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EXPEDITION 10 ....................... 2Expedition 10 crew report for duty

SOFTWARE RECOGNIZED .... 7NASA awards Glenn-developedsoftware

TECHNOLOGIES TOUTED .... 8Companies recognized forcommercializing NASA technology

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New center is a catalyst for growth and retentionof technical expertise in Northeast Ohio.

Glenn and Cleveland State establish technology center

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he first and most extensive set of gaseous and particulate emissions data from an in-service commercial aircraft jet engine was obtained by a team of researchers fromNASA, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Department of Defense(DOD). This collaborative effort, called the Aircraft Particle Emissions eXperiment(APEX) Project, resulted in successful ground tests earlier this year at Edwards Air ForceBase, CA.

APEX's main objective is to characterize gaseous and particulate emissions of NASA'sDC–8 airplane and its CFM–56 engines to advance the understanding of particleemissions from commercial aircraft engines.

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Emission measurement testingwill help aircraft fly cleanerGlenn news release

n August 24, Cleveland StateUniversity (CSU), in conjunction withNASA Glenn, hosted a ceremony andreception at the CSU Convocation Centerto announce the formation of theCenter for Research in Electronics andAerospace Technology (CREATE).

CREATE will bring applied scientists andengineers from Glenn, CSU, government,industry, and other organizations togetherto advance the state-of-the-art of powertechnology and introduce this technologyinto the private sector in Northeast Ohio.

"A key objective of CREATE is to establishand strengthen a Glenn, CSU, and industrycollaboration in aerospace systems,consistent with Glenn's strategic goalsand NASA's educational goal to developthe future generation of research scientists

and engineers," said Dr.M. David Kankam, Glenn'sUniversity Affairs officer."The industry and educationcomponent serve concur-rently as catalysts for regionalgrowth and retention of Ohiotechnology expertise."

Housed in CSU's FennCollege of Engineering, thegoals of CREATE are to (1)assist in maturing aerospacepower system technologiesto levels that show potentialfor commercialization, (2)disseminate knowledge from technologydevelopment activities in an efficientmanner to effectively transfer thetechnology to the private sector, and (3)integrate these activities with the

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educational program so that studentscan gain hands-on experience fromCREATE activities. Engineering facultyand students are expected to havenumerous opportunities to participate inresearch on CREATE projects.

Glenn Center Director Dr. Julian Earls, CSU Trustee TrevorJones, and CSU President Dr. Michael Schwartz during theCREATE reception.

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Center reaches smallbusiness utilization goals

C enter Director Dr. Julian Earls attended the Annual Minority Business andAdvocates Awards Ceremony, held September 9, to accept the Center's award formeeting all of the major small business goals negotiated for fiscal year 2003.Glenn was one of four out of NASA's ten field centers recognized for reaching that100-percent milestone.

The event, sponsored by the Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization atHeadquarters, recognizes businesses as Agencywide winners for Minority Contrac-tor, Minority Subcontractor, and Woman-Owned Business of the Year, as part ofMinority Enterprise Development Week.

Glenn's fiscal year 2004 award winners who were nominated for Agencywide awardsinclude N&R Engineering and Management Services Corporation ( ( ( ( (Parma Heights),Dr. Vinod Nagpal, president and chief executive officer (CEO), Minority Contractorof the Year; Paragon Tech (Cleveland) Gail Dolman-Smith, president and CEO,Woman-Owned Business of the Year; Dr. Michael Meador, Polymer Branch, Tech-nical Support Person of the Year; and Virginia Bittinger, Procurement Division,Procurement Support Person of the Year.

On July 15, Shirley Perez, program manager for Aeronautics, Office of Small &Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and Dr. Richard Wlezien, program manager forVehicle Systems, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (both at Headquarters)participated in Glenn's 9th Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB) Forum and awardsprogram, where Glenn's winners for fiscal years 2002 and 2003 were honored.For more information about Glenn's SDB Forum and award winners, visit http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/Procure/SDBForum/SDB_Forum_Page.html. ◆

with Exp. 8 crewmembers Mike Foaleand Alexander Kaleri after a brief stay toconduct experiments under a commercialagreement between Russia and the ESA.

Sharipov previously served as missionspecialist on the STS–89 crew, whichtransferred 8000 pounds of scientificequipment, hardware, and water, andconducted the last exchange of a U.S.astronaut to Mir. Chiao, a veteran of threeshuttle flights and former chief of theAstronaut Office Extravehicular Activity(EVA) Branch, has logged an extensiveamount of EVA time—26 hours and 19minutes spread over four spacewalks.During this mision, three more navigationantennas will be installed to prepare for thearrival of the new European AutomatedTransfer Vehicle, the Jules Verne cargoship, scheduled for next year.

Many experiments from earlier expeditionsremain onboard the space station andcontinue to benefit from the long-termresearch platform provided by theorbiting laboratory. Glenn's contributionsto ongoing research include the following:

● Space Acceleration MeasurementSystem (SAMS) and MicrogravityAcceleration Measurement System(MAMS) sensors measure accelerationsand vibrations caused by crew, equipment,and other sources that could disturbmicrogravity experiments.● Materials International Space StationExperiment (MISSE), a collaborativesuitcase-sized experiment mounted outsidethe space station, is exposing hundreds ofmaterials to conditions in space, including41 samples from the Glenn Polymer Erosionand Contamination Experiment (PEACE).These samples are being returned to Earthannually to analyze their durability andsuitability for spacecraft construction.

