Courses
A brief overview of some of the advances courses in this program is given below:
PEP 7397 Advanced Topics – Physiological Adaptation to Space Flight - 1 (3hr)
- Gravity as a modulator of physiological adaptation in the systems covered below
- Fluid Physics, thermodynamics, cellular level responses, systems level responses
- The microgravity environment and disruption of mechano-signaling
- Specific adaptations of physiological systems to microgravity (short and long-term
adaptations)- Muscle
- Bone
- Neuronal system
- Implications for exploration class missions
- Recent Concepts/Challenges
PEP 7397 Advanced Topics – Physiological Adaptation to Space Flight - 2 (3hr)
- Gravity as a modulator of physiological adaptation in the systems covered below
- Fluid Physics, thermodynamics, cellular level responses, systems level responses
- Specific adaptations of physiological systems to microgravity (short and long-term
adaptations)- Immune function
- Nutritional Support
- Pharmacology
- Radiation
- Implications for exploration class missions
- Recent Concepts/Challenges
PEP 7397 Advanced Topics – The Space Flight Habitat (3hr)
- Microgravity as a driving force in design
- Space craft design as it relates to human interactions
- Habitat design (space craft, Lunar and Martian)/Space Architecture
- Equipment design as it relates to human use in microgravity
- Extended mission habitat design and challenges
- Psychosocial issues and the space flight habitat
- Ground based analogues, countermeasures
Thesis hours will take the form of a capstone research experience conducted in conjunction with the HHP faculty advisor and/or NASA-Johnson Space Center content expert. This capstone experience can take the form of a traditional thesis research project relevant to human physiology in the space environment, basic or applied technology development enabling extended human habitation of space presented in a thesis format or a program management project in the space exploration field modeled on the thesis
experience employed in the Department of Information and Logistics Technology.