Day: January 30, 2024

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 […]

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 […]