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National/International Awards

R&D 100 Awards to NASA Glenn

2006

• High-power, High-efficiency, Traveling-Wave Tube

2005

• Glenn Refractory Adhesive for Bonding and Exterior Repair (GRABER)
• Polyimide Rod-Coil Block Copolymers as Membrane Materials for Ion Conduction
• MicroSensor-Based Low False Alarm Fire Detection System (MMFDS)
• NESSUS Version 8 Probabilistic Engineering Analysis Softwar

2004

• Morrison Motor – Carlos Morrison
• Nanometer Step Height Standard – Phil Abel, Phil Neudeck, Tony Powell and Andy Trunek
• ME3 Advanced Turbine Disk Alloy – Michael Nathal, Timothy Gabb and Robert Draper

2003

• PS/PM300 High Temp Solid Lubricant Coatings
• Hybrid Ice Protection System
• Microgravity Analysis Software System (MASS)
• DMBZ-15 High Temperature Polyimide
• Hi Temp Hi Load Radial Magnetic Bearing
• Pilot Weather Advisor

2002

• Atomic Oxygen System for Art Restoration
• Numerical Propulsion System Simulation NPSS

2001

• Ring Cusp Ion Engine
• Sylramic IBN Silicon Carbide Fiber
• ECOCERAMICS Env. Conscious Ceramics
• Silicon/Mullite/BSAS Environmental Barrier Coating

2000

• PMR Polyimide Extended Shelf Life Technology
• GENOA Failure Analysis Software
• Gamma-Met Titanium Aluminide Sheet
• PMR Polyimide Extended Shelf Life Technology

1999

• Tempest Server Software
• Tracker Image Processing Program
• 3D Surface Profiling with Focused Air Pulses
• Robust Ceramic Joining Technology

Professional Society Fellows

• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellows
  • Dr. Bruce M. Steinetz
  • 2004 – Nicholas J. Georgiadis
  • 2004 – James R. DeBonis
  • 1994 – Dr. Christos Chamis
  • Dr. Lou Povinelli
  • Dr. Marvin Goldstein
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellows
  • 2006 – Dr. David Fleming
  • 2005 – Dr. Ali Abdul-aziz (CSU)
  • 2004 – Dr. Robert Handschuh & Dr. David Lewicki (Army Aviation)
  • 2002 – Dr. Anthony Strazisar
  • 2001 – Dr. John Adamczyk
  • Dr. Alan Freed
  • 1998 – Chunill Hah
  • 1992 – Dr. Christos Chamis
  • 1979 – Dr. Erwin Zaretsky (2001 – Life Fellow)
• ASM International Fellows
  • 2006 – Dr. Bradley A. Lerch
  • Dr. Sai Raj
  • Dr. Hugh Gray
  • 1995 – Dr. James Smialek
  • Dr. Nathan Jacobson
  • Dr. Ronald Noebe
  • Dr. Walter M. Duval
  • Dr. Lou Povinelli
  • Dr. Mrityunjay Singh
• American Ceramic Society (ACS) Fellows
  • Dr. James DiCarlo
  • Dr. Nathan Jacobson
  • Dr. Mrityunjay Singh
  • 1993 – Dr. James Smialek
  • Dr. Ramakrishna T. Bhatt (Army Aviation)
• American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNTM) Fellow
  • 2006 – Dr. Don J. Roth
• Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Fellows
  • Dr. Christopher DellaCorte
  • 1996 – Dr. Erwin Zaretsky
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Fellows
  • 2003 – Dr. Christos Chamis
• ASTM International Fellows
  • Jonathan Salem
  • 1995 – Dr. Christos Chamis
• Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Fellow
  • 1996 – Dr. Christos Chamis
• Institute of Physics Fellow: Dr. Mark Wernet
• American Physical Society (APS) Fellow: Dr. Marvin Goldstein
• IEEE Fellow: Dr. Rainee Simons

AIAA Honors & Awards

• 2006 – Air Breathing Propulsion Award: Dr. Anthony Strazisar
• 2005 – Abe M. Zarem Award for Distinguished Achievement in Astronautics: Shawn Taylor
• 2004 – Sustained Service Award: Bryan Palaszewski
• 2003 – Info Systems Award: John Lytle
• 2003 – Aero Power Systems Award: Ronald Sovie
• 2002 – Losey Atmospheric Award: Thomas Ratvasky
• 2001 – Air Breathing Propulsion Award: Dr. John Adamczyk
• 1997 – Special Service: David A. Sagerser
• 1996 – Air Breathing Propulsion Award: Dr. Louis Povinelli

National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

• Dr. Marvin Goldstein

International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE), NDE Lifetime Achievement Award

