AAMU
Researchers Secure DoD Contract
Huntsville, Ala. ---- An Alabama A&M University researcher and
his colleagues have won a major contract from the Army Research
Office.
Dr. Satilmis
Budak, an AAMU electrical engineering associate professor, is the
lead on a contract involving improvements to thermoelectric power
generation and cooling systems.
Budak and a team consisting of electrical engineers and a physicist
were awarded a three-year contract for $558,524 for their proposal,
“Development of Thermoelectric Power Generation and Peltier Cooling
Properties of Materials for Thermoelectric Cryocooling Devices.”
Team members
include Dr. Zhigang Xiao, associate professor, electrical engineering;
Dr. Mohammad A. Alim, professor of electrical engineering; and Dr. R.
Barry Johnson, physicist and research professor.
According to
Dr. Budak, the project aims to develop improved materials for use in
high-efficiency thermoelectric power generators and related cooling
devices.
Thermoelectric
materials represent a highly researched area because of their
promising applicability in the conversion of heat to energy and as an
alternative energy source.
by Jerome Saintjones
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