Prof. Shirley J Dyke and Julio A Ramirez visited Planet Smart City in Turin, Italy on June 27th, 2024. Planet Smart City is a global leader in smart affordable housing that designs and builds cities and neighborhoods. Their multi-disciplinary teams integrate architectural, digital/data, environmental and social innovation solutions to deliver high-quality low-cost homes, creating lasting value. Dr. Dyke’s presentation was entitled "Earth-independent Resilient and Sustainable Space Habitats” and provided an overview of the research being conducted within the RETH institute toward this vision.
This article and video, publihsed by Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), highlights how roboticists develop robots for Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats.
Future space habitats will require robots to perform autonomous actions when astronauts are not present. That's why RETHi member David Cappelleri is using machine learning to train a robot to recognize a jumbled pile of items, locate the one item it needs, and retrieve it in the most efficient way. It's one small step to creating resilient and versatile robots that can assist astronauts in maintaining future extraterrestrial habitats on the Moon, on Mars, or in deep space.
This essay of The Lunar Dispatch discusses the design of habitats on the Moon.
This issue of UConn's School of Engineering News features the RETH cyber-physical testbed.
Purdue students were interviewed on the Purdue Libraries' "Make Your Story" podcast about the 3D printed space habitat model that they developed.
This issue of Frontiers, a Purdue College of Engineering Magazine, features RETHi as one of the large research institutes headquartered at Purdue.
The San Antonio Express News highlights UTSA's involvement with the RETH Institute.
Third in a three-part series about cutting-edge structural engineering research taking place at UTSA. Sterling Reynolds's work in RETHi is highlighted.
This article is the second in a three-part series about cutting-edge structural engineering research taking place at UTSA. Dr. Montoya's work on space habitats is mentioned.
The first in a series on the structural engineering faculty at UTSA.
The Purdue College of Engineering News profiles undergraduate researcher Agathiya Tharun through a video and article.
The Purdue College of Engineering News profiles undergraduate researchers Agathiya Tharun and Nathan Stonitsch, and Dr. Ziviani through a video and article.
Nate Stonitsch, a First-Year Engineering student, presented his research project “Development and Optimization of a Thermal Transfer System for Simulating Lunar Temperatures and Possible Scenarios” during the Spring 2021 Undergraduate Research Conference. His abstract received the top award for the Innovative Technology, Design, and Entrepreneurship category.
The Wall Street Journal's 'Future of Everything' covers the RETH Institute in podcast format.
The Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium newsletter features the institute.
Shirley Dyke doesn’t see the moon as a crater-filled sphere. She expects lunar dwellings to begin emerging in a decade, helping reach out to further space habitation.
Jim Braun and Shirley Dyke are interviewed in this article, highlighting the Purdue engineers working to design smart habitats in deep space.
In this presentation, Dr. Montoya talks about the mission and goals of the institute at the SpaceATX event.
Justin Werfel, Robert Wood, and Chuck Hoberman to lead development of robotic strategies able to maintain crewed and un-crewed extra-terrestrial habitats in space and on Mars
This article from the Indianapolis Business Journal discusses Purdue University's efforts within the RETH Institute.
Herrick Laboratories at Purdue University features the RETH institute in its newsletter to alumni.
The Purdue University Civil Engineering Impact Magazine interviews several professors on the establishment of the institute.
Engineering Frontiers at Purdue outlines how the The Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats Institute will establish systematic approaches to handle failures in truly challenging landscapes.
How Purdue's Leadership and vision are woven into the story of human space travel.
This magazine article highlights the University of Connecticut's involvement in the institute, circulated to the alumni.
Dr. Shirley Dyke, head of Purdue University’s RETH Institute, is interviewed. As part of the research, the RETH Institute will build a quarter-scale habitat as realistically as possible in Purdue’s Herrick Labs.
This press release highlights the University of Connecticut's involvement with the institute, including an interview with Dr. Malla.
This article from El País in honduras, highlights Honduras native Dr. Montoya's involvement in the project.
Dr. Montoya is interviewed in this news article and video, highlighting the project that is expected to put UTSA on a global platform, with students having a part in the mission.
This article from Silicon Hills News announces the awards for the RETH institute and the home institute, highlighting the involvement of UTSA and Dr. Montoya.
This news article from Keras News highlights Dr. Montoya's involvement with the RETH institute.
This announcement from Space Ref outlines the awards of the HOME and RETH institutes.