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  Volume 6, Number 4     July/August 1998

Moving Forward


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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. 

Caroline Blake
Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, California 94035-1000
650/604-0893
cblake@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

 

 

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