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IPP FY07 Seed Fund Selections by Topic
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October 31, 2007
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Project: 2 Micron Risk Reduction Laser Transmitter For Airborne And Space-Based Doppler Wind Lidar
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: Fibertek, Inc., 510 Herndon Parkway, Herndon, VA 20170
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"A"
Project: Addition Of Electrodynamic & Mechanical Forces To Dem Software
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001
Partners: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191; and North American Sales, DEM Solutions (USA) Inc., 20 Blueberry Meadow Lane, Lebanon, NH 03766-2017
Project: Advanced Deep Throttling Turbine Bypass Valve
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812-0001
Partners: VACCO Industries, 10350 Vacco Street, South El Monte, CA 91733-3316
Project: Advanced High-Pressure Electrolysis System Development For NASA's Explorations Systems Program
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Partners: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696, Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International Inc., One Hamilton Road, Windsor Locks, CT 06096-1010
Project: Advanced Thermal Protection Systems For Hypersonic Flight In Air And Planetary Atmospheres
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Partners: Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd., The Millennium Centre, Middle Creek Road, Triadelphia, WV 26059-1105; and Fiber Materials, Inc., 5 Morin Street, Biddeford, ME 04005-4414
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"C"
Project: Carbon Nanotube Yarn Multifunctional Sensors In Composite Structures
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: 3TEX Inc., 109 MacKenan Drive, Cary, N.C. 27511; and The University of Texas at Dallas, Nano Tech Institute and Dept. of Chemistry, P.O. 830688, M/S: BE26, Richardson, Texas 75083-0688
Project: Cold Hardware Ignition Demonstration Of Liquid Oxygen-Liquid Methane For Reaction Control And Main Propulsion Engines
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696
Partners: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191; and Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812-0001; and WASK Engineering 3460 Robin Ln. Ste 1 Cameron Park, CA 95682
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"D"
Project: Demonstration Of Polymer Cross-Linked Aerogel Blanket Insulation
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191
Partners: Aspen Aerogels, Northborough, MA 01532 -2501; and Parker Hannifin Corp, Ravenna, OH 44266 -4141
Project: Demonstration Of Precise Wavefront Control For Space Optics With A Mems Deformable Mirror
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Partners: Subaru Telescope, 650 North A'ohoku Place, Hilo, HI 96720-2700; and Lockheed Martin Corporation, Advanced Technology Center, 3251 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1121; and Boston Micromachines Corporation, 108 Water Street, Watertown, MA 02472-4696; and University of California – Santa Cruz, Laboratory for Adaptive Optics, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077
Project: Development And Rapid Assessment Of A Smart, Environmentally Friendly Coating
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001
Partners: PPG Industries, 4325 Rosanna Drive, Allison Park, PA 15101-1423; and Department of Biomedical Materials Science, School of Dentistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216-4505; and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, PO Box 20036, Houston, Texas 77225-0036
Project: Development And Validation Of Foam- Metal Acoustic Liner For Attenuation Of Turbofan Engine Noise
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191
Partners: Williams International, Walled Lake, Michigan 48390 -0200
Project: Development Of A Deployable Sun Shield To Support Long Duration In-Space Cryogenic Propellant Storage
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001
Partners: United Launch Alliance, PO Box 277005, Littleton CO 80127-7005; and ILC Dover, One Moonwalker Road, Frederica DE 19946-2080
Project: Distributed Aerodynamic Sensing and Processing (DASP) Toolbox
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Dryden Flight Research Facility, PO Box 273, Edwards, CA 93523-0273
Partners: Tao Systems
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Project: Extremely High-Performance, Ultra-Low Power, Radiation-Tolerant Processor: An Enabling Technology For Autonomous And Computationally Intensive Capabilities
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099; and Coherent Logix, 1120 S. Capital of Texas Highway, Building 3, Suite 310, Austin, TX 78746-4485
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Project: Flight Demonstration Of A Lander Using Lox/Methane
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696
Partners: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191; and Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812-0001; and Armadillo Aerospace 18601 LBJ Fwy Ste 460 Mesquite, TX 75160
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"G"
Project: Generalizing Moon Tire Technology
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191
Partners: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, OH 44316-0001
Project: Glass Bubble Insulation For Cryogenic Tanks: A Field Demonstration
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Partners: Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001, 3M Energy and Advanced Material Division, 3M Center, Building 0223-06-S-04, St. Paul, MN 55144-1000; and Technology Applications, Inc., 5700 Flatiron Parkway #5701, Boulder, CO 80301-5733
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"H"
Project: Helium Superpressure Balloon Technology Validation Experiments
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Partners: Near Space Corporation, 6000 Hangar Road, Tillamook, OR 97141-0909
Project: High Temperature Materials For Lunar Lander Engine
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812-0001
Partners: Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, 6633 Canoga Avenue, P.O. Box 7922, Canoga Park, CA 91309-7922; and ATK, Launch Systems Group, P.O. Box 707, M/S 280, Brigham City, UT 84302-0707
Project: Human-Rated Space Power Systems Pallet Demonstrating Fuel Cells, Lithium-Ion Batteries And Advanced Thermal Management Technologies
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191
Partners: The Boeing Company, Seattle WA 98124 -2207; and Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc, Hunt Valley, MD 21031-1311
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Project: Ice-Ax: Isru Characterization Experiment - Astrobiology Explorer
