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Predicting deformation and stress as a function of additive manufacturing pro...
We will combine part-level FEM model of residual stresses with phase-field transformation model to predict deformation and cracking due to thermal stresses from the AM building... -
Vision-Based Automation System for Safe and Efficient Taxi Operations, Phase I
In 2012 the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued safety recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency... -
Life Support Systems: Oxygen Generation and Recovery
The Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Life Support Systems project Oxygen Generation and Recovery technology development area encompasses several sub-tasks in an effort to... -
Fabric, Inflated, Insulating Shroud for Cryogenic In-Space Transportation, Ph...
The Cryogenic Encapsulating Launch Shroud and Insulated Upper Stage (CELSIUS) innovative layered system combines functions of Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI), Micro-Meteoroid and... -
Flight Testing of Resource allocation for Multi-Agent Planning (ReMAP) System...
Area-I, Incorporated personnel have led the design, fabrication, and flight testing of fourteen unmanned aircraft, one manned aircraft, and numerous advanced guidance, control,... -
Advanced Propulsion Systems Ground Test Technology, Phase I
IFOS proposes to develop a test rig sensor suite to measure pressures/acoustics, static and dynamic strains and tempersures for advanced propulsion systems such as that used for... -
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... -
Highly Scalable SiC UV Imager for Earth & Planetary Science, Phase II
Commercial silicon carbide (SiC)-based photonic sensors typically use p-i-n photodiode and reversed-biased Avalanche Photodiode (APD) detectors. These state-of-the-art SiC... -
Mini-Advanced Pointing Imaging Camera
A high-resolution imaging system which simultaneously takes images of target and star field with two-axis control capability, allowing rapid target imaging with extremely... -
Automated Manufacture of Damage Detecting, Self-Healing Composite Cryogenic P...
After successfully demonstrating the basic functionality of a damage-detecting, self-healing 'smart' material system in Phase I, Aurora and UMass Lowell aim to advance the... -
High Energy Laboratory Astrophysics using an X-Ray Microcalorimeter with an E...
Since the summer of 2000 we have successfully deployed a high-resolution x-ray microcalorimeter spectrometer, based on the spaceflight XRS instrument, at the Electron Beam Ion... -
Multifunctional Graphene Nanocomposite Foams for Space Applications
Materials combined with a small amount of nanoparticles offer new possibilities in the synthesizing of multifunctional materials. One novel nanomaterial is graphene which... -
Higher Aspect Ratio Optimal Wing
Higher Aspect Ratio Optimal Wing enables a 1.5-2X increase in the aspect ratio of a lightweight wing with safe structures and flight controls. -
Big Data Driven Architecture for Real Time Systemwide Safety Assurance Phase ...
Our proposed research work significantly enhances the state-of-the-art in aviation data analytics by providing, for the first time, a one-stop resource for meeting data analysis... -
Regolith to Steel Powder, Oxygen & Water with Small Equipment, Phase I
This proposal covers processing of raw Martian regolith to both an enriched iron ore and liberated water, and also iron ore reduction and oxygen production, metal purification... -
Advanced Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment, Phase I
NASA is currently pursuing an advanced space suit portable life support system (PLSS) for future missions that could reach the moon or Mars. The Liquid Cooling and Ventilation... -
Advanced Near Net Shape Technology (ANNST) - Integrally Stiffened Cylinder (ISC)
Machined/welded construction of launch vehicle cryotanks is expensive, heavy, and risky. The current state of the art manufacturing of launch vehicles contributes to high cost... -
The Fabrication of Ultra-Lightweight Full-Shell X-ray Optics by 3D-Printing (...
The proposal seeks to demonstrate printing of material directly onto a precisely figured mandrel in order to eliminate secondary forming and polishing steps after the printing... -
GeMini Plus: A Miniature Gamma Ray Spectrometer to Measure Near-surface Eleme...
Knowing the elemental composition of a planetary surface is key to understanding its formation and evolution. Planetary gamma-ray spectroscopy is a well-established technique... -
An Early and In-Situ Cell Failure Detection and Reconditioning System for Lit...
There is substantial evidence suggesting that a Lithium-ion cell undergoes internal structural and mechanical changes prior to a catastrophic failure. Some of these changes...