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UHCL’s High Technologies Laboratory plays a central role in the university’s support for its neighbors at NASA Johnson Space Center. |
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NASA is poised to begin the multi-billion dollar Constellation Program. Sadegh Davari, interim dean of the UHCL School of Science and Computer Engineering, is adamant about getting relevant research in place to encourage the space agency to bring as many Constellation projects as possible to Houston for development. NASA’s projects strengthen the local economy, and the resulting technology leads to advances in other fields.
Research at the High Technologies Laboratory focuses on reducing risks in systems critical to the crew’s mission. The program emphasizes safety by further developing robotics, 3-D object recognition, smart sensors, secure wireless networks, biotechnology and bioinformatics. Students work on projects in the High Technologies Laboratory and gain experience they can’t get at any other university. “Our engineering programs are sought out by students from all over the world because of the opportunity to work on real-life projects with NASA,” says Davari. |
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MONSTER COMPUTER a Beowulf cluster with computing power equivalent to more than 600 processors is available to researchers in the High Technologies Laboratory such as (from left) Sadegh Davari, SCE interim dean, David Garrison, program chair and assistant professor of physics, and Liwen Shih, associate professor of computer engineering. ASA,” says Davari. | |
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| Year Started: |
1984 |
| Contact: |
Sadegh Davari, interim dean, School of Science and Computer Engineering, 281-283-3703 |
| Key Partners: |
NASA |
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Robotic control systems, telecommunications, and the control infrastructure for the International Space Station are just a few of the projects the High Technologies Laboratory has helped develop. |
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The computational laboratory hosts a Beowulf cluster and links to the Texas Educational Grid Project, which brings the available power to that of more than 600 processors. The configuration allows researchers to process large volumes of data and run simulations that are essential to developing systems for NASA. |
| Coming Soon: |
Beginning with the development of the Crew Exploration Vehicle, NASA is moving into the Constellation Program. Constellation is a long-range plan to replace the shuttle program, finish the space station, create a permanent human presence on the moon, and begin human exploration of Mars and beyond. The High Technologies Laboratory has already established specialized lab groups, anticipating NASA’s needs for developing the CEV and other aspects of the Constellation Program. |
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