​Dr. Carlos Romero-Talamás receives grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to investigate magnetized plasmas and dusty plasmas.

Dr. Carlos Romero-Talamás, assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded a 5-year grant by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study magnetized plasmas and dusty plasmas. The grant includes funding to build a powerful electromagnet of the Bitter-type, which is capable of ramping up and down magnetic fields much faster than typical superconducting magnets. Undergraduate and graduate students have been involved in the design and construction of the magnet. Students will also be involved in conducting research in the limits of rotation of plasmas, as well as stability at sonic and supersonic speeds of magnetized rotating plasmas and dusty plasmas.