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Volume 11, Number 1 • Spring 2003 • Moving Forward

NASA Commercial Technology Network Directory

NASA ONLINE

Go to the NASA Commercial Technology Network (NCTN) 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.

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.
 
Carolina Blake
Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, California 94035-1000
650/604-1754
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.
 
Jenny Baer-Riedhart
Dryden Flight Research Center
Edwards, California 93523-0273
661/276-3689
jenny.baer-riedhart@mail.dfrc.nasa.gov
 
Glenn 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
Glenn Research Center
Cleveland, Ohio 44135
216/433-3484
Larry.A.Viterna@grc.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.
 
Nona Cheeks
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
301/286-5810
ncheeks@pop700.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.
 
Ken Wolfenbarger
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, California 91109
818/354-3821
James.K.Wolfenbarger@jpl.nasa.gov
 
Johnson Space Center

Selected technological strengths are Life Sciences/Biomedical, Spacecraft Systems, Information Systems, Robotic and Human Space Flight Operations.
 
Charlene Gilbert
Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas 77058
281/483-0474
charlene.e.gilbert@jsc.nasa.gov
 
Kennedy Space Center

Selected technological strengths are Emissions and Contamination Monitoring, Sensors, Corrosion Protection and Biosciences.
 
Jim Aliberti
Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida 32899
321/867-6224
jim.aliberti-1@kmail.ksc.nasa.gov
 
Langley Research Center

Selected technological strengths are Aerodynamics, Flight Systems, Materials, Structures, Sensors, Measurements and Information Sciences.
 
Rick Buonfigli
Langley Research Center
Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001
757/864-6005
r.t.buonfigli@larc.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.
 
Vernotto McMillan
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, Alabama 35812
256/544-2615
vernotto.mcmillan@msfc.nasa.gov
 
Stennis Space Center

Selected technological strengths
are Propulsion Systems, Test/
Monitoring, Remote Sensing and
Non-Intrusive Instrumentation.
 
Robert Bruce
Stennis Space Center
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 39529-6000
228/688-1646
Robert.Bruce@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.
 
Bill Musgrave
Ames Technology
Commercialization Center

San Jose, CA
408/557-6820
 
Greg Hinkebein
Mississippi Enterprise
for Technology

Stennis Space Center, MS
228/688-3144
 
Wayne P. Zeman
Lewis Incubator for Technology
Cleveland, OH
440/260-3300
 
David Kershaw
Florida/NASA Business Incubation Center
Titusville, FL
321/267-5601
 
Bridget Smalley
University of Houston/NASA Technology Center
Houston, TX
713/743-9155
 
Richard Reeves
Business Technology
Development Center

Huntsville, AL
256/704-6000, ext. 602
 
Julie A. Holland
NASA Commercialization Center/California State Polytechnic University
Pomona, CA
909/869-4477
 
Martin Kaszubowski
Hampton Roads Technology Incubator
Hampton, VA
757/865-2140
 
Ann Lansinger
Emerging Technology Center
NASA Business Incubator

Baltimore, MD
410/327-9150

Small Business
Programs

Carl Ray
NASA Headquarters
Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR/STTR)
202/358-4652
cray@hq.nasa.gov
 
Paul Mexcur
Goddard Space Flight Center
Small Business Technology Transfer (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 agencies and to 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
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213/743-2353
 
James Dunn
Center for Technology Commercialization
Westborough, MA 01581
508/870-0042
 
David Bridges
Economic Development Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332
404/894-6786
 
Gary F. Sera
Mid-Continent Technology Transfer Center
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77840
979/845-8762
 
Charlie Blankenship
Technology Commercialization Center, Inc.
Newport News, VA 23606
757/269-0025
 
Pierrette Woodford
Great Lakes Industrial Technology Center
Battelle Memorial Institute
Cleveland, OH 44070
216/898-6400
 
Joseph P. Allen
National Technology
Transfer Center

Wheeling Jesuit University
Wheeling, WV 26003
800/678-6882
 
Dan Winfield
Research Triangle Institute Technology Applications Team
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
919/541-6431

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