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Nasa Limited Inflight Lab Sensor, Gregory P. Howard, James C. Hanreck
Nasa Limited Inflight Lab Sensor, Gregory P. Howard, James C. Hanreck
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is currently developing the capabilities needed to send humans to Mars in 2030 for a three year mission. Astronaut health must be monitored monthly during such a lengthy mission. The UA Enterprise Senior Design Team worked to design a reusable, novel blood panel cartridge system to monitor astronaut health and to minimize waste production. Most current cartridges are composed of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). PDMS microchannels were fabricated to conduct simple proof of concept experiments for the design of a novel cartridge. To determine an ideal blood cleaning solution, bovine blood will be injected into …