[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 150 (Thursday, October 23, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13124-S13125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NASA GLENN AWARDS

  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I honor the scientists, engineers, and 
other innovators working with the NASA Glenn Research Center in 
Cleveland. They are working tirelessly to develop technologies and 
products that improve the lives of Americans--both in missions to space 
and in everyday applications here on Earth. Through commercialization 
initiatives, these products are brought from the laboratory into the 
marketplace, driving the creation of new jobs and economic growth 
nationwide.
  NASA Glenn recently received six of Research & Design Magazine's 
``R&D 100'' awards, which are awarded annually to the 100 most 
technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace. 
This is a tremendous accomplishment for the Glenn Research Center, its 
employees, and the numerous organizations and individuals who work in 
partnership with the Center. I recognize each of the award recipients 
and thank them for the their outstanding work:

       NASA Glenn's Structures and Acoustics division, in 
     collaboration with the University of Toledo and the Army 
     Office, developed new high-load bearings capable of operating 
     at over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This new bearings 
     technology has opened the door to two new patent 
     applications, and is the result of the hard work and 
     dedication of Gerald Montague, Andrew Provenza, Albert 
     Kascak, Mark Jansen, Ralph Jansen, Ben Ebihara, and Dr. Alan 
     Palazzolo.
       A combined airport data and radar device developed by NASA 
     Glenn in collaboration with ViGYAN, Inc., will provide new 
     opportunities for pilots to access weather information while 
     in the sky via a portable device called the ``Pilot Weather 
     Advisor''. It was made possible by NASA Glenn's Engineering 
     Design and Analysis Center, as well as the personal 
     assistance of Glenn Lindamood.
       Thanks to a system developed through a partnership between 
     Zin Technologies and NASA Glenn, real time data plots from 
     the International Space Station are now available to end 
     users through a system known as the ``Microgravity Analysis 
     Software System,'' MASS. NASA staff, including Kevin 
     McPherson, Ted Wright, Ken Hrovat, Eric Kelly, Gene 
     Lieberman, and Nissim Lugasy, teamed up with Zin 
     Technologies' Tim Reckart to make the MASS project possible.
       Drawing on NASA Glenn's renowned expertise with icing 
     research, a New York-based company has recently brought the 
     first new FAA approved deicing technology to market in 40 
     years. This new system will provide protection to sensitive 
     aircraft materials, while also combining two long-recognized 
     deicing techniques. NASA Glenn's Dean Miller and Andy 
     Reehorst, as well as representatives from Cox & Company, 
     developed this important innovation.
       Advances in thermal protection technologies known as 
     ``DMBZ-15,'' jointly developed by NASA Glenn and an Ohio 
     firm, will improve the temperatures and wear resistance of 
     aircraft engines and other propulsion systems, extending 
     flight capabilities and

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     component life spans. Dr. Kathy Chuang of NASA Glenn joined 
     representatives from the Maverick Corporation to accomplish 
     this feat of engineering.
       Last, but certainly not least, versatile new lubricant 
     products pioneered by NASA Glenn are now being used to 
     improve commercial steam valves and furnace conveyors. Dr. 
     Christopher Dellacorte and Brian Edmonds, both NASA Glenn 
     researchers, made these lubricants possible.

  I extend my most sincere congratulations to everyone involved with 
each of NASA Glenn's award-winning projects and also thank NASA Glenn's 
AeroSpace Frontiers newsletter for bringing these wonderful 
accomplishments to my attention.

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