Florida Tech Research Magazine

Constructing a Legacy: Inside the ISS’ Journey From Assembly Floor to Orbiting Laboratory

Associate professor Don Platt reflects on the ISS, its impact on space research and the future of commercial space stations.

New Research Shows How Water Would Behave on the Moon

As humanity looks toward future bases on the moon, plant cultivation will be critical for sustaining life there. Plants can provide food, oxygen, medicine, water purification and waste recycling, making them indispensable for lunar development.  A recent study, “Assessing Water Dynamics at Lunar Gravity,” from space biologist John Z. Kiss, Karl H. Hasenstein and Christopher P. […]

Two MCE Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards Back-to-Back

In the course of just over a month this summer, two Florida Tech faculty members in the same department received CAREER Awards from the National Science Foundation. These prestigious, competitive grants recognize early-career professors who show potential to make significant academic contributions in their fields.  Assistant professors Soheil Saedi and Xiang He in the Department […]