{"id":463295,"date":"2015-07-23T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=463295"},"modified":"2023-07-23T18:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T22:25:47","slug":"early-career-faculty-ecf-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/space-tech-research-grants\/early-career-faculty-ecf-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Career Faculty (ECF) 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-awards-grants-for-technologies-that-could-transform-space-exploration\"><strong>View the NASA Press Release<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dynamic Tensegrity Technologies for Space Science and Exploration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kostas Bekris<\/strong><br>Rutgers University<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/space-tech-research-grants\/robust-planning-for-dynamic-tensegrity-structures\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61599\">Robust Planning for Dynamic Tensegrity Structures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>High Temperature Solar Cells<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Joshua Choi<\/strong><br>University of Virginia<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/space-tech-research-grants\/lightweight-and-flexible-metal-halide-perovskite-thin-films-for-high-temperature-solar-cells\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61559\">Lightweight and Flexible Metal Halide Perovskite Thin Films for High Temperature Solar Cells<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yuji Zhao<\/strong><br>Arizona State University<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/space-tech-research-grants\/high-temperature-ingan-based-solar-cells\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61534\">High Temperature InGaN-based Solar Cells<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fundamental Aerothermodynamic Model Development<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Matthias Ihme<\/strong><br>Stanford University<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/space-tech-research-grants\/advanced-physical-models-and-numerical-algorithms-to-enable-high-fidelity-aerothermodynamic-simulations-of-planetary-entry-vehicles-on-emerging-distributed-heterogeneous-computing-architectures\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61459\">Advanced Physical Models and Numerical Algorithms to Enable High-Fidelity Aerothermodynamic Simulations of Planetary Entry Vehicles on Emerging Distributed Heterogeneous Computing Architectures<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marco Panesi<\/strong><br>University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/space-tech-research-grants\/reduced-order-modeling-for-non-equilibrium-radiation-hydrodynamics-of-base-flow-and-wakes-enabling-manned-missions-to-mars\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61596\">Reduced Order Modeling for Non-equilibrium Radiation Hydrodynamics of Base Flow and Wakes: Enabling Manned Missions to Mars<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kelly Stephani<\/strong><br>University Of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/space-tech-research-grants\/a-phase-space-coupled-hybrid-framework-for-combined-continuum-rarefied-high-speed-flows\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61454\">A Phase-Space Coupled Hybrid Framework for Combined Continuum\/Rarefied High Speed Flows<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Synthetic Biology Technologies for Space Exploration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mark Blenner<\/strong><br>Clemson University<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/space-tech-research-grants\/synthetic-biology-for-recycling-human-waste-into-nutraceuticals-and-materials-closing-the-loop-for-long-term-space-travel\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61608\">Synthetic Biology for Recycling Human Waste into Nutraceuticals and Materials: Closing the Loop for Long-Term Space Travel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fuzhong Zhang<\/strong><br>Washington University in St. Louis<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/space-tech-research-grants\/engineering-cyanobacteria-for-the-production-of-lightweight-materials\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61509\">Engineering Cyanobacteria for the Production of Lightweight Materials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/early-career-faculty-ecf\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"61093\">Back to ECF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From STRG<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/space-technology-mission-directorate\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Space Technology Mission Directorate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" 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margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Space Technology Research Grants<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/strg_about_blazar.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/strg_about_blazar.jpg 1041w, 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