Prof. Alex Fridman, John Nyheim Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute (DPI), and Dr. Andrey Starikovskii, Research Professor and Associate Director of DPI have just received a 5-year grant, “Plasma Assisted Combustion” from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Multi-University Research Initiative (MURI) program. The objective of this project is to investigate plasma ignition and stabilization of flames especially for operation of SCRAM-Jet engines where combustion efficiencies are low due to extremely high air velocities resulting in short residence within the engine to achieve complete combustion. The two partner institutions are Ohio State and Princeton University. The total budget of this MURI is $7.5M with Drexel portion being $2.125 M.

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