Publications

2021

Ekblaw, Ariel, David Zuniga, Keith Crooker, and Joseph Paradiso. “Self-Assembling and Self-Regulating Space Stations: Mission Concepts for Modular, Autonomous Habitats.” 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems, July 2021.

Maggie Coblentz, Noah Feehan, Joshua Evans, Nabila Rodriquez, Diego Prado, Rasmus Munk, and Ariel Ekblaw. “Managing Space Food Waste with Fermentation: Novel System Design Update.” 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems, July 2021. Available at: https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/handle/2346/87251

Sanjana Sharma, Sands Fish, and Ariel Ekblaw. “Astronaut-in-the-Loop: An Iterative Design Research Framework for Space Environments.” 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems, July 2021. Available at: https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/handle/2346/87265

2020

M. Sarang, C. Robinson, A. Ekblaw, J. Guglin, “Towards a Lunar Open Architecture: facilitating transparency and collaboration in the new era of lunar exploration.” IAC-20-D3.1.2, 71st International Astronautical Congress, 12 – 14 October, 2020.  Available: https://iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id/60216/summary/

S. Sharma, S. Fish, A. Ekblaw, “Astronaut Ethnography: A Design Research Approach to Microgravity.” IAC-20,E5,5,7,x60878, 71st International Astronautical Congress, 12 – 14 October, 2020. Available: https://iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id/60878/summary/

Christopher E. Carr, Noelle C. Bryan, Kendall N. Saboda, Srinivasa A. Bhattaru, Gary Ruvkun and Maria T. Zuber.  "Nanopore sequencing at Mars, Europa, and microgravity conditions." In Nature 2020,  npj Microgravity volume 6, Article number: 24,  [Online] Available: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-020-00113-9

Sumini, V., Muccillo, M., Milliken, J., Ekblaw, A. and Paradiso, J., 2020. Spacehuman: A Soft Robotic Prosthetic For Space Exploration. [online] Dl.acm.org. Available at: <https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3334480.3383087>

2019

Ekblaw, Ariel, Elisheva Shuter, and Joseph A. Paradiso. "Self-Assembling Space Architecture: tessellated shell structures for space habitats." In AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, p. 0481. 2019. [Online] Available: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2019-0481

Cherston, Juliana, Paul Strohmeier, and Joseph A. Paradiso. "Grappler: Array of Bistable Elements For Pinching Net-Like Infrastructure to Low Gravity Bodies." In AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, p. 0871. 2019. [Online] Available: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2019-0871

P. do Vale Pereira, K. S. Chun, M. M. Contreras, C. Lindsay, S. Kacker, R. Huffman, C. Haughwout, and K. Cahoy,“Folded Lightweight Actuator Positioning System (FLAPS),” in 33rd Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, UT, August 3 - 8, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4431&context=smallsat.

Stober, Keith J., Juliet Wanyiri, Alana Sanchez, Milo Hooper, Michael Mazumder, Suzanna Jiwani, Catherine Waft, Christine Joseph, Miles Lifson, and Danielle Wood. "An Investigation of the Centrifugal Casting of Paraffin Wax on Earth and in Microgravity." In AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2019 Forum, p. 4012. 2019. [Online] Available: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2019-4012

Ekblaw, Ariel, and Joseph Paradiso. "Self-Assembling Space Habitats: TESSERAE design and mission architecture." In 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference, pp. 1-11. IEEE, 2019. [Online] Available: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8742122

Cherston, Juliana, and Joseph A. Paradiso. "SpaceSkin: development of aerospace-grade electronic textile for simultaneous protection and high velocity impact characterization." SPIE Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2019. Vol. 10970. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2019. [Online] Available: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/10970/109700J/SpaceSkin--development-of-aerospace-grade-electronic-textile-for-simultaneous/10.1117/12.2513962.short

Haney, Max; Inocente, Daniel; Katz, Neil; Petrov, Georgi I., et al. "Moon Village Reference Masterplan and Habitat Design." International Conference on Environmental Systems. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, 2019.

