Wireless Shape Monitoring of Space Structures
This project establishes an integrated, multidisciplinary research and educational program in the state of Maine involving collaborators from the University of Maine, the University of Southern Maine, two NASA field centers (JSC and GRC), the Challenger Learning Center (CLC), and ILC Dover. This project enables embedded tag design, coded access for the interrogation of multiple tags; dynamic response of deployable space structures; multiple level communications to improve the robustness and power efficiency of the data transfer links.
Research Focus
The proposed effort combines wireless network development and shape monitoring of space structures resulting in a real-time wireless shape monitoring system. This project focuses on the research and development of a robust wireless system to address NASA’s needs in shape and dynamic response validation of deployed space structures.