VOLUME 18 ISSUE 1 JANUARY 2016

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GRC-2015-C-7641 Photo by Marvin Smith

Center Director Free addresses the media and guests. Panelists look on as special guest 

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur awaits her turn, in the background, to share support. 

SPF Backdrop for Celebration of Orion Test Hardware

International Partnership

NASA and its partners gathered at Plum 

Brook Station, Nov. 30, to celebrate the 

arrival of a full-size test version of the 

Orion service module provided by the 

European Space Agency (ESA). Representatives from ESA, Airbus Defence 

and Space and Lockheed Martin joined 

NASA personnel as panelists during the 

program, sharing highlights of the hardware and answering questions from 

U.S. and international media. 

“Today, we welcome Orion’s Service 

Module—‘The Powerhouse’—for testing at NASA Glenn,” Center Director 

Jim Free said in his welcoming remarks. 

The event took place in the Space 

Power Facility (SPF), and featured the 

massive European Service Model and 

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Glenn Earns R&D 100’s “Oscar of Innovation”

A team of Glenn 

researchers and

partners won an 

R&D 100 award 

for their Polyimide AerogelBased Antennas, 

presented during R&D Magazine’s annual awards

ceremony, Nov. 13. An independent 

judging panel and R&D Magazine editors selected it among the 100 most

technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace in 2015.

Nominated in the category of IT/

Electronics, polyimide aerogel-based

antennas are a new approach to 

manufacturing antennas. Developed

under NASA’s Aeronautics Research 

Mission Directorate Seedling Project, 

the research advances communication system technologies, particularly 

in aircraft and spacecraft. 

Aircraft require large numbers of antennas—up to 100 in a typical commercial or military aircraft. Aerogels 

are especially useful as an innovation 

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Rocket U Gives 

Employees a Boost

Nine Glenn employees graduated in 

the inaugural class of the Rocket University (RU), Nov. 19. The 2-year pilot 

program was designed to train earlycareer employees through the full lifecycle of a flight project, and develop 

the next-generation workforce to transition into higher-profile projects.

The program consists of a combination 

of Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership (APPEL) courses, 

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In This Issue

Director’s Safety Corner 2

Best Place to Work—Again! .......... 2

Celebrating 75 Years ...................... 3

Meeting Sustainability Goals ........ 5

Retirements .................................... 6

Center Holiday Gathering ........... 7

 

 
Strong Safety Culture Leads to Mission Success

This month, NASA pays tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles 

Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency’s annual Day of Remembrance. This observance honors members of the 

NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and 

discovery. As part of their legacy, NASA has created a safety culture where everyone works to ensure workplace safety and an environment where we feel 

comfortable communicating safety issues. In reverence to our fallen heroes, 

and those who continue the quest, let’s take the time to complete NASA’s 2016 

Safety Culture Survey that will be conducted this month. Your voice is important and I look forward to your feedback.

Based on the 2013 survey, we established this Safety Corner, initiated quarterly supervisory dialogues on mishap statistics and streamlined our Safety 

Bulletin messages. 

—Jim

NASA Earns Best Place 

to Work—Fourth Year!

The Partnership for Public Service has 

named NASA as the “Best Places to 

Work” in the large agency category for 

the fourth consecutive year. The award 

is based on several factors, including 

the results from the Federal Employee 

Viewpoint Survey. The survey is just 

one opportunity for employees to influence change. This year, the center 

response rate increased 15 percent and 

the agency response rate increased 5 

percent. Employees are the greatest 

asset to this agency, and leadership is 

always looking for feedback from the 

workforce on what matters most and 

taking action. We are proud to be part 

of this agency and continue to strive to 

be better every day. We hope you join 

in celebrating this achievement! Read 

more about this award at http://bestplacestowork.org/BPTW/index.php. 

—Office of Human Capital Management

R&D 100 Awards

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for antennas because they possess

low density and low dielectric constant, which allows for faster switching 

speeds and lower heat dissipation. They 

are 10 times lighter and offer considerably greater bandwidth. 

The material and electrical properties developed in Glenn’s polyimide 

aerogels enable superior mechanical 

strength over other types of aerogels 

and flexibility in fabrication to meet 

specific needs in aeronautics, as well 

as automotive, biomedical applications and radio frequency identification 

(RFID). 

Dr. Mary Ann Meador attended the 

awards ceremony to accept the coveted 

“Oscar of Invention” R&D 100 Award on 

behalf of fellow collaborators. The aerogel team includes Dr. Baochau Nguyen 

(OAI) and Meador, Materials Chemistry 

and Physics Branch; Dr. Félix Miranda, 

Dr. Frederick Van Keuls and Dr. Carl 

Mueller (Vencore), Advanced High

Frequency Branch; and Nick Varaljay, 

Space Power & Propulsion, Communications & Instrumentation Branch. 

