DSSL presents one technical paper at the 2016 SEM IMAC-XXXIV conference held January 25-28, 2016 in Orlando, FL
Dr. Anton is one of 56 researchers in 2016 awarded the Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) for his work entitled “‘Continuous Real-Time State Monitoring in Highly Dynamic Environments.” Further details can be found in the AFOSR press release.
This work, which will be supported for three years, will focus on developing novel sensing systems for structures experiencing rapid changes “by extending conventional electromechanical impedance-based structural health monitoring (SHM) concepts to structural systems experiencing rapid changes in state (e.g. boundary conditions, interfaces, structural damage, etc.) in order to identify those changes on the microsecond to millisecond time frame.”
Dr. Anton is honored to be selected for this prestigious award. Through this award we are excited to continue our research with our collaborator Dr. Jacob Dodson at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida!
Dr. Anton traveled to Kingsport, TN this weekend to host a workshop entitled “FIRST Robotics Design Brainstorming Session” to 6 tri-cities high school FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams. The workshop was presented by Dr. Anton and his wife, Tiffany Anton and sponsored by Eastman Chemical Company and Tennessee Tech. Approximately 50 high school students and adult volunteer mentors attended the event, which focused on providing advice for running sustainable and competitive FRC teams. The workshop was organized with the help of DSSL friend and TTU alum Mr. Carlos Carvajal of Eastman.
