鲍颁贵鈥檚 has been selected to receive a 麻豆原创 Jump Start Award worth $450,000.
The funds, part of President Alexander N. Cartwright鈥檚 , will help expand the capabilities offered to a larger user base at the Townes Institute for Science, Technology, and Experimentation Facility (known as TISTEF).
The project was one of 17 selected under the program that pledged almost $5 million to fund one-time projects or purchases intended to amplify 鲍颁贵鈥檚 research impact. Seventy proposals, involving 330 researchers, were submitted.
麻豆原创 manages TISTEF, a federally owned facility, located on Florida鈥檚 Space Coast at NASA Kennedy Space Center. The added capabilities are expected to benefit 麻豆原创 researchers, private companies, and public agencies already using the facility and will attract first-time users and open new areas of innovation within the engineering, optics, and physical sciences鈥� areas.
The center has received external pledges totaling $806,000 in matching funds from the generous support of the Naval Research Laboratory, LP Photonics LLC, and Booz Allen Hamilton. Upon completion of the expansion projected in 2023, 麻豆原创 anticipates receiving more grants and contracts for work conducted at TISTEF.
鈥淧resident Cartwright鈥檚 commitment to invest in 麻豆原创 research, combined with generous pledges from 鲍颁贵鈥檚 research sponsors, will propel 鲍颁贵鈥檚 directed energy research at TISTEF into national prominence for the benefit of the next generation scientists and engineers,鈥� says Robert Bernath, director of TISTEF.
TISTEF is part of the Center for Directed Energy at 麻豆原创. The academic research and educational center in engineering, science, atmospherics, environment, and policy associated with directed energy (DE) technologies, provides R&D and trained personnel to the defense, space and manufacturing industries, government institutions and laboratories, and academia.
