This federal contract award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is focused on developing improved space suit designs to reduce injuries to astronauts during training and extravehicular activities (EVAs). The $158,323.64 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aims to create an adjustable protection garment to enhance astronaut comfort and decrease injury risk. The research will leverage MIT's previous work on analyzing pressure, body-suit contact, and...
This federal contract award from NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to the University of Texas at Austin is for the development of a hand exoskeleton-based assessment to precisely measure and evaluate astronaut hand function. The $237,345.72 award will support research to integrate surface electromyography (sEMG) sensors into the hand exoskeleton, derive performance metrics, and correlate the exoskeleton data with standard clinical assessment scales. The goal is to create a...
This is a $189,151.93 training grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The purpose of the contract is to develop quantitative metrics and methods for evaluating the health and injury risk to astronauts during extravehicular activity (EVA) operations while wearing spacesuits. The research aims to create a standardized approach for assessing spacesuit performance and informing future spacesuit design requirements to mitigate risks to...
This federal contract award, valued at $274,083.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). The contract is a grant for research to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, indicating UT Austin's competitive capabilities in...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to conduct research on improving the control and functionality of robot actuators for space exploration. UT Austin, a major public research university, will develop new control frameworks to optimize the performance, efficiency, and thermal management of series elastic actuators, which are critical components for dexterous and robust robots...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K1213, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), a non-profit educational institution. The $274,216.47 grant supports research on formation flight and proximity operations for spacecraft, which have been critical aspects of NASA's space program since the early days of spaceflight. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, indicating UT Austin's competitive...
This federal contract award to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is for the development of a low-cost computational method to simulate atmospheric reentry conditions with rarefied and ionized flow. UT Austin will modify an existing Discrete Velocity Method (DVM) to handle electric and magnetic fields, as well as charged particles, to improve the simulation of these complex flow environments. The $276,859.46 award is a training grant from the National Aeronautics and Space...
This federal contract award is a $204,207.56 grant to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The grant supports continued development of coupling efforts between ice sheet models and NASA's GEOS-5 and GISS ModelE climate models. The goal is to gain insights into the effects of dynamic ice sheets and associated feedbacks on the global climate system. Specifically, the research will focus on improving...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a $101,998.00 training grant for the "2015 GRADUATE AERONAUTICS SCHOLARSHIP" program. The prime contractor is the University of Texas at Austin, a public research university with extensive experience performing work for federal agencies across a range of scientific and technical domains. This award has no set-aside designation. The contract has a completion date of June 7, 2018 and was...
This is a $274,850 federal training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), a research institute within the Texas A&M University System. The contract is for "MODELING OF HUMAN THERMOREGULATION RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN GRAVITATIONAL DOSE APPLIED TO THE TECHNOLOGICAL DESIGN OF EVA LIQUID COOLING AND VENTILATION GARMENTS (LCVG)". This work will support the design of spacesuit cooling systems by...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is focused on understanding how the current design of the space suit's hard upper torso (HUT) affects astronaut shoulder motion and the risk of shoulder injuries during extravehicular activities (EVAs). UT Austin will apply musculoskeletal modeling techniques to simulate the human-suit interactions in both one-gravity and underwater training environments to quantify suit resistance, joint loads, and associated shoulder motion. This research aims to inform future redesigns of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) to reduce crew injury rates and increase suit mobility. The $125,386.78 training grant does not have a set-aside designation, and UT Austin is the prime contractor. This work supports NASA's efforts to improve astronaut health and safety for EVA operations.