Directed Energy Research Centre launches new facility

Directed Energy Research Centre, part of Technology Innovation Institute, launched a facility in Tawazun Industrial Park in Abu Dhabi. The facility comprises seven distinct workshops and five specialised laboratories, each catering to a specific research domain. The seven dedicated workshops are: mechanical workshop, electronics workshop, prototype test area, coil winding, armature filling, dielectric testing, and acoustic prototyping lab. The five laboratories are each designed to support a special research requirement including: Pulse Power Lab, Semi-Anechoic Chamber, Tempest Chamber, Acoustic Lab, and Laser Development Lab.

The facility can conduct industry-leading radio frequency testing to manufacture and characterise high power, solid-state devices. It can also carry out sensitive acoustic experiments that require a high degree of isolation from environmental sound and vibrations. The controlled environment in the dedicated labs helps identify involuntary sound sources in complex electronic systems that might lead to side-channel leakage.

The facility can house 150 researchers and visiting faculty or guest researchers that are working collaboratively with the DERC team. The new hub is equipped with three training rooms, which can host up to 45 people for various seminars and trainings.