The Supercooled Liquid Water Content 

(SLWC) Sensor for Radiosondes was 

also chosen as a finalist in the category 

of Analysis/Testing. The SLWC sensor 

can change the way icing conditions 

are measured and analyzed. The water 

sensor is the only technology for in-situ 

measurement of SLWC available that 

does not require flying an aircraft into 

potentially hazardous conditions. Its

ease-of-operation and compact design 

can easily be added to existing weather 

balloon instrument packages. The

developers include Michael King and 

Andrew Reehorst from the Icing Branch; 

and Anasphere, Inc.’s Dr. John Bognar.

The R&D 100 Awards have long been 

a benchmark of excellence for industry 

sectors as diverse as telecommunications, high-energy physics, manufacturing and biotechnology. The awards 

can be vital for gauging a government 

agency’s efforts at commercializing 

emerging technologies. 

To view the full list of award winners, visit 

www.rdmag.com/news/2015/11/2015-

r-d-100-award-winners. By S. Jenise Veris

GRC-2015-C-8115 Photo by Bridget Caswell

The 2015 R&D 100 award winners for Polyimide Aerogel-Based Antennas, pictured, left 

to right: Dr. Nguyen (OAI), Dr. Meador, Dr. Miranda, Varaljay and Dr. Van Keuls. (Vantage 

Partners). Not pictured: Dr. Mueller, formerly with Vencore.
JANUARY 2016

Happy 75th Anniversary NASA Glenn!

NASA Glenn Research Center celebrates its 75th 

anniversary this month! A reenactment of the 

groundbreaking, with modern representatives

of the original participants, is scheduled for

Jan. 25, 2016. Watch Today@Glenn for details.

Ground was broken for the Aircraft Engine Research 

Laboratory on Jan. 23, 1941. Pictured, left to right, 

in the foreground: William R. Hopkins, former city 

manager who developed the airport; John Berry, Airport Commissioner; Frederick C. Crawford, President 

of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce; General

George Brett, Edward Warner and Captain Sidney 

Krause of the NACA Main Committee; Edwin Blythin, 

Mayor of Cleveland; and George W. Lewis, NACA Director of Aeronautical Research. 

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Celebrating Orion Test Hardware

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its tooling. The Orion hardware arrived in Ohio earlier in the month. 

Since then, the NASA team has been 

working nearly around the clock to 

prepare for the next testing cycle. 

Over the next several months, test 

engineers will use the SPF’s large vibration table and acoustic chamber 

to mimic the shaking and noise the 

service module will experience during its ascent into space. They also 

will conduct a solar array deployment 

test and use pyrotechnics to simulate 

the shock the service module will experience during separation from the 

Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. 

The testing allows engineers to validate engineering analysis and make 

sure flight hardware will perform to 

NASA’s safety and flight requirements.

The Orion spacecraft is being developed to help send astronauts to deep 

space destinations, such as an asteroid 

placed in lunar orbit and Mars. It will 

launch on the agency’s SLS rocket. 

ESA, along with its contractor Airbus, 

is providing the service module for 

Orion’s next mission. This partnership will bring international cooperation to the Journey to Mars. The service module will supply power and 

propulsion to the Orion spacecraft for 

Exploration Mission–1 (EM–1).

The Nov. 30 program emphasized

the international partnership through 

a panel comprising Center Director 

Free; Greg Williams, deputy associate 

administrator for Human Exploration 

and Operations at NASA Headquarters; Mark Kirasich, manager for the 

Orion Program at NASA’s Johnson

Space Center; Mike Hawes, program 

manager for Orion at Lockheed Martin; Nico Dettmann, development

department head at ESA; and Oliver 

Juckenhöfel, vice president and head 

of the ESM program at Airbus Defence 

and Space.

“It’s all about the success of EM–1 and 

the Orion service module provided by 

our partners,” Free affirmed. “We’re 

excited about this international partnership. We’re proud of our [Glenn’s] 

role in the mission and we’re proud of 

Ohio’s participation in the Journey to 

Mars.”

