Dr. Rafat Ansari (Bio Sciences & Technology Branch) was recognized at the Vision Research Scientific Forum for his voluntary service on the selection committee of “Young Investigator Student Fellowship Awards for Female Scholars in Vision Research” held in Columbus, Ohio, on November 18, 2009.
The event was hosted by Prevent Blindness Ohio (PBO). The Fellowship Program [...]
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Prevent Blindness Ohio Recognizes Dr. Rafat Ansari
November 21, 2009 – 3:30 pm
NASA Tech Brief Published on Small X-Band Oscillator Antennas
November 21, 2009 – 3:23 pm
A NASA Technical Brief entitled “Small X-Band Oscillator Antennas” was published in the November 2009 issue of Tech Briefs Magazine, Vol. 33, No. 11. The authors are Dr. Richard Q. Lee (retired), Dr.Félix A. Miranda (Antenna & Optical Systems Branch), Mr. Eric B. Clark (Photovoltaics & Power Technologies Branch), Mr. David. M. Wilt (formerly with [...]
Software Release Award Received for Aircraft Engine Gas Path Diagnostic Methods Benchmarking Software
November 21, 2009 – 3:21 pm
Don Simon received a NASA Software Release Award for the GRC developed Propulsion Diagnostic Method Evaluation Strategy (ProDiMES) software. This software provides a standard propulsion gas path diagnostic benchmarking problem and a set of evaluation metrics to enable users to independently develop and evaluate diagnostic methods.
Additionally, ProDiMES contains a set of blind test case data [...]
NASA Invention and Contributions Board Space Act Award Received for Pulsed Detonation Engine Performance Code
November 21, 2009 – 3:19 pm
Dr. Dan Paxson received the NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Space Act Award for the technology disclosure LEW-18383-1, entitled “Simplified Pulse Detonation Engine Performance Code.” The computer code is a simplified (lumped volume), spreadsheet-based pulsed detonation engine (PDE) simulation which predicts semi-idealized, design point performance of a defined configuration in terms of flow rate, specific [...]
NASA Space Act Monetary Award Received for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Traveling-Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA)
November 21, 2009 – 3:15 pm
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) traveling-wave tube amplifier (TWTA) team from Glenn Research Center and L-3 Communications received a NASA Space Act Monetary Award for significant scientific and technical contributions to the mission.
The contribution is a novel high power, high efficiency, highly reliable K-Band TWTA capable of transmitting high volume science data and images from [...]
Mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis Has Ohio Connections
November 16, 2009 – 11:05 am
When space shuttle Atlantis makes the next trip to the International Space Station, it will carry experiments and hardware designed, fabricated and tested at NASA’s Glenn Research Center.
This mission is a utility logistics support mission and will deliver 14 tons of important spare parts, science experiments and other items in its middeck and payload bay. [...]
ASME Committee Leadership Awarded to Dr. Timothy Krantz
November 7, 2009 – 2:53 pm
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Power Transmission and Gearing Committee elected Dr. Timothy Krantz (Tribology & Mechanical Components Branch) for committee leadership. He will first serve as Vice-chair and then as Chair after completion of the Vice-chair term. The responsibilities include serving first as the Technical Chair, followed by serving as the Conference Chair [...]
Dr. Hani Kamhawi Receives Silver Snoopy Award
November 7, 2009 – 2:50 pm
On October 28, 2009, Dr. Hani Kamhawi (Propulsion & Repellants Branch) received the Silver Snoopy Award for his work with the Plasma Contactor Units (PCUs) that protect the International Space Station from excess charge build up. In addition to daily monitoring of the performance of the two PCUs currently in orbit, in August 2009, Dr. [...]
Students Semifinalists in 2009-2010 Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology
October 31, 2009 – 1:32 pm
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 [...]
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 [...]
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