As mentioned in the previous FW Bulletin, the Regional Support Office (RSO) in San Diego has a Velcro (front and back) display, complete with pictures and captions of regional technologies* (that have been or are available for transfer), that can be free standing to fill a standard 10 foot/or smaller display area, or split into 2 table top displays. If you have an outreach opportunity that you feel could make good use of the Far West Region’s Technology Transfer showcase, please contact Mona Oge at the RSO (619) 685-1486.
The display debuted at a Western Mojave Technology Consortium event that hosted over 7,000 visitors at the Antelope Valley Fair. Kurt Buehler from DOD-Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, used the display to showcase some of the technologies from various federal laboratories in the region.
The display was located in a building that had been converted into a “Power of Information” technology and telecommunications center that showcased the aerospace industry; its commitment to the future of technology transfer; and its role as an integral part of the local community and economy. Several interactive exhibits from NASA, Phillips Lab, and the Flight Test Center were presented, highlighting future government, industry, university collaborative ideas, as well as re-living past technology transfer successes with 1947 movie footage of Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier in the skies over Edwards.
While the display featured pictures from DOD-NAWCWPNS Point Mugu, DOE-Pacific Northwest National Lab, and DOE-Lawrence Livermore National Lab, it also featured photos and captions from the USDA’s ARS wheat, potato, and honey bee projects in the Pacific West Area, and the DOC’s NOAA NMF Honolulu Fisheries Lab’s work with commercial and environmental fish stock monitoring. The pictures demonstrate the diverse scope of federally funded research (sort of a “your tax dollars at work” theme).
As more labs send us pictures of their discoveries and CRADA projects, the display will better represent the ingenuity and diversity of research being done in the Far West Region of the Federal Laboratory Consortium.
* Remember, this is a marketing tool for the whole region, so please make a point to send us new pictures and captions that tell your lab’s tech transfer story.