VOLUME 16 ISSUE 4 APRIL 2014

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Dr. Gazarik Views New Technology

Dr. Michael Gazarik, associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission 

Directorate, viewed the deployment of ATK’s new MegaFlex solar array at Plum 

Brook Station on March 12. ATK is developing this solar array for Glenn’s Solar 

Electric Power project. While there, Gazarik learned about the on-going tests and 

the capabilities of the new technology. Earlier that day, he joined other agency 

senior executives at Lewis Field to discuss the strategy to develop solar electric 

propulsion for missions such as the Asteroid Redirect Mission. Gazarik, next to 

platform, and Mike Eskenazi, co-principal investigator at ATK for the MegaFlex, 

discuss set up and testing of the solar array in Glenn’s Space Power Facility. ATK 

and Glenn managers, including Center Director Jim Free and Plum Brook Director 

Dave Stringer, look on. 

Centers Tackle 

Sonic Boom 

Glenn Wind Tunnel Aids Strategy

Since the Concorde’s final landing at 

London’s Heathrow Airport nearly a 

decade ago, commercial supersonic 

air travel has been as elusive as a 

piece of lost luggage. The level of 

concern over sonic boom annoyance 

became so significant that the Federal 

Aviation Administration prohibited 

domestic civil supersonic flight over 

land. However, this hasn’t stopped 

NASA from continuing the quest to 

develop solutions that will help get 

supersonic passenger travel off the 

ground once more. 

“There are three barriers particular to 

civil supersonic flight: sonic boom, high 

altitude emissions and airport noise. Of 

the three, boom is the most significant 

problem,” said Peter Coen, manager of 

NASA’s High Speed Project with the 

agency’s Aeronautics Research Mission 

Directorate’s Fundamental Aeronautics 

Program.

Since the maximum acceptable loudness 

of a sonic boom is not specifically 

defined under current FAA regulations, 

Continued on page 3

Budget Request "Keeps Us Moving"

President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2015 

(FY 2015) budget request, released 

March 4, includes a proposed 

$17.5 billion dollars for NASA. 

During a teleconference with media 

and employees across the agency, 

Administrator Charlie Bolden and Chief 

Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson 

asserted how the proposed budget 

reflects positively on agency goals.

“The president’s budget, once again, 

affirms the bi-partisan strategic 

Continued on page 2

In This Issue

Stellar Interns Go Virtual .............3

Lightfoot Talks Strategy .............4

Astronaut Personalizes Space ...4

Celebrating Micro Market ..........5

Reaching A Cornerstone ..............8
NESC Recognizes Glenn Engineers for Valuable Work

Center Director Jim Free and Dawn Emerson, NASA Engineering and Safety Center 

(NESC) chief engineer at Glenn, presented two teams with 2013 NESC Group

Achievement Awards, Feb. 25. 

The award honors teams whose engineering and technical excellence have

contributed substantially to the success of NESC’s mission. This includes performing 

value-added independent analysis and assessment of NASA’s high-risk projects to 

ensure safety and mission success. 

Thomas Miller and Concha Reid, Electrochemistry Branch, and Penni Dalton,

ISS and Human Health Office, were recognized for their outstanding support to

“assessing risk of thermal runaway in lithium batteries used in NASA Systems.” 

John Thesken, Applied Structural Mechanics Branch, and Eric Baker (CRT), Mechanics 

and Life Prediction Branch, were recognized for “expediting risk assessment of the 

Chandra X-ray Observatory’s Integral Propulsion System Composite Overwrapped 

Pressure Vessel (COPV) titanium liner and carbon fiber/epoxy composite.”

The NESC was created shortly after the Columbia accident to address NASA’s

lack of program independent resources for an alternate perspective on difficult

technical issues. The NESC is a broad based network of independent technical

experts assembled from across NASA, other government organizations, industry

and academia to solve complex engineering problems. 

To learn more about the NESC visit http://www.nasa.gov/offices/nesc/home/index.html.

—By S. Jenise Veris

Pictured above, left to right: Reid, Miller and Dalton from the battery assessment 

team. Right: Thesken and Baker from the COPV assessment team.

