Students Aobo Guo, Arielle Stambler, and Karen Inoshita are semifinalists in the 2009-2010 Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology for their team research paper “Effect of Solar Exposure on the Atomic Oxygen Erosion of Hubble Space Telescope Bi-Stem Thermal Shield Aluminized-Teflon FEP.”
The Polymer Erosion and Contamination Experiment (PEACE) team student’s paper summarizes research, overseen by [...]
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Students Semifinalists in 2009-2010 Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
October 31, 2009 – 1:32 pm
Dr. George Ponchak Approved Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
October 31, 2009 – 10:08 am
Dr. George E. Ponchak was nominated and approved to be the next Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques at the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society’s October 2009 Administrative Committee meeting in Rome, Italy.
His term starts June 1, 2010 and will run for four years. Dr. Ponchak has served as the [...]
NASA Glenn Cataracts Research Receives Enthusiastic Review
October 31, 2009 – 9:59 am
A major international publication Review of Ophthalmology in its October 2009 issue published a review article, “Cracking the Cataract Code: New Technology, New Hop/a>” written by Senior Editor Christopher Kent. The article (pages 80-87) discusses the NASA Glenn Research Center-developed dynamic light scattering (DLS) technology, the clinical trials conducted at the National Eye Institute of [...]
NASA Picks Turbojet For TBCC Engine Test
October 26, 2009 – 1:47 pm
AviationWeek.co/a> reported on October 22, 2009, that “NASA has selected a Williams International high-speed turbojet as the turbine element of its Turbine Based Combined Cycle (TBCC) engine test rig, which will be used to evaluate technologies for potential future two-stage to orbit launcher concepts.
“The 30-foot-long TBCC rig is under construction for runs at Mach 2 [...]
X-51 Scramjet Demonstrator Facing Delay
October 26, 2009 – 11:51 am
Via Guy Norris at AviationWeek.co/a>: Test officials preparing for first flight of the X-51 scramjet demonstrator say issues with the U.S. Air Force B-52 mothership may delay the first hypersonic flight attempt to early 2010. The U.S. Air Force/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)/Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne/Boeing hypersonic test vehicle was originally expected to make [...]
Williams International Building Turbine Test Rig At NASA Glenn
October 26, 2009 – 10:32 am
The Aerospace Daily and Defense Repor/a> (10/22, Norris) reported NASA “has selected a Williams International high-speed turbojet as the turbine element of its Turbine Based Combined Cycle (TBCC) engine test rig, which will be used to evaluate technologies for potential future two-stage to orbit launcher concepts.”
The rig is being built at the Glenn Research Center [...]
Atomic Oxygen Testing Facilities Highlighted in NASA’s Technology Innovation Magazine
October 24, 2009 – 8:38 am
The NASA Glenn Research Center’s unique atomic oxygen testing facilities were highlighted in NASA’s Technology Innovation Magazine for Business and Technology (Volume 15, Number 2, 209). The two-page article (written by Laurel Stauber, Cindy Dreibelbis of GRC and Nancy Oates of Fuentek, LLC), discusses the space and spinoff applications of the uniquely large GRC atomic [...]
NASA Glenn to Hold Ares I-X Events
October 22, 2009 – 3:18 pm
Reporters are invited to several events for the upcoming Ares I-X flight test at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. The test launch and flight is a critical milestone in the development of NASA’s Constellation Program that will take astronauts further into space.
Briefings featuring Glenn’s work in building and shipping the Ares I-X Upper Stage Simulator for [...]
NASA Spotlight: High-Performing Intern, Jorge Alberto Jimenez
October 22, 2009 – 1:48 pm
NASA first awarded Jorge A. Jimenez a summer internship in 2007, and today he finds himself amongst Glenn Research Center’s high-performing summer interns. Recently, Jimenez was inducted into the newly unveiled NASA Student Ambassadors Virtual Community program.
Jimenez, a Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology, or MUST intern, worked on the Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Project. His [...]
Two NASA Glenn Research Center Engineers Win Tech Award
October 20, 2009 – 1:59 pm
Sun New/a> reported on October 11, 2009, “Two employees at NASA Glenn Research Center here were among members of a team that won an award for lessening noise in a turbofan aircraft engine. The team used a metallic foam developed at Glenn.
“Team members Daniel Sutliff, of Brunswick, and Cheryl Bowman, of Valley City, were selected [...]
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