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Purdue University

The Purdue University Physics Department operated a cyclotron during the early part of the war, conducting important nuclear research. Many of the scientists working on the project were transferred to Los Alamos to continue work on the Manhattan Project.

For more information, see A History of Physics at Purdue: The War Period (1941-1945).

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Purdue University 610 Purdue Mall West Lafayette IN, 47907 US