IoE Reseach Centre on
ExtraTerrestrial Manufacturing
Make in Space for Space | Make in Space for Earth
An IoE Research Initiative of IIT Madras
About ExTeM: The human endeavor to explore space like never before including creating settlements in far away locations, will require extensive time to be spent on-board a space craft just to reach there. In addition, the lure of micro-gravity and the advantages it offers to control, and tailor material structures cannot be ignored. The near future will require technologies that will enable manufacturing things in space - for use in space and, for bringing back to use on the earth.
INDIA'S FIRST MICROGRAVITY conference to be held at IITM from 1st - 6th December 2024 (https://web.iitm.ac.in/AMS2024/);
💥Free registration for Indian students and Professionals with ISOSU Membership (https://www.isosu.org/)💥
ExTeM News
ExTeM is participating in India Space Congress 2024
ZBLAN fibre research work was presented in the prestigious NAMRC conference, USA.
NithyasriMurugan (Research scholar) from ExTeM team presented their work the Techconnect World Innovation Expo at Washington , DC, USA 2024
Article published: ; An apparatus to study arc-wire direct energy metal deposition additive manufacturing process in a drop tower microgravity platform. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 January 2024; 95 (1): 015107. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0178425
Events
Prof. Gerhard Wilde from Institute of Materials Physics, University of Münster, visted our In-space manufacturing lab
Dr. Pawan Goenka (Chairman of InSPACe) visited our microgravity lab
A team from ZARM visited us in June 2023
Listen to our speakers in the Space Talk Series.
Around the World
Space scientists 3D print LEGO bricks with meteorite dust to build astronaut homes on moon
Agnikul test launches world’s first rocket with 3D printed engine
Varda Space's private in-space manufacturing capsule's historic return to Earth
Researchers propose that Astronauts can mix moon dust with old satellites to make fuel
About
We are a group of researchers at IIT Madras teaming up to focus our skill sets to develop technologies for manufacturing things in space for space use and for use back in earth.
Technologies
We are developing a broad range of manufacturing technologies from concrete to polymer based medical diagnostic kits to single crystals and foams in micro-gravity environments.