News
2011
Energy Dynamics Lab technology used for USU Spinout Company to Wirelessly Charge Mass Transit Vehicle
November 29, 2011 – KSL Newsradio
Pond scum turns to fuel with USU project
November 2, 2011 – KSL News
Researchers at Utah State University are making progress on a project that could soon have drivers filling up their gas tanks with fuel harvested from pond scum.
USU-built satellites launched into space
October 29, 2011 – The Herald Journal
A pair of satellites built primarily by Utah State University students reportedly made a successful launch onboard a rocket Friday at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Nano satellites from USU rocket into orbit
October 28, 2011 – KSL News
When NASA launched a new weather satellite into orbit early Friday morning, two tiny satellites designed and built in Utah were tagging along for the ride.
Two Utah State University satellites ready to be shot into space
October 19, 2011 – Standard-Examiner
After years of research and planning, it's not exactly a cosmic crapshoot.
Small satellites prompt big ideas for next 25 years
October 18, 2011 – SPACE.com
There is big news on the small satellite front. From super-secret agencies and the U.S. military to academia and private firms, as well as world space agencies and NASA, ultra-small satellites are the big thing.
Energy Dynamics Lab researches algae as biofuel
October 11, 2011 – Vernal Express
What looked like a crop circle in an acre of farmland next to Utah State University's Vernal campus is now a "floating pond," in a body of water east of the Bingham Entrepreneurship and Energy Research Center, and is set to grow algae for biofuel production.
EDL working to electrify the nation's road system
October 7, 2011 – Utah Public Radio
Science Questions profiles a project at the Energy Dynamics Lab at Utah State University where they are working to electrify the nation's highway system.
2 tiny satellites from USU part of rocket launch set for end of October
October 1, 2011 – Deseret News
Imagine a spacecraft small enough to fit in your hand.
USU sends tiny satellites to launch into orbit
September 29, 2011 – KSL News
A few days ago, the world cowered in fear, or at least mock fear, when a six ton satellite the size of a school bus plunged out of orbit. That's old-school.
Small Satellite Conference
August 25, 2011 – Utah Public Radio
Sheri Quinn profiles the 25th annual Small Satellite Conference held in Logan, Utah every year. She gives an in depth look at some of the new innovations shown at the meeting that attracts attendees from across the world in the aerospace industry.
SDL sets sights on future – New projects loom as world convenes for USU's satellite conference
August 8, 2011 – The Herald Journal
As more than 350 organizations ranging from the U.S. Defense Department to the European Space Agency descend on Logan for the next four days, Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory is looking ahead at new projects.
Asteroid shares Earth's orbit shows USU-built telescope
July 29, 2011 – KSL News
The discovery of an asteroid that's hitching a ride on Earth's orbit is drawing international attention and is a point of pride in Cache County.
Fellow traveler: WISE satellite spots asteroid following Earth
July 29, 2011 – The Herald Journal
A satellite built by Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory has discovered an asteroid that has been following Earth for thousands of years, proving that the moon is not the planet's only travel companion.
A WISE Investment in Astronomy
July 22, 2011 – Deseret News
Last week, astronomers at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics, Potsdam, Germany, announced they had discovered two brown dwarf stars 15 light-years and 18 light-years from Earth, among the closest such objects known.
USU invention powers electric motors without wires
July 26, 2011 – The Salt Lake Tribune
Batteries are the key challenge to developing practical electric vehicles, which have the potential to dramatically cut greenhouse emissions and U.S. dependence on oil. To store enough juice to enable a car to function the way Americans expect, batteries have to be big and expensive.
SDL reflects on a 29 year legacy with the Space Shuttle Program
July 8, 2011 – KSL Newsradio
USU scientists make breakthrough in study of electric vehicle charging systems
July 06, 2011 – The Herald Journal
Electric roadways could one day power cars to travel for miles and miles without having to stop and recharge - at least that's the dream scientists at Utah State University's Energy Dynamics Laboratory have after making a recent scientific breakthrough.
