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	Research is being conducted to determine contamination issues on drive systems caused by lunar dust. + Learn More...		Advance drive system technologies to meet increased performance, reliability, and integrity requirements of future aerospace vehicles. Team Lead: Dr. Robert Handschuh Gear Surface & Bending Fatigue Drive Systems Health Management Advanced Gear Systems Gear Noise/Dynamics High Speed Gear Lubrication & Efficiency Contact: Dr. Timothy Krantz Contact: Dr. Paula Dempsey Contact: Dr. David Lewicki Contact: Fred Oswald Contact: Dr. Robert Handschuh Conceive and develop advanced concepts, utilize emerging materials, and demonstrate seal performance in state-of-the-art test facilities to meet the ever-increasing seal requirements of aeronautics and space missions. Team Lead: Dr. Bruce Steinetz Adaptive Seals Heat Shield Seals Hypersonic Control Surface Seals Hypersonic Propulsion Seals Long-life Turbine Seals Space Environmental Seals Contact: Dr. Bruce Steinetz Contact: Pat Dunlap Contact: Pat Dunlap Contact: Pat Dunlap Contact: Margaret Proctor Contact: Pat Dunlap "High-speed rotating equipment operating without oil lubricated rotor supports . . . bearings, dampers, seals" Find out more about recent technology breakthroughs in Foil Bearings, Tribological Coatings, & Analytical Modeling to enable High-Speed & High-Temperature Oil-Free Turbomachinery. Team Lead: Dr. Christopher DellaCorte Technology Overview Analytical Modeling Foil Bearings Tribological Coatings   The Tribology & Mechanical Components Branch is actively pursuing advances in mechanisms and tribology (friction, lubrication, & wear) for space exploration applications. Approaches to address the unique requirements of moving mechanical systems in orbit and on planetary surfaces, in vacuum and subjected to extreme temperature regimes are being studied, with current emphasis on long-life systems for the lunar environment. Team Lead: Dr. Phillip B. Abel Lunar Surface Mobility Components Cold Mechanisms In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) seals Lunar Dust Mitigation Technologies Contact: Dr. Timothy Krantz Contact: Fred Oswald Contact: Margaret Proctor Contact: Irebert Delgado
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