VOLUME 18 ISSUE 8 AUGUST 2016

Glenn Offers Flexible Flight Research Capability 

Glenn Aircraft Operations is offering 

customers an opportunity to easily 

transition their technology from the 

laboratory to an actual flight environment aboard NASA’s S–3B Viking

aircraft. Cargo pods, previously

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designed by the U.S. Navy for th

aircraft carrier’s logistical support

were modified into Highly Adaptable 

Multi-Mission Experimental Research 

(HAMMER) pods for use as a flexible 

research platform.

The S–3B Viking aircraft is a highly modified version of the Lockheed Martin 

S–3B aircraft that the Navy decommissioned after 30 years of service. Glenn 

transformed it from a carrier-based military aircraft to a state-of-the-art research 

aircraft capable of a wide variety of 

science and aeronautics missions. 

The pod configuration allows for 

hardware integration and testing to 

be performed on the ground, thus 

decreasing aircraft-related tests and 

scheduling costs. Glenn’s HAMMER 

pod can carry a maximum weight of 

1,025 pounds of cargo. The existing 

standard aircraft cargo rails are used 

to mount internal research equipment, 

however, standard 19-inch equipment 

racks are also available for mounting 

research hardware inside the pods. Side 

and nadir port windows can be customized for each research mission. 

“The large volume and payload capacity 

make the HAMMER pod ideal for testing 

lower technology readiness level (TRL) 

hardware that has not yet been optimized for flight in terms of size and 

weight,” said Alan Micklewright, chief, 

Continued on page 2

Photo by Jeff Polack

One of two Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission

Experimental Research (HAMMER) pods

available for use as a research platform aboard 

NASA’s S–3B aircraft. 

Glenn Hangar Gets a Makeover

GRC–2016–C–05429 Photo by Bridget Caswell

NASA Glenn’s hangar at Lewis Field recently received a new look. The center

replaced the worn and faded NASA letters on the hangar roof with the more 

recognizable NASA logo, also known as the “meatball.” 

Human Factor Focus of 

Safety and Health Day

NASA Glenn held its annual Safety and 

Health Awareness Day, June 22, in 

conjunction with the National Safety 

Counsel’s Safety Month. The theme—

SafeForLife—stressed the importance 

of the human factor of safety in all 

areas of our daily lives. Safety and 

Mission Assurance Director Anita Liang 

and staff offered an impressive line 

up of speakers, workshops, informaContinued on page 8 

In This Issue

Important Safety Reminders ................2

First Startup License ...........................2

Five Mentoring Opportunities ...............3

Reliving the 2000s ...............................5

R&E Employee Awards ........................6

Welcome New Employees ....................7
Two Important Safety Reminders

Our center’s policies on traffic and smoking—consistent with State of Ohio 

regulations and Federal Executive Orders—are in place to assure the safety 

and health of everyone at Lewis Field and Plum Brook Station. Speed limits 

are set to keep drivers and pedestrians safe. Designated smoking areas and 

receptacles are positioned to reduce exposure to smoke and safely collect 

cigarettes. In the last several months, our Security Office has issued citations 

for speeding and texting while driving. In addition, cigarette butts have been 

found near flammable materials, and multiple fires have broken out in dumpsters due to improper disposal of cigarettes. I ask that everyone be aware of 

our center policies to avoid these types of hazards and keep us out of harm’s 

way. 

Each one of us has the responsibility to keep our center and each other safe.

—Janet 

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Research Capability

Continued from page 1

Aircraft Operations Office. “All experiments using Glenn pods are subject to a 

safety and airworthiness review process 

prior to approval for flight.” 

Research personnel who plan to fly on 

the S–3B Viking with their experiments 

must be in good health and provide 

certification of both a current flight 

physical and record of attendance at 

either a military or Federal Aviation 

n 

Administration passenger/aircre

physiological training course. Glen

Aircraft Operations will work with 

personnel to ensure training and qualification requirements are tailored to 

specific projects and provide assistance 

in meeting requirements, if needed.

For more information, contact

Micklewright,216–433–2036, or Jeffrey 

Polack, 216–433–3013. 

Center Signs Agreements, Recognizes First Startup License

NASA Glenn’s Technology Transfer 

Office (TTO) hosted a ceremony to 

commemorate the signing of two 

commercial licenses and to celebrate 

the center’s first startup license during 

Glenn’s Technology Day in May. 

