Funding Period Funded Project Funding Source
11/29/2021 to 04/03/2026 Efficient Orbital Structures Manufactured Using Solar-Melted Regolith
PI: Alan Whittington
Astroport Space Technologies, Inc
$83,496 (UTSA)
09/01/2021 to 08/31/2024 Laboratory and Observational Investigations of Aluminum Oxide Analogs of Stardust
PI: Angela Speck (UTSA)
Co-PIs: Arturo Ponce-Pedraza; Alan Whittington
NASA APRA
20-0165
$377,194 (UTSA)
09/01/2021 to 08/31/2024 Collaborative Research: Laboratory and Observational Investigations of Aluminum Oxide Analogs of Stardust
PI: Angela Speck (UTSA)
Co-PIs: Arturo Ponce-Pedraza; Alan Whittington
NSF-AST
2106926
$400,179 (UTSA)
05/01/2021 to 05/27/2022 Induction Furnace-Nozzle for Forming and Placing Lunar Regolith Bricks for Landing Pad Construction
PI: Alan Whittington
Co-PIs: Sara Ahmed; Ovidio Giberga; Arturo Montoya (UTSA)
NASA STTR
1-1-T7.04-1428 KSC
$38,837 (UTSA)
10/01/2019 to 09/30/2022 NSFGEO-NERC: Collaborative Research: Multi-Scale Investigation of Rheology and Emplacement of Multi-Phase Lava
PI: Einat Lev (Columbia)
Co-PIs: Julia Hammer (Hawaii); Ed Llewellin (Durham); Alan Whittington
NSF-EAR
1929008
$349,243 (UTSA)
05/31/2019 to 04/30/2022 Fast and/or Furious? Nature and Emplacement History of Lavas Erupted on Mars
PI: Alex Sehlke (BAERI / NASA Ames)
Co-PI: Alan Whittington
subcontract via BAERI - Proposal 17-SSW17-0296
NASA SSW
80NSSC19K1010
$204,551 (UTSA)