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USC wins second prestigious NASA award

By Neil Leach | Published 2012-10-28 | Posted in News

As NASA’s Curiosity rover continues its exploration of Mars, USC professors have won a highly prestigious NASA research award to develop new robotic construction technologies for building structures on the Moon and Mars. Professors Behrokh Khoshnevis (Engineering), Anders Carlson (Architecture), Neil Leach (Architecture) and Madhu Thangavelu (Astronautics) have been awarded a Phase 2 NASA Innovative [...]

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USC NASA Presentation

By Neil Leach | Published 2012-03-26 | Posted in Uncategorized

  USC Professors Behrokh Khoshnevis, Madhu Thangavelu, Neil Leach and Anders Carlson will be presenting their latest research findings in their NASA funded research project to explore the potential use of the Contour Crafting fabrication robot for fabricating structures on the Moon at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts [NIAC] Symposium in Pasadena on 27-29 March. [...]

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Buzz Aldrin at USC

By Neil Leach | Published 2011-12-14 | Posted in Uncategorized

Dr Buzz Aldrin gave a presentation at the final review of students in Professor Madhu Thangavelu’s seminar class in the USC School of Astronautics on 13 December. Dr Aldrin, who holds a PhD from MIT, was the second man to walk on the Moon after USC alumnus, Neil Armstrong. Professor Thangavelu is a member of [...]

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USC on the Moon

By Neil Leach | Published 2011-11-15 | Posted in Uncategorized

USC Professors Behrokh Khoshnevis (Engineering), Anders Carlson (Architecture), Neil Leach (Architecture) and Madhu Thangavelu (Astronautics) have completed their first visualization for their NASA research grant into the potential use of Contour Crafting robotic fabrication technology to build structures on the Moon. The image here shows a storage space being constructed by a Contour Crafting robot [...]

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USC wins NASA grant to design structures on Moon

By Neil Leach | Published 2011-09-06 | Posted in News

USC Professors Behrokh Khoshnevis (Engineering), Neil Leach (Architecture), Anders Carlson (Architecture) and Madhu Thangavelu (Astronautics) have won a prestigious NASA grant to explore the potential use of the robotic fabrication technology, Contour Crafting, for building structures on the Moon. The grant was one of only 30 awarded to over 700 applicants by the NASA Innovation [...]

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