URC Advanced Life Support Improved Physicochemical and Bioregenerative Life Support Systems must be developed to support long duration missions such as a Mars Sprint or a manned outpost on the Moon. URC has conducted or is currently conducting work in the following areas of Advanced Life Support: Cr...

Aqueous Iodine UV-vis Absorption Spectrum Multiplexed on-line elemental iodine monitoring capability was developed as a tool for life cycle testing of the Regenerable Microbial Check Valve (RMCV) under funding from NASA's Johnson Space Center. A diode array spectrophotometer was used to continuously...

The Reagentless Chemiluminescent Biosensor flow scheme is illustrated above. UMPQUA researchers have demonstrated biosensors for the detection of hydrogen peroxide, alcohols, glucose, and dissolved oxygen. The technique, for which a U.S. Patent is pending, is 'reagentless' in the sense that as far a...

URC - Capillary Pressure Gradient Gas Liquid Separation A 3-year research effort has culminated in the design and testing of a zero-g demonstration prototype. Hydrophilic (glass) and hydrophobic (Teflon) media Capillary Pressure Gradient (CPG) cartridges prepared during the second year s work were e...

Continuous Flow Analysis Calibration Curve. Funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase I STTR Grant, UMPQUA Research and Professor James D. Ingle, Jr . of the Chemistry Department of Oregon State University have demonstrated the feasibility of a chemiluminescence based continuous on-line ch...