Other Glenn-developed experimentscurrently onboard requiring crew time formaintenance and operation include thefollowing Microgravity Science Gloveboxexperiments:

● Investigating the Structure of Para-magnetic Aggregates from ColloidalEmulsions (InSPACE),,,,, a fluid physicsexperiment designed to learn more aboutmagnetorheological fluids, new smart

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hen the Expedition 10 (Exp.10) crew report for duty later this month, theywill find the International Space Station "shipshape." Last month, Expedition 9 (Exp. 9)

Commander Gennady Padalka and NASAScience Officer Mike Fincke conducted radiochecks and performed the fourth and finalspacewalk of their 6-month mission, whichwas critical to space station maintenanceand assembly.

Padalka and Fincke are slated to return to Earthaboard the Soyuz on October 18 after handingover command to Dr. Leroy Chiao, Exp.10commander and science officer, and Russiancosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov, Soyuz com-mander and Exp.10 flight engineer. EuropeanSpace Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers,the third member of Exp. 9, returned earlier

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Expedition 10 crew, left to right, NASA AstronautDr. Leroy Chiao and Russian Comonaut SalizhanSharipov.

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illiam F. Readdy, former astronautand associate administrator, Space Op-erations Mission Directorate, NASA Head-quarters, presented a Silver Snoopy Awardto Dr. J. Michael Pereira, Structural Me-chanics and Dynamics Branch, on August26. The surprise presentation took placeduring the Space Flight Awareness Hon-oree Awards in Orlando, FL.

Pereira was recognized for his expertisewith ballistic impact testing in whichhe helped identify and characterizethe complex mechanisms associatedwith the external tank foam impacton reinforced carbon-carbon orbiterleading edges on the space shuttle.His efforts proved essential in theColumbia accident investigation.

The Silver Snoopy Award is the astro-nauts' personal tribute to individualswhose single effort or long-term out-standing performance has contributedto flight safety and mission success—themain priorities for human space flight.The recognition focuses on efforts thatenhance the probability of mission suc-cess, such as improvements in design;administration; technology; production

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Pereira, center, is pictured with Readdy, right,and Bob Cabana, astronaut and deputy centerdirector of Johnson Space Center.

Two from Glenn graduate fromLeadership Development Program ei-Yen Hu, Facilities Engi-neering and ArchitecturalBranch, and Scott Thomas,Engine Systems Branch, wereamong the 19 members of the2003–2004 Leadership Devel-opment Program (LDP) whocelebrated the completion oftheir developmental year with aceremony at NASA Headquar-ters on July 26. The programparticipants, who representednine Centers, were the firstgraduates of the NASA LDP,which replaced the NASA Pro-fessional Development Programin support of the Agency's em-phasis on improving leadership skills and effectiveness.

In his address to the graduates, Deputy Administrator Frederick Gregory thanked theparticipants for the contributions they had made to the Agency as part of theirdevelopmental assignments. He also praised them on the completion of their classproject, "Achieving Mission Success in the 21st Century Through Collaboration."Gregory stated that he was particularly thankful and impressed that the class did notrecommend the Agency take on a collaboration initiative, but rather they took whatthey learned about collaboration and infused it into existing initiatives and efforts suchas One NASA, the Academy for Program and Project Leadership curriculum, andmany other efforts. As a result of their project, the 2003–2004 class identified 75collaboration best practices. A link to the full report of their findings and recommen-dations can be found on the LDP home page at http://ldp.nasa.gov/. ◆

Hu, left, and Thomas, right, stand proudly with DeputyAdministrator Frederick Gregory during the LDPgraduation ceremony.

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techniques; business systems; flight and/orsystem safety; and error identification, cor-rection, or prevention. ◆

materials that facilitate a rapid-responseinterface between mechanical com-ponents and electronic controls.

● Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures-2(CSLM– 2), a materials science experimentto analyze the mechanisms and rate ofcoarsening, a process that degrades thestrength of materials.● Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3 (BCAT–3), along-term study documenting crystalformation or phase separation of fineparticles (colloids) suspensed in liquids(such as paint, milk, or ink) in a micro-gravity environment, where the effectsof sedimentation and convection areremoved.● Capillary Flow Experiments (CFE), asuite of fluid physics flight experimentsinvestigating capillary flows andphenomena in low gravity. CFE data willbe crucial to the Space ExplorationInitiative for fluids management systems.

Glenn experiments waiting for the nextappointed flight include an additionalcomponent of the CFE already onboardand the Dust and Aerosol measurementFeasibility Test (DAFT). DAFT is designedto test the effectiveness of the P-Trak™, adevice that counts ultra fine dust particles.The DustTrak™ and custom-fill assemblywill be characterized using a virtualimpactor in a microgravity environment. Aflight-hardened P-Trak™ will be used inthe Smoke experiment slated for 2006.