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FY2015 Proposed Budget

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exploration plan agreed to with the 

Congress in 2010,” Bolden stated. “It 

keeps us moving toward the missions 

and breakthroughs of tomorrow even 

as it enables the tangible successes 

of today.”

In addition to the request for 

$17.5 billion, the agency would have 

access to nearly $900 million dollars 

in a new Opportunity, Growth and 

Security Initiative to advance priority 

missions. Among those missions that 

stand to receive increases include 

commercial crew, Space Launch 

System (SLS)/Orion and advanced 

computational fluid dynamics and 

simulator capabilities. 

This budget also provides funding 

to keep the agency’s ambitious deep 

space exploration program to send 

humans to an asteroid and Mars, as well 

a robust science program that includes 

money for the James Webb Telescope 

and multiple Earth science missions. 

Additionally, this budget supports 

the continuation of groundbreaking 

work in technology development and 

aeronautics, which provide spinoffs 

and jobs for people here on Earth. 

Following the Administrator’s briefing, 

Center Director Jim Free and Glenn’s 

Chief Financial Officer Larry Sivic 

met with local reporters to discuss 

budget highlights related to NASA 

Glenn. Under the proposal, the center 

would receive $587.7 million dollars for 

FY 2015. This is a 3.6 percent increase 

from FY 2014 funding.

While pleased with the budget request 

for Glenn, Free cautioned, “anything can 

happen” as the proposal goes through 

Congress. Free and Sivic answered 

questions relating to Glenn’s role in 

the Asteroid Redirect Mission, Center 

Master Plan and jobs. 

“At this funding level, we still stay 

around 3,000 jobs,” Free said. “That’s 

where my goal is to keep us.”

NASA’s FY 2015 budget proposal and 

supporting material are available at 

http://www.nasa.gov/budget.

—By Doreen B. Zudell

Under the proposal, the center 

would receive $587.7 million dollars 

for Fiscal Year 2015. This is a 

3.6 percent increase from 

Fiscal Year 2014 funding.

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Stellar Interns Become Student Ambassadors

Online Network of Ambassadors Service Pipeline

Eighteen Glenn interns are among the 

105 top-performing interns, representing 

29 states and 67 universities, recently 

inducted into the 2014 NASA Student 

Ambassadors Virtual Community 

(NSAVC), Cohort 6. 

This online network is designed 

to foster greater interaction and 

mentorship among NASA's outstanding 

higher education interns. Ultimately, it 

increases student retention through the 

NASA educational pipeline and into the 

science, technology, engineering and 

mathematics (STEM) workforce. 

Student ambassadors collaborate with 

their peers via instant messenger, 

message boards and other social media 

and discuss current NASA events or 

research/projects identified from the 

Ambassador profiles posted online. 

They also engage future interns inperson as a NASA representative at a 

variety of venues.

The following is a list of Glenn

interns in Cohort 6 and their host 

organizations: Amanda Adams, 

Multidisciplinary Design Analysis

Optimization Branch; Elizabeth 

Barrios, Durability and Protective

Coatings Branch; Christopher Bates 

and Sibylle Walter, Inlet and Nozzle 

Branch; Devon Beckett, Advanced

Metallics Branch; Connor Beierle, 

Power Systems Engineering Branch; 

Peter Bocchini and Maxmillian 

Holliday, Advanced Metallics Branch; 

Nathan Boll, Photovoltaics and Power 

Technologies Branch; Eric Bruckner, 

Mechanics and Life Prediction Branch; 

Kier Fortier, Nikhil Garg and

Innocent Udom, Bio Science and

Technology Branch; Ariel Espinosa 

Livica, Electron and Opto-Electronic 

Devices Branch; Ashwin Rane, 

Structure and Dynamics Branch;

Lloyd Utt Jr., Icing Branch; Nomita 

Vazirani, Propulsion and Control

Illustration by Kelly Shankland

Systems Engineering Branch; and 

Emma Yee, Combustion Branch.

Glenn’s University Programs Office 

and its mentors confer to nominate 

deserving students and forward their 

names to NASA Headquarters' Office 

of Education, where a panel makes 

the final selection. More information 

about student ambassadors is available 

at https://intern.nasa.gov/intern/.

