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IPP FY06 Seed Fund Selections by Partners (click here to view by Topic or here to view by State)

A - B - C - D - E - G - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - U

"A"
Project: ASRC/PSU - Ground Operations Health Management (GOHM) - A Framework for Intelligent Integration of Technologies
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Partners: ASRC, AK/MD; Penn State, PA

Project: Concept Study for the Application of Phase Diversity-Only Adaptive/Lightweight Optics to NASA Science Missions
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Partners: General Dynamics, VA

Project: Electronic Progonostics for Critical Avionics Systems
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Partners: Impact Technologies, NY

Project: Integrating Sensor Suites and Rover Systems for Surface Prospecting: Enabling ISRU by Human-Robot Teams
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Partners: Ball Aerospace, CO

Project: Joint Hardware in the Loop Solid Propulsion Landing System Demonstration
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Partners: Alliant Techsystems, MD/MN

Project: Lunar Communication and Navigation Satellite Network Architecture--Internet Protocol, Lasers and Small Satellites
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Partners: Ball Aerospace, CO; Cisco Systems, CA

Project: New Lithium-ion Batteries with Enhanced Safety and Power Density for Future NASA and Aerospace Missions
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191
Partners: A123 Systems, MI; ABSL Space Products, CO; Northrop Grumman, CA

Project: Self-Healing Wire Insulation - Preventing Wiring Failures
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001
Partners: ASRC Aerospace, AK/MD

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"B"
Project: Integrating Sensor Suites and Rover Systems for Surface Prospecting: Enabling ISRU by Human-Robot Teams
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Partners: Ball Aerospace, CO

Project: Lunar Communication and Navigation Satellite Network Architecture--Internet Protocol, Lasers and Small Satellites
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Partners: Ball Aerospace, CO; Cisco Systems, CA

Project: Technologies for Cabin Noise Reduction
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: Gulfstream Aerospace, GA; Boeing Commercial Airplanes, WA; Polyumac Technocore, FL; Purdue University, IN

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"C"
Project: Large Focal Plane Technology For Simultaneous Imaging and Guiding
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: Lockheed Martin, CA/MD; Rockwell Scientific, CA; Conceptual Analytics, MD

Project: Lunar Communication and Navigation Satellite Network Architecture--Internet Protocol, Lasers and Small Satellites
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Partners: Ball Aerospace, CO; Cisco Systems, CA

Project: Multi-Terrain Loader for Lunar Surface Requirements Development
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696
Partners: Caterpillar, IL

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"D"
Project: Development and Investigation of the First Stage Of a Highly Reliable Reusable Launch System
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Dryden Flight Research Facility, PO Box 273, Edwards, CA 93523-0273
Partners: General Atomics, CA; Embry-Riddle University, FL/AZ

Project: Fiber Reinforced Urethane Foam Development
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812-0001
Partners: Dupont, DE

Project: Real-time multi-mission autonomous onboard GN&C Instrument
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Partners: Draper Laboratory, MA

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"E"
Project: Development and Investigation of the First Stage Of a Highly Reliable Reusable Launch System
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Dryden Flight Research Facility, PO Box 273, Edwards, CA 93523-0273
Partners: General Atomics, CA; Embry-Riddle University, FL/AZ

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"G"
Project: Alternative Fuels for Next Generation Combustor Applications
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191
Partners: Pratt and Whitney, CT

Project: Concept Study for the Application of Phase Diversity-Only Adaptive/Lightweight Optics to NASA Science Missions
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Partners: General Dynamics, VA

Project: Development and Investigation of the First Stage Of a Highly Reliable Reusable Launch System
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Dryden Flight Research Facility, PO Box 273, Edwards, CA 93523-0273
Partners: General Atomics, CA; Embry-Riddle University, FL/AZ

Project: Development of a Continuous ADR and Integrated Control Electronics
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: Lake Shore Cryotronics, OH; Lockheed Martin, CA/MD

Project: GA-ISHM Root Cause Analysis Expansion Program- Intelligent Integrated System Health Management (I2SHM)
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Partners: General Atomics Corp., CA

Project: Infusing Environmental Knowledge into Decision Support and Planning Tools for Exploration Mission Operations
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: United Space Alliance, TX/FL/AL

Project: Large Focal Plane Technology For Simultaneous Imaging and Guiding
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: Lockheed Martin, CA/MD; Rockwell Scientific, CA; Conceptual Analytics, MD

Project: Lightweight, Cryostable, Low-Cost Mirrors for the Next Generation of Space Telescopes
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: ITT Space Systems, NY

Project: New Lithium-ion Batteries with Enhanced Safety and Power Density for Future NASA and Aerospace Missions
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191
Partners: A123 Systems, MI; ABSL Space Products, CO; Northrop Grumman, CA

Project: Technologies for Cabin Noise Reduction
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: Gulfstream Aerospace, GA; Boeing Commercial Airplanes, WA; Polyumac Technocore, FL; Purdue University, IN

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"I"
Project: Aero Performance Testing of High-Mach Decelerators and Materials Development for Inflatable Aeroshells
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: ILC Dover Research & Dev, DE

Project: Electronic Progonostics for Critical Avionics Systems
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035
Partners: Impact Technologies, NY

