世界杯官方app Space

Creating bold technological solutions for the space frontier

Center for Space Technology and Operation Research | CSTOR

Leveraging 世界杯官方app expertise to strengthen national security and Texas leadership in the emerging trillion-dollar cislunar economy

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Mission

  • Coordinate, grow 世界杯官方app space technology & operations research
  • Develop, support network of commercial & national security partners
  • Train the next generation of space industry scientists & engineers

Current Thrust Areas

Cyber/Space Nexus
Entry, Descent, Landing
Lunar Surface Operations
Nuclear Propulsion Fuel

30+ faculty working on space-adjacent technology

  • Advanced chemical propulsion, atmospheric flight and space access
  • Advanced manufacturing
  • Aerodynamics, fluid mechanics
  • Aerospace validation and verification
  • Asteroid and lunar surface materials
  • Autonomous systems: control, nav, comms
  • Cybersecurity @ all levels
  • Energy storage in extreme environments
  • Entry, descent, landing (EDL)
  • Geopolitical competition and state-sponsored space programs
  • Hypersonic flight
  • Materials for extreme environments
  • Nuclear fuel
  • Power, electronics, batteries
  • Remote sensing, satellite image analysis
  • Semiconductor devices for high-power, extreme environment applications
  • Structures & materials for habitats in microgravity and on the Moon
  • Team performance in long-duration, confined situations

Supporting Activities

Director

Dr. David R. Silva, Distinguished Professor, Physics & Astronomy
E: DavidR.Silva@big5vn.com

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