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PI Sirish Namilae
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This NSF funded project seeks to develop a novel software that will provide a variety of pedestrian dynamics models, infection spread models, as well as data so that scientists can analyze the effect of different mechanisms on the spread of directly transmitted diseases in crowded areas. The initial focus of this project is on air travel. However, the software can be extended to a broader scope of applications in movement analysis and epidemiology, such as in theme parks and sports venues. Development of the proposed software will involve several innovations. It will include a novel phylogeography model that links fine-scale human movement data with virus genetic information to more accurately model geographic diffusion of viruses. New models for pedestrian movement will enable modeling of complex human movement patterns. A recommendation system for the choice of pedestrian dynamics models and a domain specific language for the input of policies and human behaviors will enhance usability by researchers in diverse fields. Community building initiatives will catalyze inter-disciplinary research to ensures the long-term sustainability of the project through a critical mass of contributors and users.
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PI Matthew Jaffe
- Matt Jaffe was one of the authors of the recently published RTCA DO-178C/EUROCAE ED-12C, Software Considerations in the Certification of Airborne Equipment and Systems.
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PI Samuel Siewert
CO-I Matthew Vis
CO-I Ryan Claus
CO-I Nicholas DiPinto
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This research focuses on the development of field deployed multi-spectral computer vision systems for use on maritime vessels, buoys, ports, and for use on unoccupied aerial systems. The approach includes development of both General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit and multi-core image processing along with Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hybrid architectures for low-power real-time computer vision. The mission is detection and monitoring of security, environmental and safety threats in Arctic maritime environments.
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PI Ciprian Mancas
- Over the past two decades, organizations have been interested in finding what would be the optimum shape such that a vessel traveling through water would be undetected, in the sense that it will not produce quake waves. In the lab we will build such a ship with the shape of an inverted soliton and find the optimum traveling velocity to minimize the quake.
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PI Edward Knab
- This multi-year study will continue until 2025- The data will be correlated with previous years and will generate an annual report on the health of the Logistics industry in Southern California
- The basic goal of the research is to understand impacts to aviation stakeholders of the National Airspace System (NAS) due to space launch activities. The focus of the research is to study impacts to general aviation (GA), particularly with respect to airports and airport users, near and around Cape Canaveral, FL. Further, several avenues will be assessed to determine what aspects of GA are impacted, where, when, how, and why. Data will be collected and analyzed in alternate methods other than the originally-proposed simulation and modeling. As an aside, per FAA input and following review of extant literature, impacts to GA have not been adequately researched. Until recently, the industry and the FAA have largely focused on impacts to airlines (Tinoco, Eudy, Cannon 2020). As a result, we believe this effort will lead to interesting outcomes and fill a much-needed gap in the literature.
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PI Heidi Nykyri
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Space plasma physics research analyzes data from different space missions, e.g. Cluster and Themis, and develops numerical simulations of plasma processes.
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PI Riccardo Bevilacqua
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The HSP-X1 is a next-generation hybrid spaceplane designed to operate as a reusable single-stage-to-orbit vehicle. This means it takes off like a conventional airplane, reaches orbit without additional stages, and returns by landing on a runway—all using a single integrated vehicle. Its primary mission is to transport payloads on the order of tens of tons to low Earth orbit (LEO) more efficiently and rapidly than traditional launch systems.
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CO-I Kassidy Moragne
CO-I Jetro Gallo
CO-I Alexandria Cogdell
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2020) defines a spaceport as “an installation for testing and launching spacecraft,” but spaceports are so much more than a slab or runway and represent an essential component of the entire space industry ecosystem (e.g. Tinoco, et al 2020). Without spaceports, there is no spaceflight. There are no astronauts. There are no satellites. There is no International Space Station. And there is no Artemis and no expedition to Mars.
A review of online learning resources for children, parents, and teachers reveals instructions and learning tools for wide range of topics including rockets, spacecraft, satellites, planetary and lunar land vehicles; propulsion systems; planets, moons, and solar systems; spacesuits, among others. Yet, no resources were found on spaceports and spaceport infrastructure, the very foundation of spaceflight.
The intent of this effort is to build an education curriculum on spaceports that enlightens children, teachers, and families on spaceports and the infrastructure needed to support the safe integration, launch, and return of various vehicles, crew, and payloads. Many children believe that space is exclusively the domain of astronauts, engineers, or scientists (e.g., The LEGO Group 2019). Educators and parents are often of the same mindset. But space is for everyone and the careers associated with the space economy are wide and varied. Spaceports are just one domain where many individuals contribute to the success of a space program or initiative, each a valuable member of this unique sector. The more our younger populations learn of the different areas of the space ecosystem and the associated types of jobs, the better we all will be in building and sustaining a space economy fortified by a diverse workforce. Initially, the primary beneficiaries of this effort will be local school children and teachers in the state of Florida, particularly in Volusia County and other geographic areas of the Space Coast. Our hope is to engage economically disadvantages schools (with and without STEM programs) for a pilot study, allowing for a wider audience of interests and backgrounds. Our proposed effort has garnered the encouragement of Space Florida and resource support from Space Foundation and Volusia County Public Schools (VCPS) teachers.
Tinoco, J., Yu, C., Howard, D., Stilwell, R. (2020). Introduction to Spaceports: Runways to Space, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge
The LEGO Group (2019). LEGO group kicks off global program to inspire the next generation of space explorers as NASA celebrates 50 years of moon landing. Retrieved from https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lego-group-kicks-off-global-program-to-inspire-the-next-generation-of-space-explorers-as-nasa-celebrates-50-years-of-moon-landing-300885423.html
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PI Aroh Barjatya
- The NASA SEED mission aims to do comprehensive measurements of the electrodynamics associated with Es layers observed at the low latitude location of Kwajalein Atoll in Marshall Islands
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PI Massoud Bazargan
- The identification of causal factors for problems within a complex system present a variety of challenges to the investigator.
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PI Heidi Nykyri
CO-I Xuanye Ma
- Statistical study of the solar wind, magnetosheath, and magnetospheric plasma properties usinng 8+ years of THEMIS data.