Project: Exploration/National Science Foundation (NSF) Habitat Field Demonstration
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696
Partners: ILC Dover Research & Dev, DE

Project: Lightweight, Cryostable, Low-Cost Mirrors for the Next Generation of Space Telescopes
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: ITT Space Systems, NY

Project: Remote Sensing of Temperature and Pressure for Improved Retrievals of Atmospheric Constituents
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: ITT Corp, IN; Univ of New Hampshire, NH

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"J"
Project: Exploration/National Science Foundation (NSF) Habitat Field Demonstration
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696
Partners: ILC Dover Research & Dev, DE

Project: High Performance Amplifiers for Science Instruments
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Partners: Northrop Grumman, CA

Project: Joint Hardware in the Loop Solid Propulsion Landing System Demonstration
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Partners: Alliant Techsystems, MD/MN

Project: Multi-Terrain Loader for Lunar Surface Requirements Development
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058-3696
Partners: Caterpillar, IL

Project: Real-time multi-mission autonomous onboard GN&C Instrument
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Partners: Draper Laboratory, MA

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"K"
Project: Cryo-Tracker Mass Gauging System Hardware and Flight Qualification Risk Reduction
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001
Partners: Sierra Lobo, Inc., OH

Project: Self-Healing Wire Insulation - Preventing Wiring Failures
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001
Partners: ASRC Aerospace, AK/MD

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"L"
Project: Aero Performance Testing of High-Mach Decelerators and Materials Development for Inflatable Aeroshells
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: ILC Dover Research & Dev, DE

Project: Development of a Continuous ADR and Integrated Control Electronics
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: Lake Shore Cryotronics, OH; Lockheed Martin, CA/MD

Project: Four-Dimensional Flight Management to support the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS)
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: Smiths Aerospace, MI

Project: Large Focal Plane Technology For Simultaneous Imaging and Guiding
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: Lockheed Martin, CA/MD; Rockwell Scientific, CA; Conceptual Analytics, MD

Project: Remote Sensing of Temperature and Pressure for Improved Retrievals of Atmospheric Constituents
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: ITT Corp, IN; Univ of New Hampshire, NH

Project: Space Radiation Analysis Tool
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: Los Alamos, NM

Project: Technologies for Cabin Noise Reduction
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: Gulfstream Aerospace, GA; Boeing Commercial Airplanes, WA; Polyumac Technocore, FL; Purdue University, IN

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"M"
Project: Fiber Reinforced Urethane Foam Development
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812-0001
Partners: Dupont, DE

Project: Validation of Cryogenic Composite Over-Wrapped Pressure Vessels and All-Composite Cryogenic Tanks
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812-0001
Partners: Microcosm Inc, CA; Orion Propulsion, AL

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"N"
Project: High Performance Amplifiers for Science Instruments
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
Partners: Northrop Grumman, CA

Project: New Lithium-ion Batteries with Enhanced Safety and Power Density for Future NASA and Aerospace Missions
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191
Partners: A123 Systems, MI; ABSL Space Products, CO; Northrop Grumman, CA

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"O"
Project: Validation of Cryogenic Composite Over-Wrapped Pressure Vessels and All-Composite Cryogenic Tanks
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812-0001
Partners: Microcosm Inc, CA; Orion Propulsion, AL

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"P"
Project: Alternative Fuels for Next Generation Combustor Applications
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135-3191
Partners: Pratt and Whitney, CT

Project: ASRC/PSU - Ground Operations Health Management (GOHM) - A Framework for Intelligent Integration of Technologies
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Partners: ASRC, AK/MD; Penn State, PA

Project: PWR - Test-Stand and J2X Engine End-to-End Integrated System Health Management (ISHM) Capability
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Partners: Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, CT

Project: Technologies for Cabin Noise Reduction
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: Gulfstream Aerospace, GA; Boeing Commercial Airplanes, WA; Polyumac Technocore, FL; Purdue University, IN

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"R"
Project: Large Focal Plane Technology For Simultaneous Imaging and Guiding
Mission Directorate: Science Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: Lockheed Martin, CA/MD; Rockwell Scientific, CA; Conceptual Analytics, MD

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"S"
Project: ASRC/PSU - Ground Operations Health Management (GOHM) - A Framework for Intelligent Integration of Technologies
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Partners: ASRC, AK/MD; Penn State, PA

Project: Cryo-Tracker Mass Gauging System Hardware and Flight Qualification Risk Reduction
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001
Partners: Sierra Lobo, Inc., OH

Project: Four-Dimensional Flight Management to support the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS)
Mission Directorate: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Partners: Smiths Aerospace, MI

Project: GA-ISHM Root Cause Analysis Expansion Program- Intelligent Integrated System Health Management (I2SHM)
Mission Directorate: Space Operations Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Partners: General Atomics Corp., CA

Project: PWR - Test-Stand and J2X Engine End-to-End Integrated System Health Management (ISHM) Capability
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Partners: Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, CT

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"U"
Project: Infusing Environmental Knowledge into Decision Support and Planning Tools for Exploration Mission Operations
Mission Directorate: Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Lead Center: Goddard Space Flight Facility, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001
Partners: United Space Alliance, TX/FL/AL

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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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