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NASA based the project selection on merit and alignment with the organization’s missions. Each grantee will focus on a number of specific research needs, including deep space exploration, sustainable manufacturing in space and advancements in technology and science that will benefit humanity.

“While research in this area is in its infancy, the proposed technology in this program has significant potential for practical space power systems on the moon and for establishing a sustainable long-term exploration of the moon’s surface,”

Kim said. “Therefore, this NASA project is of strong interest to the Science Mission Directorate, the Space Technology Mission Directorate and the Human Explorations and Operations Directive at NASA.”

Kim said he is eager to continue his research over the next three years, and is grateful for many of his peers who have supported him along the way.

“I am so happy and very honored to be selected to receive such a great research grant,” Kim said. “I would like to give special thanks to our NASA Oklahoma EPSCoR program for their very dedicated and thorough support in securing this NASA grant. It would not have been easy to be selected as this grant recipient without the support of not only the other NASA project team members at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Tulsa, but also OSU peers, especially in materials science and engineering.” news.ed@ocolly.com