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Missouri S&T among winners in NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge

February 1, 2021 sarah JonasAnnouncement

The success of NASA’s future plans to explore and inhabit the moon may depend in part on research by university students, including a team of seven from Missouri University of Science and Technology who have won a grant from the space agency to develop a way to remove lunar dust from power-producing solar cells.The Missouri S&T team is one of seven university-affiliated groups to be selected for funding through NASA’s Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge.

NIAR receives $13.7 million from Air Force for advanced composites research

November 13, 2020 sarah JonasAnnouncement

The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has received another $13.7 million contract from the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to extend the Modeling for Affordable, Sustainable Composites (MASC) research program.

Army awards Wichita State-NIAR additional $13.5 million for high-speed missile materials research

October 28, 2020 sarah JonasAnnouncement

The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University announces a new $13.5 million award from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (CCDC AvMC) for continued applied research on emerging materials for high-speed missile applications.