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Completed TRL 4 (started at 2, targeting 4)
Previously, we developed an initial version of CAMDLES (CFD-DEM Artificial Microgravity Developments for Living Ecosystem Simulation) to model microbial communities in space, as a student intern project. However, these first attempts required numerous simplifying assumptions, did not parameterize to experimental data, and could run only short simulations of
Computational modeling will dramatically improve science return from spaceflight experimentation by aiding study design, data interpretation, and assisting in design of engineered biological systems.
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