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Engineering and medicine in extreme environments

Tobias Cibis, Editor ; Carolyn McGregor AM, Editor | Cham : Springer | 2022

This book brings together in-depth information on a wide array of bio-engineering topics and their application to enhance human health, performance, comfort, and survival in extreme environments. Contributions from biomedical engineering, inform[...]

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Thermal and structural electronic packaging analysis for space and extreme environments

Juan Cepeda-Rizo, Author ; Jeremiah Gayle, Author ; Joshua Ravich, Author | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group | Resilience and Sustainability in Civil, Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering Systems | 2022

"Have you ever wondered how NASA designs, builds, and tests spacecrafts and hardware for space? How is it that wildly successful programs such as the Mars Exploration Rovers could produce a rover that lasted over ten times the expected prime mis[...]

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Earth and space 2021 : materials, structures, dynamics, and control in extreme environments

Paul J. van Susante, Author ; Alaina Dickason Roberts, Author | [S.l.] : American Society of Civil Engineers | 2021

This collection contains 55 peer-reviewed papers on multidisciplinary approaches to engineering in extreme environments presented at the 17th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging [...]

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Model ecosystems in extreme environments

J. Seckbach, Editor ; Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto, Editor | [S.l.] : Elsevier Academic Press | Astrobiology Exploring Life on Earth and Beyond | 2019

Model Ecosystems in Extreme Environments, Second Edition examines ecosystems at the most extreme habitats and their interaction with the environment, providing a key element in our understanding of the role and function of microorganisms in natu[...]

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Extreme environment electronics

John D. Cressler, Editor ; H. Alan Mantooth, Editor | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group | Industrial Electronics | 2017

Featuring contributions by some of the world's foremost experts in extreme environment electronics, the book provides in-depth information on a wide array of topics. It begins by describing the extreme conditions and then delves into a descripti[...]

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Extreme-temperature and harsh-environment electronics : physics, technology and applications

Vinod Kumar Khanna, Author | [S.l.] : Institute of Physics | 2017

Electronic devices and circuits are employed by a range of industries in testing conditions from extremes of high or low temperature, in chemically corrosive environments, subject to shock and vibration or exposure to radiation. This book descri[...]

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Wireless sensor systems for extreme environments : space, underwater, underground and industrial /

Habib F. Rashvand, Editor ; Ali Abedi, Editor | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2017

The creation of Wireless Sensor Systems for Extreme Environments is a response to the spread of wireless sensor technology into fields of health, safety, manufacturing, space, environmental, smart cities, advanced robotics, surveillance, and agr[...]

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Wireless sensor systems for extreme environments : space, underwater, underground and industrial /

Habib F. Rashvand, Editor ; Ali Abedi, Editor | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2017

The creation of Wireless Sensor Systems for Extreme Environments is a response to the spread of wireless sensor technology into fields of health, safety, manufacturing, space, environmental, smart cities, advanced robotics, surveillance, and agr[...]

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Self-deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (SHEE) : Europe's first transportable space analogue habitat, executive summary

SHEE Consortium, Author | Vienna (Austria) : LIQUIFER Systems Group | 2016

The Self-Deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (SHEE) is a transportable habitat testbed demonstrating technology for human habitation in hostile environments both on Earth and in space.

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Concordia : living on white Mars

[S.l.] : European Space Agency | 2013

Concordia is the only permanent European station operated inland Antarctica. The European Space Agency uses Concordia as a laboratory for fundamental research for human missions to the Moon or Mars, investigating things such as coping with stres[...]

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Weird life : the search for life that is very, very different from our own /

David M. Toomey, Author | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 2013

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CAREX roadmap for research on life in extreme environment

[S.l.] : European Science Foundation | 2011

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NASA's analog missions : paving the way for space exploration

John Olson, Author ; Douglas Craig, Author ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Langley research center., Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2011

To help prepare for the real-life challenges of space exploration, NASA relies on Earth-based missions that emphasize multiple elements as similar, or analogous, to space. These are called analog missions. This report profiles six analog mission[...]

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Investigating life in extreme environments : a european perspective

Nicolas Walter, Editor | [S.l.] : European Science Foundation | 2007

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Materials in extreme environments : symposium held April 20-21, 2006, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Symposium II ; Daryush Ila, Editor ; Christian Mailhiot, Editor ; Premkumar B. Saganti, Editor ; Materials Research Society | Warrendale, Pa. : Materials Research Society | Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, ISSN 0272-9172 | 2006

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The 50 most extreme places in our solar system

David Baker ; Todd Ratcliff | [S.l.] : Belknap Press

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npj Microgravity

[S.l.] : Springer Nature

An open access, online-only, multi- and trans-disciplinary research journal, npj Microgravity is dedicated to publishing the most important scientific advances in the life sciences, physical sciences, and engineering fields that are facilitated [...]

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