In the meantime, the Glenn-designedelectrical power system continuesto power space station and light the wayto new scientific discoveries. ◆

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Cleveland Air Show

Shin Farewell

Congressionalstaff visits

Savings Bond Drive kickoff

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During an August 19 visit, congressional staff members learned about NASAGlenn's technical capabilities and how those competencies relate tothe Agency's aeronautics mission and the National Vision For SpaceExploration. The visit included a tour of the Electric Propulsion Laboratory, theIcing Research Tunnel, the Accoustical Testing Laboratory, and the SpaceExperiments Laboratory. Glenn staff also briefed the guests on keypartnerships in the areas of education and technology commercialization,along with information on the Center's economic impact on the stateand region. Congressional staff attendees represented Senator MikeDeWine, (R–OH), Senator Bill Nelson (D–FL), Senator Ted Stevens (R–AK),U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D–OH), and CongressmanTom Feeney (R–FL).

Glenn's annual Savings Bond Drive kickoff offered an educational and entertaining timefor employees on August 13. Guest speaker Michael Donnelly, former regional directorof the Department of the Treasury, provided information on the benefits of purchasingsavings bonds. Guest celebrity Markina Brown, a meteorologist for WOIO Channel 19,fielded questions from the audience on the local weather. The closing festivitiesfeatured over 50 door prizes donated by area vendors and trivia games led by Masterof Ceremonies Dennis Pehotsky, Procurement Division. Civil servants can purchasesavings bonds through payroll deductions. Pictured is Pehotsky with Brown.

Glenn employees and exhibit staff at the annual Cleveland Air Showbrought their full stock of resources and came ready to educate andcelebrate over the Labor Day weekend. Nearly 40,000 participants visitedNASA's tent and watched a video on the National Vision for SpaceExploration. Visitors could also get a picture of themselves as astronautsand learn about the dynamics of flight and important work being done atGlenn. Pictured, right, is Kathy Zona, Ulta-Efficient Engine TechnologyProject Office, staffing a wind tunnel exhibit.

On September 1, NASA managers, colleagues, and friends reluctantlysaid goodbye to Dr. Jaiwon Shin, but wished him well without reserve. InMay, Shin was appointed deputy associate director of the AeronauticsResearch Mission Directorate at Headquarters. He was chief of Glenn'sAeronautics Projects Office and a much respected and esteemed memberof the Glenn family for 15 years. During the reception, a series of presenta-tions—sprinkled with pride and humor—showed just how much he will bemissed here. Dr. J. Victor Lebacqz, Aeronautics Research Mission Director-ate associate administrator, praised Shin for his accomplishments at Glennand shared his excitement about working with him for the betterment ofthe entire Agency. Pictured, right, is Center Director Dr. Julian Earls,presenting an autographed print of the Center to Shin.

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Q: NASA Langley has just rolled out a plan to reduce SeniorExecutive Service staff, supervisory positions, and the numberof buildings it maintains. Sean O'Keefe has praised theirefforts. One of the stated goals is to reduce their overhead by20 percent. What are we doing here at Glenn that iscomparable to what has been accomplished at Langley?Who is responsible and what timeline are we working for?

LESA MEETING: LESA/IFPTE, Local 28,will hold its next monthly membershipmeeting on Wednesday, October 13, atnoon in the Employee Center, room 101.

JOINT ART EXHIBITION: The ClevelandClinic Foundation (CCF) and NASA arehosting an art exhibition entitled "The Artof Science for Space" at the CCF MainCampus, H-Lobby and adjacent halls,including the Children's Hospital lobby,from October 7, 2004, to February 14,2005. The exhibit includes NASA art,including NASA commissioned art,photographs, and graphics fromcollaborative research, models, andartifacts. An exhibit of space-themedLego sculptures by Adrian Drake(ANLX) will be displayed in theChildren's Hospital Lobby.

SATURDAY VISITOR CENTER EVENT:The Glenn Visitor Center (VC) will host"Chemistry in the Kitchen," in conjunc-tion with National Chemistry Week, onSaturday, October 16, from 10 a.m. to

A. (8/17/04) As you are aware, the Center is in the process of finalizing a completereorganization. As a result of this effort, the Center will operate in a more efficientand effective manner. There is currently no plan to reduce the number of SES(Senior Executive Service) staff positions; the number of supervisory positions willbe impacted as a result of the reorganization. Additionally, during the most recentProgram Operating Plan cycle all organizations made significant efforts to reducethe amount of Center overhead. While Center senior management is responsiblefor planning and implementing operational strategy, it is the responsibility of everyGlenn employee to support these efforts. The efforts underway at Langley ResearchCenter are necessary for the health of that center; however, there is no one-size-fits-all solution at this Agency. The reorganization of our Center is the first step inour plan to remain a healthy and viable entity.

Q. Two detail opportunities for GS–13s were posted on Today@Glenn. It was statedthat the positions would support the Center Director and Deputy Center Directorto increase the effectiveness of communication and in implementing new initiatives.

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These appear to be redundantpositions and only add to the Centeroverhead. Aren't the personnel in theOffice of Strategic Managementand the directorate offices taskedwith communications and implement-ing initiatives? Aren't we continuingto increase the Center's overheadwith these staffing actions?

