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Scott Innovation Lab partners with area grad students for creative solutions

Master Sgt. Joseph Dufault, superintendent, Aircrew Flight Equipment, 375th Operations Support Squadron shows a video on his phone of the August 12, 2020, flooding of the AFE office to graduate students (left to right) Kyle Collier, Astha Bhatnagar, and Cam Loyet. The students are helping Scott’s Elevate innovation team to find potential solutions to prevent future flooding. (Photo by Christine Spargur)
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Scott Innovation Lab partners with area grad students for creative solutions

Washington University graduate students (left to right) Kyle Collier, Astha Bhatnagar, and Cam Loyet talk with 375th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Kenneth Cavanaugh (middle) and squadron commander Lt. Col. Paul Fredin about water drainage inside Hangar 3. On Aug. 12, 2020, over five inches of rain fell within two hours on Scott Air Force Base causing damage to several buildings including the hangar. The students discussed several potential solutions to prevent future flooding inside the hangar. (Photo by Christine Spargur)
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Scott Innovation Lab partners with area grad students for creative solutions

C-21 pilot Capt. Chandler Thorpe, 458th Airlift Squadron, and Washington University graduate student Kyle Gero go through a pre-flight checklist. Gero is a graduate student, who is collaborating with Scott’s Elevate innovation team and the squadron on a C-21 cockpit trainer project. The C-21 aircraft inventory went through an avionics upgrade in 2019, however, the training simulator uses the older cockpit configuration.
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Scott Innovation Lab partners with area grad students for creative solutions

C-21 pilot Capt. Chandler Thorpe, 458th Airlift Squadron, shows Washington University graduate students (left to right) Mehir Walia, Kelsey Giaimo, and Kyle Gero a pre-flight checklist. As part of the university’s Innovation for Defense Course, the students are working with Scott Air Force Base’s Elevate innovation team and the squadron to identify potential solutions that would resolve the current challenges C-21 pilots face training on a simulator that does not match the current, updated cockpit configuration. (Photo by Christine Spargur)
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Scott Innovation Lab partners with area grad students for creative solutions

Lt. Col. Paul Fredin, commander of the 375th Civil Engineer Squadron, and 375th CES engineer Kenneth Cavanaugh (middle) talk with graduate students Kyle Collier and Cam Loyet (left to right) about water drainage on the flightline. The students are taking the Innovating for Defense course at Washington University. They are working with Scott’s Elevate innovation team on identifying solutions to prevent future flooding of Hangar 3, which is used to house and maintain C-21 aircraft. (Photo by Christi Spargur)
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Scott Innovation Lab partners with area grad students for creative solutions

Lt. Col. Paul Fredin, commander of the 375th Civil Engineer Squadron, and 375th CES engineer Kenneth Cavanaugh (middle) talk with graduate students Cam Loyet and Kyle Collier (left to right) about water drainage at Hangar 3. The students visited the base on March 2, 2020, as part of their Innovating for Defense class at Washington University. Their class project is to identify potential solutions to prevent future flooding of Hangar 3, which sits in a low-lying area. The students will present their ideas to the Scott’s Elevate innovation team.
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