This federal contract award, valued at $247,442.87, was granted by NASA to the University of Missouri System, doing business as the Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T). The contract supports research on the complex thermal environments and particulate-laden flows experienced during planetary reentry, which pose challenges for both human and robotic spaceflight. Missouri S&T, as a leading technological research university, will leverage its expertise in areas...
This federal contract award, valued at $493,460.65, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T). The contract is for a Phase II study to incorporate system-level issues and experimental results to validate and refine model predictions for plasmonic force propulsion, which can provide improved proximity and attitude control for small spacecraft,...
This federal contract award was made by the NASA Shared Services Center to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T), for the NASA Missouri Space Grant Consortium Training Grant. The contract supports the consortium's mission to maintain and enhance the nation's education and workforce capabilities in aerospace and space-related science, engineering, and technology. The award has a ceiling value of $2,661,514.10 and is...
This is a $223,814.35 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Missouri System, through its Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T) campus. The goal of this research grant is to develop accurate and efficient models covering the microscopic charging and macroscopic transport of dust grains through computational and data-enabled modeling studies. The award has an ultimate completion date of April 28, 2024. This...
This federal contract award to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T), is for the development of a Regolith Beneficiation System for Production of Lunar Calcium and Aluminum. The $2,330,740.00 grant for research contract, awarded on May 15, 2022 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has a completion date of December 31, 2025. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Missouri S&T...
This is a $295,523.84 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to the University of Missouri System, through its Missouri University of Science & Technology campus, to develop multi-fidelity modeling methods for analyzing and designing deployable re-entry technologies like ADEPT and HIAD. The research aims to reduce computational costs while maintaining high accuracy in modeling and simulation to enable robust and reliable re-entry...
This federal contract award to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T), is for the development of a robust navigation framework using novel multitarget tracking techniques. The goal is to enable autonomous navigation, hazard avoidance, and rendezvous, docking, and landing capabilities for a variety of NASA space vehicles and planetary landing missions. The award, identified as NNX16AM93H, has a ceiling value of...
This federal contract award, ID 80NSSC21K0979, was granted by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology. The $89,877.40 grant will fund research to develop methodologies for estimating both unconfined and confined groundwater withdrawals at a local scale using data from a variety of satellite sensors. The goal is to provide insights into global...
This federal contract award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T), under the NASA-EPSCOR Missouri Research Infrastructure Development (RID) program. The $355,235.79 cooperative agreement is intended to enhance the research and technology capabilities and capacities of Missouri's institutions, with a focus on developing infrastructure...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K1524, was granted to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T), by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The $378,246.66 grant is for research related to NASA's Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) project, which aims to develop nuclear fuel elements suitable for spacecraft propulsion systems. Missouri S&T, a public research university, will perform this...
The University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology, was awarded a $136,939.09 training grant contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is focused on developing passively-coded miniature embedded wideband microwave sensors to monitor materials and structures for signs of fatigue and degradation. This research, which is part of an Electrical Engineering Master's degree program, aims to create sensors that can be embedded in various materials and structures, including those used in space exploration, to provide non-destructive monitoring capabilities. The sensors are designed to be low-cost and versatile, with potential applications in civil, aerospace, and other infrastructure monitoring.