Center Innovation Fund 2011 Winners
| Descriptions |
Contact |
Content |
| Biologically Inspired Radiation-Reflecting Ablator (BIRRA) for Enabling Entry Descent and Landing Missions to Gas Giant Planets or Radiation-Intensive Environments |
Sylvia Johnson |
Link |
| Collapsible Space Telescope (CST) for Nanosatellite Imaging and Observation |
Elwood Agasid |
Link |
| Computational Modeling of Ablative Materials: Application to Phenolic Pyrolysis |
John Lawson |
Link |
| Encapsulation Technology for Delivery of Medical Therapeutics |
David Loftus |
Link |
| Game Changing Transformable Entry System Technology (TEST) Applicability to Robotic Venus Science Missions |
Ethiraj Venkatapathy |
Pending |
| High Energy Density Additives for Hybrid Fuel Rockets to Improve Performance and Enhance Safety |
Richard Jaffe |
Link |
| Low Cost Mars Sample Return Mission Study |
Carol Stoker |
Link
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| Manipulating the Toughness of Rocks through Electric Potentials |
Friedemann Freund |
Link |
| Mars Micro-Mapping Mineralogical Spectrometer (MµMMS) |
David Blake |
Pending |
| Micro-atmospheric Microwell Plate Technology |
Michael Flynn |
Link |
| Miniaturized Power Processing Unit Study: A Cubesat Electric Propulsion Technology Enabler |
Shakib Ghassemieh |
Link |
| NanoSatellite Thermal Overload Protection System (nSTOPS) |
Antonio Ricco |
Link |
| Novel Photobioreactor Development for Space Applications |
Leslie Prufert-Bebout |
Link |
| Photon-Counting Integrated Circuit (PCIC) Photodetector Arrays |
Ted Roush |
Link |
| Radiation Nose for Monitoring Radiation in Space Missions |
Meyya Meyyappan |
Link |
| Synthetic Biology and Microbial Fuel Cells: Towards Self-Sustaining Life Support Systems |
John Hogan |
Link |
| Synthetic Biology Assemblies for Sustainable Space Exploration |
Chad Paavola |
Pending |
| Synthetic Biology Tool Kit for Manned Missions Outside Low Earth Orbit |
Lynn Rothschild |
Link |
| Woven TPS – A Revolutionary Approach to Tailorable TPS Design & Manufacturing for Thermal Management Systems & Entry, Descent & Landing Systems |
Don Ellerby |
Link |
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