Commercial Licenses 

Glenn signed two new commercial 

license agreements for its state-of-the-art, 

highly flexible and durable polyimide and 

polyamide aerogel with Aerogel Technologies, LCC of Boston, Massachusetts. 

The company plans to manufacture and 

market the organic materials to the engineering materials, aviation and automotive industries. An attractive feature of 

aerogels is that they can be manufactured 

on a per-piece basis, for greater efficiency 

and accessibility to a broader audience. 

The technology was invented and developed by Dr. Mary Ann Meador, Stephanie 

Vivod and Dr. Rocco Viggiano of Glenn; 

Dr. Heidi Guo and Dr. Baochau Nguyen 

with Ohio Aerospace Institute; and Dr. 

Jarrod Williams, a former NASA postdoctoral fellow.

For more information, visit http://

technology.grc.nasa.gov/featurestory/

tech-day-commercial-licenses.

Startup License

To commemorate Glenn’s first commercial startup license, TTO held an official 

proclamation signing ceremony with 

AirFlare LLC of Nashville, Tennessee. 

Startup NASA is a new opportunity 

offered by NASA’s TTO. Startup companies can apply to license patented NASA 

technology with no up-front payment. 

Continued on page 3

GRC–2016–C–03310

Team for the AirFlare LLC license for the Portable 

Unit for Metabolic Analysis (PUMA) include: Front 

row: Daniel Lawhon (AirFlare), Janet Watkins; 

back row: Dave Petrarca, Dave Urban, Ankit Jain 

(AirFlare), Priscilla Diem, Russell Valentine, Kim 

Dalgleish-Miller, Mike Lichter, Dan Dietrich, Amy 

Hiltabidel and Jeff Juergens. Not pictured: Dale 

Diedrick, Mike Lewis, Pete Struk, Rick Pettegrew, 

Mark Lewis, Marsha Nall and DeVon Griffin.

GRC–2016–C–03314 Photos by Marvin Smith

Team for the Aerogel Technologies, LLC licenses 

for the polyimide and polyamide aerogel: Front 

row: Dr. Stephen Steiner, Janet Watkins; back row: 

Bob Draper, Baochau Nguyen, Stephanie Vivod, 

Priscilla Diem, Mary Ann Meador, Rocco Viggiano, 

Justin Griffin, Ryan Nelson, Heidi Guo, Vadim 

Lvovich, Kim Dalgleish-Miller and Amy Hiltabidel.

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AUGUST 2016

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Call for Mentors and Tutors

Five Opportunities to Boost Students’ Success

Glenn’s Office of Education (OE) is 

partnering with several organizations 

in Cleveland to provide mentors and 

tutors for students who need extra 

help and encouragement to attain their 

full potential. Each of these programs

is a little different in how they work 

and the time commitment required. 

With the exception of Federal Executive Board (FEB) tutoring, which is 

only available to federal employees, the 

other programs are available to Glenn 

civil servants, support service contractors and retirees. 

Here are five ways you can help “boost 

students’ success”:

1 ONE

The Federal Executive Board (FEB) 

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offers students in K–8 at several Cleve

land Metropolitan School Distric

(CMSD) schools tutoring in the areas 

of science, math, reading or writing. 

Volunteers are needed for one-on-one 

tutoring for a minimum of 4 hours a 

month.

2 TWO

Metropolitan Cleveland Consortium for 

Science, Technology, Engineering, and 

Mathematics (MC2 STEM) High School 

provides tutoring at the Great Lakes 

Science Center. This could be accomplished in one of three ways—Individual, Group (three to four students) 

or Classroom (tutors assist teachers in 

answering questions or providing aid). 

The minimum time commitment is

1 hour per week over a 3-month period.

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e advising, financial aid coun

seling and scholarships. Mentoring i

performed primarily online with a few

face-to-face meetings throughout the

year. Mentors commit to a 4-year rela

tionship with a student, in which you

exchange messages twice per month

and meet in person three times pe

year. 

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleve

land provides one mentor per fou

students and uses an established curric

ulum to teach social and emotional skill

development, problem solving, goa

setting and other skills for students in the 

Richmond Heights School District. The 

time commitment is 4 hours per month.

5 FIVE

True2U is a mentoring and career 

awareness program that prepares CMSD 

eighth-grade students to transition from 

middle school to high school. Formal 

curriculum embraces technology and 

career exposure. Mentors partner with 

another mentor, the lead teacher and 10 

students, 1 day per month for 3 hours in 

the morning during the school day over 

the 9-month school year. 

