NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The 2009 NESC Honor Awards Ceremony was held on October 27, 2009 at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

From left (back row): Richard Schwartz (ATK); Thomas Horvath (LaRC); Ralph Roe, Jr. (NESC Director/Presenter); Tod Palm (Northrop Grumman); Michael Bay (independent consultant); Doyle Arboneaux (LaRC); Steven Summitt (ATK); Rene Ortega (MSFC); Gerald Kinder (Boeing); Charles Campbell (JSC); Dawson Vincent (Northrop Grumman); Peter Parker (LaRC); Tim Wilson (NESC Deputy Director/Presenter); Fred Hall (ATK); Stephen Williams (ATK). From left (front row): Donald Roth (GRC); Patrick Forrester (NESC Chief Astronaut/Presenter); Jeffrey Jordan (ATK); Ian Batchelder (Lockheed Martin); Gary Dittemore (JSC); Brian Hall (WFF); Hung Pham (JPL); Timothy Cannella (LaRC); Linda Facto (JPL); Elizabeth Holleman (MSFC); John Aldrin (independent consultant). Not pictured: Mark Hilburger (LaRC) and Mitchell Davis (NESC).

NESC Director’s Award:

Elizabeth D. Holleman	In recognition of technical excellence in the professional and persistent pursuit of the technical risks associated with the Orbiter Gaseous Hydrogen Flow Control Valve poppet cracking prior to the flight of STS-119.
Rene Ortega	In recognition of technical excellence in the professional and persistent pursuit of the technical risks associated with the Orbiter Gaseous Hydrogen Flow Control Valve poppet cracking prior to the flight of STS-119.

NESC Leadership Award:

Doyle T. Arboneaux	In recognition of outstanding leadership and production management of hardware fabrication in support of the Max Launch Abort System.
Charles H. Campbell	In recognition of outstanding leadership in acquiring unprecedented boundary layer transition measurements during the STS-119 mission using the Space Shuttle Orbiter as a flight test article.
Brian A. Hall	In recognition of outstanding leadership as the Vehicle Manager for the successful Max Launch Abort System Flight Demonstration Test.
Thomas J. Horvath	In recognition of outstanding leadership in identifying, characterizing, and employing unique thermal imaging techniques to observe Space Shuttle boundary layer transition during the STS-119 and STS-125 missions.
Jeffrey D. Jordan	In recognition of outstanding leadership and management of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center tasks on the ATK TEAMS contract.
Tod E. Palm	In recognition of outstanding leadership of the Max Launch Abort System Structures Team.
Peter A. Parker	In recognition of outstanding leadership for broad acceptance of best-practice experimental planning, execution and analysis through use of established, efficient design of experiments methods.
Steven W. Summitt	In recognition of outstanding leadership of the design, manufacturing, and test deliverables for the Composite Crew Module Project.
Stephen A. Williams	In recognition of outstanding leadership of the touch labor and facility resources for the Composite Crew Module Project.

NESC Engineering Excellence Award:

John C. Aldrin	In recognition of exceptional technical support to the NASA Engineering and Safety Center Computational Nondestructive Evaluation Tool Assessment Team.
P. Michael Bay	In recognition of exceptional technical support to the Orion Integrated Design Optimization Team.
Mark W. Hilburger	In recognition of exceptional engineering excellence in the development of a comprehensive plan to improve Shell Buckling Knockdown Factors for the Constellation Program.
Donald J. Roth	In recognition of exceptional technical support to the NASA Engineering and Safety Center Nondestructive Evaluation Tool Assessment Team.
Dawson D. Vincent	In recognition of engineering excellence in the development and implementation of the out of autoclave splice for the Composite Crew Module Project.

NESC Administrative Excellence Award:

Ian H. Batchelder

In recognition of exceptional information technology and system administration support to the NASA Engineering and Safety Center.

NESC Group Achievement Award:

Composite Crew Module Fabrication Team	In recognition of outstanding contributions in manufacturing excellence on the Composite Crew Module Project (award accepted by Fred Hall on behalf of the team).
DC/DC Converter Guidelines Development Team	In recognition of outstanding efforts in testing hybrid DC to DC converters for space applications and developing a guidelines document on how to use them effectively (award accepted by Linda Facto on behalf of the team).
Hypersonic Thermodynamic Infrared Measurements (HYTHIRM) Team	In recognition of outstanding technical contributions in remote thermal and visual imaging as demonstrated during the STS-119 and STS-125 Space Shuttle missions and the Max Launch Abort System test flight (award accepted by Richard Schwartz on behalf of the team).
International Space Station Solar Array Thermal Vacuum Test Team	In recognition of outstanding contributions to the successful testing of the International Space Station Solar Array Mast in JPL’s Space Simulator Facility (award accepted by Hung Pham on behalf of the team).
Langley Research Center Office of Procurement Support Team	In recognition of exceptional support to the NASA Engineering and Safety Center mission through excellence in acquisition (award accepted by Timothy Cannella on behalf of the team).
Max Launch Abort System Resident Engineer Team	In recognition of exceptional efforts as part of the Resident Engineer Program for the Max Launch Abort System Flight Demonstration Test (award accepted by Gary Dittemore on behalf of the team).
Max Launch Abort System Team	In recognition of outstanding contributions to the design, development and flight test of the Max Launch Abort System (award accepted by Brian Hall on behalf of the team).
Orbiter Boundary Layer Transition Flight Experiment Team	In recognition of outstanding contributions in developing and conducting a hypersonic boundary layer transition experiment using the Space Shuttle Orbiter as a flight test vehicle during STS-119 reentry (award accepted by Gerald Kinder on behalf of the team).

NESC Special Recognition:

Mitchell L. Davis

In recognition of outstanding leadership and engineering excellence in his role as the NASA Engineering and Safety Center’s NASA Technical Fellow for Avionics.