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NIAC 2011 Phase I Selections

NIAC Funded Studies
NIAC Funded Studies

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Principal Investigator:   Duda, Kevin
Proposal Title:   Variable Vector Countermeasure Suit (V2Suit) for Space Habitation and Exploration
Organization:   The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
State:   MA

Ferguson, Scott
Enabling All-Access Mobility for Planetary Exploration Vehicles via Transformative Reconfiguration
North Carolina State University
NC

Gilland, James
The Potential for Ambient Plasma Wave Propulsion
Ohio Aerospace Institute
OH

Gregory, Daniel
Space Debris Elimination (SpaDE)
Raytheon BBN Technologies
VA

Hogue, Michael
Regolith Derived Heat Shield for a Planetary Body Entry and Descent System with In-Situ Fabrication
NASA Kennedy Space Center
FL

Hohman, Kurt
Atmospheric Breathing Electric Thruster for Planetary Exploration
Busek Co. Inc.
MA

Howe, Steven
Economical Radioisotope Power
Universities Space Research Association
ID

Khoshnevis, Behrokh
Contour Crafting Simulation Plan for Lunar Settlement Infrastructure Build-Up
University of Southern California
CA

Kwiat, Paul
Entanglement-assisted Communication System for NASA’s Deep-Space Missions: Feasibility Test and Conceptual Design
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
IL

Mankins, John
SPS-ALPHA: The First Practical Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily Large PHased Array
Artemis Innovation Management Solutions
CA

Miller, David
MAGESTIC: Magnetically Enabled Structures Using Interacting Coils
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MA

Paul, Michael
Non-Radioisotope Power Systems For Sunless Solar System Exploration Missions
Pennsylvania State University
PA

Pavone, Marco
Spacecraft/Rover Hybrids for the Exploration of Small Solar System Bodies
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
CA

Ritter, Joe
Ultra-Light “Photonic Muscle” Space Structures
University of Hawaii
HI

Scott, Gregory
Low Power Microrobotics Utilizing Biologically Inspired Energy Generation
Naval Research Laboratory
DC

Short, Kendra
Printable Spacecraft: Flexible Electronic Platforms for NASA Missions
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
CA

Sibille, Laurent
In-Space Propulsion Engine Architecture based on Sublimation of Planetary Resources: From Exploration Robots to NEO Mitigation
NASA Kennedy Space Center
FL

Silvera, Isaac
Metallic Hydrogen: A Game Changing Rocket Propellant
Harvard University
MA

Slough, John
Nuclear Propulsion through Direct Conversion of Fusion Energy
MSNW LLC
WA

Staehle, Robert
Interplanetary CubeSats: Opening the Solar System to a Broad Community at Lower Cost
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
CA

Strekalov, Dmitry
Ghost Imaging of Space Objects
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
CA

Stysley, Paul
Laser-Based Optical Trap for Remote Sampling of Interplanetary and Atmospheric Particulate Matter
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
MD

Swartzlander, Grover
Steering of Solar Sails Using Optical Lift Force
Rochester Institute of Technology
NY

Tarditi, Alfonso
Aneutronic Fusion Spacecraft Architecture
University of Houston at Clear Lake
TX

Thibeault, Sheila
Radiation Shielding Materials Containing Hydrogen, Boron, and Nitrogen: Systematic Computational and Experimental Study
NASA Langley Research Center
VA

Tripathi, Ram
Meeting the Grand Challenge of Protecting Astronaut’s Health: Electrostatic Active Space Radiation Shielding for Deep Space Missions
NASA Langley Research Center
VA

Werka, Robert
Proposal for a Concept Assessment of a Fission Fragment Rocket Engine (FFRE) Propelled Spacecraft
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
AL

Westover, Shayne
Radiation Protection and Architecture Utilizing High Temperature Superconducting Magnets
NASA Johnson Space Center
TX

Whittaker, William
Technologies Enabling Exploration of Skylights, Lava Tubes and Caves
Astrobotic Technology Inc.
PA

Wie, Bong
Optimal Dispersion of Near-Earth Objects
Iowa State University
IA