• Dr. George Baaklini

Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Stellar Award

• Kim de Groh

Women In Aerospace 2004 Outstanding Achievement Award

• Dr. Rebecca MacKay

Federal Laboratories Consortium

• 2004 Technology Transfer Excellence Award: “PS/PM300 High Temperature Solid Lubricant Coatings and Composites”, Dr.Chris DellaCorte and Brian Edmonds
• 2002 Technology Transfer Excellence Award: “Numerical Propulsion System Simulation Version 1″

Hispanic Engineer

• National Achievement Award: Dr. Roberto Acosta

Black Engineer of the Year Awards:

• Career Achievement in Government Award: Dr. Isaiah Blankson
• Special Recognition Award: Dr. John Foster
• Outstanding Contribution in Government: Carlos Morrison

Women of Color (WOC)

• 2005 Research Leadership Award: May-Fun Liou
• 2004 Research Sciences and Technology Award: Dr. Afroz J. Zaman
• 2003 Outstanding Young Engineer: Concha Reid
• 2003 Emerald Award for Technical Innovation: Doris Britton

Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

• Dr. George E. Ponchak – three year term starting January 2006

Editorial Advisory Board of AIAA Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics Series

• Dr. Sanjay Garg – 3-year term effective January 2006

University of Wisconsin Grainger Award

• 2001 – Outstanding Power Engineering Student Award, PhD Degree: Barbara H. Kenny

Design News Magazine

• 2003 “Women in Engineering Achievement Award”- Michelle Manzo

ASM International

• 2000 – Engineering Materials Achievement Award: Moen Lifeshine Multi-disciplinary team from Moen Incorporated, the NASA Glenn Research Center and Hauzer TechnoCoating Europe.

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

• 2003 Jonathan Salem – Advanced Ceramic Award

SAE International

• 2006 Dr. John Adamczyk – Cliff Garrett Turbomachinery Engineering Award
• 2005 Kim de Groh – J. Cordell Breed Award for Women Leaders

AIAA Technical Experts

• Harolds Addy – Aircraft Icing
• Jeff Haas – Ground Testing
• Mark Wernet – Doppler Velocimetry

Professional Society Best Paper Awards

• OPNETWORK 2005 Achievement Award for “Largest Wireless Network Model Analyzed with Discrete Event Simulation” – Mr. Daryl Robinson of the Satellite Networks and Architectures Branch for his paper titled “Dual Purpose Simulation: New Data Link Test and Comparison with VDL-2,” (NASA TM 2005-213385)
• 2005 AIAA Electric Propulsion Best Paper Award for “An Overview of the Results from the 30,000 Hr Life Test of Deep Space 1 Flight Spare Ion Engine,” Sengupta, A., Brophy, J. R., Anderson, J. R., Garner C., Banks, B.,and de Groh, K., Karniotis C., Paper No. AIAA-2004-3609 presented at the 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference
• 2005 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Best Paper Award, Northern Ohio Section, “Expectations of Closed-Brayton-Cycle Heat Exchangers in Nuclear Space Power Systems”, Dr. Michael Barrett
• 2005 & 2003 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Al Sonntag Award: Dr. Christopher DellaCorte & Kevin Radil
• 2005 SAE International Charles M. Manly Memorial Medal – Concha Reid, Michelle Manzo, Michael Logan – “Performance Characterization of a Lithium-Ion Gel Polymer Battery Power Supply System for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle” (Paper No. 2004-01-3166) Oct. 4, 2005 SAE AeroTech Congress and Exposition
• 2004 Materials Research Society Meeting Outstanding Paper Award: Robert Romanofsky
• 2004 – American Ceramic Society “Richard M. Fulrath Japan-American Bridge Building Award,” – Jonathan Salem (International Award)
• 2004 – AHS International, The Vertical Flight Society, Best Paper Award in Propulsion at FORUM 60, Drs. Dongming Zhu and Robert Miller
• 2003 Cryogenic Engineering Conference, Russell B. Scott Award, Best Application Paper, “Large Scale Demonstration of Liquid Hydrogen with Zero Boiloff”, David W. Plachta
• 2003 Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2003) Outstanding Paper Award for paper titled “High Temperature Vacuum Test of a Sapphire Refractive Secondary Concentrator”, Wayne Wong and Charles H. Castle
• 2002 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers A. E. Hunt Award – Dr. Christopher DellaCorte and Dr. Mark Valco
• 2001 AIAA Ground Test Technical Committee Outstanding Paper Award, for “Simulated Space Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) Exposure Testing for Polymer Films,” AIAA Paper No. 2001-1054, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, January 2001, Dever, J. A., Pietromica, A. J., Stueber, T. J., Sechkar, E. A., Messer, R. K.
• 2001 Institution of Mechanical Engineers William Sweet Smith Prize -”Innovative Airbreathing Propulsion Concepts for Access to Space” – Woodrow Whitlow, Jr., Richard A. Blech, and Isaiah M. Blankson
• 2001 AIAA Certificate of Merit – 36th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC 2001) for paper titled “Prototype Solar Panel Development and Testing for a Mercury Orbiter Space Craft” by Carl J. Ercol, Jason E. Jenkins, George Dakermanji, Andrew G. Santo, and Lee S. Mason
• 2000 Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2000) Outstanding Paper Award for paper titled “Technology Development for a Stirling Radioisotope Power System” by Lanny Thieme, Songgang Qiu, Maurice A. White, and Jeffrey Schreiber (presenter)
• 2000 The American Ceramic Society, Engineering Ceramics Division, Best Technical Paper at the 24th Conference on Composite and Ceramics, “Multiaxial Strength Testing of Brittle Single Crystals” – Jonathan Salem and Jane Manderscheid
• AIAA Electric Propulsion Technical Committee Best Paper: Kim K. de Groh, Tina Karniotis, and Bruce A. Banks
• AIAA Microgravity and Space Processes Technical Committee Best Paper Award: Dennis Stocker, Uday Hegde
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)/International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) Best Paper Award Turbomachinery Committee: Dr. Anthony Strazisar, Dr. Michelle Bright, Mr. Scott Thorp, Mr. Dennis Culley, and Dr. Kenneth Suder
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)/International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) Best Paper Award Ceramics Committee: : Sung R. Choi, Mike Pereira, Ramakrishna Bhatt, John P. Gyekenyesi
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)/International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) Best Paper Award Manufacturing Materials & Metallurgy Committee: Dr. Timothy Gabb

