Goals
NASA, Georgia Tech, and GTRI are developing energy technologies to support future missions to Mars. The VIP M.A.R.S. Team will research, develop, and test renewable energy systems in collaboration with scientists and engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Moon and Mars offer difficult challenges to NASA’s ambitious plan for exploration, including acquisition of reliable and renewable energy, functional designs for extreme heat and cold, food production strategies, and dust mitigation. The goal of this team will be to address new applications for energy systems in extreme environments relating to energy generation, storage, and efficient use in Martian habitats.
Issues Involved or Addressed
1) Development of innovative, renewable energy systems for extreme environments
2) Dust mitigation methodologies for lunar and Martian operations
3) Net-zero energy practices for sustainable food production
4) Design of low-energy habitats.
Methods and Technologies
Academic Majors of Interest
- Business›Marketing
- Business›Strategy and Innovation
- Computing›Human-Computer Interaction
- Design›Architecture
- Design›Building Construction
- Design›Industrial Design
- Engineering›Aerospace Engineering
- Engineering›Industrial Engineering
- Engineering›Materials Science and Engineering
- Engineering›Mechanical Engineering
- Other
- Sciences›Biology
Preferred Interests and Preparation
ME - interest in renewable energy systems, mechanical design.
AE - systems design, lunar and martian operations.
BIOL - biological systems, agricultural sensing.
MSE - Materials research, behavior of systems in extreme environments.
CoA - architectural design, building construction, human-computer interaction
Meeting Schedule & Location
Team Advisors
- Georgia Tech Research Institute
- Georgia Tech Research Institute