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) development of methods to manage crew exposure to lunar dust and space radiation, 3) development of robust and self-aware ECLSS, 4) spacecraft and spacesuit thermal control technologies, 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.
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life support, gas separation, supported liquid membranes, ionic liquids, thermal control, heat transport, freezable heat exchanger, plant growth chambers, space radiation, waste management, ozone oxidation, solid waste oxidation, water treatment, emergency oxygen generation
