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Passively Compensated Low-Power Chip-Scale Clocks for Wireless Communication...
Stanford University in collaboration with JPL is proposing to develop an ultra-low power chip-scale timing unit that is the main building clock of any communicating system... -
Engineering Gecko-Inspired Adhesives for Robotic Mobility and Manipulation...
The goal of the proposed research is to customize gecko-inspired adhesive technologies for space applications in manipulation and mobility, primarily addressing technology areas... -
Quantum-Limited Amplifiers for Detector Arrays on NASA's Inflation Probe
Recently, a NASA satellite mission, the Inflation Probe, has been proposed to search for B-mode polarization in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) the "smoking gun" for the... -
Leveraging Chaos in Continuous Thrust Trajectory Design
A trajectory design tool is sought to leverage chaos and nonlinear dynamics present in multi-body gravitational fields to design ultra-low energy transfer trajectories, with... -
Development of a Mechanically Versatile Bioreactor System as a Cellular...
The primary objective of this research project is to develop a compact, mechanically versatile bioreactor capable of producing desired local mechanical environments to stimulate... -
Using Aerodynamic Torque to Desaturate CubeSat Reaction Wheels Step-B
Motion planning entails autonomously planning and executing trajectories in dynamic and cluttered environments while obeying differential and other constraints such collision... -
An Innovative High Fidelity Multidisciplinary Computational Framework for...
Current technology for decelerating a spacecraft from the high speed of atmospheric entry to the final stages of landing on Mars is based on parachute systems. It dates back to... -
Asteroid Surface Resource Characterization through Distributed Plasma...
Meteoroids comprising the sporadic background population continuously impact larger bodies in the solar system at high speeds. In particular, asteroids are subjected to... -
Algorithmic Foundations for Real-Time and Dependable Spacecraft Motion Planning
The objective of this project is to devise real-time, efficient and dependable algorithms for spacecraft autonomous maneuvering, with a special focus on dynamic and cluttered...