| Name |
AFRL Branch |
Advisor Name |
Research Opportunity |
Institution Name |
Number of Weeks |
Faculty/Student |
| Arquilla, Katya | AFRL/RH | Dooley, Christopher | Maximizing Utility of Wearable Sensing in Extreme Environments | University of Colorado, Boulder | 8 | Faculty |
| Abdulrahim, Mujahid | AFTC | Cunningham, James | Research a small unmanned aerial system low-level command system with model following | University of Missouri, Kansas City | 12 | Faculty |
| Ahmed, Anwar | AFRL/RQ | Medina, Albert | Unsteady Aerodynamics | Auburn University | 11.8 | Faculty |
| Akbari, Pejman | USAFA | Munson, Matthew | Advanced Combustion Diagnostics | California State Polytechnic University | 9 | Faculty |
| Anekal, Pranay Sheshak | AFRL/RW | Mares, Jesus | Meso-structure – Property – Performance Relationships in Energetic Materials | Virginia Tech | 8 | Student |
| Ashok, Amit | AFRL/RD | Naderi, Shadi | Innovative Space Surveillance Solutions | University of Arizona | 9 | Faculty |
| Astratov, Vasily | AFRL/RY | Anisimov, Igor | Electro-Optical Devices and Technologies for Infrared Sensing Applications | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 12 | Faculty |
| Babicheva, Viktoriia | AFRL/RX | Rumi, Mariacristina | Characterization of materials and devices for electro-optic, nonlinear optic, and photonic applications | University of New Mexico | 8 | Faculty |
| Bajaj, Nikhil | AFRL/RQ | Woods, Daniel | Structural Design and Analysis Methodologies for Future Force Design | University of Pittsburgh | 9 | Faculty |
| Bakhtiyarov, Sayavur | AFRL/RV | White, Stephen | Space Experiments, Space Sensor Development, Space Systems, DOD Relevant Astronomy | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12 | Faculty |
| Baldino, Henri | AFRL/RX | Page, Michael | Magnetoelectric Materials for Frequency Tunable Microwave Electronics | University of Central Florida | 9 | Student |
| Balogun, Hakeem | AFRL/RQ | Medina, Albert | Unsteady Aerodynamics | Auburn University | 11.8 | Student |
| Baskiyar, Sanjeev | AFRL/RI | Beckus, Andre | Dynamic Task Allocation for Distributed Workflow Execution | Auburn University | 12 | Faculty |
| Bauer, Michael | USAFA | Munson, Matthew | Advanced Combustion Diagnostics | California State Polytechnic University | 9.2 | Student |
| Baumberger, Delaney | AFRL/RQ | Ombrello, Timothy | Combustion Stability in High-Speed Flows | South Dakota State University | 10.2 | Student |
| Beecken, Brian | AFRL/RV | Johnston, William | Plasma Spacecraft Interactions 2 | Bethel University | 9.8 | Faculty |
| Benton, Kendall | AFRL/RX | Rao, Rahul | Characterization of novel 2D materials and their heterostructures | Montana State University | 10 | Student |
| Berger, Alexandre | AFRL/RQ | Peltier, Scott | Transition of Hypersonic Experimental Research and Diagnostics to Large Ground Test Facilities | Florida State University - Florida A&M University | 8.6 | Faculty |
| Bieniewicz, Thomas | AFRL/RW | Dodson, Jacob | High-Rate Dynamics & Experimental Methods | University of Washington | 8.2 | Student |
| Brancaleon, Lorenzo | AFRL/RH | Echchgadda, Ibtissam | Exploring RF-induced Adaptive Response | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12 | Faculty |
| Budhu, Jordan | AFRL/RY | Dault, Daniel | Computational Methods for Antenna Designs | Virginia Tech | 11 | Faculty |
| Bumah, Violet | AFRL/RH | Denton, Michael | Assessing Laser-Tissue Interactions Using Cellular and Spectroscopic Methods | University of Tennessee at Martin | 10 | Faculty |
