CIMS Awarded
New MURI Project
"Design of
Energy Harvesting Storage System (EHSS) for Future AF Aero
Vehicles"
CIMS is awarded a new
MURI project from AFOSR, “Design of energy harvesting and
storage system (EHSS) for future AF aero vehicles” with the budget of $6M for the next five years starting
from May 1,
2006. CIMS director M. Taya is the PI of this MURI team and Chunye Xu, CIMS associate director, is
the Co-PI. This MURI is
aimed at developing a set of new energy harvesting materials
based on organics and thermoelectrics, and also a energy
storage system based on polymers and metal electrodes, which
need to be airborne, thus, light weight and robust in
airborne condition are required. Other Co-PI's of the UW team are
Samuel Jenekhe (ChemE), Gouzhong Cao (MSE), and Yasuo Kuga (EE).
In addition, three subcontractors will be participating in
the UW team: University of Colorado (Marty Dunn, leader),
UCLA (Y.S. Ju, leader), and VPI (Dan Inman, leader).
Some of our research products
will also be used for an unmanned air vehicle (UAV), which
will fly only on the solar energy harvested and stored in
the UAV.
The results of the
MURI are expected to have a strong impact on energy
harvesting and storage design in the future. For example,
future airplanes may use more solar energy for cabin room
operations, which will be transferred to the energy efficient
system on ground vehicles and housing.
Researchers involved in
2006 MURI Project
AFOSR Kick-Off Meeting
The AFOSR Kick-Off
meeting will be held at the University of Washington on
August 25th, 2006.
Attendees, please download
the following Word document for further information about the
meeting and hotel accommodation:
Kick-Off Meeting Information (uploaded
8-21-2006)
Complete UW Campus Map
Click
here for the list of 2006 MURI Award Winners
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