This is a $293,801.98 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Regents of the University of Michigan, operating as the University of Michigan. The grant supports an experimental and theoretical research project to develop a more refined model of the underlying physics of magnetic nozzles, which are a key component of in-space propulsion technologies. The research will be conducted at the University of Michigan's...
This is a $317,243.86 grant awarded by NASA to the Regents of the University of Michigan for a research project utilizing Laser Thomson Scattering (LTS) plasma diagnostics to explore electron dynamics in Hall-effect thrusters. The award has an initial performance period through July 31, 2024. The University of Michigan is a prominent U.S. state government-owned educational institution with a strong track record of receiving federal research grants and contracts across a wide range of...
The Regents of the University of Michigan, through its Office of Research and Sponsored Projects division, was awarded a $2,603,382.00 grant for research by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The grant, awarded on July 1, 2021, is for a project titled "The Idea of Using High-Power Electron Beams to Trace Magnetic Field Lines and Unambiguously Connect Physics Phenomena Occurring in the Magnetosphere with Their Image in the Ionosphere." The grant has an ultimate...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $129,967.90 training grant contract to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (doing business as the University of Michigan). The contract, awarded on September 1, 2018, is focused on using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modeling to better understand the role of ionospheric conductance in the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and the prediction of ground-induced currents during space...
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, doing business as the University of Michigan, was awarded a $77,246 grant for research by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on January 25, 2005. The grant, identified as NNC04GA36G, was to fund the "USE OF ELECTROSTATIC PROBES TO CHARACTERIZE THE DISCHARGE CHAMBERS OF THE NSTAR AND NEXT ION THRUSTERS" and had an ultimate completion date of January 24, 2006. The University of...
This federal contract award, valued at $317,115.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, a prominent U.S. state government-owned educational institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The contract aims to apply a novel combination of physics-based modeling, optimal design, and rapid prototyping to increase the state-of-the-art power level of electrospray thrusters from 10 watts to 200 watts. This grant-funded...
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Division (University of Michigan), was awarded a $155,653 grant for research by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to model the performance and lifetime of ion thrusters. This grant does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Michigan is a well-known U.S. research institution that has previously received prime and subcontract awards from federal agencies such as the...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Regents of the University of Michigan, doing business as the University of Michigan. The $266,968.10 training grant is for high-fidelity simulations of rocket plume-surface interactions to characterize the ejection of soil and other particles during lunar and planetary landings. This is intended to help mitigate the negative effects of these particles, which can damage landers,...
The Regents of the University of Michigan was awarded a training grant valued at $327,137 for the project "Optimizing Experiments for Characterizing Pressure Related Facility Effects on High-Power Hall Thruster Testing," effective August 29, 2022, with completion targeted for August 28, 2026. The award supports research activities to be conducted at the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus through the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects. This competitive award includes no...
This $313,112.60 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct research and development on rotating magnetic field field-reversed configuration (RMF-FRC) thruster technology for spacecraft power generation. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Michigan has a history of receiving prime and subcontract awards from various federal agencies, including the Department of...
The University of Michigan was awarded a $221,920.90 training grant contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for an analysis of facility effects on a small helicon plasma source with a magnetic nozzle. The research will examine backpressure effects, electrical effects of a conducting vacuum chamber, and the influence of pressure and conducting chamber walls on the performance of the plasma source, known as the Small Propulsive Ionic Nozzle Experiment (SPHINX). The experiments will be conducted in the Nanosatellite Engine Operation Vacuum Chamber (NEOVAC) and the Large Vacuum Test Facility (LVTF) at the University of Michigan. The goal is to develop a better understanding of how these types of small plasma thrusters, which have potential applications for CubeSat propulsion, perform in a space-like environment versus ground testing. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.