| Chen, Dong | AFRL/RI | Homsi, Soamar | Assurance and Resilience through Zero-Trust Security | Colorado School of Mines | 8.6 | Faculty |
| Choutapalli, Isaac | AFRL/RQ | Tilmann, C | Active Flow Control Modeling and Development | The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley | 12 | Faculty |
| Churchill, Victor | AFRL/RY | Lauback, Bradley | Two- and Three-Dimensional Data Alignment of Measured and Synthetic SAR Data | Trinity College | 8 | Faculty |
| Clees, Sarah | AFRL/RV | Phillips, Sean | Distributed Satellite Autonomous Systems | University of Florida | 12 | Student |
| Corti, Luigi | USAFA | Iacono, S. | Advanced Functional Polymers & Materials | Miami University | 12 | Faculty |
| Dargazany, Roozbeh | AFIT | Ruggles-Wrenn, Marina | Fatigue and Fracture of Advanced Materials | Michigan State University | 12 | Faculty |
| Deierling, Phillip | AFRL/RW | Bartlett, Elizabeth | Agile Munition Vehicles Sciences | The University of Iowa | 8 | Faculty |
| Doom, Jeffrey | AFRL/RQ | Ombrello, Timothy | Combustion Stability in High-Speed Flows | South Dakota State University | 10 | Faculty |
| Emerick, Jacob | AFIT | Patnaik, Anil | Fundamental Laser-Matter Interactions, Sensors and Quantum Technologies | University of North Texas | 10 | Student |
| Ezekiel, Soundararajan | AFRL/RI | Sheaff, Carolyn | Feature-Based Prediction of Threats | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 12 | Faculty |
| Ferris, Alison | USAFA | Munson, Matthew | Advanced Combustion Diagnostics | Princeton University | 9 | Faculty |
| Fonseca Jr, Benedito | AFIT | Taylor, Clark | Multi-agent Sensing Systems | Northern Illinois University | 8 | Faculty |
| Gallagher, John | AFRL/RQ | Douglass, Scott | Neural-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence | University of Cincinnati | 12 | Faculty |
| Gardner, John | AFRL/RQ | Rankin, Brent | Rotating Detonation Engine Foundational Research | University of Utah | 8.4 | Student |
| Gay, Widney | AFRL/RI | Homsi, Soamar | Assurance and Resilience through Zero-Trust Security | Colorado School of Mines | 8.6 | Student |
| Gebhardt, William | AFRL/RI | Lombardi, Jack | Neuromorphic Computing | Rochester Institute of Technology | 11.6 | Student |
| Ghosh, Ashok | AFRL/RV | Scalice, Niccoli | Integrated Structural Systems for Spacecraft | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12 | Faculty |
| Ghosh, Kartik | AFRL/RY | Hendrickson, J.R. | Optical Properties of 2D Materials | Missouri State University | 12 | Faculty |
| Gissinger, Jacob | AFRL/RX | Varshney, Vikas | Developing Next-Generation Multi-Functional Composites for Aerospace Applications using Multi-scale Modeling and Machine Learning Approaches | Stevens Institute of Technology | 10 | Faculty |
| Gothard, Nick | AFRL/RX | Bissell, Luke | Modeling, Synthesis, and Characterization of Point Defects for Quantum Technology | Bob Jones University | 12 | Faculty |
| Grumstrup, Erik | AFRL/RX | Rao, Rahul | Characterization of novel 2D materials and their heterostructures | Montana State University | 12 | Faculty |
| Habteyes, Terefe | AFRL/RV | Prince, Ben | AFRL Chemical Processes in the Space Environment | University of New Mexico | 12 | Faculty |
| Habtour, Ed | AFRL/RW | Dodson, Jacob | High-Rate Dynamics & Experimental Methods | University of Washington | 10 | Faculty |
| Han, Donghoon | AFTC | Brownlow, James | Application of ML / Bayesian techniques to Reliability analyses (system growth models, software interrupts). | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12 | Faculty |
