NASA Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center (ARC) is one of NASA's ten field centers, and plays a critical role in virtually all NASA aeronautical and space exploration endeavors by conducting the research and devloping the technologies that enable NASA missions, which in turn fuels American markets for goods and services, and ultimately enchances the quality of life on Earth. Ames is a leader in information technology research with a focus on supercomputing, networking and intelligent systems. The center also has strong expertise and facilities in support of fundamental space biology, biotechnology, aerospace and thermal protection systems, small satellite missions, nanotechnology, simulation and modeling, wind tunnels, air traffic management and human factors research.
What type of work is done at Ames?
Ames has a heavy focus on science, and is the host of the NASA Astrobiology Institute and NASA Lunar Science Institute virtual organizations. Ames is also the lead center for the Kepler mission's search for Earth-sized planets in the habitable zone outside of our solar system, and the lead science team for the SOFIA airborne infrared telescope. Researchers at Ames encompass the following disciples: biosciences, bioengineering, radiation and space biotechnology, earth science, airborne science, biosphere science, atmosphere science, astrophysics, planetary systems and exobiology. Research focuses at Ames range in topics from the effects of gravity on living things to the nature and distribution of celestial bodies, planets and life in the universe.
Exciting Summer 2013 Research Opportunities:
Nasa Ames will host five research opportunities associated with the SOFIA project in summer 2013. Learn more on the SOFIA page.
Research Posters from Previous STAR Fellows:
- Integration and Testing of Safety Case Tool Support (2012)
- Integration of FOB System to Crew Transfer Bag (2012)
- Simplified Microbial Mats: Unraveling a complex community one alga at a time (2012)
- The effects of low dose gamma radiation on the production of bone cell communication factors (2012)
- Analyzing Wind Turbine Controller Effects on Structure Stress (2012)
- NASA Flight Opportunities Program (FOP) Platform Tradeoffs Analysis (2012)
- Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene Oxide (2012)
- Electrical Energy Storage: Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Potential Use in Flow Cell Batteries (2012)
- Vapor Liquid Solid Growths of Germanium and Gallium Antimonide Nanowires (2011)
- Micro-Satellite Constellation for Global Surface Water Data (2011)
- Forward Osmosis Bag: Ground Testing the Prospect of Using Alternative Water Sources for Drinking Water (2011)
- NASA Robot Project (2011)
- MATLAB Algorithm to find teh Remaining State of Charge for Li-ion Batteries (2011)
- NASA Robotics Academy Lunar Micro - Rover Project: Radiation Analysis (2011)
- A Study of Ozone at Railroad Valley, NV and Trinidad Head, CA (2011)
- Wavelength Selective Photovoltaics for Low Cost Electricity Generation (2011)
- Tunable Synthesis of Tungsten (VI) oxide Nanowires for a Solar Powered Thin Film Device (2011)
- Automated Theorem Prover Axiom Management (2011)
- SWaMP: Surface Water Monitoring Project (2010)
- Zero G and Me: Modeling Cardiovascular Dynamics from Echocardiography and Impedance Cardiography during Parabolic Flight (2010)
- Utilization of remote Scanning Electron Microscope (rSEM) as a Science Teaching Tool for Public School Students (2010)
- Prognostics and Health Management of Batteries and Composites (2010)
- Designing a Deep Space Bioregenerative System (2010)
- Algae and Cyanobacteria for use in Sustained Human Space Flight (2010)
- Pre-Earthquake Signatures in Thermal Infrared Data (2010)
- Carbon-based Materials for Extracting Urea to Recycle Waste Water in Space Applications (2010)
- Algae and Cyanobacteria Behavior with Fixed Variables for Space Missions (2010)
- Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 in CH4 (2010)
- Using Sun Glint to Determine Spatial Extent of Seasonal Inundation (2009)
- S.I.R., yes Sir! Student Involved Research (2009)
- Cotton Leaves Project: Finding New Information in Special Transmittance (2009)
- Modeling Electrical Power Systems Using Bayesian Networks and Markov Chains (2009)
- Orion Park Housing Area TCE Plume (2009)
- Projection of Environmental-SEM Images onto the NanoGigapan Website to Facilitate Hypothesis-Based & Scientific Method-Driven Teaching to Underserved Populations: Research & Curriculum Development (2009)
- Life in Extreme Environments: Snow Algae, Magnetotactic Bacteria and Drosophila (2008)
- An Investigation Into Scientific Decision Making (2008)
- Growth Curves for Fault Diagnosis Models (2008)
- SLIMESat Space Laboratory for Investigations of Microbial Ecophysiology (2008)
- Changes in the Chemical Composition of Organic Aerosols During Cloud Formation and their Potential Effects on Climate (2008)
- The Effectiveness of Closed Loop Air Dryer in Water Removal (2008)
- Cloning and Characterization f an Acetyl Xylan Esterase for the Saccharification of Cellulose (2008)
- Prognostics of Power Electronic Systems Thermal Degradation Trends of a TO220 Transistor (2008)
- Living on Air – The Atacama Desert as an Analog of Life on Mars (2008)
- Monitoring Increasing Sea Level Rise in Micronesia Using Satellite Imagery (2008)
- Orion Park Housing Area TCE Plume (2008)