UTSA Space

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Lunar Surface Operations

Lunar Surface Operations


Mission Needs

  • Support lunar surface operations using in-situ material

Current Expertise

  • Architecture, design, and settlement master planning
  • Computational modeling of resilient structures
  • Construction process/resource modeling & optimization
  • Geotechnical and topographic modeling
  • Lunar regolith simulants, sintering and melting
  • Oxygen, fuel production
  • Physics-based plume modeling
  • Power supplies

Contacts

Dr. Arturo Montoya
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Construction Management
Arturo.Montoya@utsa.edu