| Hart, James | AFRL/RY | Hall, Harris | Nanoscale Vacuum Field Emission Devices | University of Cincinnati | 12 | Student |
| Heard, Jamison | AFRL/RI | Schrader, Paul | Data Driven Approaches to Multimodal Sensor Data Information Extraction and Fusion for Collaborative Autonomy Designs in Detection, Estimation, and Characterization | Rochester Institute of Technology | 10 | Faculty |
| Heaven, Michael | AFRL/RV | Shuman, Nicholas | Fundamental Investigation of Plasma Chemistry Kinetics and Dynamics towards Improved Communications Abilities | Emory University | 8 | Faculty |
| Huckaba, Aron | AFRL/RX | Kennedy, William | Two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures for advanced electronics applications | University of Kentucky | 11.8 | Faculty |
| Issitt, Arianna | AFRL/RV | Sizemore, Alex | Spacecraft Relative Motion in 3-Body Space | Florida Institute of Technology | 12 | Student |
| Jacobs, Gustaaf | AFRL/RQ | Sedano, Nils | Numerical simulation of the flowfield associated with the truncated aerospike nozzle and base pressure characteristics | San Diego State University | 8.2 | Faculty |
| Jimenez, Xavier | AFRL/RH | Denton, Michael | Assessing Laser-Tissue Interactions Using Cellular and Spectroscopic Methods | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | 10 | Student |
| Joseph, Youselie | AFRL/RX | Kennedy, William | Two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures for advanced electronics applications | University of Kentucky | 11.6 | Student |
| Juvina, Ion | AFRL/RH | Hough, Alexander | Research to Achieve Strategic Decision Making Advantages in Cognitive Warfare | Wright State University | 8 | Faculty |
| Kamal, Carson | USAFA | Munson, Matthew | Advanced Combustion Diagnostics | Princeton University | 9 | Student |
| Kim, Chigon | USAFA | Niemeyer, Richard | Explicating the biological, psychological, and sociological foundations of trust, influence, teaming, and social interaction | Iowa State University | 10 | Faculty |
| Kim, Sang | AFRL/RV | Pham, Khanh | Resilient Positioning, Navigation, and Timing over Protected Tactical Radios | Wright State University | 12 | Faculty |
| King, Emily | AFIT | Fickus, Matthew | Optimal Packings of Subspaces | Colorado State University | 12 | Faculty |
| Krokhmal, Pavlo | AFRL/RW | Kammerdiner, Alla | New Machine Learning Approaches for Computational Physics Modeling, Lethality, and Weapon Effects | University of Arizona | 12 | Faculty |
| Kulik, Piotr | AFRL/RX | Page, Michael | Magnetoelectric Materials for Frequency Tunable Microwave Electronics | University of Central Florida | 9 | Faculty |
| Kumar, Rajan | AFRL/RW | Dickinson, B.T | Bioinspired Principles for Autonomous Munitions Systems | FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University | 10 | Faculty |
| Lamar, Tuwaner | USAFA | Gale, Nathan | STEM attrition at US Service Academies | Morehouse College | 10 | Faculty |
| Latif, Saeed | AFRL/RY | Pfeiffer, Carl | Advanced Antenna Technology | University of South Alabama | 8 | Faculty |
| Leary, Sarah | AFRL/RH | Dooley, Christopher | Maximizing Utility of Wearable Sensing in Extreme Environments | University of Colorado, Boulder | 8 | Student |
| Lee, Taewoo | AFRL/RQ | Harvazinski, Matthew | Computational Physics of Liquid Rocket Engines and Rotating Rocket Detonation Engines | Arizona State University | 8 | Faculty |
| Leschensky, Mitchell | AFRL/RW | Bartlett, Elizabeth | Agile Munition Vehicles Sciences | University of Iowa | 8 | Student |
| Li, Tao | AFRL/RY | Hall, Harris | Nanoscale Vacuum Field Emission Devices | University of Cincinnati | 12 | Faculty |