Energy Dynamics Laboratory Achieves Historic Milestone for Electric Vehicles
July 05, 2011 – USURF
Utah State University Research Foundation’s Energy Dynamics Laboratory recently operated the first high-power, high-efficiency wireless power transfer system capable of transferring enough energy to quickly charge an electric vehicle. The lightweight, low-profile system demonstrated 90 percent electrical transfer efficiency of five kilowatts over an air gap of 10 inches. The demonstration at EDL’s North Logan, Utah, facility further validates that electric vehicles can efficiently be charged with wireless technology.
Researchers experiment with electric roads to charge electric cars
June 30, 2011 – KSL News
Electric vehicles have long been touted as the answer for drivers who want to avoid high gas prices and help protect the environment. But the heavy, short-lived batteries are a big obstacle to the vehicles becoming affordable and commonplace.
Scientists say answers to energy problems could be found in algae
June 29, 2011 – KSL News
When you have a problem as big as trying to solve our energy future, sometimes you have to think big.
The Future of America's Electric Transportation System
June 10, 2011 – Utah Public Radio
Now more than just a battery that powers your car, 22 year-old engineer Hunter Wu is implementing a plan to install electric pads into the nation's highways that will transfer electricity wirlessly to a plate on the bottom of your car and allow you to drive longer without fuel, and eventually completely cut ourselves off of fuel based cars!
Electric roads – the throttle EVs need
May 24, 2011 – Business Spectator
The electric vehicle industry, long held back by consumer concerns over the capabilities of batteries and the logistics of refuelling, has received an unexpected boost from a group of scientists bunkered down in the Bear Lake Mountains, 130 kilometres north of Salt Lake City.
Shuttle Endeavour arrives at space station
May 18, 2011 – Associated Press
Endeavour and its six astronauts showed up at the International Space Station on Wednesday with the most expensive payload ever carried by a shuttle, a $2 billion magnetic device that scientists hope will unravel the mysteries of the cosmos.
SDL-built camera part of Endeavour's cargo
May 17, 2011 – The Herald Journal
Employees at Utah State University's Space Dynamics Lab watched in awe as space shuttle Endeavour thundered into the clouds at 13,500 miles per hour.
Utahns take part in Endeavour's final flight
May 16, 2011 – The Salt Lake Tribune
As the space shuttle Endeavour blasted off through the blue Florida sky Monday morning, three juniors at Hillcrest High School eagerly watched television screens.
Endeavor carrying new star camera from Utah State University
May 16, 2011 – KSL News
As the Endeavor orbiter blasted into space Monday on the second-to-last space shuttle mission, it carried a small camera designed and built at Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory.
Scientists work on in-road charging for EVs
May 3, 2011 – AUTOWEEK
Electric vehicles may work for the everyday commuter looking to cut fuel costs, but what about those EV owners looking for a road trip? How do you travel cross-country when you're tethered to your charging station?
Clouds, Clouds, Burning Bright
April 22, 2011 –ScienceDaily
High up in the sky near the poles some 50 miles above the ground, silvery blue clouds sometimes appear, shining brightly in the night. First noticed in 1885, these clouds are known as noctilucent, or "night shining," clouds. Their discovery spawned over a century of research into what conditions causes them to form and vary — questions that still tantalize scientists to this day.
NASA Releases First Batch Of WISE Imagery
April 20, 2011 – AVIATION WEEK
Professional and amateur astronomers are likely to spend decades poring over a massive data-dump from NASA that represents 57% of the take from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission, which imaged the entire sky from polar orbit.
SDL-built spacecraft releases new photos
April 16, 2011 – The Herald Journal
Images of asteroids, galaxies and stars taken from the Space Dynamics Lab-built Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer are now available to the public after NASA's preliminary release of the data.
WISE Delivers Millions of Galaxies, Stars, Asteroids
April 14, 2011 – JPL NASA
Astronomers across the globe can now sift through hundreds of millions of galaxies, stars and asteroids collected in the first bundle of data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission.
W.I.S.E. telescope provides never-before-seen view of universe
April 14, 2011 – KSL News
An instrument designed and built in Utah is about to give astronomers, and the general public, an entirely new view of the universe.
NASA Releases Millions of Images from SDL Built Space Telescope
April 14, 2011 – USURF
Astronomers from across the world can now search hundreds of millions of galaxies, stars and asteroids thanks to NASA’s preliminary release of data from the SDL-built Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). NASA announced earlier today the release of WISE data to the general public, which includes images from the first 105 days of WISE survey observations.
