PUBLICATIONS

Closed Bioregenerative Life Support Systems: Applicability to Hot Deserts, Advances in Space Research, May 10, 2010.

Water scarcity in hot deserts, which cover about one-fifth of the Earth’s land area, along with rapid expansion of hot deserts into arable lands is one of the key global environmental problems. As hot deserts are extreme habitats characterized by the availability of solar energy with a nearly complete absence of organic life and water, space technology achievements in designing closed ecological systems may be applicable to the design of sustainable settlements in the deserts. This review discusses the key space technology findings for closed biogenerative life support systems, which can simultaneously produce food, water, nutrients, fertilizers, process wastes, and revitalize air, that can be applied to hot deserts.

New Yorkers: Let us get on bicycles!, OpEdNews, May 30, 2009.

A comprehensive bicycling infrastructure for daily commute can be an efficient and environmentally-friendly way for addressing the growing transportation, environmental, and health issues in New York City.

Is Sustainable Development of Deserts Feasible?, OpEdNews, April 30, 2009.

Systems approach and space technology experience in life-support systems design may be used for revitalizing deserts and opposing desertification.

Innovation as a Remedy for the Crisis, OpEdNews, April 16, 2009.

The main causes of the crisis are the lack of innovation and progress in the fields related to our primary needs, such as health, transportation, energy, education, water, housing, food, information, and communication. The proposed solution is to launch a nationwide investment program specifically directed towards developing products and services that address the primary needs of people.