Eric Shear Email & Phone Number

Gainesville, FL, US

Gainesville, Florida, United States

I am developing a novel way to separate CO2 from air in closed environments without chemicals or phase changes.

I experienced freefall for the second time on Mission AstroAccess Flight 1 in a successful effort to understand if disabled people can be crew members on space missions. I am expected to support Mission AstroAccess in promotion and social media activities, for up to a year after Flight 1, until October 17, 2022.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

I investigate novel ways to generate hydrogen from waste. To compete with fossil fuel-derived hydrogen, green hydrogen systems will need to be designed with integrated power generation and heat and water recovery capabilities.

Gainesville, Florida, United States

I carried out prior-art searches on innovations by UF researchers to determine their patentability. Additionally, I help the marketing team prepare documents to assist in the licensing process.

St. Augustine, Florida

I worked with several families of young deaf children in the Gainesville area to teach them American sign language in order for these children to get exposed to natural language skills in their family environment.

Toronto, Canada Area

-Numerically simulated the time- and position-dependent solar flux on Mars and orbital rendezvous at Saturn.-Developed two mission concepts for planetary exploration using small spacecraft. This required understanding of miniature ion propulsion, planetary science, Mars ballooning, payload design, CubeSat system integration, thermal control, and orbital.

Laurel, Maryland

Alpha CubeSat is a deep space 6U Cubesat technology demonstrator mission entry in the NASA CubeQuest Challenge. It relies on an innovative halo orbit trajectory to accomplish its communication objective from beyond the Moon.

Houston, Texas Area

I managed our team through the proposal, approval, preparation, and flight phases. Our team consisted of several students from different community colleges all over the nation. Our experiment investigated the adhesion behavior of water droplets on proton-exchange membranes in microgravity on the Weightless Wonder parabolic aircraft, in an effort to improve.

Bothell, WA

-Developed detailed CAD models of existing hardware and conceptual designs-Investigated the combustion and fluid dynamics of hydrogen and oxygen in a small thruster-Identified necessary components for test setups-Performed tests with bench-top laboratory equipment. -This work resulted in $750,000 in SBIR Phase II funding from NASA.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemical Engineering

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Chemical Engineering, 3.6/4.0

Master Of Science - Ms, Earth And Space Science

Planetary science, remote sensing, and time series/spectral analysis. Paid for with a NSERC CREATE Fellowship.

Bachelor’S Degree, Physics And Astronomy, Space Science

Activities and Societies: York University Rover Team, Inspiration Mars Student Design CompetitionSpecialized Honours Bachelor of Science.

Associate’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: NASA Reduced Gravity Education Program, Student Senate

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemical Engineering