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Efficiency of Microencapsulation In microgravity as compared to Gravi ty. Principal Investigator: Brandon Gligor. Microencapsulation in Microgravity. Mentors at AVEKA, Inc. Dr. Willie Hendrickson (founder and C.E.O.) Dr. Christopher Rueb (director of R&D)
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Efficiency of Microencapsulation In microgravity as compared to Gravity Principal Investigator: Brandon Gligor
Microencapsulation in Microgravity • Mentors at AVEKA, Inc. • Dr. Willie Hendrickson (founder and C.E.O.) • Dr. Christopher Rueb (director of R&D) • Ciprofloxacin & Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) • Hypothesis: Microencapsulation in microgravity will • be more efficient • have less agglomeration
Choice of Concentration for Flight Ciprofloxacin to PVP1:1 1:4 6150x 6050x SEM images from AVEKA, Inc. PARTICLE PROCESSING & CUSTOM RESEARCH
Chosen Experiment • Chosen Concentration • Ciprofloxacin to PVP 1 to 2.5 • Samples flown • 4% aqueous solution of ciprofloxacin • 10% aqueous solution of polyvinylpyrrolidone
Supernatant Liquid GROUND-TRUTH MICROGRAVITY 3800x 6550x SEM images from AVEKA, Inc. PARTICLE PROCESSING & CUSTOM RESEARCH
Sludge (Sediment) GROUND-TRUTH MICROGRAVITY 4050x 2380x SEM images from AVEKA, Inc. PARTICLE PROCESSING & CUSTOM RESEARCH
Mixed Sample (Shaken) GROUND-TRUTH MICROGRAVITY 1860x 2400x SEM images from AVEKA, Inc. PARTICLE PROCESSING & CUSTOM RESEARCH
Thermogravimetric Analysis GROUND-TRUTH MICROGRAVITY TGA from AVEKA, Inc. PARTICLE PROCESSING & CUSTOM RESEARCH