NASA Agency Awards

NASA Invention of the Year Award

• 2004 – Rocket Motor Joint Construction Including Thermal Barrier – Patrick Dunlap & Dr. Bruce Steinetz
• 2001 – Hollow cathode technology protects International Space Station – Michael J. Patterson, Timothy R. Verhey, George C. Soulas
• 1996 – High Temperature, Flexible Fiber Preform Seal – Dr. Bruce Steinetz & Paul Sirocky

NASA Software of the Year Award

• 2003 Runner-up – SPACE – Jeffrey S. Hojnicki, David B. McKissock, James H. Fincannon, Ann M. Delleur, Robert D. Green, Thomas W. Kerslake, Jeffrey C. Follo, David J. Hoffman, Anthony G. Jannette, Carlos D. Rodriquez, Jeffrey J. Trudell
• 2002 runner-up – Microgravity Analysis Software System (MASS)
• 2001 – Numerical Propulsion System Simulation (NPSS)
• 1999 – Genoa — A Progressive Failure Analysis Software System
• 1998 – Tempest Server Software
• 1994 – Ceramic Analysis and Reliability Evaluation of Structures Life (CARES/Life)

NASA Turning Goals Into Reality (TGIR) Awards

2005

• False Alarm Resistant Fire Detection for Remote Cargo Components Team
• Ultra-Efficient Engine Technology Project Component Demonstrations Team
• Virtual Mission Operations Center Demonstration Team
• The Mobile Aerospace Education Laboratory (MAEL) Team

2004

• Jet Engine Containment Concepts and Blade-out Simulation Team
• Coated Ceramic Matrix Composite Components Team
• Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstration Team
• ERAST UAV Team
• Cooled Ceramic Matrix Composite Propulsion Structures Team
• NGLT System Analysis Project (SAP) Team
• Ground Truthing Team
• Hybrid Ice Protection System Team
• NASA Glenn Education and Outreach Initiatives Team

2003

• The Secure, Mobile, Wireless Network Technology Team
• Miniaturized Smart Leak Detection Sensor Team
• Turbine Airfoil System Development Team
• Fan Noise Reduction Team
• SATS (Small Aircraft Transportation System) Airborne Internet Team
• GRCop-84 Alloy Development Team

2002

• Shuttle RSRM Thermal Barrier Development Team
• Aviation Weather Information & Communications Research Team
• Turbomachinery Disk Alloy Development Team
• Engine Noise Reduction Flight Research Team
• Oil-Free Turbomachinery Team
• Iridium-Coated Rhenium Rocket Chamber Material Development Team

2001

• Aircraft Icing Research Team
• Deep Space 1 (DS1) Ion Engine and Solar Concentrator Array and Refractive Linear Element Technology (SCARLET) Photovoltaic Array Development Team
• Numerical Propulsion System Simulation (NPSS) Team
• Broadband Satcom for Aeronautical Application/Ring Buffer Network Bus-Data Turbine Team
• Advanced Combustor Fuel Injector Development Team
• General Aviation Propulsion (GAP) Revitalization Team

2005 Ronald E. McNair – NASA Visiting Professor of Astronautics at MIT – Dr. Geoffrey A. Landis

NASA Space Act Awards for outstanding scientific or technical contribution to aeronautics and space activities

