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Center Director Lesa Roe was into the spirit of Hollywood when she presented Center Team Awards at the Pearl Young Theater on Wednesday.

It was a natural.

Among the award winners was the Partnership with Utopia Planitia Films, the organization that handled NASA Langley's liaison with "The Box," a motion picture that was shot at the center in February.

"They have 1,000 times the heart of the Oscar," Roe said.

Besides the Partnership, awards were given to the World Trade Organization Proceedings team, the Thermal Protection System Project team and the ARES/TDT Grond Wind Loads Check Out Model team.

The World Trade Organization Proceedings team. Credit: NASA/Matt Coffey

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The World Trade Organization Proceedings team, led by recently retired Bill Willshire, helped the U.S. defend itself in a dispute with the European Communities over allegations of government subsidies for American aviation.

Besides Willshire, the team was comprised of Linda Blackburn, Vicki Crisp, Tamara Croom , John Davis, Laura Eure, Rosemary Froelich, Kenneth Goetzke, Garland Gouger, Sam Morello, Elizabeth Plentovich, Amy Radford, Liliana Richwine, Lori Rowland, Wally Sawyer, Darrel Tenney, Mary Yeager and Sherri Yokum. Also, George Price of the Federal Aviation Administration, Frank Aguilera, Kenneth Cobb and Catherine Schulbach of NASA's Ames Research Center; David McBride of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center; Carol Ginty, Gary Seng and Robert Shaw of NASA's Glenn Research Center; Alexander Bakos, James Balinskas, James Higgins, Murray Hirschbein, Ken Sateriale, John Scholtz and Donna Sprinkle of NASA Headquarters, Shanen Pady of Tessada and Associates and Wills Martyn, the U.S. Trade Representative.

The Thermal Protection System Project team, led by Max Blosser, was charged with a range of testing duties for the head shield for Orion.

"When Orion reenters the atmosphere time after time you'll be able to remember your contribution to that," Blosser told the group.

Besides Blosser, the team was made up of Carlito Barnes, Keith Bird, Tracy Bridges, Ralph Buehrle, Charles Burtnette, Timothy Cannella, Richard Cooper, Ronald Deans, Kathy Devol, Quinton Duncan, Mark Frye, Charlie Greenhalgh, Thomas Grepiotis, Stephen Hales, Kenneth Hall, Gale Harvey, Glenn Hrinda, Jeffrey Knutson, Christapher Lang, Thomas Levin, Carl Poteet,. Chad Rice, Stephen Rizzi, Mark Roth, Salvatore Scola, Jon Swartzbaugh and Richard Winning. Also, David Mercer of Aerospace Computing; Vaughn Behun and Amy Brewer of ATK Space Division; Joel Alexa, Harold Claytor and Stewart Walker of Lockheed Martin; and Louise Odonnell of Modern Machine.

The ARES/TDT Ground Wind Loads Check Out Model team, led by Donald Keller, was charged with creating a testing a model to restore the operational capability of the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel.

With Keller, the team included Robert Andrews, Paul Aronsohn, Ronnie Barnes, Christopher Cagle, Daniel Carey, Carlos Castillo, Lonnie Combs, Janet Dail, David Fahringer, Jennifer Florance, Randy Fly, Wayne Geouge, Marion Hales, Thomas Hall Jr., Joseph Havens, Jennifer Heeg, Thomas Ivanco, Gary Johnson, John Loughlin, Earl Mathis, Charles McClish, John Meador, Phillip Milburn, Robert Myers, Edward Nisbet, Rolando Padilla, David Piatak, Darlene Pokora, Sam Pollard, Anthony Pototzky, Russ Rausch, Martin Sekula, Glenn Slayton, Joseph Allen Sparrow, Walter Wade, George West and Timothy Wood.

Also, Joseph Boyle, Gary Koeppel, Joseph Old and Vic Tumwa of Jacobs Sverdrup; and Patrice Quander-Hass and James Ramey of Tessada and Associates.

The Partnership with Utopia Planitia Films involved a Space Act Agreement with a production company to film "The Box," a remake of an old Twilight Zone episode, but now in movie form and set in the Hampton-Richmond area in the 1970s.

"It's the first time part of a feature film has been done at Langley," Rink said.

The film is set for release on March 20, 2009.

Besides Rink, the Partnership team included William Alexander, Bob Allen, Ralph Angel Jr., Carlito Barnes, Kathy Barnstorff, Yvonne Beyer, Richard Boitnott, Ashton Brown, Jose Caraballo, Dale Clark, Randy Cone, Percy Cormier, Laura Eure, Karen Evans, Jonathan Ferguson, Mike Finneran, Karen Freidt, Emitt Fuller, Ronald Geouge, Tonya Grigsby, Brian Gustin, Michael Harrell, Jerry Harris, John Hefner Jr., Allen Henderson, Keith Henry, Michael Houseknecht, Janice Johnson, Lisa Jones, Donald Kepley, Berkley Langford, John Lau, Elbert Lee, John Loughlin, Lloyd Marks, Jill Marlowe, Michael Mastaler, Earl Mathis Jr., James Mayhew, Paul McClung, William McMurry, Stephen Nevins, Laura O'Connor, George Palko, Elizabeth Plentovich, Michael Rammell, Shaun Reno, Scott Runnells, Rodney Russell, Debra Schroeder, Steven Seider, Kimberly Sheffler, Mark Shuart, Scott Simms, Douglas Smith, Anh Trinh, Jose Vega, Michael Walther, Lucy Watkins, Arizona White, David White, William Wilkerson, Lisa Yoakum and Charles Zeitman.

Also, Charlie Kempton, Mike LaWall, Tom Riely and Ricky Twisdale of the Hampton Fire Department; Robert Ashley of Accent Service Company; Laurie Roberts of Vigyan; Curtis Barbour, Kevin Barnes, Thomas Boetger, Roy Brent, William Eason, Manley Evans III, Alphonso Holt, Keith Mayes, Alonzo Randolph, Shiril Simpson, Ronald Strahle and Lorester Williams of Applied Technology Division; Claude Joyce, Jr. of ATK Space Division; Sammy Mitchell and Dwight Page of CSC/Applied Technology Division; Bonita Brazil, Kenneth Denny, Steven Dunn, Michael Ketterman, Donald Mann, John Miller, Edward Porter, Todd Spangler, Charles Ware and Eugene Wright of Jacobs Sverdrup; Michael Jourdan, Kim Merritt, Frank Ottofaro and Kenneth Van Wart of Mainthia Technologies; Leslie Elliott of NCI Information Systems; Mike Bibbo and Kevin Krigsvold of NIA; and Horace Ashby Jr., Gary Banziger, Jim Hodges, Anthony Jones, Denise Lineberry, Andrea Magruder, Emily Outen and Sean Smith of Tessada and Associates.


 
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