Ekblaw, Ariel, Raghav Chawla, Mehak Sarang, Griffin Cleverly and Joseph Paradiso. "BlockSat: On-Demand Access to Shared-Use Satellite Constellations." 26th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SMALL SATELLITE MISSIONS (Small Satellite Operations). Proceedings of the IAF International Astronautical Congress 2019. **

Ekblaw, Ariel, Anastasia Prosina, Dava Newman, and Joseph Paradiso. "Space Habitat Reconfigurability: TESSERAE platform for self-aware assembly." 30th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE AND SOCIETY (Space Architecture: Habitats, Habitability, and Bases). Proceedings of the IAF International Astronautical Congress 2019. **

Schingler, Jessy Kate, Jacob Guglin, Mehak Sarang, and Ariel Ekblaw. "Lunar Mission Actor Analysis: Open Information Architecture for International Collaboration." 22nd IAA SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM (Human Exploration of the Moon and Cislunar Space). Proceedings of the IAF International Astronautical Congress 2019. **

Liu, Xin and Ariel Ekblaw. "Curating the human experience of space—a collaborative, inclusive approach." 30th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE AND SOCIETY (Contemporary Arts Practice and Outer Space: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach). Proceedings of the IAF International Astronautical Congress 2019. **

Fish, Sands and Ariel Ekblaw. "Beyond the Mission: Exploring How Human Culture will Evolve in Space." IAF SPACE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SYMPOSIUM (Space Culture – Public Engagement in Space through Culture). Proceedings of the IAF International Astronautical Congress 2019. **

Coblentz, Maggie and Ariel Ekblaw. "Enhancing Cultural Exchange through Food in Space." IAF SPACE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SYMPOSIUM (Space Culture – Public Engagement in Space through Culture). Proceedings of the IAF International Astronautical Congress 2019. **

Muniyappa, Prathima, Nicole L'hullier, Ariel Ekblaw and Danielle Wood. "Myths of the Cosmos: Alternative narratives for Space Exploration." Proceedings of the IAF International Astronautical Congress 2019. **

**Note: links will be posted for October 2019 IAC papers when proceedings come available online.

2018

Carr CE, Bryan NC, Saboda K, Bhattaru SA, Ruvkun G, Zuber MT. "Acceleration Profiles and Processing Methods for Parabolic Flight." NPJ Microgravity 4, Article number: 14 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-018-0050-3. Preprint: arXiv:1712.05737; code: https://github.com/CarrCE/zerog; data: https://osf.io/nk2w4/

Ekblaw, Ariel, and Joseph Paradiso. “TESSERAE: Self-assembling Shell Structures for Space Exploration.” Proceedings of the IASS Symposium 2018: Creativity in Structural Design, 2018. [Online] Available: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3833/037ef7a8dfdab9e27b1feabbb3b467ce50d7.pdf

Ekblaw, Ariel, and Joseph Paradiso. "Self-assembling Space Structures: Buckminsterfullerene Sensor Nodes." In 2018 AIAA/AHS Adaptive Structures Conference, p. 0565. 2018. [Online] Available: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2018-0565

Venkatapathy, Aswin, Ariel Ekblaw, Michael ten Hompel, and Joseph Paradiso. “Decentralized brain in low data-rate, low power networks for collaborative manoeuvres in space.” In Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE), IEEE International Conference, 2018. [Online] Available: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8637327

Fish, Sands, and Nicole L’Huillier. "Telemetron: a musical instrument for performance in zero gravity." In Proceedings of NIME Conference, Blacksburg, USA, pp. 315-317, 2018. [Online] Available: https://www.nime.org/proceedings/2018/nime2018_paper0066.pdf

Johnson, K.T., Taylor, S., Fedor, S., Jaques, N., Chen, W., Picard, R.W. "Vomit Comet Physiology: Autonomic Changes in Novice Flyers." Proceedings of the International Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2018. [Online] Available: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8512414

2017

Cherston, Juliana, and Joseph A. Paradiso. "Space Webs as Infrastructure for Crawling Sensors on Low Gravity Bodies." 31st Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites (2017). [Online] Available: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2017/all2017/207/