Call For Abstracts

Abstracts are only being accepted at this point to backfill current speaker cancellations. For a downloadable copy of the call for abstracts, click here.

For the abstract template, click here.

Submit your Abstract Here

We look forward to receiving your abstract(s) for the 2022 APS⁴DS Conference. Abstracts must be unclassified and contain only public releasable information. The conference is held at the full and open level and it is the responsibility of all authors to ensure the materials they submit and/or present conform to security classification guides, if applicable. Be sure to include the title of your abstract in the body of the submission (this do es not count against the 400 word count.) All abstracts should fall into one or more of the described topics on the following pages. For questions concerning submission of your abstract, please contact Sherry Johnson at sjohnson@blue52productions.com, 937-554-4671.

Topics This Year Include:

Topic 1: Power Systems and Architectures

This topic addresses the overall power systems and architectures for small and large spacecraft, as well as surface power architectures.

Power management and distribution for deep space orbiters, fly-by missions landers and probes
Design and analysis of high reliability power systems across all mission classes (from CubeSats and SmallSats to flagship missions)
Power system designs for current and planned deep space missions, and new mission concepts
Power regulation and load leveling of spacecraft power buses
Distributed and point of load conversion architectures
Approaches to fault tolerance in power systems and lessons learned from power anomalies
High voltage, high power architectures
Electric propulsion power architectures
Lunar power architectures (Gateway, surface power, in situ resource utilization)

Topic 2: Power Conversion, Switching and Transfer

This topic addresses power electronics, particularly the areas of power switching and conversion.

High efficiency dc-dc converters and power switches
Design, reliability, and radiation effects for wide-bandgap semiconductors
Digital control for spacecraft applications
High voltage for spacecraft bus, instrumentation, and electric propulsion Power Processing Units (PPU)
Reliability and radiation effects in EEE, COTS, and automotive components
3D and advanced packaging techniques for spacecraft applications
Radiation-hardened controller IC development
Distribution and cabling design and testing
Tethered power transfer technologies

Topic 3: Power Sources

This topic addresses current power source technologies, and development of advanced technologies.

Space solar cell and solar array designs and development
Advanced solar cell designs and technologies (multi-junction, III-V, II-VI materials)
Advanced solar cell materials development (perovskites, etc.)
Low irradiance/low temperature (LILT) solar array designs
Solar array modeling and testing
Solar concentrator designs
Thin film photovoltaics
Rigid deployable and lightweight solar array structures
Thermoelectric materials and device development
Thermoelectric converter/generator technology and testing
Radioisotope thermoelectric generator testing and operations
New and modified radioisotope heat sources
Dynamic conversion system development and testing (Stirling, Brayton)
Fission power systems and technologies
Compact, long life power sources (radioisotope based, alpha-volt

Topic 4: Energy Storage

This topic addresses energy storage for primary power and rechargeable systems for load leveling/peak power/eclipse requirements.

Primary cell chemistries (Li/SO2, Li/SOCl2, Li/MnO2, Li/CFx and Li/CFx-MnO2)
Primary battery/module design
Thermal batteries
COTS and custom battery cell selection, testing and space qualification
Rechargeable cell chemistries (Li-ion) for space
Li-ion battery pack design
Safe, high reliability, thermal propagation resistant battery module development
High specific energy/high power “Beyond Li” battery technologies
Low temperature or high temperature-capable Li-ion cells
Additively manufactured batteries
Battery performance, state-of-charge determination and lifetime modeling
Supercapacitors (electrochemical double-layer capacitors, asymmetric capacitors, Li ion capacitors)
Primary and regenerative fuel cells (PEM, SOFC)
Flywheels

Topic 5: Power Systems, Sub-Systems and Components for Operation in Extreme Environments

This topic encompasses all aspects of power systems and technologies as they relate to the unique challenges of the deep space environment.

Design and development of power components and technologies for extreme environments
Wide temperature operation
High temperature Venus aerial and surface exploration
High radiation environments
Low irradiance/low temperature deep space conditions
Design for long life/high reliability in deep space environment
Evaluation of radiation on power components and sub-systems
Power technologies for ocean worlds exploration and sub-surface access/exploration

Topic 6: Advanced Power Concepts

This topic focuses on advanced/emerging concepts in power technologies for deep space applications.

Novel energy harvesting concepts and designs (piezoelectric, magnetic fields, etc.)
Fusion power systems
Thermionic and thermophotovoltaic technologies
Alkali-metal thermoelectric converter (AMTEC) technology
Power beaming
In situ derived energy and power sources
Wind power for Venus exploration
Combined chemical heat/power sources