AFMMAA
Air Force Materials and Manufacturing Alumni Association
AFMMAA
AFMMAA is a non-profit association of retired and active personnel from the Air Force Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX), located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio. Members include Air Force civilian, military, contractors and other friends.
The associations goals include:
• Maintaining connections between past and present personnel of AFRL/RX
• Providing support to AFRL/RX, including a primary function of using member-donated funds to provide merit-based scholarships to high school graduating children and grandchildren of current AFRL/XR civilian and military employees
• Fostering recognition of the importance of AFRL/RX's contributions to the advancement of materials and processing research, development and manufacturing technology
• Acting as an informal repository of the history of the AFRL/RX organization, from the point of view of the knowledge of individuals who in many cases had lifetimes of experience with the organization.
• Organizing social events to provide opportunities for members and friends to maintain contact.
DID YOU KNOW
Laboratory Legacy Items of Interest
Charles Cleary worked with Orville Wright on Airplane Technologies
This ML scientist & engineer for whom our first and most important award for scientific excellence is named, worked with Orville Wright in the early 1940s on
technologies for US Air Corp aircraft. These technologies were vital to the nation as it entered WWII.
During the work for the 2017 Centennial, the ML/RX history team discovered a photo of them together at the Dayton Engineers Club. In the photo, Orville is second from left, Charles Cleary is far right.
AFRL/RX NEWS
RX played a critical role in the development and kickoff of the new RISING Center at Rice University. AFRL has been working for the past three years with counterpart, India’s Defense Research Development Organization, as well as the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, to formulate a four-way collaboration with Rice University that will not only increase availability of rare nanomaterials technology, but U.S. scientific and manufacturing ties with India.
Along with 9 other AFRL directorates, RX will be participating both as competitors and mentors in the 2024 Commander’s Cup Challenge. This year’s challenge will be to develop and deliver low-cost solutions to counter slow-moving, high-altitude aerial targets by the end of 2024.
Dr. Benji Maruyama was quoted in this article, which explores AI’s importance and role in semiconductor manufacturing technology.
2023 AFMMAA SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
The 2023 AFMMAA scholarship recipients were Amy Albert and Elizabeth Przybyla. In addition to the $1000 that was awarded to help with their education expenses, they were formally honored at the annual AFRL/XR awards ceremony in January of 2024.
AFRL/RX ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
