University campuses are bursting with ideas for novel space technologies, and NASA takes note. Through the agency’s Space Technology Research Grants program, NASA has selected nine university-led research proposals to study early-stage technologies. The grants allow untenured, assistant professors early in their careers to lend their expertise and help identify and mature capabilities of interest to NASA.
"New space technologies aren’t developed in a bubble – we engage the best and brightest across all sectors, including academia,” said Prasun Desai, deputy associate administrator of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate in Washington. “These outstanding early career faculty help drive innovation and we look forward to their insights on solutions for very challenging aspects of space exploration.”
The Sibley School's Dmitry Savransky is one of three US researchers selected in the area of "Intelligent Calibration of Sensor Constellations." Thanks to miniaturized tech, small and cube satellites are being equipped with more advanced systems. Still, calibrating instruments across constellations made up of multiple small spacecraft is challenging. This topic aims to improve calibration of sensors distributed across a spacecraft constellation.
Two early-career scientists at Cornell have been awarded Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellowships: Lígia Fonseca Coelho, a Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Astronomy in the College of... Read more about Two Cornell scientists chosen for 51 Pegasi b Fellowships, including MAE's Zach Ulibarri
The Kessler Fellows program welcomed 20 students to its 2024 cohort. The students will spend their spring semester sharpening entrepreneurial skills while preparing for a fully funded summer... Read more about Cornell introduces its 2024 Kessler Fellows cohort
Jingjie Yeo, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, earned the award to study the molecular structures of intestinal mucus, with the ultimate goal of contributing to new therapeutics for treating human gut disorders. Read more about Yeo earns NSF CAREER award to study intestinal mucus, gut disorders