| Liu, Jia | AFRL/RI | Bentley, Elizabeth Serena | Dynamic Resource Allocation in Airborne Networks | The Ohio State University | 8 | Faculty |
| Lopez Castillo, Brandon | AFRL/RQ | Reich, Gregory | Adaptive Structures Applications to Aircraft | Texas A&M University, Kingsville | 11 | Student |
| Lu, Yang | AFRL/RX | Grasinger, Matthew | Multiscale modeling of agile manufacturing processes for aerospace composites | Boise State University | 12 | Faculty |
| Lum, Heather | USAFA | Niemeyer, Richard | Explicating the biological, psychological, and sociological foundations of trust, influence, teaming, and social interaction | Arizona State University | 12 | Faculty |
| Mai, Bin | USAFA | Bolton, Sarah | Cybersecurity | Texas A&M University, College Station | 12 | Faculty |
| Mazumder, Baishakhi | AFRL/RX | Asel, Thaddeus | Defect Analysis of Ultra-Wide Bandgap (UWBG) Materials for Electronic Applications | University at Buffalo | 11 | Faculty |
| McCollum, Jena | USAFA | Jennings, Abby | Advanced Materials Design and Characterization | University of Colorado, Colorado Springs | 9.2 | Faculty |
| Mirzaei, Shokoufeh | AFTC | Brownlow, James | Application of Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence to aircraft-related Communications | California State Polytechnic University | 12 | Faculty |
| Miszczak, Conrad | AFRL/RI | Ashdown, Jonathan | FutureG and AI/ML Technologies for Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination | Northeastern University | 12 | Student |
| Modlin, Grace | AFRL/RI | Sheaff, Carolyn | Feature-Based Prediction of Threats | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 12 | Student |
| Moss, Corbon | AFRL/RH | Chavez Benavides, Jorge | Nanomaterials for Brain Function Activation | University of Dayton | 10 | Student |
| Mulford, Rydge | AFRL/RQ | Haugan, Timothy | Superconductors, Thermoelectrics, Carbon Nanotubes, and Magnetic Materials for Advanced Power Applications | University of Dayton | 10 | Faculty |
| Murray, Colleen | AFRL/RW | Flater, Philip | High-Rate Ordnance Materials and Structures Research | University of Maryland | 12 | Faculty |
| Nguyen, Tam | AFIT | Li, Kunpeng | Artificial Intelligence in National Defense: Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges | University of Dayton | 12 | Faculty |
| Novoselov, Alex | AFRL/RQ | Rankin, Brent | Rotating Detonation Engine Foundational Research | University of Utah | 10 | Faculty |
| O'Brien, Conor | USAFA | Jennings, Abby | Advanced Materials Design and Characterization | University of Colorado, Colorado Springs | 4.8 | Student |
| Oeding, Luke | AFRL/RW | Rutkowski, Adam | Integrated Control and Estimation | Auburn University | 12 | Faculty |
| Olvera, Miguel | AFRL/RQ | Tilmann, C | Active Flow Control Modeling and Development | The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley | 12 | Student |
| Orban, Chris | AFIT | Dexter, Michael | High energy-density physics research | The Ohio State University | 12 | Faculty |
| Ororbia II, Alexander | AFRL/RI | Lombardi, Jack | Neuromorphic Computing | Rochester Institute of Technology | 11.6 | Faculty |
| Pagan, Darren | AFRL/RX | Shade, Paul | Advancing Metals Performance Through Synchrotron Beamline Data | The Pennsylvania State University | 8.8 | Faculty |
| Paluch, Andrew | AFRL/RX | Ethier, Jeffrey | Physics of Polymer Processing and Design | Miami University | 12 | Faculty |
| Park, Hyoshin | AFRL/RQ | Von Moll, Alexander | Cooperative Tactics and Staging for Heterogeneous Teams | Old Dominion University | 12 | Faculty |