A. (8/17/04) I firmly believe indevelopmental opportunities and Icreated these positions to be filledon a rotational basis for a periodof 1 year. Since these positions aredesigned to provide broadeningexperiences for the individualsunder the umbrella of "develop-mental opportunities," they areperfectly appropriate. I am en-couraging employees to considersubmitt ing applications. Thesepositions are not redundant; ratherthey are one-of-a-kind opportunitieswith potential to assist the Office ofthe Director and the Center. ◆

3 p.m. Dorothy Lukco, a surface analystin the Research and Technology Dir-ectorate, will present hands-on demon-strations for students grades 2 to 6 at 11a.m. and 1 p.m. The hour-long programwill include chemical measurement, reac-tions, and results. Students will learn whybread rises, how iron gets into cereal, howto make spaghetti dance! Reservationsare encouraged for the 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.presentations. The day will includespecial chemistry-related activities. Forinformation and reservations, call216–433–9653 or visit the VC Web siteat http://visit.grc.nasa.gov/. In additionto this event, another hands-on activitybased on the American Chemical Society's"Health and Wellness" theme will be heldin the Administration Building Auditoriumthe following Saturday, Oct. 25. Watchfor time and registration information onToday @ Glenn.

DISABILITY AWARENESS EVENT:Cleveland Signstage Theatre willperform DEAF (Dedication to the

Elimination of Assumptions andFallacies), a program that uses skits toexplore many facets of nonverbal com-munication, including gesture, mime,and improvisation, to inform viewersabout sign language, on Thursday, Octo-ber 21 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the DEBAuditorium. Refreshments will followin the DEB Cafeteria.

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Glenn will host a Return-to-Flight Symposium on Wednes-day, October 20, in the DEBAuditorium to honor over230 Glenn employees who

have been directly involved in help-ing NASA return to shuttle flight.All Center employees will have anopportunity to learn about the workperformed by their colleagues andtour facilities. Look for further detailson Today@Glenn.

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Researchers are currently analyzing this set of data andplanning a special meeting in November to discuss thepreliminary conclusions.

According to Dr. Chowen Wey, APEX project managerand environmental assessment manager for Glenn'sVehicle Systems Project Office, who led the coordinationof the tests, "Never before have so many agencies teamedto examine emissions from so many angles. This is the firststep needed to reach a complete understanding of particleemissions from commercial aircraft engines."

In recent years, fine particulate emissions from aircraft havebecome increasingly important because they are identifiedas potentially contributing to global climate change andlowering local air quality. Incomplete combustion of hydro-carbon fuel in gas turbine engines results in production ofsmall particles comprising mostly solid carbon, known as soot, and nonvolatile organiccompounds. Engine erosion and trace metal impurities in jet fuel also create metalparticles that are emitted in the engine exhaust. Additionally, volatile aerosols of sulfurcompounds and organics are formed as engine exhaust cools.

The international aviation community is interested in the potential effects of theseemissions and it has specified measurement technology and identified possible limita-tions and controls. Regulatory agencies have likewise begun to examine methods formeasuring particle emissions from aircraft gas turbine engines. "Current internationalregulations regarding visible smoke do not address and are not relevant to themeasurement of particles responsible for health effects and environmental impact,"said Wey.

APEX had two different sets of goals for the test: for NASA, it was to investigate theengine thrust's effect on particulate emissions. This was done by varying engineoperating parameters. At the same time, the EPA used a landing-takeoff cycle definedby the International Civil Aviation Organization to simulate aircraft emissions at theairport. In addition, fuel effects on particulate emissions were explored by usingthree different fuels: baseline, high-sulfur, and high-aromatic.

Researchers at these institutions are taking part in collecting the data: NASA Glenn,Langley, and Dryden; General Electric Aircraft Engines, Evendale, OH; The BoeingCompany, Seattle, WA; Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX; ArnoldEngineering Development Center, Arnold AFB, TN; University of Missouri, Rolla,MO; Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA; EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC;Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH; University of California, Riverside, CA;and Process Metrics, Inc., San Ramon, CA.

A majority of funding for these tests and analyses was provided by NASA's VehicleSystems Program, whose goal is to pioneer and validate groundbreaking capabilities toprotect the environment, make Americans more mobile, support national security, andenable new missions. Reduced noise and air pollution, as well as higher efficiency andcompletely new air vehicle concepts, are the key goals of the program. ◆

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Project Manager Dr. Wey (woman in center,in light hat) discusses the day's test planswith APEX team members. Pictured far leftis the assembly and probe stand thatmeasures emissions data.

Dr. Timothy Tyburski, Glenn's InternationalSpace Station manager and CREATEmanager, said that CREATE's mission inpart is to help develop a competency inNortheast Ohio that supports NASA'smission, and in particular, Glenn.

"To spur satellite development, NASAsuggested a CSU collaboration withthe U.S. Air Force Academy, whichrequires cadets to design and build asmall satellite," he said. "As CREATEmatures, the ultimate goal is to have anentity that engages NASA, businesses,and universities, both locally andregionally, in building unsurpassedaerospace power competencies—a NASA Glenn partner that cancompete with anyone."

A CREATE technical advisory boardcomposed of individuals from themilitary, the National Science Foundation,and CSU faculty and Glenn staff willprepare the research agenda andassess the center's progress towardits objectives. ◆

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NASA announces Software of the YearGlenn named first runner-up

A data visualization and simulationsoftware package used by Mars roversand landers, and a software packagethat can be used in aerospace and indus-trial flow fluid applications, were chosen"best of the best" software developedby the Agency this year.

The "Science Activity Planner" (SAP),developed by a team at NASA's JetPropulsion Laboratory, combinescutting-edge visualization with sophisti-cated planning and simulation capabili-ties to provide an intuitive interface toMars. Mission scientists and engineersare currently using SAP to plan thenext actions of the rovers and analyzethe data arriving from Mars.