—By S. Jenise Veris

Tackling Sonic Boom

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Continued from page 1

NASA and its aviation partners have been researching ways to identify a loudness 

level that is acceptable to both the FAA and the public, and to reduce the noise 

created by supersonic aircraft. 

NASA’s recent focus on supersonic research testing began in November 2010 

as part of the project’s Experimental Systems Validations for N+2 Supersonic 

Commercial Transport Aircraft effort. Using cutting-edge testing in wind tunnel 

facilities at Ames and Glenn research centers, NASA has explored scaled models 

of “low-boom” aircraft designs by Boeing and Lockheed Martin. 

The most recent possible supersonic aircraft designs reflect what is needed to 

meet NASA’s low-boom requirements. These requirements specify targets for 

boom loudness, aerodynamic efficiency and airport noise for an N+2—second 

generation beyond current technology—aircraft design that could be flying by 

the years 2020 through 2025. 

Data from NASA’s wind tunnels is being used to validate computer-based design 

tools for continued use in future low-boom aircraft design research. To learn more 

about NASA’s efforts towards realizing a viable low-boom, civil supersonic aircraft 

transport design, visit http://www.nasa.gov/aero/centers_tackle_sonic_boom.html.

—By Frank Jennings and Karen L. Rugg

Left: Inside Glenn's 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel, technician Dan Pitts 

inspects Boeing's 1.79 percent scale model. Shown are the two installed flowC-2013-1172 Photo by Quentin Schwinn through nacelles. 
News and Events

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Lightfoot Talks Strategy for NASA's Future 

On March 13, NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot hosted an All Hands 

meeting at Lewis Field. During his presentation, Lightfoot emphasized the importance 

of investing in the next generation of researchers to help reach new heights. His visit 

also included tours of selected sites, which showcased Glenn’s work in relation to 

NASA missions. Pictured, Lightfoot greets Brian Tomko, a young professional on the 

CubeSAT team that gave a presentation during a working lunch. Center Director Jim 

Free and members of the director’s senior management joined the lunch.

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Astronaut Personalizes Living in Space

During her mission briefing to Glenn employees, March 20, Astronaut Dr. Karen 

Nyberg highlighted her 6-month tour as flight engineer for the Expedition 36/37 

missions aboard the International Space Station. She shared a video that revealed 

exciting aspects of living and working in space, such as maneuvering a robotic arm 

and assisting crewmates in critical spacewalk activities. She cited several Glenn 

experiments which are among those monitored daily. Another aspect of her daily 

routine was e-mailing photos to her 3-year-old son and husband and running on the 

treadmill. She expressed gratitude to Glenn’s researchers for the harness design that 

enabled her to run in relative comfort. Nyberg (front, left) is pictured in Glenn’s 

Exercise and Countermeasures Lab, as Glenn’s Gail Perusek introduces her to HULK 

(Hybrid Ultimate Lifting Kit), a prototype of an advanced exercise device developed 

by Zin Technologies for NASA.

Glenn Announces 2014 

Saturday Tour Lineup

NASA Glenn kicked off its 2014 

monthly tour schedule at the Electronic 

Propulsion Laboratory, April 5. The 

one-hour tours are offered one Saturday 

a month from April through October 

and are free of charge for groups and 

individuals. Visitor parking is also free.

All tours include a safety briefing and, as 

time permits, a multimedia presentation 

on the beginnings of the Glenn Research 

Center. Researchers who develop and 

verify cutting-edge technologies for 

both aeronautics and space flight will 

be available to talk with visitors.

A tour bus departs from Glenn’s main 

gate every hour beginning at 10 a.m.; the 

last tour departs at 1 p.m. Each tour concludes with a visit to NASA’s gift shop.

The 2014 tour lineup includes: 

May 3: Abe Silverstein Supersonic Wind 

Tunnel 

June 7: Flight Research Building 

July 12: Icing Research Tunnel 

Aug. 2: Aero-Acoustic Propulsion 

Laboratory 

Sept. 13: Telescience Support Center 

Oct. 4: High Bay Clean Room. 

Tours are open to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. U.S. citizens, 

18 years of age or older, are required 

to present government-issued photo 

identification (driver’s license or U.S. 

passport). Permanent residents must 

present their green card with admission. 

