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The Plum Brook Management Office: Plum
Brook Station is the home of Glenn Research Center's four world class
test facilities which are are available for use by research customers
interested in planning and scheduling test programs and test-related
activities. The Plum Brook Management Office (PBMO) provides the
overall oversight and strategic management to ensure customers’ requirements
are satisfied, and that the facilities are available and optimally utilized.
Plum Brook Station personnel advocate, develop, schedule, and maintain
the major research facilities in a safe, reliable, cost-effective manner,
using effective marketing strategies and sound practices. The
staff at Plum Brook provides safety, operational, and engineering support
to the research customer, whom NASA, military, civilian and other government
agencies. This support includes
assurance of operational test facilities; test planning; project
management to prepare the research article for testing; integration
of the research hardware into the test facility; operation of the
test facility, including calibrations; development or incorporation of
new test technologies; data validation and analysis, and delivery of data
to the customer. In addition to the testing services above, Plum Brook also manages the operation and maintenance of the buildings, test facilities and associated systems, equipment, and infrastructure. Plum Brook provides risk management and oversight for large, dangerous, high-risk test facilities; quality oversight for high-risk/mission-critical ground test programs; financial management and oversight of a near full-cost recovery, market economy operation; technical oversight to assure safety and mission success; environmental compliance, security for Information Technology (IT) sensitive test programs and the Plum Brook infrastructure. |
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[Plum Brook Station Home Page] | [NASA GRC Home Page] | [NASA Home Page] NASA Official Responsible for Content: Ron
Cull
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