Focus Areas - Monitoring & Control - Details

MICROBIAL DETECTION AND CONTROL

Various approaches for assessing the environmental microbial hazard to astronauts, and means of managing that hazard.

ELECTROCHEMICAL AND SOLID STATE SENSORS FOR ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS

Using electrochemical or solid state sensor approaches to assess the environmental chemistry in gaseous and liquid media

CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATED TESTING AND ADVANCED HABITATS

Examining the various options for controlling the complex astronaut habitat, including neural nets, expert systems, hierarchical control, planning and scheduling, human interface, etc.

BIOMOLECULAR METHODS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Biomolecular techniques, which may target not only other biomolecules in the environment, but also inorganic species

OPTICAL METHODS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Photonic means of detecting and identifying environmental chemicals. For example, FTIR, Laser absorption