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Illinois Tech Magazine Article: Growing Crystals Onboard the ISS
Illinois Tech Magazine Article: Growing Crystals Onboard the ISS
By Mary Ceron-Reyes
Nuclear radiation on Earth may soon be more easily detected thanks to investigations launched into low Earth orbit on the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory (ISS). Aleksandar Ostrogorsky, professor of mechanical and materials engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology, is the principal investigator of an ISS research project... Read more here
UPWARD: Magazine is ISS National Laboratory: The Little Furnace That Could: Using Space to improve Radiation Detection (Nov 2017)
UPWARD: Magazine is ISS National Laboratory: The Little Furnace That Could: Using Space to improve Radiation Detection (Nov 2017)
By Roberto Molar-Candalosa
Everything around you emits radiation—from the bananas in your kitchen, to cosmic rays from space, to the piece of paper (or screen) from which you are reading this sentence. Some of these types of radiation are so insignificant that they are harmless. But some can be dangerous. So, how can we better distinguish and detect different types of radiation?...
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Crystal Wafer may Foretell a Safer Future
Crystal Wafer may Foretell a Safer Future
By Marcia Faye
A special type of single-crystal semiconductor, having part-per-billion purity and high-crystalline perfection, could be the answer to a new type of neutron detector, a device used to detect smuggled nuclear materials or enable neutron-based medical imaging. “A crystal,” says Professor Aleksandar Ostrogorsky, holding up a single crystal of germanium , as an example, at his office in University Technology Park at IIT, “is cut like salami into...
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NASA MSFC: Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules
NASA MSFC: Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules
By Steve Roy
One of the first materials science experiments on the International Space Station – the Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules (SUBSA) — will be conducted during Expedition Five inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox. The glovebox is the first dedicated facility delivered to the Station for microgravity physical science research, and this experiment will be the first one operated inside the glovebox...
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MMAE Professor Aleksander Ostrogorsky receives CASIS Grant...
MMAE Professor Aleksander Ostrogorsky receives CASIS Grant...
The Center for the Advancement of Science In Space (CASIS), in conjunction with NASA, has recently awarded a grant to Aleksandar Ostrogorsky, Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Armour College of Engineering, to prepare and conduct eight crystal growth experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Dr. Ostrogorsky’s investigation is one of three materials science projects selected for funding by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). CASIS was selected by NASA in July 2011 to maximize use of ...
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ScienceDaily First Space Station Glovebox Experiment Completed
ScienceDaily First Space Station Glovebox Experiment Completed
Astronauts literally got their hands on a new tool for conducting research aboard the International Space Station in the past week.
Checkout and activation of the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG), ferried to the Station recently by Space Shuttle Endeavour, was completed and the first scientific research began.
“We experienced some normal startup difficulties but nothing unexpected for a new piece of equipment like this,” said Charles Baugher, glovebox discipline scientist for NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville...
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