AWARDS

2020

NASA NIAC Phase I - HI-POWER - A High Irradiance Peltier Operated Tungsten Exo-Reflector

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2020

NASA NIAC Phase I - Pulsed Plasma Rocket - Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars

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2020

NASA NIAC Phase II - SPEAR Probe - A Swarm-Probe Enabling ATEG Reactor

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2019 
NSF SBIR Phase I - ThermaSat - A Solar Thermal CubeSat Propulsion System 

2019

NASA NIAC Phase I - SPEAR Probe - An Ultra Lightweight Nuclear Electric Propulsion Probe for Deep Space Exploration 

​2017
NASA SBIR Phase I - Fuel Element for an Affordable NTR​

PUBLICATIONS

N. D. Jerred, T. M. Howe, S. D. Howe, A. Rajguru, Radioisotope-Driven Dual-Mode Propulsion System for CubeSat-Scale Payloads to the Outer Planets, Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS), 2015 
 
N.D. Jerred, T.M. Howe, A. Rajguru, S.D. Howe, Radioisotope-Based Propulsion System Enabling Exploration with Small Payloads, Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS), 2014 
 
N. D. Jerred, T. M. Howe, S. D. Howe, A. Rajguru, Dual-Mode Propulsion System Enabling Cubesat Exploration Of The Solar System, NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase I: Final Report, 2014 
 
T. M. Howe, R. C. O’Brien, C. M. Stoots, Development of a Small-Scale Radioisotope ThermoPhotovoltaic Power Source, Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS), 2012

MEDIA