The NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal recognizes significant, specific contributions to NASA's mission. This year's recipients were June E. Malone, Louis V. Nosenzo and Susan Whitfield, Customer and Employee Relations Directorate; William G. Jones, Fred D. Roe Jr., and Jimmy D. Sisco, Engineering Directorate; Kenneth L. Mitchell and Carmen Price, Flight Projects Directorate; Teresa A Batts, Procurement Office; Richard J. Blakeslee, Science Directorate; Peggy K. Geddings, Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle Office; David A. Beaman and Thomas J. Williams, Space Shuttle Propulsion Office; and James W. McCarter, Timothy M. Sanders, and Cynthia L. Sprader, Space Transportation Directorate.
Marshall's Software of the Year Award was presented to James W. McCarter, author of MAVERIC-II, a new program designed to more rapidly create flight simulations for spacecraft and launch vehicles. It is now the primary flight simulation program for NASA.
Marshall's Inventor of the Year Award acknowledges employees with patented inventions that have realized commercial potential or contributed significantly to specific NASA programs. Jonathan Lee and Po-Shou Chen of the Engineering Directorate were honored for their invention called MSFC-398, a high-test aluminum-silicon alloy that displays dramatic strength at temperatures as high as 500 to 700 degrees Fahrenheit. Originally developed for the automotive industry, the alloy could possibly lower engine emissions and improve gas mileage in cars, boats and recreational vehicles.
Marshall's Technology Transfer Award recognizes excellence in applying NASA technology to commercial uses. Recipients we
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NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center News Center
20-Jul-2004