| Peel, Larry | AFRL/RQ | Reich, Gregory | Adaptive Structures Applications to Aircraft | Texas A&M University, Kingsville | 11 | Faculty |
| Petersen, Christopher | AFRL/RV | Phillips, Sean | Distributed Satellite Autonomous Systems | University of Florida | 12 | Faculty |
| Peterson, Kenneth | AFRL/RX | Shade, Paul | Advancing Metals Performance Through Synchrotron Beamline Data | The Pennsylvania State University | 8.8 | Student |
| Pitz, Robert | AFRL/RQ | Carter, Campbell | Advanced Diagnostics for High-Speed Flows | Vanderbilt University | 8 | Faculty |
| Povitsky, Alex | AFRL/RQ | Miller, James | Application of Similarity Laws in High Speed Viscous Flows | University of Akron | 10 | Faculty |
| Prabakar, Nagarajan | AFRL/RI | Lin, Jing | Feature Extractor for Overhead Images | Florida International University | 12 | Faculty |
| Rani, Sarma | AFRL/RQ | Harvazinski, Matthew | Computational Physics of Liquid Rocket Engines and Rotating Rocket Detonation Engines | The University of Alabama in Huntsville | 8 | Faculty |
| Ranjan, Reetesh | AFRL/RQ | Munipalli, Ramakanth | High Pressure and Supercritical Combustion | The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga | 8.8 | Faculty |
| Restuccia, Francesco | AFRL/RI | Ashdown, Jonathan | FutureG and AI/ML Technologies for Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination | Northeastern University | 12 | Faculty |
| Revil Baudard, Benoit | AFRL/RW | Flater, Philip | High-Rate Ordnance Materials and Structures Research | University of Arizona | 8 | Faculty |
| Rogers, Bridget | AFRL/RY | Claflin, Bruce | Synthesis and Surface Characterization of Si1-x-yGexSny Alloys | Vanderbilt University | 9 | Faculty |
| Rosengren, Aaron | AFRL/RD | Biria, Ashley | Astrodynamics for Space Surveillance | University of California, San Diego | 12 | Faculty |
| Rostovtsev, Yuri | AFIT | Patnaik, Anil | Fundamental Laser-Matter Interactions, Sensors and Quantum Technologies | University of North Texas | 12 | Faculty |
| Ryckman, Judson | AFRL/RX | Harper, Eric | Machine-learning Driven Inverse Design of Optical Metasurfaces | Clemson University | 8 | Faculty |
| Ryou, Jae-Hyun | AFRL/RX | Neal, Adam | Wide and Ultra-Wide Bandgap Materials for Extreme Environment Applications | University of Houston | 8 | Faculty |
| Sakaue, Hirotaka | AFTC | McManamen, Brianne | Development of Aero-Thermal Measurements for High Enthalpy Hypersonic Ground Testing | University of Notre Dame | 8 | Faculty |
| Sanchez, Rodney | AFRL/RI | Schrader, Paul | Data Driven Approaches to Multimodal Sensor Data Information Extraction and Fusion for Collaborative Autonomy Designs in Detection, Estimation, and Characterization | Rochester Institute of Technology | 10 | Student |
| Sarvestani, Alireza | AFRL/RX | Nepal, Dhriti | Damage Tolerant Multifunctional Polymer Composites | Mercer University | 12 | Faculty |
| Seamans, Eli | AFRL/RI | Prater-Benntte, Ashley | Mathematical Theory for Advances in Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition | Syracuse University | 8 | Student |
| Seidel, Gary | AFRL/RW | Mares, Jesus | Meso-structure – Property – Performance Relationships in Energetic Materials | Virginia Tech | 8 | Faculty |
| Shen, Lixin | AFRL/RI | Prater-Benntte, Ashley | Mathematical Theory for Advances in Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition | Syracuse University | 11.8 | Faculty |
| Singh, Surendra | AFRL/RD | Madden, T.J | Advanced Gas Lasers and High Performance Computing Simulation of Multi-Physics | The University of Tulsa | 12 | Faculty |
