New Dean takes over AFIT’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=07674A
29 Oct 2013
- WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Institute of Technology formally welcomed their new Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Dr. Adedeji B. Badiru, during a Change in Leadership Ceremony on Oct. 21. As dean,...
Plan B for Navigation www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=076747
09 Sep 2013
- By Marina Krakovsky August 29, 2013 Link to article Anyone who has used a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigator has seen the system's ability to tell you precisely where you are-and, most likely, has faced frustration when the device just...
AFIT signs agreement on GPS technology development with Locata Technology www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=076746
13 Aug 2013
- The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and Locata Corporation are pleased to announce they have signed a Co-operative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) to build and demonstrate new Locata multipath mitigation technology for use in GPS receivers. This cooperation...
AFIT alumnus to Receive the Excellence in the Sciences Award www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=076741
24 Jul 2013
- AFIT alumnus Dr. Guion “Guy” Bluford Jr. (Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, 1978, and M.S. Aerospace Engineering, 1974, with distinction), the former NASA astronaut who became the first African-American to enter outer space, will receive the Excellence in the Sciences Award on...
AFIT Student Research Floats on a Vacuum www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=076742
22 Jul 2013
- By Bill Hancock, 88th Air Base wing, Public Affairs WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Envision a one ton block of solid iron. If you place that block of iron into water it will sink. Iron is approximately eight times...
AFIT’s first satellite slated to launch by end of year www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=076743
22 Jul 2013
- In December, the Air Force Institute of Technology’s first free-flying satellite will venture into space on an Atlas V rocket with the GEMSat/ELaNa II NASA mission. ALICE, a CubeSat, or category of small, powerful, free-flying micro satellites, will ride along...
AFIT Honors 55 Graduates at June 2013 Commencement Ceremony www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=07644B
26 Jun 2013
- On 13 June, the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) Graduate School of Engineering and Management held a commencement ceremony awarding 35 Master's and 6 Doctor of Philosophy degrees. On 14 June, 14 Master of Air Mobility degrees were presented...
AFIT alum assigned to Commanding General of U.S. Army South www.afit.edu/news.cfm?article=07644A
31 May 2013
- AFIT alum Maj. Gen. Joseph P. DiSalvo (M.S. Strategic & Tactical Science, 1990) assigned to commanding general, U.S. Army South, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The announcement can be found here. AFIT alum Maj. Gen. Joseph P. DiSalvo
