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Systems and Methods for Autonomous Swarm Flyby GNC using Rate-Separated Architectures
This invention describes a layered, rate-separated spacecraft swarm guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) architecture that adds a stable separation damping mode to quickly stabilize a deployed swarm, then hands off deterministically to normal mission control for flyby operations. Background: Spacecraft swarms deployed from a carrier offer clear...
Published: 4/27/2026   |   Updated: 4/27/2026   |   Inventor(s): Jekan Thangavelautham, Harish Vernekar, Leonard Vance
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering
Distributed Infrastructure Sensors and Cues for Robotic Fire-Fighting and Safety System on a Lunar Base
This technology is a QR-code based local intelligence layer for lunar habitats, enabling robots and responders to retrieve floor maps, safe sensor limits, and step-by-step hazard responses to respond to emergencies. The use of fire-fighting robots, sensor networks and cues eliminate the need for a global map or large onboard database, minimizing the...
Published: 4/27/2026   |   Updated: 4/27/2026   |   Inventor(s): Jekan Thangavelautham, Alexis Munguia, Eryc Rodriguez, Drake Russ
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Devices & Instrumentation, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Devices & Instrumentation > Robotics, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering
Multi-Functional Lunar Surface Service Hubs
This technology is a lunar surface service hub to maintain and protect small surface rovers, instrumentation, and other lunar surface vehicles. Based on a Mobile Inflatable Robotic Autonomous Containment for Lunar Exploration (MIRACLE) concept, these lunar service hubs store lunar exploration technologies, recharge batteries, and protect rovers and...
Published: 4/27/2026   |   Updated: 4/27/2026   |   Inventor(s): Jekan Thangavelautham, Harish Vernekar, Anna Dinkel, Nathaniel van der Leeuw, Andrea Torres, Erik Asphaug, Krishna Muralidharan
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering
Sliding Lunar Emergency Device (SLED)
This innovation is an emergency, human-powered sled designed for transporting injured astronauts. It is modified for lunar missions with a lightweight, low volume, collapsible, and compact design. The SLED is compatible with NASA's proposed Lightweight Surface Manipulation System for the Human Landing System (HLS). Background: With various organizations,...
Published: 3/11/2026   |   Updated: 3/11/2026   |   Inventor(s): Trent Tresch
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering, Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Emergency Medicine
Radiatively Cooled Superconducting Power Distribution for Solar-Powered Space Systems
This invention is a solar-powered space system configured to reduce or eliminate resistive losses during high-current DC power delivery using its superconducting power distribution combined with passive radiative cooling and a working fluid thermal loop. Background: Solar photovoltaic arrays, which generate direct current (DC) power, are the primary...
Published: 4/29/2026   |   Updated: 2/27/2026   |   Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Electronics > Computer Hardware, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication, Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental > Energy Collection, Storage & Battery, Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental > Renewable Energy > Solar/Photovoltaic
Morphable Multicopter UAS (MMU)
This technology is a morphable multicopter uncrewed aerial system (UAS) or “MMU.” The MMU consists of a link-joint structure connecting powered cells (with rotors) and unpowered cells carrying payloads. The structure can safely change shape, deforming to navigate narrow spaces. The MMU is equipped with precise cell location control enabling...
Published: 1/6/2026   |   Updated: 1/6/2026   |   Inventor(s): Hossein Rastgoftar
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering
Radiation-Hardened Nanophotonic Thermal Emitters with Spectral and Angular Selectivity for Spaceborne Radiative Cooling
This technology introduces a radiation-hardened nanophotonic surface engineered for high-efficiency radiative cooling in low Earth orbit (LEO). The metasurface employs angular and spectral selectivity to maximize emission toward deep space while minimizing absorption of sunlight and planetary infrared radiation. Constructed from refractory and ceramic...
Published: 12/8/2025   |   Updated: 12/8/2025   |   Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Semiconductors, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Quantum, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Data Storage, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > MEMS & Nanotechnology
Passive Radiative Cooling System for Enabling Superconducting Electronics and Interconnects in Space-Based Computing and Communication Systems
This invention presents a passive thermal management system designed to sustain superconducting electronics and interconnects in orbit without the need for active refrigeration. The system employs a large, space-facing radiative shield to cool a circulating working fluid to cryogenic temperatures. The cooled fluid maintains superconducting components...
Published: 12/8/2025   |   Updated: 12/8/2025   |   Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Communications & Networking, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Semiconductors, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Quantum, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Data Storage, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering
Vortex-Flow-Induced Microparticle Concentration as an Effective Approach to Remove Microplastics and Other Particles from Contaminated Water
This technology is a physical method for removing microplastics from water using acoustic waves to generate vortices in a flow of water through a pipe or chamber to trap microplastics and other contaminant particles, including sub-micron particles which will be focused at the vortices’ centers. Captured particles can then be removed through sedimentation...
Published: 10/1/2025   |   Updated: 10/1/2025   |   Inventor(s): Qing Hao, Zhenhua Tian
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental > Air/Water Purification, Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental > Water Resource Efficiency, Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental > Remediation > Water, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering
System and Method for Predicting Rotorcraft Motion Using Flow-Field Imaging and Rotor State Inference
This invention is a method and system that uses flow-field imaging techniques to predict rotorcraft motion and rotor state interference. By extracting and analyzing the aerodynamic wake and flow structures generated by rotor systems in a computational framework, the system can estimate and forecast the trajectory and control state of rotorcraft. This...
Published: 8/25/2025   |   Updated: 8/25/2025   |   Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Transportation & Automotive > Vehicle Control, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering
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