Space Exploration & Spaceport Technology Development Awards
PIUniversityProject Title
Dr. Debashish ChandaUCFMulti Spectral Uncooled Low SWaP Printed Infrared Detectors for Spectroscopic Chemical Analysis during Long Space Missions
Dr. Hongbo SuFAUAn Intefrated Computer Vision System to Support the Outer Space Exploration
Dr. Robert FerlUFUF in the Antarctic EDEN module in collaboration with DLR
Dr. Jacob ChungUFTwo-Phase Fluid Dynamic and Heat Transfer Effects on In-Space Cryogenics Propellant Management Devices
Dr. Landolf Rhode-BarbarigosMiamiTensegrity Modules for Shape Control and Locomation Through Simulation and Physical Rapid Prototying
Dr. Stephen KueblerUCFLight Concentrators for Next -Generation Imaging, Energy Harvesting and Opitcal Computingr
Dr. Sudipta SealUCFNanomaterial for Radiation Protection Through DNA-Materials Interaction
Dr. Ali GhahremaninezhadMiamiIndigenous materials for space construction using 3D printing
   
   
Space-Based Research and Payload Development Awards
PIUniversityProject Title
Dr. Sathya GangadharanERAUModeling and Experimental Validation of a Novel on On-Orbit Propellant Storage and Transfer System
Dr. Riccardo BevilacquaUFSolar Sail Cubesats for Mars GPS and Communication Services
Dr. Ranga NarayananUFEvaporative Heat-Transfer – An Application to Temperature Control of Space Habitats
Dr. Eric HsiaoFSUImproving the precision of Type Ia Supernova for WFIRST
Dr. Woo Hyoung LeeUCFRenewable Microalgal Hydrogen Production
Dr. Robert AustinFl PolyTrehalose and Tetrahymena: A Space Life
   
Space Education and Training Programs Awards
PIUniversityProject Title
Dr. Glenn ThompsonUSFSeismic and Infrasound Recording of Rockets Launches from KSC
Dr. Kevin HuffenbergerFSUResearch Training with NASA Mission Science Data
Dr. Terry OswaltERAUA Search for Planetary Survivors among Highly Evoled Host Stars