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" Aerospace)Initiatives)at)CU1Boulder)–)2016) ) CU1Boulder)AeroSpace)Ventures)(ASV)"is)a)collaboration)among)aerospace1related)departments,)institutes,) centers,)government)labs,)and)industry)partners)to:) •! Accelerate"discoveries"in"Earth"and"space"science"with"innovative"engineering"solutions" •! Develop"technologies"that"solve"critical"21st"Century"problems"and"create"new"commercial"opportunities" •! Broadly"educate"tomorrow’s"highly>skilled"aerospace"workforce" •! Create"collaborations"between"industry"and"academia"resulting"in"innovations"that"help"the"U.S."and"Colorado" aerospace"industry"flourish" " Departments:" Aerospace"Engineering"Sciences"(AES);"Applied"Mathematics"(APPM);" Astrophysical"and"Planetary"Sciences"(APS);"Atmospheric"and"Oceanic" Sciences"(ATOC),"Computer"Science"(CS);"Electrical,"Computer"&"Energy" Engineering"(ECEE);"Mechanical"Engineering"(ME);"Physics"(PHY)"" " Institutes:"" Cooperative"Institute"for"Research"in"Environmental"Sciences"(CIRES)," Laboratory"for"Atmospheric"and"Space"Physics"(LASP),"Colorado"Space" Grant"Consortium"(COSGC)" " Centers:"" BioServe"Space"Technologies,"Center"for"Astrophysics"and"Space" Astronomy"(CASA),"Colorado"Center"for"Astrodynamics"Research"(CCAR)," Research"and"Engineering"Center"for"Unmanned"Vehicles"(RECUV)"" " Contact:"" Professor"Penina"Axelrad;"Chair,"AES,"[email protected]"" 303>492>8183" Diane"Dimeff;"Managing"Director,"AeroSpace"Ventures,"[email protected]"" 303>492>8511" " Website:" www.colorado.edu/aerospaceventures"" ___________________________________________________________________) ) ) ) ) ) HUMAN)SPACE)FLIGHT) ) •! CU1Boulder)faculty)and)students)are)evaluating"advanced)life)support"" and"thermal"control"system"technologies"to"assess"their"feasibility"for"use"in" future"space"vehicles"and"spacesuits"for"long>term,"sustainable"human" space"exploration"missions."Other"research"areas"include"assessing"human> machine"interfaces,"crew"operations"and"spacecraft"cockpit"design"(PIs:" Professors"David"Klaus"and"James"Nabity,"AES"and"BioServe)." •! International)Space)Station"–"CU>Boulder"continues"to"conduct" biotechnology"research"onboard"the"ISS"with"pharmaceutical"and" biomedical"industry"partners.""Experiments"are"currently"being"transported" to"and"from"the"station"in"the"new"SpaceX"Dragon"and"Orbital"Sciences" Figure'1.'Astronaut'and'CU3Boulder'faculty'member' Joe'Tanner'gives'an'EVA'salute'during'his'6.53hour' CYGNUS"capsules"(PI:"Professor"Louis"Stodieck,"AES"and"BioServe).)" space'walk'on'the'STS3115'mission.) •! NOAA’s)Space)Weather)Prediction)Center,"which"includes"approximately"a" dozen"CIRES"scientists,"is"the"official"source"of"space"weather"watches,"" warnings,"and"alerts"for"NASA’s"human"space"flight"program"(CIRES)." ! ! ! 