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  • Sara Volz, 16, conducts research in the Life Sciences Research Center at the Air Force Academy Feb. 14, 2012. Volz's research centers on exploring the use of algae as biofuel. She is a junior at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Elizabeth Andrews)

    Teen who researched biofuels at Academy wins $100,000 prize

    A senior at Cheyenne Mountain High School who conducted research at the Air Force Academy on the use of algae as biofuel won a $100,000 award in the Intel Science Talent Search, Intel Corporation announced March 13.Sara Volz, 17, was selected from more than 1,700 students around the nation.Volz is the youngest person to have worked in the Academy's
  • Cadet 3rd Class Winston Sanks (right) helps set up a rocket demonstration at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs Oct. 13, 2012. Sanks is the assistant cadet in charge for the Academy's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Club, which took part in the Colorado Springs Cool Science Carnival Oct. 13-14. (U.S. Air Force photo/Julie Imada)

    Cadets introduce local kids to Cool Science

    Leave it to cadets to make science cool.Cadets in three science-related clubs headed downtown Saturday and Sunday to get schoolchildren interested in what is all-too-often considered a boring or dry career path.Cadets with the Physics and Astronomy Club and the Chemistry Club performed demonstrations inside classrooms at the University of Colorado
  • The Air Force Academy released its 2012 research report Oct. 8, 2012. The report outlines the programs made possible through more than $60 million in federal and non-federal funds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Royce Beal)

    Academy releases 2012 research report

    The Air Force Academy released its 2012 research report Oct. 8, outlining the Academy's 18 research centers, two Air Force institutes and a program valued at nearly $60 million.The report includes features on mission-related efforts including the Center for Character and Leadership Development and community outreach efforts supporting science,
  • Discovery Canyon students admire a one-sixth scale model of the Mercury capsule donated by the Air Force Academy's Astronautics Department Aug. 30, 2012. The model is a replica of the capsule that astronaut John Glenn flew when he became the first American to orbit Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

    Donations spark interest in space

    The Academy's Astronautics Department donated four surplus spacecraft models to the Discovery Canyon Campus Aug. 30 to continue generating enthusiasm for careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.The department was cleaning up its laboratory and, rather than putting the unused items back into storage or disposing of them,
  • HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Two F-22 Raptors taxi by show center Oct. 8, 2011, after their fly-by during the “Legacy of Liberty” Open House and Air Show. The F-22 Raptor is the Air Force’s newest fighter aircraft and its combination of stealth, supercruise and maneuverability represents a leap in technology. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman DeAndre Curtiss / Released)

    Academy 'all in' at weekend airshow

    Cadets from the Academy's Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Outreach Club will join their flying and jumping classmates at the Rocky Mountain Airshow in north Denver Aug. 24-26.The airshow, held by Colorado Sport Aviation at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, will also include demonstrations by the Air Force parachute demonstration
  • Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould, second from left, discusses the state of higher education in the United States during a panel at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 8, 2011. The Colorado Springs World Affairs Council organized the panel, which also included (from left): Dr. Pam Shockley-Zalabak, chancellor of the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; World Affairs Council President Schuyler Foerster, Colorado College President Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler and Dr. Bruce Harmon, dean of engineering at the southern campus of Colorado Technical University. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

    Academy superintendent joins local education leaders for panel discussion

    The Colorado Springs World Affairs Council shined a spotlight on education in the United States at a panel discussion Thursday, and the Air Force Academy was well represented.Leading the way as the moderator was Dr. Sky Foerster, the new president of the Springs' World Affairs Council and also the Brent Scowcroft professor of national security

  • CS 05 cadet named among Hispanic engineer award winners

    A cadet in Cadet Squadron 05 here was one of six Airmen recognized during the 23rd-annual Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., in October.Cadet 1st Class Eli Garduño was received a HENAAC Military Academy Cadet Role Model Award for academic excellence and dedicating his life to the service and defense
  • Cadets with the Air Force Academy's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics club help children make paper airplanes at an aeronautics booth during the Cool Science Festival Hands-on Science Carnival Oct. 15, 2011, at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs. Other Academy STEM booths featured models of future aircraft and a solid rocket demonstration. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Professors, STEM club cadets reach out to kids at science carnival

    The Air Force Academy's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics club demonstrated technology related to aeronautics and astronautics career fields at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs Saturday at the annual Cool Science Festival Hands-on Science Carnival.STEM exhibits included models of FalconSAT and future aircraft, a solid
  • Second Lt. Michael Trubilla, seen here in his senior photo from the Air Force Academy, was named the Air Force Science and Technology Cadet Research Award winner for his work, which could vastly increase the efficiency of plutonium-based power sources for satellites. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Recent grad's astro feats regarded as research crown 'joule'

    Look out, Richard Dean Anderson. There's a new MacGyver in town.His name is 2nd Lt. Michael Trubilla, and a prestigious award is in the 2011 Air Force Academy grad's very near future: Trubilla will receive the Air Force Science and Technology Cadet Research Award at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Thursday.Trubilla's mentors in the
  • Dr. William Crisler, a professor in the Air Force Academy's Aeronautics Department, was recently named winner of the 2011 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Mentorship Award by the Federal Laboratory Consortium’s Mid-Continent Region. (U.S. Air Force Photo/David Edwards)

    Aeronautics professor tops field in STEM mentorship

    The Air Force Academy's STEM initiative is now in full flower, and the efforts of its primary contributor, Dr. William Crisler, are coming up roses. Now Crisler is about to assume the spotlight and be honored for his success in inspiring children and teens to take an interest in science, technology, engineering and math.The Federal Laboratory
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