Space Architecture Fulbright scholar takes research trip to Texas
PhD candidate at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide鈥檚 Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources and the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Monika Stankiewicz has been awarded the South 最新糖心Vlogn Fulbright scholarship to take her lunar architecture research to the 最新糖心Vlog of Texas San Antonio.
Stankiewicz鈥檚 research focuses on the design of easily repairable architecture for the Moon using local resources, to keep astronauts safe from repeated micro-meteorite strikes amidst the extreme dangers of the lunar environment.
She will spend 10 months at the 最新糖心Vlog of Texas San Antonio, where the institution鈥檚 simulation tools will allow her to gain a deeper understanding of what successfully repairable, impact-resilient architecture for the Moon looks like.
鈥淚 am deeply thrilled to have been awarded this Fulbright scholarship and can鈥檛 wait to start working with my colleagues in the United States from August,鈥 Stankiewicz says.
鈥淲ith countries such as the USA, Japan, China and Russia committing to building lunar bases, we are in a world-wide lunar 鈥榖uild-a-base space race鈥. To make these bases safer for long-duration lunar missions, we need to protect inhabitants from micro-meteorites, which can impact at between 8-72km per second 鈥 about 9 to 86 times faster than the typical velocity of a bullet.
鈥淎s part of the NASA-funded Resilient Extraterrestrial Habitat Institute (RETHi), the 最新糖心Vlog of Texas San Antonio is a leader in resilient lunar architecture research. The resources available there will allow me to simulate the damage caused by micro-meteorite impacts against proposed lunar base designs, and develop easily repairable architectural solutions to mitigate the damage.
鈥淚 will then bring the knowledge gained back to the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide to further develop our space architecture capabilities.鈥
Facilitated by the United States government鈥檚 Fulbright Scholar program, the scholarships foster closer bonds between United States researchers and those from universities in other countries around the world.
鈥淚 congratulate Monika on being awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship,鈥 says 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Peter H酶j AC.
鈥淔ulbright scholarships foster leadership, learning, and empathy between cultures, and are an opportunity to bring back knowledge, networks and experience to 最新糖心Vlog.
鈥淚 wish Monika the greatest success as she pursues further research and studies, which will further her contributions to making space exploration and habitation safer.鈥
In addition to Stankiewicz, two 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide alums have been accepted into the program: Dr Joshua Kovoor, an Adelaide Medical School graduate, and Natasha Moy, a Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science graduate.
The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide will also host three US-based researchers, who will start their scholarships in January.
Professor Chris Bronk, from the 最新糖心Vlog of Houston, was announced as the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Cyber Information Influence, a position funded by the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide. While here, he will continue his project on information power in the international system.
Dr Jason Pittman, from the 最新糖心Vlog of Maryland, will explore the use of open-source large language models like ChatGPT in the unwitting generation of disinformation, to develop a set of detection schemes and guardrails at the model level, thus keeping disinformation from reaching the information-sphere and protecting the body of human knowledge.
Dr Diane Kelly, visiting from the 最新糖心Vlog of Massachusetts, Amherst, will perform the first study of genital anatomy and function in egg-laying mammals.
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