Noah Vogel, a U-M Aerospace Engineering student, was awarded a U-M Space Institute Power Grant in the amount of $5,000, for his project “BLiSS Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Deposition Project” in March 2025.
“The Bioastronautics and Life Support Systems team (BLiSS) is a student-led organization at the University of Michigan focused on developing technologies Continue Reading »
Marion Anderson, a graduate student in the BIRDS Lab, was awarded a U-M Space Institute Power Grant in the amount of $4,235, for his project “Development of an Open-Source, Low-Cost Gravity Compensation System for Legged Robots Using Rapid-Fabrication Techniques” in July 2024.
“Marion is working to develop a low-cost gravity compensation system for walking Continue Reading »
Xiaonan Huang, Assistant Professor at Michigan Robotics, was awarded a U-M Space Institute Pathfinder Grant in the amount of $5,000, for his project “Developing a Soft Vine Robot for Comet Surface and Subsurface Exploration” in July 2024.
“The investigation of cometary bodies offers fundamental insight into the primordial materials and processes, contributing critical knowledge Continue Reading »
Eleni Gourgou, Associate Research Scientist at U-M Mechanical Engineering, was awarded a U-M Space Institute Pathfinder Grant in the amount of $5,000, for her project “The Impact of Artificial Microgravity on Lifespan and Spatial Learning” in December 2023.
“Microgravity is known to have an impact on animals’ physiology, as shown via numerous experiments with Continue Reading »
L. Jay Guo, professor at U-M Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, was awarded a U-M Space Institute Pathfinder Grant in the amount of $5,000, for his project “Silica Aerogel Composite with Embedded Carbon Nanotubes as Perfect Absorber for Stray Light Control for Deep Space Survey” in December 2023.
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Alexander Cushen, graduate student at U-M Climate and Space, was awarded a U-M Space Institute Power Grant in the amount of $5,000, for his project “ARC-LITE: Absorbance and Reflectance Characteristics of Lunar Dust for Imaging Technology and Exploration” in December 2023.
“With many missions planned to visit the Moon in the coming years, Continue Reading »
Ananyo Bhattacharya, graduate student at U-M Climate and Space, was awarded a U-M Space Institute Power Grant in the amount of $1,400, for his project “PlanetGPT- A U-M GenAI Tool for Space Sciences and Engineering” in December 2023.