2014 NASA Engineering and Safety Center Honor Awards

NESC Leadership Award

Stan A. Bouslog
In recognition of outstanding leadership and technical support of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Avcoat Study

Koushik Datta
In recognition of outstanding technical leadership of the Hubble Space Telescope Observatory System Reliability Review

Michael E. Fowler
In recognition of outstanding leadership and technical support of the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Avcoat Study

Joseph H. Ruf
In recognition of outstanding leadership in identifying potentially inaccurate liquid engine nozzle acoustics and conducting scale model tests to confirm ignition acoustics environments for the Space Launch System booster design

Kimberly A. Simpson
In recognition of outstanding leadership of the exploration systems development software interface mapping

NESC Engineering Excellence Award

Scott P. Cryan
In recognition of engineering excellence to the Raven Vision Navigation System impact on International Space Station visiting vehicles

Lorie R. Grimes-Ledesma
In recognition of engineering excellence for composite pressure vessel risk reduction efforts

Justin S. Jones
In recognition of engineering excellence in support of the human space program by conducting critical nondestructive evaluation tests of failed extravehicular mobility unit components driving toward the return to extravehicular activity operations

Anup B. Katake
In recognition of engineering excellence to the Raven Vision Navigation System impact on International Space Station visiting vehicles

Chris J. Miller
In recognition of engineering excellence to the F/A-18 Full-Scale Advanced Systems Testbed Space Launch System Launch Vehicle Adaptive Control Project

Bruno F. Munoz
In recognition of engineering excellence to the human space program by conducting critical non-destructive evaluation tests of failed extravehicular mobility unit components driving toward the return to extravehicular activity operations

James R. Reeder
In recognition of engineering excellence to the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Avcoat Team leading to advancements in testing and analysis of Avcoat material used in the Orion heatshield

Kevin P. Roscoe
In recognition of engineering excellence to the Atlantis Kennedy Space Center visitor center display and the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Underway Recovery Tests Assessment

James P. Smith
In recognition of engineering excellence to the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Avcoat Team leading to advancements in modeling and analysis of Avcoat material used in the Orion heatshield

Eric T. Stoneking
In recognition of engineering excellence to the innovative dynamics and control contributions to the solution of the spacecraft hybrid attitude control problem for the re-purposed Kepler mission

Michael D. Vanek
In recognition of engineering excellence to the Raven Vision Navigation System impact on International Space Station visiting vehicles

Vitali Volovoi
In recognition of engineering excellence to the NESC for reliability and modeling expertise including significant contributions to NESC Hubble Space Telescope tasks

NESC Administrative Excellence Award

Kelly E. Barlow
In recognition of exceptional and dedicated support to the NESC Review Board and the NESC Technical Update

NESC Group Achievement Award

Battery Thermal Runaway Severity Reduction Testing Team
In recognition of outstanding support in the testing and development of design methods that will improve the safety of batteries for NASA human spaceflight missions (award accepted by Christopher J. Iannello on behalf of the team)

Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel Strand Stress Rupture Test Rig Development Team
In recognition of creativity, flexibility, and expeditiousness in designing strand test rigs, protocols and infrastructure to meet and exceed performance, schedule, and cost requirements (award accepted by Luis Hernandez on behalf of the team)

Exploration System Development Software Interface Mapping Team
In recognition of outstanding system modeling efforts, training support, model analysis, review board support, and tool assessment for multiple NESC assessments (award accepted by Kevin H. Bonanne on behalf of the team)

Joint Polar Satellite System Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris Assessment Team
In recognition of outstanding contributions to understanding the micrometeoroid and orbital debris environment models and risk for the Joint Polar Satellite System (award accepted by Donald Kessler on behalf of the team)

Layered Pressure Vessel Assessment Team
In recognition of outstanding contributions towards defining testing and analysis developments necessary to reduce the risk associated with continued operation of critical Agency layered pressure vessels (award accepted by William R. Prosser on behalf of the team)