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Partners: The Boeing Company, 5301 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647-2048; and Alliance Spacesystems, LLC, 1250 Lincoln Avenue, Suite 100, Pasadena, CA 91103-2466; and Cooper Consulting, 3436 Blackhawk Road, Lafayette, CA 94549-2327; and University of California – Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, CA 94720- 7300; and University of Kentucky Research Foundation, 109 Kinkead Hall, Lexington, KY 40506-0057; and Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bikini Atoll Road, Los Alamos, NM 87545-0001
Project: Innovative Treatments Of Dental Emergencies For Lunar And Exploration Missions
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696
Partners: Biomat Sciences 7201A Corporate Court Fredricksburg, MD 21703
Project: Integrated Systems Health Management (ISHM) Implementation And Validation For A-1 Test Stand And J-2x Power Pack
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Partners: Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc., 6633 Canoga Park Avenue, P.O. Box 7922, Canoga Park, CA 91309-7922
Project: Integrating Space Weather Model And Event Data Into Decision Support Systems To Ensure Exploration Safety & Mission Success
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696; and United Space Alliance, 1150 Gemini Avenue, Houston, TX 77058-2777
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Project: Liquid To Gaseous Helium Pump Skid
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001
Partners: Director of Research and Development, Sierra Lobo, Inc., PO Box 250, Fremont OH 43420-0250
Project: Low-Density Turbine Blade Superalloys For Improved Engine Preformance And Reduced Emissions
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191
Partners: Honeywell Aerospace, Phoenix, AZ 85034 -2181
Project: Low-Temperature, Long-Life, Compliant Wheels For The Lunar Surface And Beyond
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Partners: Michelin Americas Research and Development Corp., 515 Michelin Road, Greenville, SC 29605-6131; and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0921; and University of Hawaii at Hilo, 200 W. Kawili St., Hilo, HI 96720-4091
Project: Lunar Analog Field Demonstration Of ISRU & HRS
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001
Partners: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696; and University of Hawaii at Hilo, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 200 West Kawili Street, Hilo HI 96720-4075; and Office of Aerospace Development, State of Hawaii, PO Box 2359, Honolulu HI 96804-2359
Project: Lunar Habitat Wireless Testbed
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696
Partners: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099; and UC-Boulder Aerospace CB 429 Engineering Center Boulder, CO 80309-0429
Project: Lunar Regolith Excavation, Handling & Processing Technology Development & Demonstrations For Outpost Operations
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191
Partners: Northern Centre for Advanced Technology Inc (NORCAT), Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3A 3V8
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Project: Mission Enabling, Lightweight, Ultra Bandwidth Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (Isar) For Characterization Of The Interior Of Planetary Bodies
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: Penetradar Corporation, 2509 Niagara Falls Boulevard, Niagara Falls, NY 14304-4518; and Applied EM, 144 Research Drive, Hampton, VA 23666-1339; and The Ohio State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 121 Koffolt Laboratories, 140 West 19th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1180
Project: Multifunctional Nanocomposites for Aerospace Applications
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: Vorbeck Materials, 8306 Patuxent Range Road, Unit 112, Jessup, MD 20794; and Princeton University, Chemical Engineering, A313 Engineering Quadrangle, Olden Street, Princeton, N.J. 08540-5263
Project: Multi-Terrain Loader Remotely Supervised Leveling For Lunar Construction Development
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696
Partners: Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001; Caterpillar, Inc., 100 NE Adams St Peoria, IL 61629
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Project: Replacing Multiple Fiber Amplifiers With One For Mapping Lidars Featuring Multiple Frequency-Doubled Beams
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: Fibertek, Inc., 510 Herndon Parkway, Herndon, VA 20170-5225
Project: Risk Reduction Testing Of The Astromesh Reflector In Support Of Earth Science Missions
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Partners: Northrop Grumman Space Technologies, Astro Aerospace, 6384 Via Real, Carpinteria, CA. 93013-2920
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Project: Safer Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Cells For Energy Storage
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696
Partners: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191; and Quallion, LLC 12744 San Fernando Rd. Sylmar, CA 91342
Project: Small-Sat Technologies For Cost Effective Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Of The Environment
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Partners: Northrop Grumman Space Technology, One Space Park Blvd, Redondo Beach, CA 90278-1001; and Utah State University Research Foundation, 1695 North Research Park Way, North Logan, UT 84341-1947
Project: Spacewire Plug-And-Play Capable GPS Receiver
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: AFRL/VSSE, 3550 Aberdeen Ave SE, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-0001
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Leads, at their respective NASA Centers, have primary responsibility for creating the partnership development, intellectual property and business aspects of the proposal.
Ames Research Center (ARC)
Rich Pisarski
Phone: 650-604-1754
Email: rpisarski@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC)
Gregory Poteat
Phone: 661-276-3872
Email: Gregory.A.Poteat@nasa.gov
Glenn Research Center (GRC)
Kathy Needham
Phone: 216-433-2802
Email: Kathleen.K.Needham@nasa.gov
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Nona Cheeks
Phone: 301-286-5810
Email: techtransfer@gsfc.nasa.gov
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Ken Wolfenbarger
Phone: 818-354-3821
Email: James.K.Wolfenbarger@nasa.gov
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Michelle P. Lewis
Phone: 281-483-8051
Email: jsc-techtran@mail.nasa.gov
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Dave Makufka
Phone: 321- 861-7158
Email: David.R.Makufka@nasa.gov
Langley Research Center (LaRC)
Marty Waszak
Phone: 757-864-3000
Email: M.R.Waszak@nasa.gov
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
Larry Lechner
Phone: 256-544-5227
Email: Larry.E.Lechner@nasa.gov
Stennis Space Center (SSC)
Ramona E Travis
Phone: 228-688-1962
Email: Ramona.E.Travis@nasa.gov
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