The TetrUSS 2004 is a suite of computerprograms used for fluid dynamics andaerodynamics analysis. Originally devel-oped for NASA internal applications bya team from NASA Langley, TetrUSS2004 has evolved into an efficient andversatile computational fluid dynamicstool used by engineers and scientiststhroughout the Nation.

Glenn's TURBO–AE team was the firstrunner-up in NASA's Software of the Yearcompetition, receiving an award of$25,000. TURBO–AE is a propulsionaeroelastic analysis code that models thedynamic interactions between the unsteadyflow through turbomachinery blade rowsand their elastic structure. This softwarepredicts blade flutter and forced-responsevibrations that can result in catastrophicblade failures in turbine engines.

"Catastrophic blade failure can lead tothe loss of an engine or even the aircraft.Once encountered, such failures arenot only costly to correct but also resultin program delays, redesigns, and down-time for the entire fleet of engines,"explained George Stefko, StructuralMechanics and Dynamics Branchchief, and TURBO–AE team member."Therefore, it is critical to accuratelypredict these phenomena during thedesign and manufacture of turbo-machinery." TURBO–AE is being used at

Honeywell, GE, Williams, Siemens-Westinghouse, Air Force Propul-sion Research Labs, the U.S.Navy, and many universities.

The use of the TURBO–AE codecan enable designers to be moreaggressive in designing blades forsafer, lighter, more efficient, andquieter engines. An efficientdesign results in reduced fuel con-sumption, thereby decreasingthe CO2 emissions and directlyhelping the environment. The in-creased efficiency and reduced weightalso help reduce operating costs. More-over, TURBO–AE enables the design ofquieter engines by verifying in advancethat bold new designs will not encounteraeroelastic vibration problems.

The Glenn TURBO–AE team membersinclude Glenn's George Stefko, Dr. MilindBakhle, Dr. Dale VanZante, Dr. JohnAdamczyk, Dr. Eric McFarland (retired),Dr. Theo Keith (Glenn and University of

Toledo); Dr. Rakesh Srivastava and Dr.Aamir Shabbir (University of Toledo);Dr. Wai-Ming To (AP Solutions); Dr.Jen-Ping Chen and Dr. J. Mark Janus(Mississippi State University); Dr. JohnBarter (GE Aircraft Engines); and Dr.David Whitfield (University of Tennes-see). The TURBO–AE team's work wassupported by the Ultra-Efficient EngineTechnology Project (Dr. Robert Shaw)and the Quiet Aircraft TechnologyProject (Dr. Joseph Grady). ◆

Disability Awareness Month spotlightI n recognition of Disability Awareness Month, employees were asked, "Whatlaw or legislation do you feel has made the most impact on improvingthe quality of life for people with disabilities?"

Suzanne Aldrich, Central Process Systems Engineering Branch."The law that most impacts the quality of life for people withdisabilities is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, aFederal law that requires states to provide a 'free, appropriatepublic education' to children with disabilities so that they canbe educated to the greatest extent possible along with all otherchildren. Qualifying children are entitled to special educationrelated services at no cost to their parents."

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Debra Cotleur, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs. "In theearly 90s I saw curb cuts being put in on busy streets andramps being built here at Glenn and wondered, what isprompting all of that? I hadn't heard of the American Dis-abilities Act, but now that I'm working in the Office of EqualOpportunity Programs as the Disability Program manager,all I can say is 'Wow, what a great law!' It allows people to getout of their homes and into the workplace. Picture getting towork if you are in a wheelchair and don't have curb cuts,community responsive transit, etc."

TURBO–AE Team members, pictured are, left, to right,standing, Stefko, VanZante, Shabbir, and Adamczyk;sitting, Bakhle and To.

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Diverse technologies touted inNASA-sponsored competition

igh-tech innovation spanning a wide range of markets and industries wasrewarded during the 6th annual NASA Glenn Garrett Morgan CommercializationInitiative (GMCI) Assistance Awards ceremony held October 1. Eight U.S. companieswere selected for their success in defining, developing, and commercializing newapplications with NASA technologies or resources.

The 2004 winners and their share of the $400,000 award are cited below:

