November 18, 2009 – 5:02 pm
Cleveland Council of World Affairs
Glenn Reserach Center hosted a delegation of visitors on Nov. 13, 2009, from several European countries ( Spain, Turkey, Latvia and Bulgaria) to review our renewable and sustainable energy-related projects. These participants are potential future leaders in their home countries. The delegation was sponsored by the State Department and locally implemented by the Cleveland Council of World Affairs. The visitors were given an overview of GRC energy-related activities, both past and present, and then toured the solar collectors and the Greenlab. (Point of Contact: Joe Shaw, 216 433-7135).
Author: Lynn Boukalik
November 16, 2009 – 5:18 pm
Collaboration with Ohio University
Discussions were recently held with researchers at Ohio University focused on clean coal technologies. Dr. David Bayless, Ohio University, Director of the Ohio Coal Research Center, enthusiastically supported GRC’s efforts to discuss competencies of mutual interest for collaboration for future competitive funding opportunities.
Collaboration topics such as high temperature fuel cells (durability in coal gas environments and integration with gas turbines), fluid dynamics, combustion processes, and materials durability (high temperature, erosion and coatings) were identified as potential areas of collaboration. Contacts have been made with appropriate Division Chiefs at GRC to facilitate follow-up contacts. (Point of Contact: Joe Shaw, 3-7135),
Author: Lynn Boukalik
November 3, 2009 – 11:49 am
NASA Glenn and Kent State University Aviation Program Partnership
Dr. Verna Fitzsimons, Dean of the College of Technology (COT), and Mr. John DeCola, Director of Development for COT, recently visited NASA Glenn (GRC) to see the ongoing collaboration efforts between the two organizations as well as explore future opportunities.
The visit included a tour of the GRC education facility where Mr. Tom Benson described the current effort involving Mr. Robert Grimaldi a second year undergraduate in the KSU aviation program. Mr. Grimaldi is working with Mr. Benson to fabricate and test various airfoil configurations in a GRC wind tunnel (visible in the background of the photograph) to acquire data, which Mr. Benson will use to upgrade his educational software. This software has received widespread critical acclaim from the education community. This very positive collaboration effort will lead to follow on opportunities that will benefit both participants.
(Point-Of-Contact: Robert (Joe) Shaw/216 977-7135)
Author: Lynn Boukalik
November 2, 2009 – 3:49 pm
October 26, 2009 to October 29, 2009
NASA Glenn/AIR FORCE Commercial and Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange (CRASTE)
Several members of NASA Glenn Research Center from Research and Development, Engineering and Plumbrook Station attended the CRASTE workshop in Dayton, Ohio. Over 150 members of the emerging commercial and responsive access to space community attended the three day gathering. This workshop is the first of a series of NASA/AFRL jointly sponsored events, which will contribute to building public-private partnerships in this growing area of importance.
(Point of Contact: Dr. R. Joe Shaw, 216 433-7135)
Author: Lynn Boukalik
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October 14, 2009 – 8:59 am
On September 23, 2009, NASA Glenn Reserach Center (GRC) hosted a group of seventeen administrators and facutly from Central State University (CSU)at GRC to explore possible collaboration opportunities and continue to build the strategic alliance between GRC and CSU. The CSU group was led by the university’s president, Dr. John Garland. At the end of a very positive day, fifteen opportunities for collaboration were identified and will be further explored. (POC: Robert. J. Shaw)
Author: Lynn Boukalik
October 8, 2009 – 1:22 pm
Roderick Munn opens Forum, The CDM Panel discusses progress, Ohio Aerospace Initiative
Ohio Aviation Forum Workshop: On October 6th, 2009, GRC hosted a two-day workshop for the FAA and other aerospace related-organizations to help foster collaboration.The FAA presented their first open forum on how they have been and will continue to work with stakeholders to develop an improved air traffic control system in the United States. The workshop was organized by Aerospace Enterprises, Ohio Aerospace Institute, and the Business Development and Partnerships Office at NASA Glenn Research Center.
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Author: Lynn Boukalik
September 29, 2009 – 12:09 pm
On Tuesday, September 15th, 2009, NASA Glenn Research Center and The Ohio State Univeristy co-hosted an evening at NASA GRC for high school students in Northeastern Ohio. The students were invited to explore possible careers in engineering. OSU provided information to the students about the engineering education opportunities in Columbus.
Over 200 students and parents attended the event. GRC hosted a booth to provide the students with information about engineering careers at NASA Glenn. Many of the students were interested in the possiblilty of interships. The attendees expressed a great deal of interest in OSU and GRC. (Point of Contact: Robert Joe Shaw, Susan Gott, Stephanie Brown-Houston)
Author: Lynn Boukalik
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August 12, 2009 – 4:05 pm
Take a look at our new Advanced Energy Brochures! GRC has subject matter experts in a variety of Advanced Energy areas. Follow the link to the Maketing Page
Author: Lynn Boukalik
January 3, 2009 – 1:40 pm
February 19, 2009
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Dr. Roger Launius, Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum
NASA Glenn Research Center
Administration Building Auditorium
Roger D. Launius is Senior Curator in the division of Space History at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., where he was division chair 2003-2007. Between 1990 and 2002 he served as chief historian of NASA.
He has written or edited more than twenty books on aerospace history, including:
- Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel ( Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008)
- Societal Impact of Spaceflight (NASA SP-2007-4801, 2007)
- Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight (NASA SP-2006-4702, 2006)
- Space Stations: Base Camps to the Stars (Smithsonian Books, 2003), which received the AIAA’s history manuscript prize,
- Reconsidering a Century of Flight (University of North Carolina Press, 2003)
He served as a consultant to the Columbia Accident Inverstigation Board in 2003 and presented the prestigious Harmon Memorial Lecture on the history of national security space policy at the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2006.
He is frequently consulted by the electronic and print media for his views on space issues, and has been a guest commentator on National Public Radio and all major television network new programs.
In his talk, Dr. Launius will discuss his ideas on where we could be potentially headed with the new Administration, and the possiblities for NASA involvement with alternative energy.
Author: Lynn Boukalik
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A second meeting was held between GRC and Cleveland Bomb Squad personnel this week to identify specific collaboration opportunities. The Cleveland personnel brought their robot to GRC and displayed it so that GRC personnel could better understand the needs and therefore opportunities for collaboration.(Point-of-Contact: RA/ Robert J. Shaw, 3-7135)
Author: Lynn Boukalik
Glenn Reserach Center hosted a delegation of visitors on Nov. 13, 2009, from several European countries ( Spain, Turkey, Latvia and Bulgaria) to review our renewable and sustainable energy-related projects. These participants are potential future leaders in their home countries. The delegation was sponsored by the State Department and locally implemented by the Cleveland Council of World Affairs. The visitors were given an overview of GRC energy-related activities, both past and present, and then toured the solar collectors and the Greenlab. (Point of Contact: Joe Shaw, 216 433-7135).
