FROM STEM TO EMPLOYMENT


science and technology budget. We also have more than 1,000 agreements with industry and more than 1,500 with aca- demia. Tese agreements, in a variety of forms, further the Army’s specific goals in research and development (R&D), scientific investigation, education.


innovation and


Furthermore, RDECOM already invests more than $100 million annually along a continuum that begins with our K-12 outreach efforts


and extends through


undergraduate scholarships to sponsored postdoctoral research. On behalf of the assistant secretary of the Army for acqui- sition, logistics and technology and AMC, RDECOM serves as the executive agent for STEM outreach and the Army Edu- cation Outreach Program, which reaches 42,000 students annually.


RDECOM is increasing its investment with historically black colleges and uni- versities (HBCUs) and tribal colleges and universities, as well as institutions serving minorities such as the Hispanic commu- nity and Pacific Islanders. RDECOM has ongoing relationships with a number of HBCU institutions, funding an average of $43.5 million a year in R&D contracts, grants and cooperative agreements.


We are now designing a program to bring together and strengthen these programs. Our goals are far-reaching but can be stated simply: Gain visibility on all the programs we offer, manage and publicize these programs, and develop a strategy to connect the dots from program to program so the Army and those in the academic community who engage with us get the most out of our time, effort and money.


Te Army’s vision of winning in a com- plex world drives this effort. RDECOM’s global presence through forward-element


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LEADERSHIP FOCUS MG John F. Wharton, RDECOM CG, discusses students’ projects June 19 at the culmination of the eCYBERMISSION National Judging and Education Event. (U.S. Army photo by Conrad Johnson, RDECOM Public Affairs)


THE ARMY’S GAIN Dr. Asha Hall, a materials science engineer with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory at APG, works on the Keithly four-point probe station measuring capacitance of a light and flexible multifer- roic material in a crystalline charge transfer material. Hall is a DA civilian who represents the ultimate goal of RDECOM’s STEM education and research continuum: to provide the Army with the R&D workforce it needs to win in a complex world. (U.S. Army photo by Conrad Johnson, RDECOM Public Affairs)


Army AL&T Magazine October-December 2015


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