TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
Vernon Weyers, Chair
Alan Boss, Carnegie Institution for Science
Richard Capps, JPL/Caltech
Richard Harms, Consultant
David Mozurkewich, Seabrook Engineering
Joe Pitman, Exploration Sciences
Lisa Poyneer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Space Telescope Science Institute
Exoplanet Technology Research funded through the Technology Development for Exoplanet Missions component of NASA’s solicitation on Strategic Astrophysics Technology. Awards for calls from 2009 and 2010 are listed. Links are provided to the abstracts of the original proposals and to the milestone whitepapers, where available.
Year |
PI |
Institution |
Proposal Title |
CORONAGRAPH STARLIGHT SUPPRESSION TECHNOLOGY |
2009 |
Olivier Guyon |
Univ. of Arizona |
Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization Coronagraphy Development and Laboratory Validation
Abstract | Whitepaper #1 | Milestone #2 |
2009 |
Martin Noecker |
Ball Aerospace |
Advanced Speckle Sensing for Internal Coronagraphs and Methods of Isolating Exoplanets from Speckles
Abstract | Whitepaper | Report |
2009 |
John Trauger |
JPL/Caltech |
Advanced Hybrid Lyot Coronagraph Technology for Exoplanet Missions
Abstract | Report |
2010 |
Olivier Guyon |
Univ. of Arizona |
Advances in Pupil Remapping (PIAA) coronagraphy: improving Bandwidth, Throughput and Inner Working Angle
Abstract |
2010 |
Eugene Serabyn |
JPL/Caltech |
Demonstrations of Deep Starlight Rejection with a Vortex Coronagraph
Abstract |
Whitepaper |
2010 |
Glenn Schneider |
Univ. of Arizona |
EXCEDE Technology Milestone #1: Monochromatic Contrast Demonstration
Whitepaper |
CORONAGRAPH MODELING AND MODEL VALIDATION |
2009 |
John Krist |
JPL/Caltech |
Assessing the Performance Limits of Internal Coronagraphs Through End-to-End Modeling
Abstract | Milestone #1 | Milestone #2 |
2010 |
Stuart Shaklan |
JPL/Caltech |
Coronagraph Starlight Suppression Model Validation: Coronagraph Milestone #3A
Abstract | Whitepaper |
VISIBLE NULLING CORONAGRAPH TECHNOLOGY |
2009 |
Mark Clampin |
NASA/GSFC |
Visible Nulling Coronagraph Technology Maturation: High Contrast Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanets
Abstract | Whitepaper |
2010 |
Richard Lyon |
NASA/GSFC |
Compact Achromatic Visible Nulling Coronagraph Technology Maturation
Abstract |
2010 |
Jagmit Sandhu |
JPL/Caltech |
Visible Nulling Coronagraph (VNC) Technology Demonstration Program
Abstract |
STARSHADE TECHNOLOGY |
2009 |
N. Kasdin |
Princeton University |
Starshades for Exoplanet Imaging and Characterization: Key Technology Development
Abstract | Milestone |
2010 |
N. Kasdin |
Princeton University |
Verifying Deployment Tolerances of an External Occulter for Starlight Suppression
Abstract |
DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY |
2009 |
Donald Figer |
Rochester Inst. Tech. |
A Photon-Counting Detector for Exoplanet Missions
Abstract | Whitepaper |
