13 June 2018
Space scientist and ROOM board member earns top UK honour
David Alexander, a Rice University professor of physics and astronomy, director ... promote our two countries’ shared excitement for space for years to come.” David Alexander, who joined the Rice faculty in 2003, specialises in solar research and leads...
July 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... our ability to forecast and predict the impact of solar storms at the Earth. Further reading The Sun, Alexander D., 2009, Series: Greenwood Guides to the Universe, Greenwood Publishing. Storms from the Sun, Carlowicz M. and Lopez...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
Famous for being the home of mission control during the Apollo program, the city of Houston now has its very own commercial spaceport – the tenth such facility in the US. Based at Ellington Airport, its proximity to a large population limits ...
October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
...://news.rice.edu/2018/07/16/in-borophene-boundaries-are-no-barrier-2/ies-are-no-barrier-2/ About the authors David Alexander, a member of the ROOM Editorial Board, is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University where...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
..., all of which, if designed properly, can apply their solutions to the terrestrial market. About the authors David Alexander is a Professor of Astrophysics at Rice University in Houston, Texas and also serves as the Director of the Rice Space...
22 May 2020
Successful launch for Scottish space-based podcast
... on Mars in the Edinburgh Centre of Robotics. The final guest was David Alexander OBE, Professor of Astrophysics and Director of the Rice Space Institute. Prof Alexander said: “I really enjoyed being on the programme because the conversational style...
