Post-Doctoral Aerospace Fellowship Program
UH, UHCL, NASA-JSC Investigators

Role Name Position Department e-mail
Studies on Two-Phase Flows at Normal and Microgravity Conditions
UH PI Vemuri Balakotaiah Professor Chemical Engineering bala@uh.edu
UH Co-Inv. Larry C. Witte Professor Mechanical Engineering witte@uh.edu
JSC PI Eugene Ungar   Crew and Thermal Systems eungar@grp901.jsc.nasa.gov
UH Post-Doc Subash S. Jayawardena   Chemical Engineering subash@uh.edu
Effects on Visual Acuity and Stereoacuity of Oculomotor Changes Produced by Pre-Flight Adaptation Training
UH PI Harold E. Bedell Professor College of Optometry hbedell@uh.edu
JSC PI Deborah L. Harm   Space Biomedical Research Institute harm@sdamail.jsc.nasa.gov
JSC Co-Inv. Millard F. Reschke   Space Biomedical Research Institute reschke@sdamail.jsc.nasa.gov
UH Post-Doc Saumil S. Patel   College of Optometry  
Simulation of Power Utilization for Planning and Control of BIO-Plex Activities
UH PI G. Ron Chen Assoc. Professor Electrical Engineering gchen@uh.edu
JSC PI Jane Malin   Automation, Robotics, and Simulation Division, SLSS jmalin@gp301.jsc.nasa.gov
UH Post-Doc Mike Dowell   (Fellowship completed Aug. 97)  
Statistical Modeling and Analysis for Risk Assessment of Decompression Sickness
UHCL PI Raj S. Chhikara Professor Statistics chhikara@cl.uh.edu
UHCL Co-Inv. Floyd M. Spears Asst. Professor   spears@uhcl2.cl.uh.edu
JSC PI Michael R. Powell   Space Biomedical Research Institute  
UHCL Post-Doc Kallappa M. Koti   Statistics koti@gauss.cl.uh.edu
Superconducting Bearings for Space Telescope Applications
UH PI Wei-Kan Chu Professor Texas Center for Superconductivity wkchu@uh.edu
UH Co-Inv. Ki Bui Ma Res. Assoc. Prof. Texas Center for Superconductivity kma@uh.edu
JSC PI Thomas Wilson   Space Science  
UH Post-Doc Eunjeong Lee   Texas Center for Superconductivity  
Vibration Isolation/Damping under Space Station Microgravity Using High Temperature Superconductors and Magnet Interaction
UH PI Wei-Kan Chu Professor Texas Center for Superconductivity wkchu@uh.edu
UH Co-Inv. Ki Bui Ma Res. Assoc. Prof. Texas Center for Superconductivity kma@uh.edu
JSC PI Thomas Wilson   Space Science  
UH Post-Doc Jang-Horng Yu   Texas Center for Superconductivity jyu@picasso.tcs.uh.edu
DNA Probe Design for Pre-Flight and In-Flight Microbial Monitoring
UH PI George E. Fox Professor Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences fox@uh.edu
UH Co-Inv. Richard Willson Assoc. Professor Chemical Engineering willson@uh.edu
JSC PI Duane L. Pierson Director Microbiology Laboratory
Life Sciences Research Laboratory
dpierson@spmail.jsc.nasa.gov
UH Post-Doc Karine Maillard Visit. Assist. Prof. Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences karine@jetson.uh.edu
Inverse Kinematics of the Human Arm
UH PI R. Bowen Loftin Professor Computer Science bowen@uh.edu
JSC PI James C. Maida   Graphics Research & Analysis Facility maida@graf6.jsc.nasa.gov
UH Post-Doc Jian Yang   Computer Science jyang@uh.edu
Space Radiation Environment and Its Biological Effects
UH PI Carlos Pedemonte Asst. Professor Pharmac. & Pharmaceutical Sciences pedemonte@jetson.uh.edu
JSC PI Tracy C. Yang   Radiation Biophysics Laboratory tracy.c.yang@jsc.nasa.gov
UH Post-Doc Penny K. Riggs   (Fellowship completed Oct. 97)  
Reliability Estimation
UH PI Charles Peters Assoc. Professor Mathematics bpeters@uh.edu
UHCL PI Raj S. Chhikara Professor Statistics chhikara@cl.uh.edu
JSC PI Richard P. Heydornv   Reliability Estimation rheydorn@ems.jsc.nasa.gov
UH Post-Doc Huann-Sheng Chen   Mathematics hschen@math.uh.edu
Design of a Food Service and Food Processing System for Long-Duration Missions in a Closed Environment
UH PI Clinton L. Rappole Professor Hilton College of HRM clrappole@uh.edu
JSC PI Charles Bourland   Flight Systems  
UH Post-Doc Yael Vodovotz   Hilton College of HRM yael.vodovotz@spmail.jsc.nasa.gov
A Fundamental Study Aimed at Providing the Foundation for the Development of a Novel Benign Technology for the Direct Fixation and Subsequent Re-Utilization of Nitrogen Oxides (NO2 and N2O4) from Effluent Gas Streams Generated upon Pyrolysis of Nitrogenous Containing Solids
UHCL PI Ramiro Sanchez Assoc. Professor Chemistry sanchez3@uhcl4.cl.uh.edu
JSC PI Donald Henninger Chief Scientist Advanced Life Support Group  
UHCL Post-Doc Graciela Lubertino   Chemistry lubertino@uhcl4.cl.uh.edu
Numerical Computations Database for Supersonic and Hypersonic Fluid Flow Simulations
UH PI Richard Sanders Assoc. Professor Mathematics sanders@math.uh.edu
JSC PI Chen P. Li Senior Engineer Aeronautics li@euler.jsc.nasa.gov
UH Post-Doc Eric Morano   (Fellowship completed Oct. 97)  
Domain-Specific Architectural Design Language Generation
UHCL PI Sharon A. White Asst. Professor Software Engineering white@rbse.jsc.nasa.gov
JSC PI Michel Izygon   Information Technology  
JSC Co-Inv. Charles Pitman   Information Technology cpitman@ptl.jsc.nasa.gov
UHCL Post-Doc Cuauhtemoc Lemus   Software Engineering lemus@rbse.jsc.nasa.gov
Structural Health Monitoring of Advanced Aerospace Systems
UH PI David Zimmerman Assoc. Professor Mechanical Engineering dzimmerman.uh.edu
JSC PI Mike Grygier   Structures and Mechanics Division mgrygier@ems.jsc.nasa.gov
UH Post-Doc George H. James   Mechanical Engineering ghjames@mainsail.me.uh.edu
Chen Malin Li
G. Ron Chen, UH PI Jane Malin, JSC PI Chen P. Li, JSC PI

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ISSO -- Institute for Space Systems Operations
1996-1997 Annual Report

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