New $5 million grant from the Space University Research Initiative program will improve the nation’s ability to track and monitor spacecraft and other objects such as space debris and meteoroids.
The Structure for Outdoor Autonomy Research (SOAR) is a 24,000 square foot netted outdoor testing facility for uncrewed aerial vehicles and is one of the largest in the country.
Computer science and linguistics students joined forces to create a socialbot that converses with users on a range of topics and earned a $50,000 prize in the Amazon Alexa Socialbot Competition.