Self-Assembling Liquid Mirror Telescope

Project Sponsor : DARPA DSO, Honeywell Aerospace Prime Start Date : 10/01/2023 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Álvaro Romero-Calvo Project Status : Active Our Low-Gravity Science and Technology Lab is working with Honeywell Aerospace and Soter Technology to design a self-assembling liquid mirror telescope with off-axis tilting and slewing capabilities. The effort, supported by the DARPA Zenith Program, explores […]

ExoArid: Microbial Functional and Evolutionary Adaptations to AridityExoArid:

Project Sponsor : Supported by NASA Exobiology awards 80NSSC19K0469 (MIT) and 80NSSC22K0189 (Georgia Tech) to C.E.C. Start Date : 01/2022 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Christopher E. Carr Collaborators: Co-Is: Dr. Rachel A. Moore (Georgia Tech), Alexandra Pontefract (APL), Ralf Moeller (DLR), Jens Boy (Hannover University), Armando Azua-Bustos (Center of Astrobiology, CSIC). Collaborators: Diana Boy (Hannover […]

Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data to Improve the Modeling of Antarctic Near-Surface Processes

Project Sponsor : NASA (Cryospheric Science Research Announcement, ROSES-2020) Start Date : 08/01/2023 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Brian Gunter Project Status : In progress Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA), specifically so the post-glacial rebound component, describes the response of the solid earth to variable ice loading. Using satellite gravimetry from GRACE and GRACE-FO, altimetry from ICESat-2 […]