2018 NASA Engineering and Safety Center Honor Awards
NESC Director’s Award
Honors individuals for defending a technical position that conflicts with a Program or Organization’s initial or prevailing engineering perspectives and for taking personal initiative to foster clear and open communication and resolve controversial issues.
David S. Dawicke
In recognition of clear, composed defense of technical risk associated with the Boeing Commercial Crew Program Propellant Tank Safe-Life Analysis
Lawrence D. Huebner
In recognition of outstanding achievement in upholding the guiding principles of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center in leading the Boeing Commercial Crew Program Aerosciences Peer Review Team
NESC Leadership Award
Honors individuals for sustained leadership excellence demonstrated by establishing a vision, developing and managing a plan, and building consensus to proactively resolve conflicts and achieve results.
Robert C. Youngquist
In recognition of outstanding technical leadership in support of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center’s assessment on the feasibility of ultrasonic level sensors for propellant quantity determination
NESC Engineering Excellence Award
Honors individuals for making significant engineering contributions, developing innovative approaches, and ensuring appropriate levels of engineering rigor are applied to the resolution of technical issues in support of the NESC mission.
Martin S. Annett
In recognition of engineering excellence in the development of the frangible joint LS-DYNA model morphing process that enabled rapid processing of hundreds of analysis cases to describe frangible joint response in multi-variable design space
Jonathan E. Austin
In recognition of engineering excellence and dedication in conducting extensive LS-DYNA analysis for the United Launch Alliance two-plate and Boeing SureSep frangible joint designs
Eric H. Baker
In recognition of engineering excellence and innovation in structural mechanics modeling crucial in understanding the test data and the most likely failure scenario for the composite overwrap pressure vessel failure in densified liquid oxygen
Jacob M. Brodnick
In recognition of engineering excellence to the Space Launch System Program through analysis of propellant slosh damping
Andrew L. Glendening
In recognition of engineering excellence in the development and application of NASA materials engineering standards and guidelines
Benjamin Greene
In recognition of engineering excellence and attention to detail that enabled the NASA Engineering and Safety Center’s assessment team to explain the mechanism of swelling affecting chemical oxygen generators
Edwin E. Henkel
In recognition of engineering excellence and innovative implementation of modeling techniques to inde-pendently evaluate the Space Launch System stacked pre-loaded liftoff configuration
Jacob D. Hochhalter
In recognition of engineering excellence in the development of innovative test and analysis techniques for evaluation of linear elastic fracture mechanics
Gregory A. Jerman
In recognition of engineering excellence in the failure analysis support provided to multiple NASA Engineering and Safety Center assessments
Arya Majed
In recognition of engineering excellence for technical expertise and innovative implementation of modeling techniques to independently evaluate the Space Launch System stacked pre-loaded liftoff configuration
Mark B. McClure
In recognition of engineering excellence in the innovative design and rigorous test implementation for material susceptibility to environmentally assisted cracking in hypergolic propellants
Mika L. Myers
In recognition of engineering excellence in the test execution for material susceptibility to environmentally assisted cracking
Craig L. Streett
In recognition of engineering excellence in unsteady aerodynamic prediction and analysis of aeroacoustics and buffet on the Space Launch System leading to unprecedented physical understanding of these environments
John C. Thesken
In recognition of engineering excellence and structural mechanics leadership crucial to the interpretation of the structural model results for the Densified Liquid Oxygen Composite Pressure Vessel Failure Investigation
NESC Administrative Excellence Award
Honors individual accomplishments that contributed substantially to support the NESC mission.
William F. Cann
In recognition for exceptional contracting support to the NASA Engineering and Safety Center on the Technology, Engineering, and Aerospace Mission Support (TEAMS) 3 and The Aerospace Corporation contracts contributing to the overall success of the NESC mission
Amanda L. Honer
In recognition for outstanding professionalism, attention to detail, and ability to seamlessly integrate into the management of NASA Engineering and Safety Center workflow
Sandra M. Snow
In recognition for exceptional project leader support in administering NASA Engineering and Safety Center task orders on The Aerospace Corporation contract contributing to the overall success of the NESC mission
NESC Group Achievement Award
Honors a team of employees comprising government and non-government personnel. The award is in recognition of outstanding accomplishment through the coordination of individual efforts that have contributed substantially to the success of the NESC mission.
Boeing Commercial Crew Program (CCP) Aerosciences Peer Review Team
In recognition for exceptional diligence, perseverance, and technical rigor in the review of the Boeing Commercial Crew Program aerosciences databases
Commercial Crew Program (CCP) Load & Go Assessment Team
In recognition for outstanding dedication and innovative analytical technique development to assess the risks to flight crew during a Commercial Crew Partner’s pre-flight propellant servicing process
Fractional Thermal Runaway Calorimeter Development
In recognition of outstanding contributions in the design and development of a Fractional Thermal Runaway Calorimeter to measure the energy yield of lithium-ion cells during thermal runaway