April 30, 2008 - NASA Chooses EDEM to Model Lunar Dust and Regolith

Lebanon, NH, USA (February 11, 2008)  DEM Solutions, a world leader in discrete element modeling software, has been awarded a significant new contract in support of NASA＇s exploration technology programs. DEM Solutions will collaborate with scientists and engineers at NASA＇s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to add new modeling capabilities to DEM Solutions＇ EDEM software, enabling NASA＇s Dust Mitigation and In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) programs to model the unique physical and electrostatic characteristics of lunar and martian dust and rock (regolith) in the design of new technologies for dust mitigation, and excavation, handling and processing of granular material under low gravity conditions.