NASA Goddard has entered into a collaboration designed to enhance the science, technology, engineering and math capabilities within two Historically Black College and University institutions over the course of a three-year program. Professors and students from Alabama A&M University and Tuskegee University will be building a library of electronic designs for future spacecraft and instrument control.
Microelectronic designs for space missions must take into account harsh conditions and respond to unique demands. Designs must optimize the size, weight and power of electronics and need to take into account the harsh radiation environment that electronics are required to operate in. The researchers will utilize a design environment, which enables system-level engineers, who have no previous integrated circuit design experience, to create their own application-specific integrated circuits.
