This is a one-year, $100,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), a member of the University of Arkansas System. The purpose of the contract is to develop state-of-the-art electronic packaging and assembly technologies that can withstand the extreme environment of Venus, including high temperatures, high pressure, and corrosive conditions. The research will involve thin-film techniques to...
This is a $100,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of North Dakota (UND) Division of Research & Economic Development. The purpose is to develop a high temperature, high power switching power converter testbed that can interface between high temperature power sources and energy storage devices for long-duration Venus surface operations. The testbed will leverage gallium nitride high-electron-mobility transistors...
This federal contract award, NNX15AL57G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division (Office of Research & Sponsored Programs) to conduct an experimental investigation on the stability of high-temperature volatiles (semi-metal compounds of sulfur, selenium, and tellurium) in the atmosphere of Venus and their interaction with the planet's surface. The primary objectives are to determine which atmospheric...
This federal contract award, valued at $736,884.83, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), a member of the University of Arkansas System. The contract aims to develop advanced electronic devices based on silicon-germanium on sapphire (SGOS) technology to enable faster and more reliable data transfer for NASA's space communication, operations, and data collection missions. This cooperative agreement is not...
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division, doing business as the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, has been awarded a cooperative agreement by the National Aeronics and Space Administration Marshall Space Flight Center. The $8,392 potential value contract is for characterization of an LTCC-manufactured electrostatic thruster. No set-aside designation was specified. Through this award, the University of Arkansas will provide research and development services to characterize a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center has awarded a $100,000.00 Cooperative Agreement contract to the University of Delaware, a private, non-profit 1862 land grant college, for the development of high-temperature gallium nitride (GaN) transistors using titanium aluminum oxide (TiAlO) for Venus long-duration surface electronic systems. The contract has a performance period running through July 2, 2025 and does not have a set-aside designation. The...
This federal contract award, with an ID of NNX15AN18A and a ceiling value of $748,233.56, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arkansas System, doing business as the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). The contract aims to develop the next generation of high-efficiency four-junction solar cells for space applications, which are critical for future space science and human exploration missions. The project involves researchers...
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division, operating as the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, was awarded a $17,222.80 federal grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a remote heat flux sensor using acoustic sensing and machine learning. This grant-funded research project, with a completion date of December 30, 2023, is not set aside for any particular program. The University of Arkansas is a public land-grant research university that...
This federal contract award, valued at $677,060.00, was granted to the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division, operating as the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs. The contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is a research grant without any set-aside designation. The purpose of the contract is to develop "A FRAMEWORK CHARACTERIZING THE METALLICITY AND AGE DEPENDENT FORMATION OF X-RAY BINARIES IN GALAXIES NEAR AND FAR." The...
This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Delaware for the development of a new material platform for miniaturized, lightweight, and low-cost transducers operating in harsh environments, specifically designed for probing the surface and interior structures of Venus. The objective is to leverage wide bandgap semiconductor materials, particularly silicon carbide (SiC), and emerging two-dimensional (2D) layered materials...
This federal contract is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Arkansas (UA), Fayetteville Division, doing business as the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs. The goal of the $539,503.46 research effort is to mature high-temperature electronics packaging systems to a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 5. Specifically, UA will design, assemble, and evaluate packaged electronics components and materials for use in extreme environments, such as those found on missions to Venus, Mercury, or gas giant planets. The work aims to develop robust, weather-resistant packaging architectures utilizing wide bandgap semiconductor technologies like silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) that can operate at temperatures up to 500°C. This research supports NASA's Technical Areas 12 (Materials and Structures) and 10 (Sensors and Instruments). The contract does not have a set-aside designation.