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Technology, Innovation and Engineering (TI&E) Committee

The Technology, Innovation and Engineering Committee is a standing committee of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) supporting the advisory needs of the NASA administrator, the Office of the Chief Technologist, and NASA Mission Directorates. The scope of the Committee includes all NASA programs that could benefit from technology research and innovation.

NASA Advisory Council (NAC) about Technology, Innovation and Engineering (TI&E) Committee

NAC Technology, Innovation, and Engineering Committee members:

Dr. Heshmat Aglan, Tuskegee University
Dr. Mike Gazarik, University of Colorado
Mr. Michael Johns, Kratos SRE (Chair)
Dr. Rebecca Kramer Bottiglio, Yale University
Mr. Andrew Rush, Copernicus Space Corporation
Dr. Mitchell Walker, Georgia Institute of Technology

The next hybrid meeting of the NAC Technology, Innovation, and Engineering Committee has not yet been scheduled. The agenda from the November 2023 meeting is available here.

Committee Meeting Minutes and Reports

December 15, 2022 Committee Meeting, hybrid meeting at Marshall Space Center

TI&E Agenda December 2022

TI&E Minutes December 2022

TI&E Committee Report to the NAC

Welcome to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

NASA Nuclear Systems Update

TDM: Cryogenic Fluid Management and Low- Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator

Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE)

Lunar Thermal Regulation for Mission Sustainability (TheRMiS)

Moon-to-Mars Planetary Autonomous Construction Technology (MMPACT) and Advanced Manufacturing

August 3, 2022 Committee Meeting, hybrid meeting at Kennedy Space Center

TI&E Agenda August 2022

TI&E Minutes August 2022

TI&E Committee Report to the NAC

Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) Update

Welcome to Kennedy Space Center

NASA Nuclear Systems Update

Early Career Initiative Overview

Capacitive Mass Gauging for Cryogenic Fluids in Micro-G (CAPMAG) Early Career Initiative Project

2016 Space Tech Research Institute: Center for the Utilization of Biological Engineering in Space (CUBES)

2016 Space Tech Research Institute: The Institute for Ultra-Strong Composites by Computational Design (US-COMP)

Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS) Update

Update on Moon to Mars Blueprint

December 14, 2021 Committee Meeting, virtual meeting

TI&E Agenda December 2021
Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) Update
Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS)
Perseverance Technology Demonstrations and Cryogenics Fluid Management “Tipping Point” Updates
“Space Nuclear Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration” Report Overview And NASA Nuclear Systems Update
Early Stage Portfolio Update

January 27, 2021 Committee Meeting, virtual meeting

TI&E Agenda January 2021
TI&E Minutes January 2021
Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) Update
Office of the Chief Technologist Update
Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative Update
ISRU System Capability
Office of the Chief Engineer Update


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