Chowdhury lab part of 2024 AFRL Center of Excellence SPACE-MAT

October 17, 2024
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Chowdhury lab is now part of SPACE-MAT, an AFRL Center of Excellence (jointly funded by AFRL & AFOSR) with $5.5 million funding over 5 years to explore how materials change in space, especially in low earth orbit (LEO). As part of the team, Chowdhury group is constructing PULSE (Plasma Ultra-intense Laser simulated Space Environment) facility, to create atomic oxygen, high energy radiation and particles in vacuum to test materials relevant for space.

Students with (L-R) Lisa Hall, Wolfgang Windl, Enam Chowdhury
The Science, Performance and Critical Evaluation of Materials in Low Earth Orbit (SPACE-MAT) Center of Excellence
Fontana Laboratories
AUG-21-2024
Photo by Katrina Norris
The Ohio State University