making her the first living woman since martha washington to be the namesake of a naval warship. a young graduate of the u.s. air force academy already making a significant contribution to her nation's war fighting capability. fox's correspondent alicia acuna has more. >> this is what we have been using. >> it doesn't look that intimidating. >> no. >> it is really unassuming. >> unassuming is part of the brilliance of a concoction made by air force academy cadet and her instructor dr. ryan burk. this could one day save the lives of those in combat. >> the concept of going out there and stopping a bullet was something that we had made in a chemistry lab. that's what really sparked the interest for me. >> she got the idea in a chemistry class and went to her then advisor at the academy's military and strategic studies department. >> naturally pretty skeptical. i said i'm not sure this is going to work. >> convince him she poured water into a bowl of corn starch and asked him to put his finger in the mixture with force.