Current CURE Research Projects

• Automation of the Cassini Exposure Planning Process
• Planning the Titan Fly-Bys in the Cassini Extended Mission
• Parameterization of Atmospheric Pressure, Temperature and Density Profiles of Titan
• Monte Carlo simulation of Cosmic Rays for CHICO Observatory
• Analysis of CURE/Cassini Methane Band Images and Polarimetry of Titan
• Spectrophotometry of Janus, Epimetheus, Atlas and Pandora from CURE/Cassini Broad-Band Images
• The Age of the Universe as measured by the Ages of Globular Clusters
• Coherence of Near-Earth Meteor Streams
• Physical Characterization of Asteroids
• Testing of Underwater probes
• Gamma Ray Bursts
• Testing of Novel Optical Instruments for New Missions
• Cassini ISS I/O
• Jovian Seismological Investigation
• Infrared Observations of Blazars
• High Precision Astrometry of Occultation Asteroids
• Development of precision adaptive optical systems for space and ground telescopes
• Quantum Dot and Quantum Well Photoluminescence Emission Response to Proton Irradiation
• Thermophysical Modeling of Saturn's Rings and the White Ovals of Jupiter
• Optical Technology Development