Space is limited and reservations are 

required. 

Reservations may be made starting 30 

days in advance, up to one week before 

the actual tour date. Call 216–433–9653 

or send an email to sheila.d.reese@nasa.

gov. Pre-registered guests will receive a 

confirmation notice.

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Glenn Celebrates New Micro Market With Ribbon Cutting

NASA Glenn officially opened the center’s new Micro Market on the Glenn Café upper mezzanine (building 15), March 11. It 

offers the Glenn workforce 24/7 vending access to hot and cold breakfast and lunch food items; beverages, including freshground coffee; and a variety of sundries. The market is operated under an agreement with Ohio’s Bureau of Services for the 

Visually Impaired (BSVI). A percentage of the profits from the market and newly installed BSVI vending machines on campus 

will be returned to the Glenn Exchange. Helping cut the ribbon on this latest addition to Glenn’s food services options are, 

pictured, left to right: Janet Watkins, associate director; Vicki Smith, BSVI area manager; Aneesa Locke-Hines, BSVI program 

director; Jon Arena, Glenn project legal counsel; Kathy Clark, Disability Awareness Advisory Group chair and Jim Free, center 

director. Pictured, right: Smith helps employees set up accounts for easy payment of Micro Market items. 

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Glenn Touts Technology, Importance to State Industry

Glenn hosted five members of the Ohio General Assembly and 33 members of the Governor’s Ohio Aerospace and Aviation 

Council (OAAC), March 7. They came to gain a better understanding of how Glenn’s research and technology development 

supports NASA missions. Center Director Jim Free gave an overview to both groups in Glenn’s Briefing Center. General Assembly 

members then exited to tour Lewis Field facilities and OAAC members stayed behind to conduct their quarterly planning 

meeting. During a working lunch, Free and members of his senior management team discussed Glenn’s importance to the growth 

of the State’s aerospace and aviation industry. OAAC members toured after lunch. Pictured, above left: Dave Manzella, far left, 

speaks to OAAC members about Glenn's work in solar electrical propulsion. Above: Bob Corban, left, explains to Ohio General 

Assembly members how the Glenn-developed Fluid/Combustion Integration Racks operate on the International Space Station. 

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Glenn Celebrates Women's Character, Courage and Committment

Glenn celebrated Women’s History Month with a lunchtime program 

and awards presentation, March 27. Deputy Director Greg Robinson 

provided the welcoming remarks for this year's event, co-hosted by the 

Women’s Advisory Group (WAG) and Glenn’s Business and Professional 

Women’s (BPW) group.

Keynote speaker Margaret Mitchell, president and CEO of the YWCA 

of Greater Cleveland, shared her perspective on this year’s theme, 

“Celebrating Women of Character, Courage and Commitment.” She 

discussed how courage shapes one’s character and commitment and 

shared examples of how it transcends fear, giving us the ability to meet 

challenges.

This year, WAG representatives presented two Non-Supervisory Federal 

Women’s Program awards. The honorees include: Karin Bozak, an 

electrical engineer in the Power Systems Development Branch, nominated 

by Amy Stalker; Mechanical and Rotating Systems Branch; and Karen 

Weiland, lead systems engineer, Systems Definition and Communication 

Branch, nominated by her branch chief Frank Gati.

Mitchell, center, and award winners: Bozak, left, and 

Weiland.

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Awards & Honors

Charles Doxley, Avionics Systems Branch, received the “Most Promising Scientist in 

Government” award during the 28th annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) 

STEM Conference in February. Doxley was recognized for his technical contributions to 

NASA’s Compatibility Test Sets project and exemplary work in organizing and leading 

multiple after-school robotics programs in Cleveland.

Dr. Antoine Moss, transportation manager, Logistics and Technical Information 

Division, has been named one of the 2014 Northeast Ohio Top 25 Under 35 Movers 

and Shakers in Northeast Ohio. The award is sponsored by the Cleveland Professional 

20/30 Club, which recognizes young leaders for their excellent work, civic engagement 

and philanthropic efforts. 

