No. 14, November 2011

Office of Naval Research & Other Stakeholders: Advancing U.S. Education Initiatives

Office of Naval Research & Other Stakeholders: Advancing U.S. Education Initiatives

James Duderstadt and other stakeholders have challenged the U.S. Naval community to help America regain its footing on the global science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) landscape. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and the Office of Naval Research, under the direction of Rear Admiral Nevin Carr, have responded to that challenge with a myriad of programs, grants and scholarships to inspire youth and to show them that science can be, according to Carr, “c...

USDA & Advanced Biofuels Strengthening Agriculture & Military Links

USDA & Advanced Biofuels Strengthening Agriculture & Military Links

At first glance it would seem that a Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate doing his job inspecting JP-5 jet fuel on an aircraft carrier and a farmer producing her wheat crop in Montana would have little in common. But, there is more to this connection than meets the eye. Both contribute to the security of the country at home and abroad by doing what they do best. Both represent portions of the Nation’s workforce that make up less than two percent of the population. And, ...

USACE & Education Investing in America’s Youth

USACE & Education Investing in America’s Youth

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is one team made up of a headquarters office, division offices, district offices, centers, labs and active components – each working to provide better, safer and more environmentally sound services to the nation each day. The Corps has taken this approach to heart realizing that those it serves and protects are also its employees’ mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, spouses, sons and daughters, and those who will lead...

Johnson Controls Fort Bliss: Ground-Zero for Net Zero

Atkins North America Right-Sizing Air Force Real Property

The U.S. Navy’s Sustainability Imperative

STEM Education & America’s Future

Brain Skerry Ocean Soul

Veolia Water NA: GrowingBlue™ for a Water-Conscious Future

United States Navy Sustaining Leadership in STEM Education

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