● Advanced Bionics, Inc. (Hopkins, MN), $65,000—for advancement of the LeftVentricular Assist Device system, a durable implantable artificial heart for cardiacsupport. Glenn technical monitor: John Sankovic, Fluid Physics and Transport Branch,for particle imaging velocimetry analysis of delicate fluid flow through pump.● EDAptive Computing, Inc. (Dayton, OH), $45,000—to support marketing, planning,and promoting of EDAstar, an engineering tool for defense and aerospace. Technicalmonitor: NASA Ames through the Small Business Innovation Research Program● Epsilon Lambda Electronics, (ELE) Corporation Corporation Corporation Corporation Corporation (Geneva, IL), $40,000—for evalua-tion and additional research on the reliability of microelectromechanical technologyused in their two-dimensional electronically scanned antenna. Glenn technicalmonitor: George Ponchak, Electron Device Branch, for hardware design of ELE'sscanning antenna.● Fields Process Technology, Inc. (Cleveland, OH), $60,000—to stress-test theirpatented OZ Wall insulation panels used in the construction industry. Glenn technicalmonitor: David Stark, Facility Management & Planning Office, for wind tunnel testing.● Phoenix International, Ltd. V (Brookfield, WI), $50,000—for development of proto-types for new retain-release pin shear design, purchase of tooling and dies, andpromotion of their Magnum Spike, a tire deflation device product line. Glenn technicalmonitors: Chip Redding and Bob Puzak, Engineering Development Division, and ZINTechnologies for mechanical design of clip and testing at Plum Brook Station.● TLC Precision Wafer Technology, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN), $40,000—to supporthigh-volume production and manufacturing of their metamorphic integrated trans-ceiver chip technology for use in automated control electronics, advanced communi-cations surveillance, and other applications. Glenn technical monitor: George Ponchakfor advanced testing of TLC's antenna.● WebCore Technologies, Inc.,,,,, (Dayton, OH), $50,000—to upgrade marketing mate-rials for visibility and recognition of their TYCOR™ fiber-reinforced foam compositetechnology. Glenn technical monitor: Dale Hopkins, Structural Mechanics andDynamics Branch, for ballistic impact testing.● Women on Wheels, Inc. (Cleveland, OH), $50,000—to advance their (super) sonicwashing apparatus and technology (SWAT) nozzle used for pressure-washing trucksand other large surfaces. Glenn technical monitor: Al Johns, Nozzle Branch, for nozzlepin calibration testing in Glenn's Icing Research Tunnel.

GMCI increases the competitiveness of small business, with an emphasis onminority-owned and woman-ownedfirms, in the Great Lakes and North-east regions of the United Statesby providing enhanced access toNASA technology, programs, andexpertise. ◆

NASA technologies and resources make a differencefor U.S. companies in Glenn's region.

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CFC reachesout in 2004

ach year Federal employees andmilitary personnel raise millions ofdollars for nonprofit charities throughthe Combined Federal Campaign(CFC). Last year, the NASA family atGlenn donated $400,400 to meetthe needs of others—locally, nation-ally, and around the world.

This year's CFC theme is "TimeNever Runs Out for Caring." Thecampaign runs through October 22and hopes to raise $370,000.

The CFC is a convenient way forFederal employees to support orga-nizations that make a difference andimprove the quality of life in theirhometown, in their state, across thecountry, and internationally. What-ever is important to you, there isan organization that shares yourpassion—working with children,providing shelter to the disadvan-taged, assisting the elderly, andprotecting the environment. Eachorganization included meets theOffice of Personnel Managementguidelines for the CFC.

CFC enables people to contribute tospecific organizations with very littlefinancial impact. Even a small contri-bution will make a great difference.

This year it is more convenient thanever to give. Simply visit the CFCWeb site by typing CFC into the trans-port box of the Glenn home page.There you will find information onthis year's campaign, a searchableContributor's Guide, and instructionson how to donate.

Please take the time to view theContributor's Guide and determinethe charitable organization ororganizations to which you wish todonate. Through designation, youensure that your donation goes tomeet those needs that you feel aremost important.

—Lesley Janosik2004 Glenn CFC chairperson

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his fall, a group of Glenn volunteers isconducting after-school science clubsfor fourth- and fifth-grade students atKentucky Elementary School in Clevelandand Incarnate Word Academy in ParmaHeights in an effort to inspire students tolearn about math and science.

"There's nothing better than gettingyour hands into something and seeinghow it works," Chip Redding, EngineeringDevelopment Division, explained. "Thefailures and the successes are all part ofthe learning process."

Redding was instrumental in designing acurriculum for this year's program, and is

among the team of about adozen helping to coordinate andimplement the science club.Redding also has the support of hisdivision, which is providing solderingstations and premade circuit boardsfor students.

"People who are in aerospace careerscan help develop the next generation ofexplorers," project coordinator AnthonyMiranda, technical director of Glenn'sonsite contractor Alphaport, Inc., said."Our hands-on curriculum features real-world scenarios that excite and motivatethe students to learn more about space-related math and science."

Working with area schools since 2000,Miranda and other Glenn civil servantsand support service contractors haveintroduced such topics as living andworking in space, launching rockets,and designing and building robotics.The 90-minute programs, which runone afternoon a week during extendedcare hours, challenge students atdifferent levels of development. Ideally,elementary school students could start asbeginners and become mentorsthemselves when they get older.

The support and valuable resources ofthe Engineering Development Division,the Visitor Center, and other Centerparticipants have contributed greatly tothe popularity of the science club.Through the program, students also havefound opportunities to pair up withNASA mentors, such as when they needhelp with science fair projects.

"The extended-care science club programis a win-win situation," Miranda said."Students are experiencing excitingopportunities to learn about space-related science and engineering and theaerospace industry is developing itsfuture workforce."

Onsite contractors involved in thescience clubs include Alphaport, Inc.,Northrop Grumman, and QSS Group,Inc. Glenn's LESA/IFPTE Local 28 unionhas recently committed its support tothe science club project as well. ◆

Redding gives instructions on assemblingelectronic components to Incarnate WordAcademy students during an after-schoolscience session.

Cafeteria improvement project espite significant labor reductions and other cost-cutting measures, the NASAGlenn Exchange—and thus Glenn's two cafeterias, which are its main sources ofrevenue—is nearly insolvent. Early this summer, Center Director Dr. Julian Earlsappointed Mark Kilkenny, Systems Management Office, and Exchange ManagerMark Betlejewski to set up a team to find ways to stave off its collapse.