Space Flight Awareness Awards

• Honorees: Dr. Anthony Calomino, Nathan Jacobson, Glenn Williams, Anita Tenteris-Noebe, Erv Zaretsky
• 2002 Honorees for Development of thermal barrier technology to increase Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor safety: Bruce M. Steinetz & Patrick Dunlap
• 2001 Honorees: “Contributions to the Hubble Space Telescope Multilayer Insulation Failure Review Board and Impacts on Hubble Servicing Missions.” Honoree Event held in conjunction with the 20th anniversary celebration of STS-1, Kim K. de Groh
• 2000 Honoree in recognition of contributions to the Hubble Space Telescope Program: Joyce A. Dever

Silver Snoopy Awards

• 2005 – Santo Padula II – contributions to the ballistics team
• 2005 – Brad Lerch – ice debris characterization resulting in improved safety of the Space Shuttle
• 2005 – Roy Sullivan, Santo Padula, Becky MacKay
• Jack Telesman – contributions to solving the cracking problem in the turbine housing of the SSME ATD Fuel Pump
• 2004 – Nate Jacobson, Juan H. Agui, Suleyman A. Gokoglu
• 2002 – Tim Gabb
• 1999 – Bruce M. Steinetz & Patrick H. Dunlap – Thermal barrier technology for Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor safety

NASA Engineering & Safety Center (NESC) Director’s Award

• Rebecca MacKay
• Erv Zaretsky

Local Awards

2006 Cleveland Clinic Innovator Award

• Dr. Alan Freed, Bio Science and Technology Branch, who supports both the Integrated Medical Model and the Digital Astronaut, was presented with this award for his theoretical work developing three-dimensional strain data for the heart using two-dimensional ultrasound images.

Cleveland Chapter of the National Technical Association (NTA)

• 2006 Science: Dr. Mark McDowell
• 2006 Technology: Dr. Malcolm Stanford and Carol Tolbert
• 2005 Technology : Dr. Afroz J. Zaman
• 2004 Technical Achiever of the Year: Carlos Morrison
• 2003 Technical Achiever of the Year: Dexter Johnson

Greater Cleveland National Engineer’s Week Committee

• 2004 Cleveland Area Young Engineer of the Year Award: Dr. Kathleen M. Tacina

Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame – Math, Sciences, and Health Services category

• 2003: Dr. Sheila G. Bailey

Cleveland Federal Executive Board Wings of Excellence Award

• Dr. Michelle Bright, David Davis, Daryl Edwards, Lawrence Greer, Susan Hennie, Erick Lupson, Linda McMillen, Kenneth O’Connor, John Pouch, S. Erline Trsek, Daniel White, Kenneth Zaremba, Bryan Palaszewski, Robert Romanofsky, Susan Hennie, Karen S. Edwards, Israel Greenfeld

NASA Glenn Awards

Glenn Distinguished Publication Award

• 2005: “Computation of Rotor Wake Turbulence Noise” – Rajagounder M. Nallasamy (QSS), Edmane Envia
• 2004: “Compressor Stall Control Through Endwall Recirculation” – Anthony Strazisar, Michelle Bright, Scott Thorp, Dennis Culley, Ken Suder
• 2003: “Effect of Branching on Rod-Coil Block Polyimides as Membrane Materials for Lithium Polymer Batteries” – Marry Ann Meador, Valerie Cubon (summer student), Daniel Scheiman (QSS), William Bennett (QSS)

Craftsmanship Awards

• 2004 Manufacturing Award: RATTLRS Inlet Manufacturing Team for the fabrication of a supersonic inlet to be tested in the 1×1 supersonic wind tunnel. Team members are Kenneth W. Guinta, Herbert Lawrence, and Richard Minter.
• 2004 Assembly and Build-Up Technology Award: John Brodkowski for the Active Stall Control of the T-700 Engine Demonstration. This involved the designing, fabrication, and installing of instrument sensors.

Szabo Award

• 2004: The Parametric Inlet Team – Concept, design, fabrication, and testing of an advanced supersonic external compression inlet for aircraft engines
• 2002: Stirling Engine Vibration Test Team – For efforts in advancing the technical readiness level and future use of the Stirling engine convertor – Jeffrey G. Schreiber, Thomas W. Goodnight, William O. Hughes, Mark E. McNelis

Abe Silverstein Award

• 2004: Dr. Maryann Meador identified and successfully developed a series of rod-coil block copolymers that produced easy to fabricate dimensionally stable films for use as ion conducting membranes to improve battery performance for future aerospace application requirements.
• 1999: Dr. Bruce Steinetz for contributions made in developing high temperature sealing technologies.

Glenn Federal Women’s Program Award

• 2000: “In recognition for your contributions to the advancement of women at NASA Glenn Research Center”, Kim K. de Groh