and cultural institutions include:
INVENTORS
The Dayton region has a rich heritage in cultivating inventors, engineers, and people with creative technical minds. The region is the home of powered flight inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright. Thus, the region attracts a steady stream of aviation enthusiasts from around the world to such popular spots as:
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National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, where more than 300 airplanes and missiles spread out over 17 acres of indoor and outdoor exhibit space.
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The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park's four unique sites, which tell the story of the Wright Brothers:
- Huffman Prairie Flying Field (where the Wright Brothers practiced flying)
- Hawthorn Hill (home of Orville, his sister Katharine, and their father, Bishop Milton Wright)
- Aviation Center at Carillon Historical Park (educational center)
- Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center and Wright Cycle Company (education and historical center)
A few of Dayton's inventors and inventions:
- John Balsley - stepladder
- Carl Carlson - microfiche
- Dr. William Hale Church - cellophane tape
- E.R. Churchwell - collapsible portable crib
- Leland Clark - human heart-lung machine
- Luzern Custer - motorized wheelchair
- E.T. Fraze - pull tab and pop-top beverage cans
- Arthur Frei - ice cube tray with ejector mechanism
- Lt. Colonel Roger Gounard - smart fan, operates based on change in temperature
- Barret Green - micro-encapsulation
- C. Francis Jenkins - movie projector, movie camera, movie film and movie theatre
- Charles F. Kettering - automobile self-starter and over 300 patents
- Fred Kohnle - price tag affixing machine
- Maurice Krug - space food
- Alfred Mellowes - self-contained refrigerator
- Thomas Midgely – ethyl-loaded gasoline
- John Morton - parking meters
- James Ritty - cash register
- Daniel Webster Schaeffer - gas masks
- Albert Smith - parachute
- Orville and Wilbur Wright - airplane, controls for rudder, elevator, wing lift shape
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Outreach Activities
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DRSS, a public high school, opened its doors to 9th-grade students in 2009, increasing by two grades each year until it serves students in grades 6-12 by 2010. Currently, DRSS serves 198 students in grades 8-10. AFRL serves as the school’s
“technology anchor” while helping develop learning experiences for the students and faculty. AFRL also provides mentoring, tutoring, and curriculum advice. An AFRL representative serves on the school’s governing board.
http://www.daytonstemschool.org
The center focuses on new curricula for K-12 schools; it has created 70 hands-on STEM lessons and trained over 600 educators in 92 school districts across 24 counties, impacting 90,000 students. AFRL supports the center through a collaborative agreement funded via NDEP. Over 40 AFRL scientists and engineers work side-by-side with industry, higher ed academia and K-12 teachers in developing hands-on, inquiry-based STEM lessons. An AFRL representative serves on the STEM Center Advisory Board.
http://www.daytonregionalstemcenter.org
High-school juniors and seniors team with an AFRL mentor to conduct summer research projects. Since 2002, AFRL has successfully mentored 228 students from 53 districts. One hundred three continued employment through the Student Temporary Employment program; 18 transitioned to the Co-op program; and seven have continued to work for AFRL as full-time scientists and engineers.
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet_print.asp?fsID=8191&page=1
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Partners
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EDUCATION—Higher Ed
K-12
Outreach
Industry
Nonprofit
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Employee Accolades
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Mr. Ricardo (Rick) Negron
Rick Negron has been an engineer at WPAFB for more than 25 years. Negron is the Chief, Domestic Partnering Branch for Technology Transfer and STEM for AFRL. In addition, he serves on the boards of the Dayton Regional STEM School and the Dayton Regional STEM Center in an ex-officio capacity. Negron is the NDEP point of contact for AFRL.
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Photos
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