Laser-Photovoltaic Wireless Power Transmission

The Boeing Company/Phantom Works Engineering, 2001-02

Liaison(s): Seth Potter, Mark Henley, Robert Rice
Advisor(s): James Rosenberg
Students(s): Tadashi Nagao (TL), Kevin Ota, Eric Verner, Galway O’Mahony, Morgan Cross

NASA is currently working on an exploration of craters at the moon’s poles. In order for rovers to explore these craters, a means of wireless power transmission to the rovers is needed. The Clinic team will design, implement, and test an optical module that will transmit the needed power efficiently. This module will be a part of the larger system to be designed by Boeing.