NASA Innovative Partnerships Program [ Innovation Fund ]

NIF Selection 2009

Project Title Project Leader NASA Center Small Payload Quick Return (SPQR) Marcus Murbach ARC Graded Ablating (TPS) Materials Development, Characterization, and Modeling Frank Milos ARC Breaking Barriers in Antenna Size, Weight, Power and Cost Lawrence C. Freudinger DFRC Human Exploration using Real-time Robotic Operations (HERRO) Steven R. Oleson GRC Investigation of Anomalous Heat Observed in Bulk Pd Gustave C. Fralick GRC Nano-Supercapacitor with Carbon/Boron Nitride Nanotubes Janet B. Hurst GRC Molecular Adsorber Coating Wanda Peters GSFC A Space Weather Service for NASA’s Robotic Missions Michael Hesse GSFC Concentrated Solar Power Array for Ground and Space Tom Cwik JPL Silicon-Immersed Waveguide Spectrometer for Space-Borne Far-Infrared Astrophysics and Earth Climate Studies Charles Bradford JPL Lightweight, High Power, Deployable Solar Cells Steven Koontz JSC Seal and Heal Thermal Microwave Based Emergency Wound Treatment Final Diane Byerly JSC Repair Techniques for Composite Structures LaNetra Tate KSC Dust Tolerant Intelligent Electrical Connection System Mark Lewis KSC Mimicking Gecko Foot Surfaces for Lunar dust Mitigation Connell LARC Axial Curved Element Structural Beam Paddock LARC Low Mass Solar Cells for Space Environments Jan Rogers MFSC Conversion Coating Lubrication Systems for Cryogenic Seals James Richard MFSC Harvesting Vibrational Energy to Power Wireless Instrumentation Systems Scott Jensen SSC Coanda Rocket Plume Deflectors for Large-Scale Test Facilities Dr. Daniel Allgood SSC