NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

By: Jim Hodges

Teams that set up a scholars program, that set up several management systems, that explored weather in the Arctic, repaired a laser in space, built a liquid nitrogen facility, refurbished a building, made flying safer and built a mockup that will change the future on the moon were honored Wednesday at the Reid Conference Center.

It was the first of what will be several team award ceremonies that will honor 37 projects over the summer at NASA Langley.

"Each of these teams has successfully delivered on a commitment," Lesa Roe, Langley's center director, said in introducing the ceremony.

Lesa Roe, NASA Langley's center director, presents Chris Giersch an award as a member of the Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology team during a ceremony Tuesday at the Reid Conference Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith

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In its first year, the Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars team implemented a pilot program that involved 46 students from across the state.

Receiving awards were team lead Roger Hathaway and members Amber Agge-Dehart, Va. Space Grant Consortium; Donis Anders, LARC Cafeteria/Exchange; John Bailey, Tessada and Associates; Terry Benson, Tessada and Associates; Barbara Besal, VSGC/Virginia Beach City Schools; Gaudy Bezos-O'Connor; Lance Burke; Gamaliel Cherry; Cherry Cleghorn; Tim Couillard, VSGC/Chesterfield County Schools; Amanda Cutright; Presun Desai; Melvin Ferebee; Mark Fischer, National Space Grant Consortium; Franklin Fitzgerald; Christopher Giersch, Va. Tech; Guillermo Gonzalez; Charlie Harris; Glenn Hines; Melissa Holland, VSGC/Hampton University; Nancy Holloway; Janis Hunt, Tessada and Associates; Stan Husch, NCI; Kimberly Land, Tessada and Associates; Donna Lawson; Lauren Lott, VSGC/Hampton University; Andrea Magruder, Tessada and Associates; Barbara Mann, VSGC; Debbie Martinez; Dollie McCown; Judy McGee, VSGC; Karen Miller, Ricks-VSGC/Portsmouth City Schools; Brenda Neil, VSGC; Frank Peri; Jill Prince; Debbie Ross, VSGC; Marianne Rudisill; Kristina Ruhlman, Tessada and Associates; Mary Sandy, VSGC; Ron Shaneyfelt, VSGC/Virginia Beach City Schools; Robert Singleterry; Marny Skora; Sean Smith, Tessada and Associates; Sam Soleakhena, VSGC/Old Dominion University; Scott Striepe; Patrick Troutman; Gwendolyn Wheatle, Penn State.

The Langley Integrated Property Management Plant, Property and Equipment Center Implementation Team was charged with bringing together participation in some new systems.

Receiving awards were team lead Carmen Torres-Nisbet and members Marquetta Allen, Tessada and Associates; Tori Batten, Raytheon; Jeannine Bennett, Booz Allen Hamilton; Patricia Bennington, NCI; Morton Boston; Roslyn Boyd, NCI; Lolia Deal, Tessada and Associates; Theresa Elliott; Cody Flowers; Jane Gage; Robert Gates, SAIC; Angelo Harris, Tessada and Associates; Charles Harris; Betty Hoerger, Raytheon; Michelle Johnson, NCI; Michelle Leboffe, Tessada and Associates; Robert Maloney, Raytheon; Robert Medina, Tessada and Associates; Catherine Morris; Deborah Nelson, Raytheon; James Ogiba, GENEX; Michael Paraska, Raytheon; Autumn Picotte, Raytheon; Tracey Powell; Tracee Rice, Raytheon; Theodore Sidehamer, NCI; Cathleen Sisk, NCI; Avis Smith; Eric Strand, Tessada and Associates; Sonya Sweeney, Raytheon; Erica Thurmond; Susan Tillman; Viet Tran, Aerospace Computing Inc.; Judy Ward; Ramona White; Nancy Wilson, NCI.

The Arctic Research of the composition of the Trophsphere from Aircraft and Satellites team spent much of last spring and summer in the Arctic, characterizing climate change.

Receiving awards were ARCTAS team lead James Crawford and members Ali Aknan, SSAI; Jassim Al-Saadi; Bruce Anderson; John Barrick, SSAI; Linda Beech; Andreas Beyersdorf, NASA Post doctoral; Dale Bowser; Edward Browell; Clyde Brown, SSAI; Sharon Burton, SSAI; Carolyn Butler, SSAI; Gao Chen; Yonghon Choi, NIA; Dale Clark; Craig Cleckner; James Collins, SSAI; Anthony Cook; Glenn Diskin; Bruce Doddridge; Marta Fenn, SSAI; Richard Ferrare; James Geiger; Johnathan Hair; David Harper; Charles Harward, SSAI; Mark Hinton, CSC; Chris Hostetler; Charles Howell; Charles Hudgins, SSAI; Syed Ismail; Leslie Kagey; Edward Kirby; Chieko Kittaka, SSAI; Mary Kleb; Terry Lathem, NASA GSRP (Georgia Tech); Elbert Lee; Paul McClung; Anthony Notari, SSAI; Michael Obland; Jennifer Olson; Ali Omar; James Plant; Mauro Rana, ATK; Raymond Rogers; Glen Sachse, NIA: Scott Sims; Thomas Slate, ATK; Carey Smith; Amber Soja, NIA; Kenneth Thornhill, SSAI; Charles Trepte; Barbara Trippe; Stephanie Vay; Jose Vega; David Winkler; Edward Winstead, SSAI; Michael Wusk; Richard Yasky; Diane Zeiment, SSAI.

