Accountability and Academic Freedom: The Battle Concerning Research on Cold Fusion at Texas A&M University

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Scientific Paper
Title Accountability and Academic Freedom: The Battle Concerning Research on Cold Fusion at Texas A&M University
Author(s) John M Bockris
Keywords Funding, Academic Freedom, Research, Cold Fusion
Published 2000
Journal None

Abstract

Directly after the March 1989 TV announcement by Fleischmann and Pons that they had achieved a nuclear reaction at electrodes in the cold, research began on the phenomenon at Texas A&M. The University was picked by EPRI as a recipient of funds to investigate the field. Thus, it possessed a Thermodynamic Research Center, a Cyclotron group, and three groups in Electrochemistry (Chemistry Department). In addition, there was the Center for Electrochemical Systems and Hydrogen Research in the Texas Engineering Experiment.