The 2016-2017 school year begins 

soon, so please contact William “Tim” 

Dedula, 216–433–3668, for more 

information on these programs. Stay 

tuned to Today@Glenn for details on 

an upcoming website that provides 

complete details on OE’s full range of 

mentoring and tutoring programs.

By Tim Dedula and Doreen B. Zudell

Photo by Caleb Fisher

Caleb Fisher, Fluid and Cryogenic Systems Branch, takes a selfie with third graders at Clark Elementary 

School, under the FEB tutoring program. Fisher has been tutoring in the Cleveland City Schools for 

the past 11 years.

Transfer Technology

Continued from page 2

They can also choose from a diverse 

portfolio of more than 1,200 NASA

technologies that range from materials 

and coatings to robotics as the basis for 

new products and services.

AirFlare plans to commercialize Glenn’s 

patent-pending Portable Unit for Metabolic Analysis, or PUMA, for the fitness 

market. AirFlare intends to create a 

wearable device that will allow elite 

athletes and dieters access to laboratory-grade information to quantify their 

fitness level and help them fine tune 

their routines.

Glenn’s Dr. Daniel Dietrich led a 

team of engineers that initially developed PUMA, a lightweight monitoring 

system designed to monitor the oxygen 

consumption and carbon dioxide

production rates of astronauts exercising 

during long missions. 

For more information, visit http://

technology.grc.nasa.gov/featurestory/

airflare.
News and Events

Strategizing for Future Collaborations

NASA Glenn hosted the first Ohio 

General Assembly’s Ohio Aerospace 

and Aviation Technology Committee

(OAATC) Field Meeting, chaired by 

State Representative Rick Perales, June 

23. Dr. Janet Kavandi (pictured) was 

one of the panelists who provided 

remarks on the aerospace/aviation 

resources, operations and expertise 

available in Northeast Ohio to OAATC 

members and guests. A working lunch 

centered on future collaborations and 

strategies to enhance and grow Ohio’s 

aerospace/aviation industry. Attendees 

also toured several Lewis Field facilities. GRC–2016–C–04838 Photo by Marvin Smith

Respecting Civil Rights for All

In recognition of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month, 

Glenn’s Rainbow Alliance Advisory Group held its second annual Open House 

and Brown Bag Lunch, June 28. Keynote Speaker, David Chambers, senior civil 

rights analyst at NASA Headquarters, discussed the importance of civil rights for all

employees and processes in place to address issues relating to equal opportunity 

in the workplace. Glenn’s Rainbow Alliance assists and advises Glenn’s Office of 

Diversity and Equal Opportunity and center management in promoting a safe and 

inclusive work environment, free from discrimination and harassment, regardless 

of sexual orientation or gender. Pictured: Chambers, front, right, joins members of 

Glenn’s Rainbow Alliance Advisory Group in supporting civil rights. 

GRC–2016–C–04645 Photo by Marvin Smith

Glenn Showcases Competencies to Interns, Fellows

NASA Glenn’s Office of Education hosted a summer Career Showcase in the MIC, 

June 30. Glenn organizations displayed their work in support of center core competencies, talked about various NASA missions and provided career information to 

summer program participants. Five contractor and 9 NASA organizations provided 

24 tabletop displays to support approximately 220 interns, faculty fellows and Pathway students.

GRC–2016–C–04937 Photo by Rami Daud

Employees Show

CAVS Spirit

On the heels of our successful 75th Anniversary open houses at Lewis Field and 

Plum Brook Station, Glenn staff exhibited 

excitement and pride in the success of our 

hometown Cleveland Cavaliers. On the 

same day the city of Cleveland honored 

the 2016 NBA Champion Cleveland 

Cavaliers with a parade and rally, many 

employees wore their favorite Cavaliers 

gear—or wine and gold colors—to work. 

Pictured: A few employees gather to 

show their Cleveland Cavaliers pride. GRC–2016–C–04708 Photo by Rami Daud

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AUGUST 2016

Celebrating a 75-Year Legacy

This is the seventh and final article in a monthly series of historical highlights commemorating Glenn's 

75th anniversary and extraordinary technical accomplishments that reach across 7 decades.

Looking Back: 2000s

Throughout the 2000 decade, NASA 

Glenn researchers made several breakthroughs in the creation of aerogels. 

The foam-like substance is the lightest 

weighing solid in existence and has 

exceptional insulating characteristics. 

Aerogels have a number of applications 

on Earth and in space.

