The University of Iowa
Lunar obligations
$6.3Mas prime
Lunar awards
10as prime
Its subcontractors
0none reported
Primes it works for
1$49K in subawards
Who it subcontracts to
No subawards reported under its lunar awards.
Who it works for
PROFESSOR HALEKAS WILL WORK AS A SUBCONTRACTOR UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DR. ALEXANDER LIPATOV AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY. PROF. HALEKAS WILL TAKE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING THE EFFORT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AND ENSURING THAT ALL PROPOSAL OBJECTIVES ARE MET. PROF. HALEKAS WILL SUPERVISE AND WORK CLOSELY WITH A GRADUATE STUDENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY. PROF. HALEKAS AND THE GRADUATE STUDENT WILL SELECT AND ANALYZE OBSERVATIONS FROM THE ARTEMIS PROBES CORRESPONDING TO AMBIENT CONDITIONS AND LOCATIONS OF INTEREST SPECIFIED BY DR. LIPATOV, INCLUDING OBSERVATIONS IN THE TERRESTRIAL MAGNETOSPHERE AND DURING EXTREME AND/OR UNUSUAL SOLAR WIND CONDITIONS. THE OBSERVATIONS FROM THE NEAR-MOON PROBE AT EACH TIME OF INTEREST WILL BE PROCESSED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE ENERGIES, VELOCITIES, AND FLUXES OF LUNAR IONS, AND TO CHARACTERIZE ALL RESULTING PERTURBATIONS TO THE LUNAR PLASMA ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING CURRENT SYSTEMS AND COMPRESSIVE FEATURES IN THE DENSITY AND MAGNETIC FIELD NEAR THE WAKE BOUNDARY. THE OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FAR-MOON PROBE WILL BE PROCESSED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT INPUT CONDITIONS FOR THE SIMULATION. PROF. HALEKAS WILL REPORT DIRECTLY TO DR. LIPATOV, COMMUNICATING REGULARLY BY E-MAIL AND/OR TELEPHONE, AND WILL REPORT TO DR. LIPATOV ON THE PROGRESS OF PROPOSAL TASKS, IN SUPPORT OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRIME CONTRACT.
Lunar awards as prime
| Award | Description | Period | Obligated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80NSSC25K7303 | EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS | 2025-02-14 → 2028-02-13 | $3.8M |
| 80NSSC25K7183 | THE ROSES FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS ARE: EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2024-10-15 → 2027-10-14 | $519K |
| NNX15AH15A | DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF ENVIRONMENTS AT ASTEROIDS, THE MOON,AND MOONS OF MARS (DREAM2) WITHOUT DENSE ATMOSPHERES AND EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE MAGNETIC FIELD | 2015-03-20 → 2019-12-31 | $363K |
| 80NSSC20K0311 | A REEXAMINATION OF THE COMPOSITION STRUCTURE AND VARIABILITY OF THE LUNAR EXOSPHERE | 2019-12-23 → 2023-11-24 | $356K |
| 80NSSC25K7305 | EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2024-11-07 → 2028-01-05 | $291K |
| 80NSSC25K7330 | EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES. DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2024-10-01 → 2027-09-30 | $245K |
| 80NSSC18K1217 | A GRAND CHALLENGE PROBLEM AT THE FOREFRONT OF HELIOPHYSICS IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE ENERGY OF TURBULENT PLASMA FLOWS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS IS CONVERTED INTO ENERGY OF THE PLASMA PARTICLES EITHER AS HEAT OR SOME OTHER FORM OF PARTICLE ENERGIZATION. UNDER THE TYPICALLY LOW-DENSITY AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS OF TURBULENT PLASMAS IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES THE TURBULENT DYNAMICS IS WEAKLY COLLISIONAL REQUIRING THE APPLICATION OF SIX-DIMENSIONAL (3D-3V) KINETIC PLASMA THEORY TO FOLLOW THE EVOLUTION OF THE TURBULENCE WHERE ENERGY IS REMOVED FROM THE TURBULENT FLUCTUATIONS BY COLLISIONLESS INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND THE INDIVIDUAL PLASMA PARTICLES. THE PI HAS RECENTLY DEVISED THE FIELD-PARTICLE CORRELATION TECHNIQUE AN INNOVATIVE NEW METHOD FOR UNDERSTANDING THE ENERGIZATION OF PARTICLES DUE TO THESE COLLISIONLESS INTERACTIONS USING CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD AND PARTICLE VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENTS. HERE WE PROPOSE A COORDINATED EFFORT OF ANALYTICAL THEORY IN KINETIC PLASMA PHYSICS NONLINEAR KINETIC NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS AND ANALYSIS OF ARTEMIS MAGNETOSPHERIC MULTISCALE (MMS) AND MAVEN SPACECRAFT OBSERVATIONS TO DETERMINE THE VELOCITY-SPACE SIGNATURES OF DIFFERENT PARTICLE ENERGIZATION MECHANISMS IN SPACE PLASMAS USING THE FIELD-PARTICLE CORRELATION TECHNIQUE AND TO USE THOSE SIGNATURES TO IDENTIFY THE PHYSICAL MECHANISMS GOVERNING THE REMOVAL OF ENERGY FROM TURBULENT FLUCTUATIONS AND THE CONSEQUENT ENERGIZATION OF THE PLASMA PARTICLES. THIS FIELD-PARTICLE CORRELATION METHOD FULLY UTILIZES SINGLE-POINT PARTICLE AND FIELD DATA FROM MODERN SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTATION WITH THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM OUR ABILITY TO DIAGNOSE DIRECTLY THE PLASMA HEATING AND PARTICLE ENERGIZATION RESULTING FROM THE DISSIPATION OF PLASMA TURBULENCE THEREBY ANSWERING FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR TURBULENT DISSIPATION AND PLASMA HEATING. THIS PROJECT DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE HIGH-LEVEL SCIENCE GOAL OF THE 2013 NRC HELIOPHYSICS DECADAL SURVEY TO "UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICAL PROCESSES OF THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT FROM THE SUN TO EARTH TO OTHER PLANETS AND BEYOND TO THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM." | 2018-06-26 → 2021-06-25 | $211K |