The National Society of Professional Engineers recently named Dr. Rickey Shyne, director of Glenn’s 

Research and Development Directorate, one of the top 10 Federal Engineers of the Year. The prestigious 

award is based on factors such as engineering achievements, education, professional and technical society 

activities, awards and honors, and civic and humanitarian activities. 

Doxley Dr. Moss

Dr. Shyne

Welcome to the NASA Family

NASA Glenn welcomed three new employees last month. Wesley Johnson, who 

transferred from NASA Kennedy, now serves as research engineer in the Propulsion 

and Propellants Branch. Sherri Lippus assumes the role of Incident Response 

Manager for the Risk Management and Security Office. Curtis Rimer is a Veteran 

Program intern assigned to the Human Capital Consultant Division.

Johnson Lippus Rimer

Retirements

Carol Stofka, Office of Chief Financial 

Officer, retired Jan. 3, 2014, with 

40 years of federal service, including 

35 with NASA. 

Joseph Viera, Project Management 

Branch, Facilities Division, retired 

March 31, 2014, with 23 1⁄2 years of 

NASA service.

Retiring Soon? 

Are you a civil servant who will be 

retiring soon? Be sure to fill out the 

GRC-431 form to include your retirement notice in the AeroSpace Frontiers. 

The form also gives you the option to 

receive the monthly newsletter at home. 

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# GLOBAL 

More Than a Memory

Frank Bechtel 95, who retired in 1974 with 33 years of federal service, died Feb. 17. 

Bechtel was an Air Force Reservist, who joined the NACA/NASA workforce in 1941. He 

spent much of his 31-year career in the hangar as an experimental electronic equipment 

mechanic foreman. He supervised instrumentation and telemetry improvements to 

World War II airplanes, and most of the center’s aircraft and missile projects, including 

the Mercury Program. He also supported operations for the Flight Icing Research, the 

F–106 and Quiet Engine programs.

Russell L. Demaline, 95, who retired in 1974 with 31 years of federal service, died 

Feb. 11. Demaline was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II. He served with NASA 

as a security specialist. His brother Robert, a NASA retiree, preceded him in death. 

He is survived by son-in-law Joe Richvalsky, a NASA retiree, and his niece, Deborah 

Demaline (WYLE) currently works in Glenn’s Records Management Office. 

Dennis J. Eichenberg, 57, who retired in 2012 with 24 years of NASA service, died 

Feb. 15. Eichenberg spent his NASA career in the Engineering Directorate. His electrical 

engineering expertise was instrumental to the successful operation of many high-profile 

projects, including the Surface Tension Driven Convection Experiment, the Small 

Engine Components Test Facility and the Ohio Hybrid Bus. He authored numerous 

technical publications and held a patent in the field of hybrid power management. 

The patent demonstrated his ingenuity to integrate advanced power technologies to 

improve system performance and efficiency. 

George Tulisiak, 89, who retired in 1982 with 27 years of federal service, died Feb. 27. Tulisiak was a U.S. Army Veteran of

World War II prior to beginning a 24-year career with NASA as a metallurgical aerospace engineer. He served as chief of the

Office of Material and Process Control, Fabrication Division. His staff provided quality control through extensive examinations 

of material properties and manufacturers’ products. He earned numerous NASA Tech Brief awards as a coauthor of published 

technical innovations applicable beyond NASA’s aerospace missions.

Bechtel Demaline

Eichenberg Tulisiak

Calendar

S E L F I E 

E A R T H 

DAY: NASA 

i n v i t e s 

everyone on 

the planet 

to take part in a worldwide celebration 

of Earth Day, April 22, with NASA’s 

#GlobalSelfie event. Help us celebrate 

NASA’s work to protect our home 

planet. Visit http://1.usa.gov/PfjXln.

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER: NASA 

Glenn’s Prayer Group invites all 

members of the Glenn community 

to join a Christian observance of 

National Day of Prayer. This year’s 

theme is “One Voice United in Prayer.” 

Observances will be held May 1, 7:30 

and 11:30 a.m. See Today@Glenn or 

type “Prayer” in the WING Transporter 

for locations and details.

IFPTE LOCAL 28, LESA MEETING: 

LESA will hold its next membership 

meeting Wednesday, May 14, noon, 

Employee Center’s Small Dining Room. 

