Jane Edwards
NASA has awarded grants to eight faculty researchers to perform research and development work on novel space technology platforms for up to three years.
The space agency said Thursday the faculty members will receive up to $200,000 in annual funds as part of NASA’s Space Technology Research Grants program.
NASA selected research proposals that seek to address human-robot interaction for use in space exploration, verification of autonomous space systems, as well as development of cryogenic actuators.
Grant recipients include:
- Daniel Szafir from University of Colorado in Boulder
- Dimitra Panagou from University of Michigan
- Kristin Rozier from Iowa State University
- Necmiye Ozay from University of Michigan
- Seok Woo Lee from University of Connecticut
- Sonia Chernova from Georgia Institute of Technology
- Stefanie Tellex from Brown University
- SungWoo Nam from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Space Technology Research Grants program is funded by the agency’s space technology mission directorate and seeks to develop space platforms at low-technology readiness levels to support future missions of NASA, other federal agencies and the commercial space industry.
