Dr. Olga Bannova
Director, SICSA
Research Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
obannova [at] central.uh.edu
The SICSA Space Architecture XR lab/ Immersive Design & Validation Space (IDVS) develops and tests innovative methods for testing and evaluating designs of space habitats with integrated crew Concepts of Operations (ConOps) that include crew performance scenarios and tasks required by a specific space exploration mission’s goals and objectives. The scope of research is related to previous research conducted by SICSA and aimed at developing and testing the application of Mixed Reality (XR) technologies with the use of low-fidelity mockups as a design evaluation methodology. Part of the developed strategy suggests application of multi-user methodology that offers testing the environment with the mission-defined number of crew and under mission-specific settings.
Researcher Interests and Skills:
This project is best suited to students interested in virtual reality, computer aided design and simulations. The summer project will expose students to space habitat design protocols, human factors and VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality) and MR (Mixed Reality) technologies applications.