| Slusher, Nicholas | AFTC | McManamen, Brianne | Development of Aero-Thermal Measurements for High Enthalpy Hypersonic Ground Testing | University of Notre Dame | 8 | Student |
| Song, Sejun | USAFA | Bolton, Sarah | Cybersecurity | Augusta University | 12 | Faculty |
| Stivi, Binyamin | AFRL/RD | Biria, Ashley | Astrodynamics for Space Surveillance | University of California, San Diego | 10 | Student |
| Subbalakshmi, Koduvayur | AFRL/RI | Panasyuk, Aleksey | Processing Publicly Available Information (PAI) | Stevens Institute of Technology | 8 | Faculty |
| Sukharev, Maxim | AFRL/RY | Vangala, Shivashankar | Switchable constituents integrated with exploitable nanophotonic cavity elements | Arizona State University | 9 | Faculty |
| Sumption, Michael | AFRL/RQ | Haugan, Timothy | Superconductors, Thermoelectrics, Carbon Nanotubes, and Magnetic Materials for Advanced Power Applications | The Ohio State University | 12 | Faculty |
| Tamminga, Nathaniel | AFIT | Dexter, Michael | High energy-density physics research | The Ohio State University | 12 | Student |
| Thitsa, Makhin | AFRL/RI | Gamarra, Marco | Resilient Distributed Optimization and Learning | Mercer University | 8 | Faculty |
| Trzaska, Jacob | AFRL/RD | Naderi, Shadi | Innovative Space Surveillance Solutions | Wyant College of Optical Sciences | 9 | Student |
| Uskov, Dmitry | AFRL/RI | Smith, Amos | Optical Interconnects | Brescia Universty | 12 | Faculty |
| Vasquez, Erick | AFRL/RH | Chavez Benavides, Jorge | Nanomaterials for Brain Function Activation | University of Dayton | 10 | Faculty |
| Vatrano, Gregory | AFRL/RY | Hendrickson, J.R. | Optical Properties of 2D Materials | Missouri State University | 12 | Student |
| von Spakovsky, Michael | AFIT | Camberos, Jose | Multidisciplinary Analysis & Design for Hypersonic Vehicles | Virginia Tech | 8 | Faculty |
| Wade, Aaron | AFRL/RW | Keyser, Christian | Nonlinear Fiber Optics & Active Imaging Research | University of West Florida | 12 | Faculty |
| Walker, Cayla | AFRL/RW | Dickinson, B.T | Bioinspired Principles for Autonomous Munitions Systems | Florida State University | 12 | Student |
| Wang, Jing | AFRL/RI | Drager, Steve | Foundations of Resilient and Trusted Systems | Illinois State University | 9 | Faculty |
| Wang, Ying | AFRL/RI | Ratazzi, Paul | Assurance in Mixed-Trust Cyber Environments | Stevens Institute of Technology | 12 | Faculty |
| Wanstall, Christopher | AFRL/RQ | Fievisohn, Rob | Studies of Rotating Detonation Engines and Underlying Science for Airbreathing Propulsion | University of Dayton | 9 | Faculty |
| Wei, Jie | AFRL/RI | Ardiles-Cruz, Erika | Data Fusion and Processing using Machine Learning | City College of New York, CUNY | 10 | Faculty |
| White, Ryan | AFRL/RV | Sizemore, Alex | Spacecraft Relative Motion in 3-Body Space | Florida Institute of Technology | 12 | Faculty |
| Wodo, Olga | AFRL/RX | Shah, Megna | Investigating the latent space of machine learning models of microstructure | University at Buffalo | 8 | Faculty |
| Xiong, Wei | AFRL/RQ | Harvazinski, Matthew | Computational Physics of Liquid Rocket Engines and Rotating Rocket Detonation Engines | Arizona State University | 7.8 | Student |
| Yu, Wenbin | AFRL/RX | Ballard, Michael | Multiscale Simulation Methods for the Design of Performance-Optimized Composite Material Architectures | Purdue University | 12 | Faculty |
| Zhupanska, Olesya | AFRL/RW | Kammerdiner, Alla | Machine Learning & Statistical Analysis for Modeling Materials | University of Arizona | 12 | Faculty |
