2007 NASA Engineering and Safety Center Honor Awards

NESC Director’s Award:

Dr. Daniel L. Polis
In recognition of technical excellence to the Composite Crew Module Team through practical methodology and approach for managing structural reliability through material properties, building block testing, and factors of safety for composite spacecraft structures.

NESC Leadership Award:

Christopher P. Hansen
In recognition of outstanding leadership providing engineering excellence, solving complex engineering problems, and building team consensus for the Composite Crew Module Project.

Jeffrey W. Stewart
In recognition of outstanding leadership in establishing the organization structure of the composite crew module team, and for designing and implementing the Composite Crew Module Concurrent Design Center at Goddard Space Flight Center.

David B. Watson
In recognition of outstanding leadership coordinating the work of 16 designers and analysts from across the country resulting in a mature Preliminary Design Review for the Composite Crew Module Project.

NESC Engineering Excellence Award:

Joel M. Broome
In recognition of exceptional technical support for Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) entry, descent, and pad abort trajectory analyses in support of the CEV Water vs. Land Landing Risk Assessment.

Christopher J. Cerimele
In recognition of exceptional technical support for the development of an entry and descent trajectory analysis methodology that enabled identification of potential risks to the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) flight crew.

Dr. Edwin L. Fasanella
In recognition of exceptional technical support for investigations into the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Crew Module and Apollo Command Module crew injury analysis and survivability during water and land landings.

Ian M. Fernandez
In recognition of engineering excellence in the development of an innovative load sharing floor design on the Composite Crew Module Project.

Delmar C. Foster
In recognition of technical expertise and outstanding proactive support in establishing the processes and techniques for SAS software utilization within the Data Mining and Trending Working Group.

Paul D. Guy
In recognition of outstanding technical leadership of the independent review of the NASA Standard Initiator (NSI) for the Phoenix Project.

James W. Jeans
In recognition of engineering excellence in rapidly and accurately building an engineering analysis model of the Composite Crew Module Project.

Ray D. Rhew
In recognition of innovative incorporation of system calibration methodologies into the quantification of the internal roll torque contributions associated with segmented solid rocket motor firings.

Dr. Stephen J. Scotti
In recognition of engineering excellence in the innovative design of an Alternate Launch Abort System configuration.

Jeffrey P. Seebo
In recognition of outstanding technical support of NESC Nondestructive Evaluation for the External Tank Thermal Protection System Team.

Dr. Eugene K. Ungar
In recognition of outstanding support to numerous NESC assessments pertaining to the Shuttle External Tank.

NESC Group Achievement Award:

Crew Exploration Vehicle Water Versus Land Landing Assessment Team
In recognition of technical excellence in the investigation into the merits of water versus land landings for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (award accepted by John Baker on behalf of the team).

Crew Exploration Vehicle Alternate Launch Abort System (ALAS) Team
In recognition of outstanding efforts in developing and evaluating a design solution for an Alternate Launch Abort System (ALAS) for the Crew Exploration Vehicle (award accepted by Dr. Stephen Scotti on behalf of the team).

Shuttle Power Transfer System (SSPTS) Open PRACA Risk Evaluation Team
In recognition of outstanding contributions to the International Space Station to Shuttle Power Transfer System Open PRACA Risk Evaluation (award accepted by Robert Cherney on behalf of the team).

NESC Special Recognition:

Mr. Derrick J. Cheston
In recognition of outstanding leadership and engineering excellence as the NASA Engineering and Safety Center’s Chief Engineer at Glenn Research Center.

Mr. Michael Hagopian
In recognition of outstanding leadership and engineering excellence as the NASA Engineering and Safety Center’s Chief Engineer at Goddard Space Flight Center.