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Grover A. Swartzlander, Jr. Room 3116 Bldg 76 (Carlson Bldg.) Rochester Institute of Technology Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science 54 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623 Email: gaspci (at) rit.edu (585) 475-4247 (Office) // (585) 475-5988 (Fax) (585) 475-5158 (Secretary Patty Lamb) Publications: Google Scholar , ORCID , OSA Publishing The EarthCup L1 Project: Apr 2026 Tucson Talk on EarthCup L1 Project Apr 2023 Vancouver Talk on Diffractive Solar Sails EarthCup Home Page Diffractive Solar Sails: Peer-Reviewed Publications Ukraine Red Cross/Red Crescent: Ukraine Emergency Appeal UNICEF: Protect Children in Ukraine Spotlights: Total Solar Eclipse (French New Service AFP, Ingram, Texas, 8 April 2024) Space and Things Podcast (16 June 2022) Acast Alternative (15 June 2022) YouTube Alternative (16 June 2022) Solar Sailing: The Beauties of Diffraction (Centauri Dreams by Paul Gilster, 7 June 2022) NASA backs diffractive solar sails (25 May 2022) NASA-Supported Solar Sail Could Take Science to New Heights (24 May 2022) Innovative Diffractive Solar Sail Funded by NASA Could Take Science to Exciting New Destinations (Science Tech Daily, 25 May 2022) Sailing Away Using Diffractive Solar Sails, with Amber Dubill (15 April 2022) Bi-Grating Beam Rider Press Stories U. Arizona OSC Seminar Planetary Society 2019 NASA NIAC Symposium (Mat Kaplan Interview) goto 1:14:20 2019 NASA NIAC Symposium goto 0:28:30 RIT Professor Will Develop Diffractive Solar Sails for NASA Mission Solar Sailing Soundcloud Podcast (RIT Release) New Solar Sailing Technology (RIT Press Release) Advanced Diffractive MetaFilm Sailcraft (Motherboard) Synthetic Solar Sail (Popular Mechanics) National Public Radio "Glitter Telescope Report Jet Propulsion Lab "Glitter Cloud May Serve as Space Mirror" "Light Matters" (Photonics Media) Smart dust technology could reshape space telescopes (2014 press release) Using light for flight (2011 press release) Alternate URL's: GS at College of Science GS at Center for Imaging Science Astrophysics and Space Physics Institute for Research Excellence
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