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Community of Practice Webinar Series – February 2, 2022

Veerle Reumers, Ph.D., R&D Manager, Imec USA

Earl Adams, Flight Campaign Manager, NASA’s Flight Opportunities program

Michelle Peters, Director of Research & Education, Zero Gravity Corporation 

Designing a Flight Test-Ready Payload

Designing a Flight Test-Ready Payload 

Veerle Reumers, Earl Adams, Michelle Peters 

February 2, 2022

Community of Practice Webinar Series 

NASA Flight Opportunities 

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice
NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Welcome to the Community of Practice Webinar Series!

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Designing a Flight Test-Ready Payload 

Veerle Reumers, Earl Adams, Michelle Peters 

February 2, 2022

Community of Practice Webinar Series 

NASA Flight Opportunities 

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice
NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Flight Opportunities Mission

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The Flight Opportunities program facilitates rapid 

demonstration of promising technologies for 

space exploration, discovery, and the expansion 

of space commerce through suborbital testing 

with industry flight providers.

Designing a Flight Test-Ready Payload 

Veerle Reumers, Earl Adams, Michelle Peters 

February 2, 2022

Community of Practice Webinar Series 

NASA Flight Opportunities 

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice
NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

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Designing a Flight Test-Ready Payload 

Veerle Reumers, Earl Adams, Michelle Peters 

February 2, 2022

Community of Practice Webinar Series 

NASA Flight Opportunities 

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice
NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Today’s Speakers

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Veerle Reumers, Ph.D. 

R&D Manager

Imec USA

Michelle Peters

Director of Research & Education

Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G)

Earl Adams

Flight Campaign Manager

Flight Opportunities

Designing a Flight Test-Ready Payload 

Veerle Reumers, Earl Adams, Michelle Peters 

February 2, 2022

Community of Practice Webinar Series 

NASA Flight Opportunities 

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice
NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

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NASA Flight Opportunities

Community of Practice

Dr. Veerle Reumers | February 2022

Designing a Flight Test-Ready Payload 

Veerle Reumers, Earl Adams, Michelle Peters 

February 2, 2022

Community of Practice Webinar Series 

NASA Flight Opportunities 

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice
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NASA TECH FLIGHT WEBINAR

SILICON-BASED MICROFLUIDIC BLOOD TEST FOR SPACEFLIGHT

VEERLE REUMERS PHD, R&D MANAGER
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Opened in 2016

Not for profit research institute in nanotechnology

Headquarters in Belgium, Europe (since 1984)

500 acre technology district part 

of Osceola County’s NeoCity initiative

located in Kissimmee, Florida

Partnered with on-site cleanroom

for fabrication of our devices

Currently ~20 employees, and growing 

Pursuing R&D in cryoelectronics for next gen

computing, and space health

IMEC USA INTRODUCTION
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THIS PIC SHOULD BE REPLACED BY LARGE STILL FROM MIDX MOVIE 

AS USED IN LUC’S PRES

Point-of-care

diagnostic device
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Core silicon chip with

capillary force driven nanofluidics for sample handling
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Lens-free imaging for blood cell imaging
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Two main technology components were tested in flight

▪ Component 1:

Visualization of fluidic performance of the

silicon nanofluidic structures

▪ Component 2:

Lens-free imaging functionality and

resulting blood cell imaging quality
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Next step: Fully automated LFI test in suborbital flight

Installs in

Installs in

Flies on

imec

LFI

Space Tango

CubeLab

Blue Origin

Flight Locker Blue Origin New Shepard
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veerle.reumers@imec-int.com
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Flight Opportunities website: 

http://nasa.gov/flightopportunities

Contact us:

NASA-FlightOpportunities@mail.nasa.gov

Designing a Flight Test-Ready Payload 

Veerle Reumers, Earl Adams, Michelle Peters 

February 2, 2022

Community of Practice Webinar Series 

NASA Flight Opportunities 

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/flightopportunities/community-of-practice