The aerogel studies merge two of the 

center’s legacy areas of research—

materials and insulation systems. Glenn 

researchers have worked to develop 

materials that are stronger, lighter and 

more resistant to high temperatures 

since the 1940s. These new materials, 

which include steel alloys, ceramics 

and composite materials, were created 

primarily to improve turbomachinery 

for aircraft engines, but have been 

applied to other fields.

Engineers were quick to use aerogels, 

which emerged in the 1930s, as an 

insulating material. The porous solid 

is created by mixing a polymer with 

a solvent such as silica, extracting the 

liquid from it, and replacing it with 

air. The result is a porous, lightweight 

solid with excellent thermal properties. 

These lightweight materials, however, 

were fragile.

Glenn recently devised ways to manufacture new varieties of aerogels.

This includes reinforcing silica aerogels 

with polymers to strengthen the fragile 

material, and also to create polymer 

aerogels that are stronger and more 

flexible. Possible applications for these 

aerogels are temporary shelters,clothing, 

refrigeration and cryogenic storage.

As NASA contemplates extended 

human missions to Mars and other 

planets, long-term storage of cryogenics 

fluids used as propellant for rocket 

engines is a major issue. Glenn research 

focused on aerogels as insulation may 

contribute to future advancements that 

prevent extremely cold liquids from 

evaporating during a mission.

Courtesy of NASA Glenn History Office

GRC–2015–C–05460 Photos by Bridget Caswell

Left to right: Stephanie Vivod, Dr. Haiquan Guo (OAI), and Dr. Baochau Nguyen, from Glenn's Materials, Chemistry and Physics Branch, Materials and Structures Division, display several forms that a 

polymide aerogel might take depending on its application. Vivod holds aerogel parts molded as shiplap. 

Guo holds a roll of aerogel thin film. Nguyen holds an aerogel antenna.

Awards

Cleveland’s NTA Recognizes Two Glenn Employees

The Cleveland Chapter of the National 

Technical Association (NTA) honored 

Glenn’s Dr. Jerry Lang and Brandon 

White during the 14th annual Technical 

Symposium and Awards banquet at 

Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI), June 3. 

Former Center Director Dr. Woodrow 

Whitlow Jr. delivered the keynote 

address.

Dr. Bilal Bomani, Fluid Physics and 

Transport Processes Branch, NTA 

Cleveland vice president and Technical 

Symposium chairman, presented the 

awards to Glenn honorees.

Lang, a materials research engineer, 

Ceramic and Polymer Composites

Branch, received the Nsoroma Lifetime

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Achievement Award. He is cited for

contributions during a 35-year-plus

NASA career in research and develop

ment and over 20 years of support to

NTA programs for underrepresented

men and women in the STEM fields. 

White, an electrical engineer, Power 

Management and Distribution Branch, 

received the Nsoroma Prince Award. 

He is recognized as a “rising star” for 

contributions to advance NASA’s Solar 

Electric Propulsion technology and 

mentoring in NTA STEM and robotics 

programs.

By S. Jenise Veris

Left: White gives his acceptance speech. Right:

Dr. Lang acceepts his award from Cleveland’s NTA 

Vice President Dr. Bomani. 

Photos courtesy of NTA Cleveland

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R & E Directorate Recognizes Talented Workforce

Glenn’s Research and Engineering

Director Dr. Rickey Shyne and Associate Director Maria Babula presided

over a special awards ceremony, June

20, in the Administration Building

Auditorium. The event was a celebration of several individual and

team awards achieved across the

Directorate over the past year. 

Certificates of appreciation were presented commending the following

achievements:

• Aviation Week’s 2016 Laureate

 Award in Technology to NASA’s

 Environmentally Responsible

 Aviation (ERA) Project Team.

• NASA’s Office of the Chief

 Engineer’s 2015 Systems

 Engineering Technical Excellence

 Award (Program/Project Category)

 presented to the Spacecraft Fire

 Safety Demonstration (SFSD)

 project, SAFFIRE, systems

 engineering team.

• NASA’s Space Flight Awareness

 (SFA) Management Award to

 David J. Hoffman. 

• NASA’s SFA Trailblazer Award to

 James P. Winkel. 

• NASA’s SFA Team Award to the

 Orion eSTA Building Block Modal

 Test Team. (Photo unavailable)

• Two awards, previously announced

 in the AeroSpace Frontiers, were

 the Presidential Early Career Award

 to Vikram Shyam (see April 2016,

 p. 6) and the Rotary National Award

 for Space Achievement (RNASA)

 Stellar Award to Dr. Geoff Landis

 (see June 2016, p. 6).

