Appendix A

Broad areas of interest against which the Air Force Office of Scientific Research evaluates research proposals from academia and industry. Proposals must have military relevance.

Aerospace and materials sciences

  • Structural mechanics
  • Mechanics of composite materials
  • Unsteady aerodynamics and hypersonics
  • Turbulence and rotating flows
  • Combustion and diagnostics
  • Space power and propulsion
  • Metallic materials
  • Ceramics and nonmetallic materials
  • Organic matrix composites/font>

Physics and electronics

  • Plasma physics
  • Space electronics
  • Atomic and molecular physics
  • Imaging physics
  • Optoelectronic information processing
  • Optical and photonic physics
  • Quantum electronic solids
  • Semiconductor materials
  • Electromagnetic materials

Chemistry and life sciences

  • Polymer chemistry
  • Surface science
  • Theoretical chemistry
  • Molecular dynamics
  • Chronobiology and neural adaptation
  • Perception and cognition
  • Sensory systems
  • Bioenvironmental science

Mathematics and space sciences

  • Dynamics and control
  • Physical mathematics and applied analysis
  • Computational mathematics
  • External aerodynamics and hypersonics
  • Optimization and discrete mathematics
  • Signals communication and surveillance
  • Software and systems
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Upper atmosphere physics












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