About CLEVER
The Center for Lunar Environment and Volatile Exploration Research (CLEVER) is one of many NASA SSERVI Centers (Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute). CLEVER will study the lunar environment and the generation and properties of volatiles and dust. CLEVER is related to REVEALS, a previous SSERVI Center at Georgia Tech.
Latest News
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Physicists Pioneer New Quantum Sensing Platform
Quantum sensors detect the smallest of environmental changes — for example, an atom reacting to a magnetic field. As these sensors “read” the unique behaviors of subatomic particles, they also dramatically improve scientists’ ability to measure and detect changes...
NASA/Italian Space Agency Embassy talk
A CLEVER representative presented a talk to NASA and the Italian Space Agency Embassy on February 26, 2024. Download and view the full slide presentation below:...
Yuri’s Day Presentation
CLEVER PI Dr. Thom Orlando presented at the 2024 Yuri's Day event at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Download and view the entire slideshow of the presentation below:...
Lunar Research and Exploration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the funding of the $7.5M Center for Lunar Environment and Volatile Exploration Research (CLEVER), led by Prof. Thom Orlando of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. CLEVER is the...
The “smell” of space!
Georgia Tech graduate student Christina Buffo was on-hand at the 2023 Atlanta Science Festival to explain how far away Pluto is, and so that attendees could smell what space smells like. Read more about the festival and Georgia Tech's involvement in the article by...
Tech Leads Lunar Research Center
Georgia Tech researchers have been selected by NASA to lead a $7.5 million center that will study the lunar environment and the generation and properties of volatiles and dust. The Center for Lunar Environment and Volatile Exploration Research (CLEVER) will be led...
CLEVER Research
CLEVER addresses three overlapping science and exploration themes. These focus on how the solar wind and micrometeorites produce volatiles, how ice and dust behave in the lunar environment, development of new materials to deal with potential dust buildup, and inventing new analysis tools to support the upcoming crewed missions of the Artemis program.