By Doreen B. Zudell

GRC-2015-C-7682 Photo by Bridget Caswell

Above: U. S. and international media ask 

questions during the program. Right: 

Robin Brown, right, briefs special guests 

and media on Orion test hardware. GRC-2015-C-7710 Photo by Marvin Smith

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News and Events

Young Astronaut Day Celebrates NACA Legacy

More than 350 students (grades 1 through 12) gathered in NASA Glenn’s hangar to 

complete a variety of hands-on engineering challenges during Young Astronaut Day, 

Nov. 7. All eight activities—developed and conducted by volunteers from Glenn, 

Cleveland State University, Case Western Reserve Robotics Team and the Cleveland 

Government Engaged Leaders—centered on aeronautics in recognition of NACA’s 

100th anniversary. Featured astronaut, Deputy Director Dr. Janet Kavandi, kicked 

off the event. She highlighted the importance of teamwork and shared her experiences as an astronaut. This year’s event was co-sponsored by the Exploration Systems Project Office, the Northern Ohio Section of American Institute of Aeronautics 

and Astronautics and TFOME. Pictured right: A group of future engineers prepare a 

Lego airplane launcher for its test.

GRC-2015-C-7331 Photo by Rami Daud

News Anchor Reflects on Veterans’ Service

GRC-2015-C-7425 Photo by Quentin Schwinn

Glenn’s Veteran Awareness Committee welcomed NewsChannel 5 anchor Leon 

Bibb as keynote speaker for this year’s Veteran Awareness Program, Nov. 10. An 

Army veteran of the Vietnam War, who earned a Bronze Star, Bibb shared poignant 

stories of some of the soldiers with whom he served or interviewed. One of those 

memories centered on Randall, a young man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with 

whom he trained as an artillery surveyor in Vietnam. Bibb wrote a poem honoring 

Randall called “57,” which recalls Randall’s love of hot cars like the ‘57 Chevy and 

his death, 57 days before discharge.

Virts Shares Insights on Living, Working in Space

Employees welcomed Expedition 42 

Flight Engineer and Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts for a post-flight mission briefing, Dec. 9. Virts, who resided 

on the International Space Station (ISS) 

for 199 days, shared highlights on living 

and working in space, which included 

three spacewalks. He thanked Glenn 

employees for their contributions in 

support of the mission. An avid photographer and videographer, Virts showed 

a video that captured scenes of the Earth 

outside the ISS windows. Virts also visited students at Wade Park Elementary 

School in Cleveland, pictured. GRC-2015-C-7999 Photo by Bridget Caswell

Native Americans Share 

Water Preservation 

GRC-2015-C-7405 Photo by Rami Daud

On Nov. 12, Glenn welcomed Christina 

Mokhtarzadeh, a hydrologist with the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, as the keynote 

speaker for this year’s National Native 

American Heritage Month observance. 

Mokhtarzadeh oversees a myriad of 

services to help protect Indian land 

and water rights. She seeks to expand 

the Native American Water Corps, 

which trains Native Americans to become water resource technicians in 

their local tribal governments and/or 

government agencies. Glenn’s Roger 

Tokars followed up with an overview 

of Ohio’s water issues and the center’s 

role in ongoing efforts to monitor the 

Lake Erie Algae Bloom. 

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JANUARY 2016

Construction Project Helps Meet Sustainability Goals

Saves Thousands of Dollars

A storm water construction project 

at Lewis Field is providing benefits by 

decreasing chances of flooding and reducing sewer district fees. 

With increased frequency of highintensity thunderstorms, storm water 

management can be more challenging than ever before. A storm water 

and sewer assessment at Lewis Field 

showed rainfall trends put the center’s aging infrastructure at risk. 

To combat some of these issues,

Glenn’s Facilities Division initiated

a storm sewer project to replace the 

ailing undersized storm sewers within 

one of Lewis Field’s largest drainage 

basins, Outfall 1, which discharges to 

Abram Creek. The project evaluated 

the existing infrastructure and consolidated the piping into one major main 

line. Under Phase I, the system was 

reconfigured to direct flow to water 

quality units to filter the water prior 

to entering the extended wet detention basin. 

“We created a new basin by converting an unused 1-million-gallon industrial waste water basin in the central 

campus into a storm water basin,” 

Civil Systems Manager John DeGreen 

explained. “We also installed two

water quality units to treat the storm 

water entering the basin and settling 

out 80 percent of total suspended solids during the storm’s first flush.”

DeGreen said reducing the volume 

and flow rate out of the basin allows 

Abram Creek and Rocky River to maintain its baseline parameters. These 

contributions will aid in reducing local 

flooding within the stream and river. 

The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer 

District (NEORSD) has reenacted its 

storm water management program to 

tentatively begin in the second quarter 

of 2016, giving it authority to manage 

and collect fees for regional storm water management. Under the program, 

NEORSD customers can proactively 

reduce fees by adopting “best management practices (BMPs),” such as installing detention ponds and rain gardens. 

“By instituting several best management practices, Glenn will be eligible 

to apply for 75 percent off the water 

quantity portion of the NEORSD tax 

bill and up to 25 percent off of the 

water quality portion of the bill,” said 

Bob Puzak, chief, Systems Management 

Branch. “The total yearly bill to the center is anticipated to be $110,000.”

