Angie Bukley, interim associate vice president and vice president for research at the UT Space Institute, and adjunct professor Gilles Clément recently received the 2008 Life Sciences Book Award from the International Academy of Astronautics for their book, Artificial Gravity. The authors accepted the award in Glasgow, Scotland, on September 28. The book examines the detrimental effects of weightlessness on the human body during space travel and describes how artificial gravity can be used as a countermeasure to address the physical symptoms of extended weightlessness. The book also explores the possibility of using artificial gravity on the first manned mission to Mars.
University of Tennessee Space Institute
Recent Publications
“Mach’s Square-or-Diamond Phenomenon in Microgravity during Parabolic Flight,” Neuroscience Letters (2008), doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.10.1012 (with G. Clément)
“Space Technologies for the Research of Effective Water Management–A Case Study,” Chapter in Commerce in Space: Infrastructures, Technologies, and Applications, Phillip Olla, Editor, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA, 2008 (with O. Zhdanovich )
Artificial Gravity, Springer, NY, 2007 (with G. Clément)
“Research recommendations of the ESA Topical Team on Artificial Gravity,” Acta Astronautica (2007), doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2007.11.008 (with G. Clément)
“Improvement in Frequency Domain Least Squares System Identification via the Coherence Function”, Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, August 2007 (with J. Mitchell and J. Thomas)
“Controller Development and Embedded Controller Implementation for Active Gravity Off-Loading of Deployable Space Structures,” Proceedings of the 30th AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, AAS-10-005, February 3-8, 2007 (with T. Bihl, Manning, and J. Mitchell)
“Generating Artificial Gravity onboard the Space Shuttle,” Acta Astronautica 60 (2007) 472-478 (with G. Clément and D. Lawrence)