The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation mission operations and engineering support teams designed, developed, tested and uploaded a revision of the flight software to the spacecraft that allows the on-board laser to be restored to normal operations after detecting a fault induced by space radiation.

Awards were received by CALIPSO Laser Anomaly team lead David MacDonnell and members Therese Barroso, CNES; Robert Borchardt, SSAI; Michael Cisweski; Robert Decoursey; Robert Estes; Leela Hill, Ball Aerospace; Steve Horacek, Ball Aerospace; Floyd Hovis, Fibertek; William Hunt, SSAI; Leslie Johnson; Emily Limasset, CNES; Alan Little; William Luck; Patricia Lucker, SSAI; Ryan Melton, Ball Aerospace; John Pandolf; Nadge Queruel, CNES; David Rosenbaum; Dale Schulz, SSAI; Thomas Schum, Fibertak; Ed Sullivan, Fibertak; Charles Trepte; Carolus Verhappen, SSAI; Michael Wallner, Ball Aerospace; Carl Weimer, Ball Aerospace; David Winker.

The LN2 Plant Project team eliminated a sole-source monopoly on liquid nitrogen at NASA Langley, which uses large quantities of it in cryogenic, high-Reynolds number testing.

Receiving awards were LN2 Plant Project team lead George Sydnor and members Cheryl Allen; Anthony Barry, Jacobs Technology; David Bean, Mainthia Technologies; Francis Beltinck, Sierra Lobo; Mark Bordash, Crygenic Constructors; Raleigh Bourg, Air Products and Chemicals; Laurel Burkhardt, Air Products and Chemicals; Vanessa Butler, Mainthia Technologies; Kit Cain, Matinthia Technologies; Ellen Carpenter; Mark Carpenter, ATK; Frank Chemelowski, Air Products and Chemicals; Leroy Davis, Mainthia Technologies; Candice Evans; Andrew Goldstein, Sierra Lobo; John Greco; Kemberly Johnson; Carl Klinetob, Air Products and Chemicals; J. Lee Lillard; Larry McAllister, Air Products and Chemicals; Stephen Meholic, Air Products and Chemicals; Carl Morrissette, Mainthia Technologies; Roy Neff, Sierra Lobo; Rita Norat, Air Products and Chemicals; Frank Ottofaro, Mainthia Technologies; Thomas Popernack; Ronnie Saunders, Saunders Contracting Services; Michael Scott, Jacobs Technology; Christopher Sigmon, Mainthia Technologies; Michael Smith, Mainthia Technologies; John Stobierski, Sierra Lobo; Timothy Stubbs; Gregrey Volkman, Jacobs Technology; Michael Walther; Roger Williams, Air Products and Chemicals; Arbria Wright, Sierra Lobo.

The Building 1146 "Second Life" team successfully answered the need for more secure workplaces at Langley by reopening, rehabilitating and refurbishing the building in 10 months.

Receiving awards were team lead Noel Talcott and members William (Cody) Allers, NASA Hq; Donita Almony; E. Ann Bare; Phillip Bashford, Compass Contracting; Bobby Berrier, ATK; Bruce Bishop, Compass Contracting; James Charnock; William Dolan, Delex Systems; John Fay, Jacobs Technology; Savior Giuliana; Edward (Ned) Gleason, Raytheon; Monica Green; Kevin Harrell, Jacobs Technology; Michael Harrell; Sam Harvey; Rahman Hussein, Delex Systems; Janice Johnson; Marva Mabry; Michael Mastaler; Jim Mayhew; Thomas Moul; Laura O'Connor; Elizabeth Plentovich, Thomas Quenvile; Tracey Redman; Steven Sanders; Douglas Smith; Donna Speller-Turner, Vigyan; Karen Spruill; Thomas Stroud; Jamie Vanek, Jacobs Technology; Kenneth Voss; Michael Sean Walsh, NCI; Lucy Watkins; Cebert White, York River Electric.

The Airborne Subscale Transport Aircraft Research team AirSTAR TEAM successfully completed research flights at Wallops Island, demonstrating systems for handling aircraft under less-than-nominal conditions.

Receiving awards were team lead Sally Viken and members Wendell Adams; Roger Bailey; Kevin Barnes; Charles Cole, Raytheon; David Cox; Kevin Cunningham; John Foster; Louis Glaab; Kerry Gough; David Hare; Franklin Harris; Daniel Hill, Lockheed; Jeffrey Hill; Edward Hogge, Lockheed; Gregory Howland, Lockheed; Thomas Jordan; Barbara Justis, Wallops; Reggie Kidd, ATK; Robert Klenke, VCU; William Langford; Sean Laughter; William Leath Jr., Lockheed; Eugene Morelli; Austin Murch; Daniel Murri; Robert Myer III, Raytheon; Sudha Natarajan; Fernandus Rattliff; Alice Rew, Wallops; Ray Rhew; William Rodgers, Lockheed; Bradley Sealey; Brandon Sherrill; Thomas Strom, ATK; Jeffrey Werner.

Langley's Small Pressurized Rover (SPR) Mockup Fabrication team was asked by the Johnson Space Center to lead the project, which generated a change in the lunar surface architecture dictated by Exploration Architecture Requirements. The rover was chosen to be in the Presidential Inauguration Parade.

Awards went to team lead Stephen Cavanaugh and to members Ronnie Barnes; Trina Chytka; Deborah Ford; David Giltinan; George Hilton, Noel Hudgins; Samuel James; Sharon Jefferies; Leroy Kelly, Tessada and Associates; William Langford; Christopher McLain; Glenn Ormsby; David Reeves; Donald Smith and Patrick Troutman.


 
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