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Jeremiah Glascock has just received a fellowship for study at the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland, Ohio, through a partnership of GRC and the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) . Jeremiah is an undergraduate student in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Geodetic Science in the College of Engineering of The Ohio State University (OSU). He is majoring in Geomatics Engineering and Geodetic Science with a focus in Geographic Information Systems. At GRC, Jeremiah has been introduced to a dynamic and fast-paced environment in various programs involving NASA’s Communication and Surveillance for Lunar and Planetary Exploration. Among several programs Jeremiah participates in is the Exploration Communication and Navigation Systems (ECANS) program. The ECANS group is charged with the responsibility of developing a conceptual-level communications and navigation architecture for the future of human space exploration on the lunar surface. Communications requirements are presently being determined for orbiting and surface assets to maintain safe and reliable communications with astronauts that will eventually inhabit the moon. Jeremiah is part of the navigation team within this group. In addition, he has been invited to participate in a number of internal studies that not only will assist GRC engineers in various working groups, but also be relevant to his own research. Jeremiah’s objectives at the NASA Glenn Research Center are to collaborate with experts according to project needs and to utilize both the research at the OSU Mapping and GIS Laboratory and GRC’s expertise to further the development of his research interests. There is a need for communication and navigation architecture to support exploration and research of and on the Moon, Jeremiah explains. As part of his research, he is exploring an integrated beacon-image-based navigation technology for an enhanced Lunar Navigation and Information System (equivalent to GPS) that would have the capacity for very high resolution and also be very cost efficient. He plans to research methods of localization of beacons in a global framework as well as rover navigation using surface-based navigation beacons and image-based navigation. NASA Glenn is located at Lewis Field, a 350-acre site adjacent to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, upon which the main campus is built. On the shore of Lake Erie, in the birthplace of flight, NASA’s Glenn Research Center works to develop cutting-edge technology that advances aviation and space exploration. Glenn’s researchers specialize in power, propulsion, communications, and microgravity science. The mission of the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) is to help build Ohio’s aerospace economy through research and technology development, education and training, and networking and information exchange. OAI’s membership consists of industry, government, and university partners who support collaborative efforts in aerospace research, education and training, networking and information exchange. |
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Dated July, 2006 |