2010 NASA Engineering and Safety Center Honor Awards
NESC Director’s Award:
Mark Schoenenberger
In recognition of advocacy, development, leadership and execution of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center’s Mars Science Laboratory Aerodynamic/Reaction Control System interaction validation effort
NESC Leadership Award:
Sotiris Kellas
In recognition of outstanding leadership in managing the test phase of the Composite Crew Module Project
William P. Schonberg
In recognition of outstanding leadership, technical insight and support of micrometeoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) protection and damage prediction for the NASA Engineering and Safety Center MMOD assessments
Joel Williamsen
In recognition of outstanding leadership and technical insight into the NASA Engineering and Safety Center micrometeoroid and orbital debris assessment activities
NESC Engineering Excellence Award:
Frederick W. Brust
In recognition of contributions to the NESC Critical Initial Flaw Size Team’s engineering and analysis on weld sequences for the Upper Stage Simulator of the Ares 1-X vehicle
Christopher Dellacorte
In recognition of exceptional technical support in the area of tribology and mechanical systems as exemplified in the International Space Station Solar Array Alpha Rotary Joint recovery
Wade C. Jackson
In recognition of engineering excellence in developing and implementing the impact delivery system for characterizing durability and damage tolerance of composites on the Composite Crew Module Project
Patrick H. Johnston
In recognition of engineering excellence in developing a non-destructive phased array ultrasonic inspection technique for use on Pi-preforms on the Composite Crew Module Project
Timothy L. Krantz
In recognition of engineering excellence in the resolution of the International Space Station Solar Array Alpha Rotary Joint anomaly including critical testing and data reduction that contributed to the development of the most probable root cause
Charles Lawrence
In recognition of exceptional technical support to the Orion occupant protection study leading to advancements in biomechanical injury prediction and improvements in spacecraft seat and restraint designs
Alan R. Leveille
In recognition of engineering excellence in determining the cause and corrective action of the International Space Station Urine Processing Assembly-Distillation Assembly bearing failures
Jane T. Malin
In recognition of engineering excellence and exceptional leadership within the Data Mining and Trending Working Group and during development of a linguistically based data mining tool
Marshall Neipert
In recognition of engineering excellence in the LS-DYNA analysis performed in support of the International Space Station Radiator Anomaly Assessment which led to an understanding of the potential failure mode root cause
Elizabeth J. Opila
In recognition of engineering excellence as a member of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center supported Reinforced Carbon Carbon Root Cause Investigation Team
Eric Schleicher
In recognition of engineering excellence in developing analytical models, developing and managing pre-test strain predictions, and correlating post-test strain results for the Composite Crew Module Project
Paul V. Tartabini
In recognition of engineering excellence in the development and evaluation of Max Launch Abort System Objective System designs
NESC Group Achievement Award:
Crew Exploration Vehicle Parachute Assembly System Independent Reliability Assessment Team
In recognition of outstanding contributions to the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle parachute assembly system design with a focus on reliability and development test plan improvements (award accepted by John E. Hengel on behalf of the team)
Composite Crew Module Non-Destructive Evaluation and Test Team
In recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of Non-Destructive Evaluation and test execution on the Composite Crew Module Project (award accepted by Sotiris Kellas on behalf of the team)
International Space Station Plasma Contactor Utilization Assessment Team
In recognition of outstanding support to the investigation of plasma environmental effects on the International Space Station (award accepted by Kenneth Wright on behalf of the team)
NASA Engineering and Safety Center Orion Landing Attenuation and Ares-1 Thrust Oscillation Isolation Team
In recognition of outstanding effort in the development of alternative designs for the Orion landing attenuation system and for engineering an Ares-1 thrust oscillation load mitigation system through crew pallet isolation (award accepted by Charles Lawrence on behalf of the team)