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Centrifugal Casting of Paraffin and Beeswax for Hybrid Rockets
(American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2020-08)© 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved. A high-level research framework is presented which seeks to navigate the barriers associated with reusing wax phase change material ... -
Combining Social, Environmental and Design Models to Support the Sustainable Development Goals
(IEEE, 2019-03)There are benefits to be gained from combining the strengths of modeling frameworks that capture social, environ- mental and design-based considerations. Many of the impor- tant challenges of the next decade lie at the ... -
Data-driven Humanitarian Mapping and Policymaking: Toward Planetary-Scale Resilience, Equity, and Sustainability
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Data-driven Humanitarian Mapping: Harnessing Human-Machine Intelligence for High-Stake Public Policy and Resilience Planning
(ACM|Proceedings of the 27th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 2021-08-14) -
Decision Support Model and Visualization for Assessing Environmental Phenomena, Ecosystem Services, Policy Consequences, and Satellite Design Using Earth Observation Data
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Exploratory methods and techniques for space technology development and space mission concept development
(International Astronautical Federation, 2020-01)This paper hopes to fill a gap in literature by framing the current state of exploratory design methods and techniques within space mission development and laying the groundwork to begin utilizing a wider variety of these ... -
Interactive Model for Assessing Mangrove Health, Ecosystem Services, Policy Consequences, and Satellite Design in Rio de Janeiro Using Earth Observation Data
(International Astronautical Federation, 2020-10)There is an increasing need for tools to translate Earth Observation (EO) data into societally rele- vant metrics to inform human decision-making. To address this need, we present a multi-disciplinary, interactive modeling ... -
Leveraging microgravity to investigate earth- And space-based centrifugal casting of wax
(International Astronautical Federation, 2020-01)A multi-year research effort aimed at increasing understanding of the centrifugal casting process of wax fuels for hybrid chemical propulsion in multiple thermal and gravitational environments is described. As both radiative ... -
Linking Historical Roots and Current Methodologies of Engineering Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division, 2008-12)This paper reviews the historical context and present impact of two sets of literature: the work of Joseph Schumpeter and the field of Strategy Development. Schumpeter’s theories about the impact of technology or innovation ... -
Modelling and simulation of in-orbit centrifugal casting of a paraffin wax grain inside a 3U CubeSat
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Optical and Thermochemical Analysis for Paraffin and Beeswax Centrifugal Casting
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Space sustainability rating: Designing a composite indicator to incentivise satellite operators to pursue long-term sustainability of the space environment
(International Astronautical Federation, 2020-01)The Space Sustainability Rating (SSR) was first conceptualised within the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Space Technologies, and is being designed by an international and transdisciplinary consortia including ... -
Understanding Socio-Technical Issues Affecting the Current Microgravity Research Marketplace
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019-06)For decades, the International Space Station (ISS) has operated as a bastion of international cooperation and a unique testbed for microgravity research. Beyond enabling insights into human physiology in space, the ISS has ... -
Using earth observation data to inform community management of invasive plants and traditional fishing practices on Lake Nokoué in Benin
(International Astronautical Federation, 2020-01)The research explores an Earth Observation (EO) application with the enterprise Green Keeper Africa (GKA) based in Cotonou, Benin, that addresses the management of an invasive plant species that threatens economic activities ... -
Vida Decision Support System: An International, Collaborative Project for COVID-19 Management with Integrated Modeling
(2021-10)The Vida Decision Support System (Vida) is an application of the Environment-Vulnerability- Decision-Technology (EVDT) integrated modeling framework specifically aimed at COVID-19 impact and response analysis. The ...