| 2209794 | COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FRAMEWORKS: SIMULATING AUTONOMOUS AGENTS AND THE HUMAN-AUTONOMOUS AGENT INTERACTION -THIS PROJECT AUGMENTS THE CHRONO COMPUTER SIMULATION PLATFORM IN TRANSFORMATIVE WAYS. CHRONO'S PURPOSE IS TO PREDICT THROUGH SIMULATION THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS, THE ENVIRONMENT THEY OPERATE IN, AND HUMANS WITH WHOM THEY MIGHT INTERACT. THE OPEN-SOURCE SIMULATION PLATFORM IS SLATED TO BECOME A COMMUNITY-SHARED VIRTUAL INVESTIGATION TOOL USED TO PROBE COMPETING ENGINEERING DESIGNS AND TEST HYPOTHESES THAT WOULD BE TOO DANGEROUS, DIFFICULT, OR COSTLY TO VERIFY THROUGH PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS. CHRONO HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED IN MULTIPLE FIELDS AND DISCIPLINES, E.G., TERRAMECHANICS, ASTROPHYSICS; SOFT MATTER PHYSICS; BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; CIVIL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; AND COMPUTER SCIENCE. SPECIFICALLY, IT IS USED TO ENGINEER THE 2023 VIPER LUNAR ROVER; RELIED UPON BY US ARMY EXPERTS IN EVALUATING ITS WHEELED AND TRACKED VEHICLE DESIGNS; USED IN THE US AND GERMANY IN THE WIND TURBINE INDUSTRY; AND INVOLVED IN DESIGNING WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION SOLUTIONS IN EUROPE. UPON PROJECT COMPLETION, CHRONO WILL BECOME A SIMULATION ENGINE IN GAZEBO, WHICH IS WIDELY USED IN ROBOTICS RESEARCH; OPERATE ON THE LARGEST DRIVING SIMULATOR IN THE US; EMPOWER RESEARCH IN THE BIO-ROBOTICS AND FIELD-ROBOTICS COMMUNITIES; AND ASSIST EFFORTS IN THE BROAD AREA OF AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH CARRIED OUT BY A CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES AND COMPANIES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH CENTER. THE EDUCATIONAL IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT IS THREEFOLD: TRAINING UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND POST-DOCTORAL STUDENTS IN A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FASHION THAT EMPHASIZES ADVANCED COMPUTING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT; ANCHORING TWO NEW COURSES IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL AND SIMULATION IN ROBOTICS; AND BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTING THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON THAT ENGAGES TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FROM RURAL HIGH-SCHOOLS. INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY ARE FUELED BY QUALITY DATA. AT ITS CORE, THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO INCREASE THE SHARE OF THIS DATA THAT HAS SIMULATION AS ITS PROVENANCE. IN THIS CONTEXT, A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM OF 40 RESEARCHERS AUGMENTS AND VALIDATES A PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATION FRAMEWORK THAT EMPOWERS RESEARCH IN AUTONOMOUS AGENTS (AAS). THE AAS OPERATE IN COMPLEX AND UNSTRUCTURED DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS AND MIGHT ENGAGE IN TWO-WAY INTERACTION WITH HUMANS OR OTHER AAS. THIS PROJECT ENABLES CHRONO TO GENERATE MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING DATA QUICKLY AND INEXPENSIVELY; FACILITATES COMPARISON OF COMPETING DESIGNS FOR ASSESSING TRADE-OFFS; AND GAUGES CANDIDATE DESIGN ROBUSTNESS VIA TESTING IN SIMULATION OF CORNER-CASE SCENARIOS. THESE TASKS ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY UPGRADING AND EXTENDING CHRONO TO LEVERAGE RECENT COMPUTATIONAL DYNAMICS INNOVATIONS, E.G., A FASTER INDEX 3 DIFFERENTIAL ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS SOLVER; A NEW APPROACH TO SOLVING FRICTIONAL CONTACT PROBLEMS; A REAL-TIME SOLVER FOR HANDLING FLEXIBLE-BODY DYNAMICS IN SOFT ROBOTICS VIA NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; A BEST-IN-CLASS SIMULATOR FOR TERRADYNAMICS APPLICATIONS; RELIANCE ON JUST-IN-TIME COMPILING FOR PRODUCING EXECUTABLES THAT ARE BOTH PROBLEM- AND HARDWARE-OPTIMIZED; A NOVEL WAY FOR USING MIXED DATA REPRESENTATIONS FOR PARSIMONIOUS STORING OF STATE INFORMATION; AND A SCALABLE MULTI-AGENT FRAMEWORK THAT ENABLES GEOGRAPHICALLY-DISTRIBUTED, OVER THE INTERNET, REAL-TIME SIMULATION OF HUMAN-AA INTERACTION. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA. | 2022-07-01 → 2025-06-30 | $205K |
| 80NSSC20K1842 | TWO FLIGHTS WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH LUNAR PARABOLAS TO DEMONSTRATE BLAZE S LUNAR CAPABILITY AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MINOR MODIFICATIONS AND REPAIRS BASED ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FIRST FLIGHT. | 2020-08-25 → 2022-08-24 | $200K |
| 80NSSC25K7259 | THE ROSES FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS ARE: EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2025-02-11 → 2027-02-10 | $107K |