Volume 9, Number 5 • September/October 2001 • Moving Forward

NCTN Directory

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.

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.

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@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.

Sam Morello
Langley Research Center
Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001
757/864-6005
s.a.morello@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.

Kirk Sharp
Stennis Space Center
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 39529-6000
228/688-1914
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.

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

Joanne Randolph
Business Technology
Development Center
Huntsville, AL
256/704-6000, ext. 202

Richard C. (Michael) Lewin
Department of Business
and Economic Development
Greenbelt, MD
800/541-8549

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
Merger 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

William Gasko
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
440/734-0094

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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