GRC–2016–C–04759

Glenn members of the NASA Environmentally

Responsible Aviation (ERA) Project Team.

GRC–2016–C–04764 Photos by Marvin Smith

Dr. Shyne, left, presents SFA Management Award 

to David Hoffman.

GRC–2016–C–04756

Dr. Shyne, left, presents the SFA Trailblazer Award 

to James Winkel. 

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Spacecraft Fire Safety Demonstration (SFSD) project, SAFFIRE, Systems Engineering Team.

Retirements

Lori Rachul, Office 

of Communications & External

Relations, retired 

on Aug. 1, 2016, 

with 37 years of

service. 

Rachul

In Appreciation

Many thanks to all who attended my retirement party. Thank you also for the framed 

gold foil of NASA Glenn Research Center. It’s 

a nice remembrance of my years with NASA 

and a keepsake to treasure. —Kay DeWillie

Promotions

Robert Scheidegger 

has been named

chief of the Power

Management and

Distribution Branch

in the Power

Division of the

Research and Engineering Directorate, effective June

12. Scheidegger

previously served as the Power lead for

the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission.

He now leads an organization that

provides engineering for power management and distribution research,

development, design, test and evaluation for use in space, aeronautical and

terrestrial electric power systems applications. The organization is responsible 

for developing modular and autonomous power systems, power processing and hybrid electric power. 

Scheidegger Agency Honor and Center 

Awards Ceremony

August 31, 2016

10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Mission Integration Center Auditorium

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AUGUST 2016

Welcome to the NASA Family

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y 

Glenn welcomed 11 new employees who

reported for orientation on April 18, 2016.

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They include Waldo Acosta, Aviation Envi

ronments Test Engineering Branch; Darren

Benn, Structural Dynamics Branch; Yue

Brucknerk, Facility Project Management

Branch; Thomas DeMichael, Manufacturing

Engineering & Process Branch; Jason Keister

Planning and Integration Office; Jonathan

Mackey, Electric Propulsion Systems Branch

Tysen Mulder, Rotating and Drive Systems

Branch; J. Michael Newman, Propulsion

Systems Analysis Branch; Evan Racine

Thermal Systems Branch; Lisa Ramsey

Energy and Environmental Management

Office; and Seth Spiegel, Inlets and Nozzles

Branch.

Glenn welcomed seven new employees 

who reported for orientation on May 2. 

They include Amy Hiltabidel, Technology 

Transfer Office; Ian Jakupca, Photovoltaic 

and Electrochemical Systems Branch; 

Marla Kennedy, Workforce Planning and 

Strategic Solutions Division; Paul Nowak, 

Jr., Power Management and Distribution 

Branch; John Rice, Data Systems Branch; 

Stephen Robison, Technology Transfer 

Office; and Thomas Thompson, Aircraft

Operations Office. 

GRC–2016–C–03808 Photos by Bridget Caswell

Pictured, left to right, front: Bruckner, Acosta, 

Ramsey, Mulder and Mackey. Back, left to right: 

DeMichael, Benn, Newman, Racine, Spiegel and 

Keister.

GRC–2016–C–02650 Photos by Bridget Caswell

Pictured, left to right, who reported for orientation, May 2: Jakupca, Nowak, Kennedy, Hiltabidel, Robison and Thompson. Not pictured: Rice.

Emergency and Inclement 

Weather Lines 

Lewis Field: 216–433–9328 (WEAT) 

Plum Brook Station: 419–621–3333

Glenn’s Upcoming 75th 

Anniversary Events

Chicago Air Show, Aug. 20 to 21

Cleveland National Air Show, Sept. 3 to 5

Glenn Hall of Fame Induction, Sept. 14

Metzler

Connect With Glenn

More Than a Memory

Allen J. Metzler, 93, 

a 1974 NASA retiree 

with 30 years of 

service, died Dec. 

12, 2015. Metzler 

was a research

scientist wh

joined the agenc

in 1943 as part of 

the War Manpower 

Commission and

served in the Physics and Chemistry 

Division. The majority of his career 

centered on combustion research, where 

he did extensive work on supersonic 

combustor testing for ramjet engines. 

Metzler retired from the Combustion & 

Pollution Research Branch, Airbreathing 

Engines Division.