1" _________________________________________________________________) SMALL)SATELLITES) ) •! The)Colorado)Student)Space)Weather)Experiment)(CSSWE))–"Funded"by"the"National"Science"Foundation"and" measuring"only"10x10x30"cm,"CSSWE"was"launched"in"September"2012.""The"exciting"new"measurements"of" energetic"particles"made"by"this"“3U”"cubesat,"still"in"operation"at"the"end"of"2014,"are"complementary"to"NASA’s" Van"Allen"Probes"mission"(PI:"Professor"Xinlin"Li,"LASP"and"AES)." •!CUSP)–"A)Surrey"Satellite"US>sponsored"project"to"develop"a"testbed" for"commercial"embedded"systems"and"solid"state"memory.""The"CUSP" payload"flew"on"the"Surrey"Orbital"Test"Bed"(OTB)"spacecraft"in"2015"(PI:" Professor"Scott"Palo,"AES)." •! Cubesat)Radio)–)The"NASA"Space"Technology"Mission"Directorate" awarded"one"of"ten"Small"Satellite"Partnership"Cooperative"Agreements" to"the"University"of"Colorado"Boulder.""The"goal"of"the"project"is"to" develop"a"cubesat"radio"that"is"compatible"with"the"NASA"near>Earth" network"(PI:"Professor"Scott"Palo,"AES"and"LASP)." Figure'2.'Rendering'of'the'Colorado'Student'Space' •! MiniMASS)–)CU>Boulder"is"contributing"the"MiniMASS"instrument"to" Weather'Experiment'(CSSWE)'CubeSat'mission' the"Norwegian"MAXIDUSTY"sounding"rocket"campaign"that"is"scheduled" funded'by'NASA'and'launched'into'low3Earth,' polar'orbit'on'September'13,'2012.) to"launch"in"June/July"2016."The"MiniMASS"instrument"complements"the" payload"and"will"measure"the"mass"and"charge"distribution"of" nanometer>sized"smoke"particles"in"the"upper"atmosphere"that"are"remnants"of"meteoric"ablation"(PI:"Professor" Zoltan"Sternovsky,"AES"and"LASP,"and"Scott"Robertson,"Physics"and"LASP)."" •! MinXSS)–"A)four>year,"approximately"$1"million"project"to"design,"build,"integrate,"test,"and"operate"a"34x10x10"cm" satellite"that"was"launched"on"the"OA>4"ULA"Atlas"V/Cygnus"mission"to"the"International"Space"Station"in"December" 2015"to"take"observations"of"the"Sun."The"miniaturized"x>ray"spectrometer"is"a"3U"cubesat"designed"to"measure"the" soft"x>ray"portion"of"the"solar"spectrum,"selected"by"NASA"for"flight"(PI:"Dr."Tom"Woods,"LASP"with"AES)." •! PolarCube)–)Will"perform"tropospheric"temperature"soundings"of"sea"ice"and"the"boundaries"between"ice"and"open" ocean"to"improve"weather"forecasting."A"project"of"SpaceGrant,"the"Air"Force"Research"Labs,"the"Center"for" Environmental"Technology,"the"Colorado"Space"Grant"Consortium"and"the"CIRES>based"National"Snow"and"Ice"Data" Center,"PolarCube"also"involved"extensive"work"by"CU>Boulder"engineering"undergraduate"students."It"is"planned"for" a"2016"launch." •! QB50)–)A"European"Union>sponsored"project"to"launch"50"cubesats"into"orbit.""AES"is"collaborating"with"the" University"of"Michigan,"Stanford"University"and"the"Inter>American"University"of"Puerto"Rico.""The"project"is"funded" by"the"National"Science"Foundation"and"scheduled"to"launch"in"2016"(PI:"Professor"Scott"Palo,"AES)." •! Student)Dust)Counter"(SDC)"on)New)Horizons)–"The"Student"Dust"Counter"was"designed"and"built"to"detect"dust" both"on"the"interplanetary"journey"to"Pluto"and"beyond.""The"microscopic>sized"dust"grains"hitting"the"SDC"create" unique"electrical"signals,"allowing"the"students"to"infer"the"mass"of"each"particle"(PI:"Professor"Mihaly"Horanyi," Physics"and"LASP)." ___________________________________________________________________) UNMANNED)AIRCRAFT)SYSTEMS) •! I/UCRC)–)CU>Boulder"is"one"of"two"university"sites"that"established"the"National"Science"Foundation" Industry/University"Cooperative"Research"Center"for"Unmanned"Aircraft"Systems."With"the"recent"addition"of"a"third" university