Senses as Drivers for Space Habitats Design in Microgravity
August 21, 2021
SPACE SPECIALS: Promise of Space Architecture
September 21, 2021
Over the summer, our PhD candidate, Monika Brandić Lipińska, whose background is in Architecture but also in Space Studies, held the position of Teaching Associate at the International Space University’s (ISU) Space Studies Programme 2021.
Space Studies Programme (SPP) is a professional development course for postgraduate students and professionals of all disciplines, from aerospace, mechanical and electrical engineers, to astrophysicists, chemists, biologists and neuroscientists, to physicians, psychologists, economists and artists.
Monika was responsible for Human Performance in Space Department, where she was supervising a number of departmental activities, including Astronaut Training I-IV: Resilience, Human Performance in Analog Environments, Aerospace Human Factors, Risk Assessment and Cognitive Neuroscience and Brain-Tech Interface, Extravehicular Activity and Spacesuit Design and Space Omics Analysis workshops. Monika was also facilitating core lectures on the subjects of Human performance in Space and Space Medicine, Human Adaptation and Countermeasures, Space Psychology, The Cardio-Vascular System in Space, Neuroscience in Space and, of course, Space Architecture.
Besides teaching experience, it was also an amazing networking opportunity and occasion for introducing the HBBE to the space scene, both from an architectural and design perspective and biotechnology! Monika had a chance to talk about the use of biotechnology and synthetic biology in space applications, and present her ongoing PhD work. She also introduced our newly created Special Interest Group – Bio-Futures for Transplanetary Habitats, which aims to explore and enable interdisciplinary research on transplanetary habitats and habitats within extreme environments by emphasising bio-social and biotechnological relations.
