Volume 6, Number 2     March/April 1998

  Moving Forward

NASA ON-LINE Go to NASA's Commercial Technology Network (CTN) on the World Wide Web at http://nctn.hq.nasa.gov to search NASA technology resources, find commercialization opportunities, and learn about NASA's national network of programs, organizations, and services dedicated to technology transfer and commercialization.

NCTN Directory NASA Field Centers Ames Research Center Selected technological strengths are Information Technologies, Aerospace Systems, Autonomous Systems for Space Flight, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aviation Operations. Bruce Webbon Ames Research Center Moffett Field, California 94035-1000 650/604-6646 bwebbon@mail.arc.nasa.gov Dryden Flight Research Center Selected technological strengths are Aerodynamics, Aeronautics Flight Testing, Aeropropulsion, Flight Systems, Thermal Testing and Integrated Systems Test and Validation. Eugene (Lee) Duke Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards, California 93523-0273 805/258-3802 lee.duke@dfrc.nasa.gov Goddard Space Flight Center Selected technological strengths are Earth and Planetary Science Missions, LIDAR, Cryogenic Systems, Tracking, Telemetry, Command, Optics and Sensors/Detectors. George Alcorn Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 301/286-5810 george.e.alcorn.1@gsfc.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory Selected technological strengths are Deep and Near Space Mission Engineering and Operations, Microspacecraft, Space Communications, Remote and In-Situ Sensing, Microdevices, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems. Merle McKenzie Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, California 91109 818/354-2577 merle.mckenzie@ccmail.jpl.nasa.gov Johnson Space Center Selected technological strengths are Life Sciences/Biomedical, Spacecraft Systems, Information Systems, Robotic and Human Space Flight Operations Henry (Hank) Davis Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058 281/483-0474 henry.l.davis@jsc.nasa.gov Kennedy Space Center Selected technological strengths are Emissions and Contamination Monitoring, Sensors, Corrosion Protection and Biosciences. Gale Allen Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899 407/867-6226 gale.allen-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov Langley Research Center Selected technological strengths are Aerodynamics, Flight Systems, Materials, Structures, Sensors, Measurements and Information Sciences.

Joe Heyman Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001 757/864-6005 j.s.heyman@larc.nasa.gov Lewis Research Center Selected technological strengths are Aeropropulsion, Communications, Energy Technology and High Temperature Materials Research, Microgravity Science and Technology and Instrumentation Control Systems. Larry Viterna Lewis Research Center Cleveland, Ohio 44135 216/433-3884 Larry.A.Viterna@lerc.nasa.gov Marshall Space Flight Center Selected technological strengths are Materials, Manufacturing, Non-destructive Evaluation, Biotechnology, Space Propulsion, Controls and Dynamics, Structures and Microgravity Processing. Sally Little Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, Alabama 35812 205/544-4266 sally.little@msfc.nasa.gov Stennis Space Center Selected technological strengths are Propulsion Systems, Test/ Monitoring, Remote Sensing and Nonintrusive Instrumentation. Kirk Sharp Stennis Space Center Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 39529-6000 601/688-1929 kirk.sharp@ssc.nasa.gov NASA's Business Facilitators NASA has established several organizations whose objectives are to establish joint sponsored research agreements and incubate small start-up companies with significant business promise. Joseph C. Boeddeker Ames Technology Commercialization Center San Jose, CA 408/557-6789 Lyn Stabler (Acting) Mississippi Enterprise for Technology Stennis Space Center, MS 601/688-3144 Wayne P. Zeman Lewis Incubator for Technology Cleveland, OH 216/586-3888 Maria Clark Florida/NASA Business Incubation Center Titusville, FL 407/383-5200

Small Business Programs Carl Ray NASA Headquarters Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) 202/358-4652 cray@hq. nasa.gov Paul Mexcur Goddard Space Flight Center Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR/STTR) 301/286-8888 paul.mexcur@pop700.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA-Sponsored Commercial Technology Organizations These organizations were established to provide rapid access to NASA and other federal R&D and foster collaboration between public and private sector organizations. They also can direct you to the appropriate point of contact within the Federal Laboratory Consortium. To reach the RTTC nearest you, call 800/642-2872. Ken Dozier Far West Technology Transfer Center University of Southern California 213/743-2353 Dr. William Gasko Center for Technology Commercialization Massachusetts Technology Park 508/870-0042 J. Ronald Thornton Southern Technology Applications Center University of Florida 904/462-3913 Gary F. Sera Mid-Continent Technology Transfer Center Texas A&M University 409/845-8762 Lani S. Hummel Mid-Atlantic Technology Applications Center University of Pittsburgh 412/383-2500 Christopher Coburn Great Lakes Industrial Technology Center Battelle Memorial Institute 440/734-0094 Joseph P. Allen (Acting) National Technology Transfer Center Wheeling Jesuit University 800/678-6882 Doris Rouse Research Triangle Institute Technology Applications Team Research Triangle Park, NC 919/541-6980