The team members assembled to address cafeteria concerns include Tom Burke,Systems Engineering Division, LESA union representative; Cindy Martin, Exchangeemployee; Anita Arnold, Office of Human Resources; Sally Saltzman, Accountingand Reports Branch, Glenn Exchange treasurer; Kirk Seablom, Systems Manage-ment Office, a cafeteria user; and Katherine Martin, Community and MediaRelations Office, a cafeteria nonuser.

In August, the team selected two contracts for awards—one to KJT Consulting andanother to Emmaus Consulting, two independent food service experts—to analyzeand inspect both cafeterias, then report their findings and recommendations forrestoring them to profitability. In addition, at the consultants' request, the teamconducted a cafeteria user, and nonuser, survey to gain feedback on what Glenncivil servant and contractor employees expect from the cafeterias.

The findings of the consultants, along with the team's analysis and recommendations,were recently presented to the Center Director and the Director's Leadership Team(DLT) for a decision. Status reports on the project will continue to be sent to the DLTand posted along with the survey results on Today@Glenn as key milestones anddecisions are reached. ◆

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BY DOREEN B. ZUDELL

AeroSpace Frontiers is an official publication ofGlenn Research Center, National Aeronauticsand Space Administration. It is published thefirst Friday of each month by the Communityand Media Relations Office in the interest ofthe Glenn workforce, retirees, Governmentofficials, business leaders, and the generalpublic. Its circulation is approximately 6700.

Editor..................................Doreen B. Zudell InDyne, Inc.

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Managing Editor......................Lori J. Rachul

DEADLINES: News items and briefannouncements for publication in theNovember issue must be received by noon,October 15. The deadline for the Decemberissue is noon, November 10. Submitcontr ibut ions to the editor via e-mail,

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AwardsDr. Roberto Acosta, Communications Division, is among the First Annual LuminaryHonorees selected by the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corpora-tion (HENAAC) to be honored during the 16th Annual HENAAC Conference held fromOctober 7 to 9 in Pasadena, CA. Luminaries represent top Hispanic professionals inengineering, science, and technology who have made significant contributions to theHispanic technical community. Acosta is recognized for his mentorship and leadershipin research advancing satellite technology.

"Case Studies of Fatigue Life Improvement Using Low Plasticity Burnishing in GasTurbine Engine Applications," was selected Best Paper by the Manufacturing Materi-als & Metallurgy Committee from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers andthe International Gas Turbine Institute. The paper, coauthored by Paul S. Prevy,Ravi Ravindranath, and Michael Shepard of Lambda Research, and Dr. Timothy Gabbof Glenn's Advanced Metallics Branch, was based on work supported by NASA'sAviation Safety Program and Glenn's Small Business Innovation Research Program todevelop and scale up the low plasticity burnishing metallic surface enhancementprocess used to mitigate corrosion.

Dr. Rebecca MacKay, Materials Division, is the recipient of the Outstanding Achieve-ment Award presented by Women In Aerospace, a nonprofit organization dedicatedto promoting the achievements and advancement of women in aerospace and relatedcareers. Mackay was recognized for her world-renown expertise in advanced high-temperature superalloy materials for aircraft and rocket propulsion systems. Sheand two NASA colleagues (Estelle Condon from Ames, who received the LifetimeAchievement Award, and Anne Thompson from Goddard, who received the Interna-tional Achievement Award), were among six women honored for making significantcontributions in aerospace during a reception held September 21 on Capitol Hill.Information on Mackay is available at http://www.womeninaerospace.org/04mackay.htm.

Carlos Morrison, Structural Mechanics and Dynamics Branch, will receive the Tech-nologist of the Year Award, one of six award categories honored at the upcoming"Technical Achiever Awards" banquet of the National Technical Association's (NTA)76th Annual Conference. Morrison was recognized for his advancement of the bearing-less switched-reluctance motor. He also invented the Morrison motor, a hybridmotor that functions as both a magnetic bearing and a motor, and is best suited for usein a location of varied temperatures and/or other extreme conditions that exclude theuse of conventional electric motors and mechanical bearings. NTA is the premieretechnical organization of African-American scientists, engineers, architects, tech-nologists, educators, and technical business entrepreneurs.

Dr. Charles Niederhaus, Microgravity Fluid Physics Branch, received NASA'sExceptional Achievement Medal during Johnson Space Flight Center's NASA Honor

Award ceremony on August 17.Niederhaus was honored "for significantcontributions to the design of the NASASpace Hydrodynamic Focusing Bio-reactor System to support cell culture andtissue engineering investigations aboutthe space shuttle or in the BiotechnologyFacility on space station."

Ronald Everett ,Procurement Div-ision, retired onJanuary 3, 2004, with39 years of NASAservice.

Robert Reminder, II, EngineeringDevelopment Division, retired on May31, 2004, with 30 years of NASA service.

Charles Barrett, Materials Division, re-tired on August 31, 2004, with 48 yearsof NASA service.

Joseph Balombin, Microgravity ScienceDivision, retired on September 30, 2004,with 39 years of NASA service.

Everett

Dr. Acosta Dr. Gabb Dr. MacKay Dr. Niederhaus

Job Assignment: I'm a biophysicistworking on the bone loss problemexperienced by astronauts inmicrogravity. I recently movedfrom Microgravity Fluid Physicsto the new Bioscience andTechnology Branch.