John J. “Jack” 

Reinmann, 83, a 

1974 retiree with 

33 years of service, 

died April 20. He 

joined the NACA/

NASA workforce 

upon graduating 

the Case Institute 

of Technology

and John Carroll 

University. Reinmann received a 1988 

NASA Exceptional Service Medal for his 

pioneering research and management 

of NASA's Icing Research Program, 

which helped establish NASA Lewis as 

a center of excellence for aircraft icing 

research and flight safety technology. 

He retired as chief of the Icing and 

Cryogenic Technology Branch, Propulsion Systems Division.

Reinmann

Calendar

NASA RETIRED WOMEN’S LUNCHEON: 

The NASA Retired Women's Luncheon 

is Thursday, August 18 at 1 p.m. at Nino's Italian Restaurant, 32652 Center 

Ridge Road, North Ridgeville. Please 

contact Gerry Ziemba at gto64gerry@

yahoo.com or 330–273–4850 to reserve 

your place.

FARMERS MARKET: The Market will be 

returning to Glenn two more times this 

year! Mark your calendar for Tuesday, 

Aug. 30 and Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 

10:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m. Rain or shine...

the market will go on! Stop by the Picnic 

Grounds to check out the new vendors 

and some of your favorite vendors from 

the past. POC: Bianca Gatto, 3–6313

CAS SHOWCASE 2016: The Convergent 

Aeronautics Solutions (CAS) Project

Showcase will hold its second annual 

showcase in the MIC, Sept. 7–8, to 

give updates for its funded inter-center 

research projects. The showcase will 

provide NASA management and staff 

with a status update on the feasibility studies being conducted under CAS 

sponsorship. The showcase will feature 

poster sessions and tours on Sept. 7 

and briefings on Sept. 8. POC: Peggy 

Cornell, 3–2748

SATURDAY TOURS AT LEWIS FIELD: 

Glenn’s next Saturday tour is Sept. 

10, featuring the Structural Dynamics 

Laboratory, where things get shaken to 

verify the survivability of a component. 

For more information and a complete 

schedule, visit http://www.nasa.gov/

centers/glenn/events/tours.html.

IFPTE LOCAL 28, LESA MEETING: LESA 

will hold its next membership meeting, 

Wednesday, Sep. 14, noon, in the Glenn 

Employee Center’s Small Dining Room.

GLENN HALL OF FAME: The Second 

Class of Inductees will be inducted into 

Glenn Research Center’s Hall of Fame 

during a ceremony on Wednesday, 

Sept. 14, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the MIC 

Auditorium. Retirees are welcome to attend but must register by Sept. 7. Please 

call the Anniversary Information line 

at 216–433–5555 or email anne.mills@

nasa.gov to register.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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 Office of 

Communications & External Relations 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. 

September 2016 Calendar section deadline: Aug. 17, noon

News and feature stories require additional time

Editor: Doreen B. Zudell, ATS

Assistant Editor: S. Jenise Veris, ATS

Managing Editor: Kelly R. DiFrancesco

Read AeroSpace Frontiers online at http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/news/AF/index.html

Safety and Health Awareness Day

Continued from page 1

tion stations, mishap briefings and the 

Golden Shoe Health Walk. 

Center Director Dr. Janet Kavandi 

welcomed employees and confirmed 

her commitment to safety during the 

kickoff held in the MIC Auditorium, 

which aired live to Plum Brook Station. 

Former astronaut, Jim Wetherbee,

presented the keynote address, titled

“Controlling Risk in a Dangerous

World: From Challenger, Columbia to 

Deepwater Horizon Tragedies.” Dr. 

Scott Shappell, professor, Embry-Riddle 

Aeronautical University, followed with 

a presentation on “Human Factors 

Related to Personnel Safety in the Workplace.” Karen Meinert, deputy director, 

NASA Safety Center, shared the agency 

safety status, while Liang shared a video 

highlighting an interview with Kavandi 

emphasizing the importance of safety in 

our lives. 

Many employees participated in the 

Golden Shoe Walk in the afternoon, 

and Shappell hosted a “Human Factors 

Workshop” at Lewis Field.

Glenn’s Safety and Health Awareness 

Directorate Point of Contact Committee 

members will roll out the follow-on 

dialogue activity focusing on safetyrelated case studies.

By Doreen B. Zudell

Pictured clockwise:

Former astronaut, Jim Wetherbee, presented the 

keynote address.

Dr. Scott Shappel, talked about human factors 

related to personal safety in the workplace.

Employees participated in the annual Golden 

Shoe Walk.

Ergonomics was one of several topics

featured through information stations.

Photos by Rami Daud