Early Career Faculty (ECF)

Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart Yang.pdf Shuolong Yang University of Chicago This effort will leverage the latest developments in superconductors to build a power transmission cable that can operate in the extreme cold temperatures found on the Moon with very low electrical losses.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart McGuirk.pdf Christopher McGuirk Colorado School of Mines This project will investigate and develop improved storage methods for the fuels needed to generate electrical power in places where sunlight is not available.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart Boles.pdf Jessica Boles University of California, Berkeley This project will develop piezoelectric-based power conversion for small power systems on the lunar surface. These piezoelectric systems can potentially offer high power density to significantly reduce size, weight, and cost.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart Arya.pdf Manan Arya Stanford University This grant will design and develop lightweight, low-cost modular solar reflectors that can be stowed for transport in a compact volume.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart Oguri.pdf Kenshiro Oguri Purdue University This project will investigate one of the key fundamental challenges associated with directed-energy light-sailing technology, similar to solar sails but powered by a laser beam pointed at the sail instead of by the sun.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart Underwood.pdf Thomas Underwood University of Texas, Austin This project will demonstrate a fusion propulsion system based on z-pinch which is a method of compressing plasma by running electrical current though it.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart Ilic.pdf Ognjen Ilic University of Minnesota This effort will aim to demonstrate the feasibility of directed-energy propulsion through a combination of computational simulations and prototype testing.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Space Technology Research Grants
ECF 2024 Quadchart Beik.pdf Omid Beik Colorado School of Mines This project will design a power management and distribution (PMAD) system that can be coupled with a megawatt-scale nuclear power generation system for nuclear electric propulsion (NEP) that is suitable for a Mars mission.
Posted April 18, 2025
Early Career Faculty (ECF)
Davide Guzzetti Auburn University ECF 2023 Quadchart Guzzetti.pdf Professor Guzzetti will study and design small metamaterial particles which can be predictably moved by forces that exist on orbit like the Earth’s magnetic field or heat flux.
Posted March 22, 2024
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