Auburn

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Auburns Center for Advanced Vehicle Electronics
(CAVE)
Description
Benefits

• Annual CAVE subscription.
• CAVE performs research on newly available
  technologies for the packaging and manufacturing
  of electronics with special emphasis on cost,
  harsh environment and reliability requirements.
• Provide primary NASA interface to CAVE to
  influence technologies under test.
• Stimulate involvement in CAVE by cognizant
  personnel at NASA Centers disseminate CAVE
  information.

• The CAVE consortium provides a solution for
  accumulating reliability data on newly available
  electronics in a cost effective manner.
• CAVE provides a readily available test bed for
  NASA use.

Deliverables

• Semi-annual CAVE reports available through CAVE
  members web-site.

Schedule/Costs
Risks
Total ROM Cost (non-CS) 77K
Red, Yellow, or Green
CS FTEs .10
Non-NASA Organizations/Procurements Auburns
CAVE membership fee 75K

Lead Center/PI MSFC/Mark Strickland Co-Is
JSC/Geoffrey Yoder, GSFC/Mike Sampson, JPL/Phil
Zulueta Center Funding Split