RETIRED WOMEN’S LUNCHEON: 

The NASA Retired Women’s Lunch 

will be held Thursday, May 15, 1 p.m., 

at Bucci’s J Bella Restaurant, 12201 

Pearl Rd., Strongsville. Please notify 

Gerry Ziemba, 330–273–4850, for 

reservations. 

A S I A N PAC I F IC A M E R IC A N 

OBSERVANCE: The National Asian 

Pacific American Heritage month event 

will be held May 29, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. 

in the Briefing Center Auditorium, 

building 8. This year’s theme is “Diverse 

Leadership + Expanding Opportunity: 

An Imperative For America.”

Emergency and Inclement Weather 

Lines

Lewis Field: 216–433–9328 (WEAT)

Plum Brook Station: 419–621–3333

To Reach the 

Unreachable Stars

The Cleveland Pops Orchestra is 

dedicating their April 25th concert 

at 8 p.m. as a special tribute to 

the 25 NASA astronauts from 

Ohio. Center Director Jim Free 

will join astronauts Mike Foreman 

and Dr. Don Thomas (retired) at 

the event. They will participate 

in this special program that will 

include NASA video footage. NASA 

also will provide lobby exhibits 

for pre-concert and intermission 

opportunities for the astronauts to 

interact with the audience. Watch 

Today@Glenn for information 

about discount tickets. POC: David 

DeFelice, 216–433–6186.

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John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field

21000 Brookpark Road 

Cleveland, Ohio 44135

www.nasa.gov

AeroSpace Frontiers is an official publication of Glenn 

Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. It is published the second Friday of each 

month by the Community and Media Relations Office in 

the interest of the Glenn workforce, retirees, government 

officials, business leaders and the general public. Submit 

short articles and calendar items via e-mail to the editor: 

doreen.b.zudell@nasa.gov or 216–433–5317. 

May 2014 issue copy deadline: April 18, noon

Editor: Doreen B. Zudell, SGT, Inc.

Assistant Editor: S. Jenise Veris, SGT, Inc.

Managing Editor: Kelly R. DiFrancesco

Read AeroSpace Frontiers online at http://aerospacefrontiers.nasa.gov

Dynamic Building Cornerstone 

of Lewis Field Main Campus

The Mission Integration Center (MIC) is NASA Glenn’s first high-performance 

office building and the critical first piece of Glenn’s Master Planning central 

campus revitalization effort.

Three stories tall and roughly 90,000 square-feet, the MIC (building 162) is the 

cornerstone of Lewis Fields’ main campus under Glenn’s Facility Master Plan. 

Located next to building 21, this completely new office building—the first 

in 40-plus years—takes advantage of new technologies and design practices 

to provide a flexible, functional work environment. 

The MIC can accommodate 300 residents through a combination of privateand open-space offices. It also features a 400-person capacity multi-function 

auditorium, 24 conference rooms, 4 videoconference rooms and multiple 

casual gathering and breakout spaces. While office areas are painted in a 

neutral hue, color is liberally distributed throughout the shared spaces. No 

government tan!

“This project required the coordination of civil servant and support service 

contractors from many of Glenn’s branches and divisions,” explained Project 

Manager Tim Wardlow, Facilities Division (FD) Project Management Branch. 

“It was a true team effort.”

Designed with the goal of responsible environmental stewardship, the MIC 

will require 40 percent less water and 30 percent less energy than a typical 

comparable building. It is targeted to achieve a LEED (Leadership in Energy 

and Environmental Design) Gold rating. Some of the environmental features 

include: extensive natural daylight, sustainably harvested wood and water, 

and energy-saving fixtures and appliances. 

“These features will contribute to a healthier, more productive work 

environment while meeting NASA’s goals for reducing energy consumption,” 

said Project Architect Jared Reed, FD Engineering Management Branch. “We 

hope all Glenn staff will take opportunities to use and enjoy this state-ofthe-art building.”

Stay tuned to Today@Glenn for information on an upcoming MIC ribbon 

cutting and open house event. —By Doreen B. Zudell

Photo by Tim Wardlow

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Above: Interior view of staircase. Below: Auditorium 

features lots of light and color. 

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