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Dr. Yu-Hui Chiu is the Director of Applied Sciences at Busek Company in Natick, Massachusetts. Busek company is a small business specialized in the research and development of space electric propulsion technologies. She serves as a principal investigator for several SBIR/STTR programs including 3D printing of magnetic alloy, radiation modeling of COTS electronics, oxygen capture based on the metal-organic framework for spacecraft environment, and several applications of ionic liquids in space. Prior to joining Busek company in 2011, she is a research chemist in the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory. In AFRL from 1997-2011, she conducted basic research associated with space flights, space chemical environment, micro propulsion systems, optical and mass spectroscopy, and miniaturized space sensor development. Yu-Hui received her B.S. degree in chemistry from Soochow University in Taiwan, and her Ph.D. from SUNY Stony Brook in Physical Chemistry.