<![CDATA[<P>44The Military Engineer l November-December l 2009
The ERDC-developed kit will allow a
training exercise organizer to create va-
riety for entry teams, chemical analysis
teams and others. The 47th CST plans to
take the kit to a national event later this
year, opening the door for the product
to be distributed to Civil Support Teams
and other ?rst responders.
(For more information, contact Wayne
A. Stroupe at wayne.a.stroupe@usace.
army.mil)
AFOSR Research May Lead to Revolutionary New Devices
Dr. Jiwoong Park of Cornell Univer-
sity, who receives funding for basic re-
search from the U.S. Air Force Of?ce of
Scienti?c Research (AFOSR), is investi-
gating carbon nanostructures that may
some day be used in electronic, ther-
mal, mechanical and sensing devices
for the Air Force.
Devices that are required in many
of the Air Force missions are somewhat
different from commercial ones in the
sense that they are often exposed to
harsh environments while maintain-
ing their maximum performance, Park
said. Carbon-based nanostructures,
including carbon nanotubes and gra-
phenes (thin layers of graphite) present
many exciting properties that may lead
to new device structures.
Parks team of researchers is exam-
ining single molecules, nanocrystals,
nanowires, carbon nanotubes and their
arrays in an effort to ?nd a bridging
material that has a stable structure for
making molecular-level bonds. In ad-
dition, the team is seeking an effective
tool for resolving functional and struc-
tural challenges. If successful, they will
be able to apply the research to future
technological advances.
Parks research may contribute to the
discovery of new electronic and optical
devices that will revolutionize electrical
engineering and bioengineering as well
as physical and materials science.
(Contributed by Maria Callier, AFOSR)
New Bat-Counting Technique Has Other Potential Applications
Counting bats, particularly the en-
dangered gray bat, is of vital interest to
the Army.
The Endangered Species Act mandates
that threatened or endangered species
be protected. This applies to all public
and private lands, including Army in-
stallations.
The primary factor in gray bat decline
has been vandalism and commercial-
ization of the relatively few caves used
by the bats. Numerous Army facilities
contain or are near gray bat caves, and
restrictions have been placed on land
use at these facilities, seriously impact-
ing training missions at many installa-
tions.
Actions to protect gray bat caves ap-
pear to have been highly successful.
Recent survey data collected by bat bi-
ologists suggest that the overall gray bat
population has rebounded and is cur-
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