You use it to play your CDs. And some new camcorders can now shoot at night using a sensor that works in infrared. The military has used infrared devices since World War II to see in the dark. For both surveillance and countermeasures infrared is still a hot research area to the nation's defense agencies, and the same technology lends itself to commercial applications. Photo by Michael Mouchette.
New uses require new materials and minute devices.
Center for Infrared Surveillance and Countermeasures. Kevin Malloy and colleagues at UNM's Center for High Technology Materials are working on new uses and materials for infrared devices. Photo by Michael Mouchette. We get a lot of very good minority undergraduate and graduate students, and they're very successful. We do very good technical work, which makes the Air Force happy.