Our new research project is entitled “NASA Lunar Power Systems”.

This project is jointly sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and CenterPoint Energy (CNP) through Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).

We had the kick-off meeting at a CNP building in Houston on November 9, 2022.

The UH team consists of Dr. Xingpeng Li (power systems) and Dr. Harish Krishnamoorthy (power electronics and conversion) from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at UH.

The available funding to the University of Houston from this project is $96,000.

The ultimate goal of this project is to design a practical lunar power system - a power system supplying reliable power to support future activities on the Lunar.

We will meet routinely with the technical staff from NASA, CNP and EPRI, once every two weeks.