BAE Systems-led team delivers shipboard intelligence systems for two U.S. Navy Ships
April 12, 2011 – Military & Aerospace Electronics
BAE Systems engineers have delivered two production units of the U.S. Navy's primary shipboard intelligence system for U.S. naval forces, designed to provide greater intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and targeting capability compared to legacy systems. This first BAE Systems-built production system of the Distributed Common Ground System-Navy (DCGS-N) is now being installed onboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in Norfolk, Va. The second system is being shipped to the USS George Washington (CVN 73) in Yokosuka, Japan. The BAE Systems-led team also includes General Dynamics, Sun Microsystems, ManTech, Space Dynamics Laboratory, InVisM, Argon ST, and Athena Consulting.
Navy gets new onboard intel system
April 12, 2011 – United Press International
Two U.S. Navy aircraft carriers are getting greater intelligence capabilities with new systems delivered by BAE.
WISE Mission Spots 'Horseshoe' Asteroid
April 8, 2011 – JPL NASA
An asteroid recently discovered by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) may be a bit of an oddball. Most near-Earth asteroids -- NEAs for short -- have eccentric, or egg-shaped, orbits that take the asteroids right through the inner solar system. The new object, designated 2010 SO16, is different. Its orbit is almost circular such that it cannot come close to any other planet in the solar system except Earth.
The Art of Making Stars
April 1, 2011 – JPL NASA
It might look like an abstract painting, but this splash of colors is in fact a busy star-forming complex called Rho Ophiuchi. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Explorer, or WISE, captured the picturesque image of the region, which is one of the closest star-forming complexes to Earth.
Study of winter ozone pollution moves forward
April 2011 – Vernal Express
Ozone pollution has been a recognized problem in urban areas for more than 50 years.
UPR – Science Questions
March 11, 2011 – Utah Public Radio
Host Sheri Quinn has the latest Science Questions program. Science Questions is a weekly program exploring new technologies and advances in science. SQ seeks to answer our curiosities about the technology all around us.
Scientists aim to crack Uinta Basin's ozone mystery
February 22, 2011 – The Salt Lake Tribune
Sunshine here makes the snowy landscape glow. Turns out, the same ultraviolet rays that show off the rare beauty of these wide-open spaces also play a startling role in transforming the Uinta Basin into a wintertime factory for ozone pollution.
Bingham Center: A hub for research, business innovation
February 21, 2011 – The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah State University has had boots on the ground here for four decades. But it wasn’t until last fall that it put a distinctive new footprint in the community with the opening of the Bingham Entrepreneurship & Energy Research Center.
Energy frontier: USU scientists seek solutions to power problems
February 21, 2011 – The Herald Journal
Studying under the world's expert of inductive power transfer, it might be easy to see how Hunter Wu got a job at a Utah State University research facility right after college.
Electric Roads: America's Transportation Future?
February 14, 2011 – KUER
Imagine driving on I-80 from Salt Lake City to San Francisco and never stopping for gas. Or breathing clean air, even in winter. Scientists at Utah State University are working on a technology they hope could one day make that fantasy a reality. Kim Schuske has the first in a series of reports on innovative technologies being developed by Utah scientists.
Energy Dynamics Laboratory Awarded Utah Center of Excellence Grant for Smart Building Work
February 3, 2011 – USURF
Utah State University's Energy Dynamics Laboratory (EDL) announced today that it has received a grant valued at $40,000 from the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development Centers of Excellence program. The grant was awarded for further development of the Smart Occupancy Sensor that has been designed and is being tested at EDL.
Mapping the Sky in Infrared Light: The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
January 21, 2011 – USURF
John Elwell, WISE Program Manager, presents at Utah State University's Sunrise Session
USU professor receives governor's medal for science and technology
January 21, 2011 – The Herald Journal
An associate professor at Utah State University who also works for the Energy Dynamics Laboratory has received the Governor's Medal for Science and Technology.
Paul Israelsen Receives Prestigious Utah Governor's Medal for Science and Technology
January 19, 2011 – USURF
Energy Dynamics Laboratory Deputy Director Paul Israelsen was presented the Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology yesterday by Utah Governor Gary Herbert to recognize Israelsen’s transformational solutions to environmental issues, which foster both the economic growth and the energy independence of Utah.