Time at NASA: I've been here 12years—4 years as a NASA civilservant, and 8 years with varioussupport service contractors.

Describe your family: I have awonderful, beautiful wife,Lynnette. We've been married5 years and live in Brunswick

Hills. We have two adorable daughters, Nicole, 3, and Sarah, 2.

Dream job: Science Advisor to the President of the United States

Advice for the President of the United States: Increase funding to NASAscientists and the National Science Foundation.

Hobbies/interests outside of NASA: I like growing giant pumpkins. It'sintense and it's extreme. There is a special variety of seed that has been bredto yield big pumpkins, and you also need good soil and many hours of workevery week. It's not a leisure activity. The growing season is 6 months long,and there's a lot that can go wrong at any time. It's very exciting to see a fruitgrowing 25+ pounds a day, but it's no time for summer vacation. My personalbest was last year at 666.5 pounds, and this year I'm hoping to break 700.Last year I placed 18th at a local regional weigh-off. First place weighed 1370pounds, which was a world record for about 4 hours, until one on thewest coast weighed in a few pounds heavier.

Philosophy to live by: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

Person you most admire: Jesus. If you admire anyone or anything more thanhim, you're probably going to take some heat for it sooner or later.

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OCTOBER 2004

a closer look at our colleagues

Greg Zimmerli

Zimmerli with one of his hefty pumpkins.This one doubled as a jack-o-lantern.

Captain Byron Batthauer,,,,, USNR, 74,who retired as chiefpilot of Flight Opera-tions in 1994 with 35years of Federal ser-vice, recently died.Batthauer was the re-cipient of NASA'sExceptional ServiceMedal for improve-ments to research,productivity, andsafe operation of the Center's FlightOperations. He was a member of theAdvanced Turboprop Project Team thatreceived the Collier Aviation Trophy, con-sidered the most prized American aero-nautical award in 1987. During his careeras an aerospace researcher and test pilotat NASA, flight checkouts were earned inmore than 40 different aircraft with over20,000 hours of logged flight time.Batthauer was inducted into the Societyof Experimental Test Pilots, an organiza-tion of approximately 2000 membersfrom 30 countries. Throughout his careerat NASA, he also maintained a commit-ment of service to the U.S. Naval Reserve.

Warren "Ned" Emley,Jr., , , , , 88, who retired in1974 after 35 years ofFederal service, re-cently died. Emley wasa mechanical engineerinvolved in concept,design, and construc-tion of several NASAground test facilities

for flight propulsion systems, includingwind tunnels and rocket stands in Ohio,Nevada, and California.

Martin Braun, 88, who retired after 23years of Federal service, recently died.He served as an engineer in TechnicalManagement Systems prior to hisretirement in 1986.

Batthauer

Emley, Jr.

AFGE MEETING: AFGE Local 2182 willhold its next monthly membershipmeeting on Wednesday, November 3,at 5 p.m., at Denny's Restaurant, 25912Lorain Road, North Olmsted. All mem-bers are encouraged to attend.

NATIVE AMERICAN OBSERVANCE–VETERANS AWARENESS PROGRAM:Keith Little, a U.S. Marine Corps NavajoCode Talker, will be the keynote speakerfor two events on Wednesday, Novem-ber 10, in the DEB Auditorium. As partof the Native American Month Obser-vance program, Little, a member of theNavajo Nation from Cyrstal, NM, willspeak from 10 to noon, on the theme,"Expanding the Circle." From 1 to 2 p.m.,he will speak at the National VeteransAwareness Recognition Ceremony onserving as a WWII Code Talker.

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hat is 90 decibels? Give me earpieces for 30, please!

To support employee education in occu-pational hearing conservation, Glenn'sAcoustical Testing Laboratory (ATL) hasproduced JeopEARdy, an interactivemultimedia training resource that emu-lates the familiar Jeopardy game.

JeopEARdy is presented in an easy-to-useMicrosoft PowerPoint format (accompa-nied by additional linked files containingsounds, videos, and other resources).The game's graphic interface utilizesthe JeopEARdy grid with six topics andfive answers under each topic withvalues of 10 to 50. There is also a FinalJeopEARdy question. The game may beplayed in its ready-to-use form or may becustomized to meet the specific needs ofthe audience and instructor. TheJeopEARdy CD also contains tutorials on

Glenn produces multimediatraining resource to save hearing

selected technical topicsrelated to developing mul-timedia PowerPoint shows.

Beth Cooper, Glenn's ATLmanager, collaboratedwith Dr. Dick Danielson ofNASA Johnson's Audio-logy and Hearing Conser-vation Clinic, to createJeopEARdy as a trainingresource that could also serve as a vehiclefor demonstrating the advancedPowerPoint techniques that can greatlyenhance hearing conservation training.

"Members of Glenn's Imaging Tech-nology Center were heavily involved inproducing JeopEARdy, and Glenn sum-mer intern Nick Hawes from theCleveland Institute of Art created theJeopEARdy logo and some of the otherillustrations that appear in the JeopEARdy

game," Cooper said. "Most of thephotographs in the game are of Glennemployees, including a band that ap-pears in one of the video clips."

For information about JeopEARdy orother educational outreach productsdeveloped and distributed by the GlennATL, please visit the ATL Web site athttp://acousticaltest.grc.nasa.gov. ◆

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