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    <div class="html-content"><div>This past week, members of the Earth &amp; Space Institute finished commissioning their new thermal vacuum chamber (TVAC), a breathtaking piece of engineering—literally! In the aerospace industry, TVACs are used to simulate the space environment by evacuating the air in the chamber and cooling test articles to their on-orbit temperatures. In space, satellites operate in a vacuum, meaning they must manage heat in the absence of air. Thermal vacuum tests give engineers pre-launch insight into how their satellite’s thermal system will perform in orbit, whether it will survive the thermal environment, and how well thermal models predict the actual performance.</div><div><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/esi/posts/151403/attachments/57904" alt="ESI's thermal vacuum chamber sits in a lab room, very tall, sign reads Caution: Gloves Required." style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><em>Photo: </em>ESI presents its new thermal vacuum chamber (TVAC). <em>Photo courtesy of D. Nelson.</em></div><div> </div><div>Typically, TVAC testing needs to be outsourced to external labs, but ESI’s new chamber will allow these tests to happen right here at UMBC. For a group that designs and builds its own hardware in house, this is an important capability. Work began on this chamber over a year ago, after ESI was awarded a Maryland congressional grant. Designing, building, and testing this equipment was one of the main efforts the grant enabled—and it was no small effort. Everything from the chamber’s internal volume to its power requirements to the feasibility of moving it from the loading dock to the third floor of the Physics building was a consideration for the engineers.</div><div><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/esi/posts/151403/attachments/57906" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><em>Photo</em>: In UMBC's Physics building, there was just enough clearance to get the chamber through the 3rd floor corridor to the lab. <em>Photo courtesy of D. Nelson.</em><br><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/esi/posts/151403/attachments/57905" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"> <em>Photo:</em> ESI interns Jacob Thomas (<a href="https://me.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC ME</a> graduate student) and Lars Sobieski (<a href="https://me.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC ME</a> undergraduate student) perform a leak check on the sealed chamber. <em>Photo courtesy of D. Nelson.</em></div><div><br></div><div><div>Since the chamber arrived in January 2025, ESI engineers and engineering interns have been hard at work building its plumbing and control system. Now, the TVAC is fully functional, able to reach pressures as low as 5*10<sup>-7</sup> mBar—over 2 billion times lower than atmospheric pressure! Soon ESI will begin using this new facility to test electronics and optical sensors they plan to use in future space missions.</div></div><div><br></div><div>While it’s been a long journey already, this is only the beginning for ESI’s improved in-house space simulation and ground testing capabilities.</div><div><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/esi/posts/151403/attachments/57907" alt="In workspace, wires hang from the ceiling, and ESI interns and engineers stand and sit by a computer, and smile at the camera." style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><em>Photo, l - r</em>: ESI interns Jacob Thomas and Lars Sobieski along with ESI engineers <a href="https://esi.umbc.edu/members-a-z/#Nelson" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Danny Nelson</a>, <a href="https://esi.umbc.edu/members-a-z/#Escobar" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">CJ Escobar</a>, and <a href="https://esi.umbc.edu/members-a-z/#Cieslak" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dominik Cieslak</a> all played roles designing, building, and commissioning the chamber. <em>Photo provided by D. Nelson.</em></div><div><em><br></em></div><div><em>(Thanks to Danny Nelson for providing this article!)</em></div></div>
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  <Title>Congratulations and Welcome to Dr. Kamal Aryal</Title>
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    <Title>College Bootcamp: Gear Up for Greatness -- ALL NEXT WEEK!</Title>
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