This is a grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Utah State University (USU), a public research university located in Logan, Utah. The overarching science goal of the $176,018.00 grant is to quantify how the ionosphere and thermosphere respond to electromagnetic and kinetic energy inputs from the magnetosphere. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. USU, a 1862 land grant college and educational institution,...
This is a $495,947.91 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Utah State University (USU) to conduct research on the longitudinal variability in the 3-D ionospheric density from equatorial to mid latitudes before, during, and after geomagnetic storms, and its relationship to the stormtime longitudinal variability in the ionosphere-thermosphere system. The contract is a research grant that runs from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024. USU, a public...
This is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Utah TECH University, a U.S. state government and educational institution. The $147,000.00 grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will extend the university's ongoing investigation of the ionosphere, thermosphere, and mesosphere (ITM) through fiscal year 2022. The grant supports the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator portions of the Global Ultraviolet...
This federal contract award is a grant for research provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Utah State University (USU), located in Logan, Utah. The grant, valued at $156,470.13, supports research to analyze the coupling dynamics between terrestrial water, ecosystems, and climate using the Noah-MP land surface model and NASA's Land Information System. The research aims to enhance the realism of snow, soil water, groundwater, and vegetation schemes in the model,...
This $287,053.60 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Utah State University (USU), a public research university in Logan, Utah. The grant funds research to address the risks that the outer space environment, including radiation and microgravity, pose to the brain health of astronauts, which is considered a major obstacle to human space exploration beyond Earth's orbit. USU has extensive expertise in conducting research and providing technical...
This is a $224,616.02 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Utah State University (USU) for the development of novel resource supply, monitoring, and control approaches for the plant root-zone in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station (ISS). The grant does not have a set-aside designation, reflecting USU's status as a large public research university. USU has extensive experience conducting research and providing technical...
This contract award to Utah State University (USU) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center is a $132,663.01 training grant to study the global evolution of thermospheric neutral winds during geomagnetic storms. The research will involve assimilating ground and space-based ionospheric observations into physics-based models to extract wind information and investigate the role of neutral winds in modifying the ionospheric plasma distribution. No...
This is a $2,000,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Utah State University (USU) for the "DESIGN, MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT APPROACHES FOR THE ROOT-ZONE IN MICROGRAVITY: PHASE B" project. The grant is for research related to microgravity and root-zone environments, with a period of performance through September 30, 2025. USU is a public research university and 1862 land-grant institution with extensive capabilities in environmental...
This is a $155,102 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Utah State University (USU) for a project titled "MULTI-SCALE ANALYSIS OF PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE SHEET LAMINATES FOR SPACE RADIATOR APPLICATIONS USING NASMAT." The grant is for research and has a completion date of July 31, 2026. USU is a public research university and 1862 land-grant institution located in Logan, Utah. The university has extensive experience...
The University of Utah was awarded a $291,032 grant (NNX16AF95G) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to analyze in-situ and remote sensing data collected during recent ground validation campaigns. The objective is to quantify the impact of ice crystal population properties on radar and radiometer retrievals of precipitation, which is crucial for improving predictive climate models. The grant supports research aimed at understanding the uncertainties associated with...