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Since 1995, Dynamac has supported NASA and its domestic and international partners in the testing, processing, and monitoring of life sciences experiments launched into low-Earth orbit from the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), including more than 80 scientific missions incorporating more than 160 separate experiments. Our resident scientists have designed and managed several groundbreaking biology experiments aboard the Space Shuttles and the International Space Station. We have investigated the feasibility of growing plants on Mars and the moon, developed and tested advanced bioregenerative life support systems for long-duration space travel, investigated microbial contamination issues related to planetary exploration, and developed and modified flight experiment hardware and software. Dynamac also helped to design and currently operates the Space Life Sciences Laboratory (SLSL) complex at KSC. Created under a Federal-state partnership, the SLSL houses multiple disciplinary laboratories and serves as a ground-based asset to the International Space Station National Laboratory.
Dynamac has continuously supported EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) for more than 20 years, addressing emerging environmental issues involving atmospheric, aquatic, vadose zone, and biological systems. For ORD’s National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) in Oregon, Dynamac conducts ecological research to investigate the effects of stressors on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. We have contributed extensively to EPA’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) by designing watershed and regional probability-based sampling designs, conducting field surveys, and developing ecological indicators of the condition of inland waters in 25 states. We have investigated gene flows in genetically modified crops, and begun to assess methods to determine the environmental affects of nanotechnology particles.
Under a separate contract with ORD’s National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) in Ohio, Dynamac is also supporting EMAP with field sampling along the Ohio River. We are developing spatial and spectral indicators of contaminant exposure for inland waters; processing and analyzing macroinvertebrate, fish, and algal indicator samples; developing molecular indicators of emerging contaminants; and conducting chemical and toxicological analyses of environmental samples.
Working with DoD, DOE, USDA, NOAA, and NASA, Dynamac has developed and demonstrated new technologies having life science applications, including sensors, low-energy lighting systems, waste treatment and water reclamation systems, and advanced hydroponic systems. Dynamac manages numerous Federal and state-owned specialized laboratories, including:
- AAALAC-accredited Animal Care Facilities
- Organic, Inorganic, and Mobile Chemistry Laboratories
- Controlled Environment Chambers
- Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Laboratories
- Marine Research Laboratories
- Environmental and Clinical Microbiology Laboratories
- Molecular Biology Laboratories
- Physiology Laboratories
- Microscopy Laboratories
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