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Major International and National Awards
2007 – 2008

International and National Awards

• R&D 100 Award:
  • Contact Angle Measurement Device (Dr. David Chao & Dr. John Sankovic, Nengli Zhang of OAI)
  • Terahertz Imaging (Dr. Don Roth)
  • Defect Clustering Thermal and Environmental Barrier Coatings (TEBCs) for Si-Based Ceramic Turbine Engine Components – Narottam Bansal, Dongming Zhu, and Robert A. Miller
    
• AIAA Fluid Dynamics Award for 2008: Dr. Marvin Goldstein
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow Elected: Dr. James Heidmann
• Black Engineer of the Year Award: Dr. Yolanda Hicks
• IEEE Fellow: Dr. George Ponchak
• Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (RNASA) Stellar Award: Dr. Robert R. Romanofsky
• Women of Color Award:
  • Technology Awards: Dr. Kathy Chuang
  • Career Achievement: Dr. Marla Perez-Davis
    
• Outstanding Paper Award: from the 11th Conference on Thermophysics Applications in Microgravity at the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF) – 2007 was “Lunar Dust on Heat Rejection System Surfaces: Problems and Prospects” – James R. Gaier and Donald A. Jaworske
• Oil-Free Turbomachinery Team Publication Selected Editor’s Choice: A paper authored by Oil-Free Turbomachinery team members Kevin Radil, Christopher DellaCorte, and former summer student Michelle Zeszotek was recently honored by being selected as the Tribology & Lubrication Technology (TLT) magazine “Editor’s Choice” for October 2007- RXT/Army/Kevin C. Radil, 3-5047 and RXT/Dr. Christopher DellaCorte, 3-6056
• Best Paper at the American Helicopter Society Forum 63, Health Usage and Monitoring Systems, for their paper “Towards a Real-time Measurement Based System for Estimation of Helicopter Engine Degradation,” Conference was held at Virginia Beach, VA, May 1-3, 2007. – Jonathan Litt and Don Simon

• 2008 Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 Award: The Novel Carbon Dioxide Microsensor developed by Jennifer Xu and Gary Hunter (Sensors & Electronics Branch), Dorothy Lukco (ASRC/Sensors & Electronics), Chung-Chiun Liu and Benjamin Ward (CWRU) has been named a winner in the fourth annual Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 Awards in the Technology category.
• 2008 Technical Advocate of the Year: Small Business Symposium – Michael Meador
• 2008 Eleven Best Papers in 110 years: American Ceramic Society – Nathan S. Jacobson, “Corrosion of Silicon-Based Ceramics in Combustion Environments”
• 2008 STLE Editor’s Choice: “Probabilistic Analysis of Space Shuttle Body Flap Actuator Ball Bearings” authored by Fred Oswald, Tim Jett, Roamar Predmore, and Erwin Zaretsky.
• 2008 ASM Award of Distinction: James Smialek. Dr. Smialek is recognized with this award based on his work at NASA-GRC in high temperature materials and his contributions to ASM and other materials related societies.
• American Society for Materials/Metals (ASM) International Fellows
  • 2008 – Dr. David Ellis

• 2007 ASME: Best paper: "Ceramic Composite Development for Gas Turbine Engine Hot Section Components", by James A. DiCarlo of GRC and Mark van Roode of Solar Turbines.
• 2007 STLE P.M. Ku Award: Christopher DellaCorte; The Ku Award was established in 1978 and is given annually to t he STLE member who typifies the dedicated spirit and hardworking attitude of the late P.M. Ku, a volunteer leader who worked tirelessly for the benefit of the Society.
• 2007 Composite Materials Handbook Distinguished Service Award: Bradley Lerch
• “Highlights of 2007” for the Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics to one of top 30 journal articles in 2007, title of paper: “Growth and Characterization of 3C-SiC and 2H-AlN/GaN Films and Devices Produced on Step-Free 4H-SiC Mesa Substrates” –Phil Neudeck
• 2007 Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) Midwest Region Excellence in Technology Transfer Award: On August 23, 2007, RCN/William Ivancic and RCI/Phillip Paulsen
• 2007 AIAA Best Aerospace Power Systems Paper: Technical paper entitled "Ultra-Lightweight Hybrid Thin-Film Solar Cells: A Survey of Enabling Technologies for Space Power Applications," AIAA Paper 2007-4721 has been named as the 2007 Best Aerospace Power Systems Paper by the AIAA Aerospace Power Systems Technical Committee. Aloysius F. Hepp; Ryne Raffaelle (Bio Science & Tech); Jeremiah S. McNatt (Photovoltaics & Power Technologies); Sheila G. Bailey, Sheila G.; Michael Jin; Sam-Shajing Sun and David Rauh (Space Environment & Experiments).
  

Local Awards

• Abe Silverstein Award: Robert A. Miller
• Steve V. Szabo: Daniel Dietrich and team