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Advancing Elastocaloric Refrigeration through Co-design of Materials and Systems
Patrick Shamberger Texas A&M UniversityElastocaloric materials heat up or cool down when stress is applied to them or removed. The objective of this grant is to develop improved elastocaloric effect…
Physics-based Modeling and Tool Development for the Characterization and Uncertainty Quantification of Crater Formation and Ejecta Dynamics due to Plume-surface Interaction
David Scarborough Auburn UniversityProfessor Scarborough will develop and implement tools to extract critical data from experimental measurements of plume surface interaction (PSI) to identify and classify dominant regimes, develop physics-based,…
Integrating Data-Driven and Physics-Based Models for Plume-Surface Interaction Predictions
Laura Villafane University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignRocket engine exhaust during lunar landings can blow away a large amount of lunar regolith causing damage to nearby hardware and the landing spacecraft…
Advancing Radiation-Hardened CMOS Detectors for NASA Missions
Donald Figer Rochester Institute of TechnologyThe objective of this grant is to investigate methods to reduce and mitigate the effects of radiation damage on single-photon counting and photon number resolving…
Radiation hardness study of superconducting detectors and electronics
Karl Berggren Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySuperconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are a promising new ultra-sensitive and low-noise detectors for applications ranging from deep-space exploration to ultrafast space-based optical quantum communication…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 11:50 EST on March 6, 2020, carrying the uncrewed cargo…
Advice from NASA Mentors to Students Starting Their Careers
NASA is celebrating National Mentoring Month by recognizing the importance of mentors to students and young professionals whose careers are beginning to take off. Mentors help their mentees gain real-world…
NASA Funds Laser Communications Tech with Small Business
NASA is working with private industry partners and small businesses under Artemis to produce scalable, affordable, and advanced laser communications systems that could enable greater exploration and discovery beyond Earth…
Domain Mapping System vs WP Landing Kit: Which is the Best WordPress Domain Mapping Plugin?
Trying to decide between Domain Mapping System vs WP Landing Kit for the best domain mapping plugin for your WordPress site? Both WordPress plugins make it easy to map multiple…
10 Years Ago: The First Operational Cygnus Cargo Mission to the Space Station
To replace the cargo and crew transportation services to and from the International Space Station following the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011, the United States developed a novel…