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Early Stage Innovations (ESI) 2024
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Back to ESI Home Computational Materials Engineering for Lunar Metals Welding Passive Lunar Dust Control through Advanced Materials and Surface…
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Elastocaloric Refrigeration for Spaceflight Applications (ERSA)
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Jun Cui Iowa State University ESI23 Cui Quadchart.pdf Elastocaloric materials heat up when exposed to a mechanical force and cool…
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Transparent Superconductors for Single-photon Detectors
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Manuel Quevedo-Lopez University Of Texas, Dallas ESI23 Quevedo-Lopez Quadchart.pdf Current SNSPD’s use a thin, superconducting film to detect photons. These…
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