LABORATORY FOR EXPERIMENTAL & AQUEOUS PLANETOLOGY (LEAP)

LEAP under construction since Fall 2023

Instruments delivered, undergrad. student Elena working with Fischer representative Andy to setup LEAP

Packages delivered & ready for unboxing

Undergraduate student Amy & Gavin unboxing instruments

Unboxing of the Anaerobic chamber

Kimberly & Kelly setting up the Anaerobic Chamber

Coy-Anaerobic chamber

Primary workforce of LEAP installed

Current LEAP facilities…

THE MULTI-PLANET SURFACE SIMULATOR (MPS2)

The Design of this Simulator (MPS2) will be an Experimental Facility for the Continuous Monitoring of Chemical Processes on Planetary (Sub)Surface.
Current ‘chamber facilities’ commonly fall short in 3 critical aspects: (1) chemical reactions start before the system reaches equilibrium with the chamber conditions, (2) limited access to chemical systems during the course of the reaction, and (3) limited adaptability of one chamber to simulate surface conditions of different planets.
I am designing the Multi-Planetary Surface Simulator (MPS2) for my lab that will solve the above shortcomings. MPS2 will be used to simulate the surface conditions of various planetary bodies of the solar system by manipulating the temperature (T), pressure (P), gas composition (X), relative humidity (RH), and radiation (Rad).

CAD model of different ‘End Effectors’ designed for MPS2

CAD model of MPS2