"site"the"collaboration"now"involves"about"20"industry"and"government"agency"members"who"support" research"to"address"technical"challenges"and"provide"training"for"future"leaders"in"the"unmanned"aircraft"systems" industry."The"inaugural"industry"members"of"the"center"include"AFRL"Aerospace"Systems"Directorate,"AFRL" Munitions"Directorate,"AAI>Textron,"Boeing,"Insitu,"L>3"Communications,"NASA"Dryden"Flight"Research"Center,"the" National"Oceanic"and"Atmospheric"Administration,"United"Technologies"Research"Center,"and"Utopia"Compression" (PI:"Professor"Eric"Frew,"AES"and"RECUV).)" ! ! ! 2" •! Ross)Ice)Sheet)–)Small"UAV"to"collect"data"that"should"help"scientists"better"understand the behavior of the atmosphere and its coupling to the ice sheet surface there (Dr. John"Cassano,"ATOC"and"CIRES)."" •! The)CIRES)Innovative)Research)Program)–"Funded"the"collaboration"titled"Observations,of,Wind,Turbine,Wakes, Using,Unmanned,Aircraft,Systems"to"demonstrate"the"utility"of"small"UAS"for"studying"wind"turbine"wakes."The"use" of"UAS"allows"for"observations"covering"the"entire"atmospheric"volume"of"a"wind"farm,"with"position"easily"changed" as"the"upstream"flow"direction"varies"(AES,"RECUV,"ATOC,"CIRES,"and"NREL)." •! Dynamic)Atmospheric)Sensing)–)Through"research"partnerships"with"the"National"Oceanic"and"Atmospheric" Administration"(NOAA),"the"National"Renewable"Energy"Lab"(NREL),"and"other"universities,"CU>Boulder"is"developing" unmanned>aircraft"sensing"systems"for"applications"that"include"wild"fire"response,"studying"severe"local"storms"and" tornadoes,"investigating"turbulence"in"the"atmospheric"boundary"layer,"and"characterizing"flow"fields"around"wind" turbines"(RECUV,"AES,"and"ATOC)." •! ERASMUS"–"The"Evaluation"of"Routine"Atmospheric"Scientific"Measurements"using"Unmanned"Systems"is"funded"by" the"DOE."The"project"deployed"a"small"atmospheric>profiling"UAS"in"August"2015"and"will"operate"a"larger"UAS"with" a"variety"of"instruments"during"a"two>week"campaign"period"in"April"2016"at"the"US"DOE"Oliktok"Point"Atmospheric" Radiation"Measurement"(ARM)"site"(PI:"Dr."Gijs"deBoer,"CIRES"and"AES)." •! The"Energy1Aware)Aerial)Systems)for)Persistent)Sampling)and) Surveillance)–)Sponsored"by"the"Air"Force"Office"of"Scientific"Research" (AFOSR),"this"project"is"a"collaboration"led"by"CU>Boulder"to"create"an" airborne,"dynamic"data>driven"application"system"for"exploiting"wind" energy"in"complex"atmospheric"conditions."CU>Boulder"is"the"lead" institution"on"a"$1.9M"grant:"“Severe"storm"Targeted"Observation"and" Robotic"Monitoring"(STORM),”"funded"by"the"NSF"National"Robotics" Initiative"that"continues"the"data>driven"application"system"theme"(PI:" Frew,"AES)." •! Soil)Moisture)Mapping)sUAS)–)The"Center"for"Environmental" Technology"is"working"with"Black"Swift"Technologies,"a"Boulder" Figure'3.''CU3Boulder'Research'and'Engineering' company"formed"by"AES"graduates,"to"develop"a"Soil"Moisture"Mapping" Center'for'Unmanned'Vehicles'(RECUV)'takes' sUAS,"which"will"facilitate"better"weather"forecasting"including" researchers'across'the'globe'to'conduct'scientific' experiments'for'commercial'applications,' monitoring"droughts"and"forecasting"floods."The"project"is"funded"by"a"