PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (November 12, 2021) The Department of Defense -Air Force Office of Scientific Research awarded Kevin Storr, Ph.D., $259,988 to engage in collaborative research on low dimensional materials with a research group at Rice University’s Department of Materials Science and Nano Engineering.
The funding for the project, Thermal and Electrical and Conductivity Investigations into Boron Nitride, Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, and Diamond Films, will allow Storr, an associate professor of physics in the Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences, to acquire a Quantum Design USA ATL80 helium liquefier which takes compressed, captured or vented cold helium gas and reliquefies it to operate the superconducting magnet.
With the liquefier, Storr will increase the amount of time the lab equipment is in use and perform the proposed research at a more fiscally affordable rate.
By- Karen B. Cotton