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Article: Wright State University Engineer Studies Superconductors for Electrical, Defense, Space, Medical Applications.
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- December 15, 2004
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Byline: Wright State University
DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Wright State University engineering professor recently received a $950,000 grant for superconductor research with applications that interest the electric power generation industry, the military, space technologists and the medical community.
Sharmila Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D., a professor of materials science and engineering with the Wright State College of Engineering and Computer Science, received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for the 18-month project.
"Superconductors can transmit electric current with zero resistance," she explained, "and our research is ...