research overview
- Prof Nabity's research enables robust long-term and far-reaching human spaceflight systems. His research includes environmental control and life support systems (ECLSS), space habitat design, and in situ resource utilization. Doctoral students engage in the following research activities: 1) ionic liquids for atmosphere revitalization, gas separation and solvated extraction of minerals and oxygen, 2) methods to manage crew exposure to space radiation and the effects of space radiation on crew performance, 3) robust and self-aware ECLSS, 4) spacecraft and spacesuit thermal control, and 5) plant growth chambers. Funded projects research ECLSS for lunar landers and space habitats, supported liquid membranes for CO2 sequestration from space habitat and Mars atmospheres, and regolith dust mitigation. Manuscripts describe CO2 transport with supported ionic liquid membranes, origami-folded multilayer insulation, ECLSS fault detection and diagnostics, habitability, and nuclear propulsion and power.