Through the four-phase storm sewer 

project, Glenn will further attempt to 

reduce its bill, reduce storm water flow 

and volume and be environmental stewards to the Rocky River drainage basin.

By Doreen B. Zudell

Photo by John DeGreen

This unused 1-million-gallon industrial waste water basin in the central campus was 

converted to a storm water basin. This helps prevents flooding of local streams and rivers.

Trending With Tech Transfer 

Coating Applications Explored

NASA Glenn has signed a nonexclusive 

licensing agreement with Dayton-based 

Hohman Plating & Mfg. LLC to commercialize a suite of two Glenn-patented, 

high-temperature lubricants.

Hohman Plating specializes in the application of metallic coatings, particularly 

ones that involve difficult-to-coat parts 

or unusual processes. The company’s 

reach is considerable, as it is in the top 

5 percent of all metal finishers in the 

country in terms of physical—plant size, 

number of employees and sales.

Hohman Plating licensed two NASA 

technologies: PS300, a self-lubricating, 

high-temperature coating material that 

keeps parts virtually maintenance free; 

and PS400, a solid-lubricant coating 

that maintains performance at continuous duty and is suitable for highly dynamic or extremely high-temperature 

applications. This agreement makes 

Hohman Plating the only source for the 

plasma-spray application of these two 

patented lubricants.

Hohman Plating’s customers can use 

these coatings in rotating and mechanical wear applications such as bearings 

and turbomachinery, and exhaust components such as recirculating valves, 

high-temperature ducting and piping 

joints. With its connections to multiple 

industries, Hohman is poised to help 

NASA disseminate these technologies 

as widely as possible.

If you want to learn more about licensing, or if you are working on a technology with potential applications beyond 

the space program, please contact 

Karen Bartos (kbartos@nasa.gov).

Submitted by Glenn's Technology Transfer Office

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Retirements

Anita Arnold, Office of Human Capital Management, retired Jan. 1, 2016, 

with 39 years of federal service, including 37 with NASA.

Shirley Frye, Research and Engineering Directorate, retired Dec. 31, 2015, 

with 29 years of service.

Julius Giriunas, Facility Management 

and Planning Office, Testing Division, 

retired Jan. 1, 2016, with 36 years of 

service. 

Daniel Haas, Space Combustion and 

Materials Branch, Testing Division, 

retired Jan. 1, 2016, with 35 years of 

service. 

Halbert Hoyett, Space Power & Propulsion, Communications and Instrumentation Branch, Testing Division, 

retired Jan. 3, 2016, with 37 years 

of federal service, including 33 with 

NASA.

Karen Hughes, Aeronautics and 

Ground-Based Systems, Systems Engineering and Architecture Division, 

retired Jan. 1, 2016, with 38 years of 

service. 

Terrell Jansen, Space Power & Propulsion, Communications and Instrumentation Branch, Testing Division, 

retired Jan, 1, 2016, with 40 years 

of federal service, including 36 with 

NASA.

Mark E. Kilkenny, Technology Transfer Office, Office of Technology Incubation and Innovation, retired Jan. 1,

2016, with 42 years of service. 

Dave Krause, Structural Mechanics

Branch, Materials and Structures Division, retired Jan. 3, 2016, with 32 years 

of service. 

Frank L. Kmiecik, Manufacturing Engineering and Process Branch, Manufacturing Division, retired Dec. 31, 2015,

with 28 years of service. 

Charles Lawrence, Structural Dynamics 

Branch, Materials and Structures Division, retired Jan. 1, 2016, with 33 years 

of service. 

Maureen Messich, Office of the Director, retired Jan. 1, 2016, with 38 years

of service. 

Marlene S. Metzinger, Engineering Management Branch, Facilities Division,

retired Dec. 18, 2015, with 35 years of

NASA service. 

William “Bill” Sikora, Office of Chief 

Counsel, retired Jan. 1, 2016, with 37 1⁄2 

years of federal service, including 27 1⁄2 

with NASA. 

Paul B. Starner, Systems Management 

Branch, Facilities Division, retired Dec. 31, 

2015, with 31 years of service. 

Paul Trimarchi, Mechanical System 

Design and Integration Branch, Materials 

and Structures Division, retired Jan. 1, 

2016, with 32 1⁄2 years of service. 

Due to the high number of employees 

retiring this month, more retirements 

will appear in the February 2016 issue. 

Kilkenny Krause Lawrence Messich

Sikora Trimarchi

Welcome to the NASA Family

Glenn welcomed three 

new employees to the 

Materials and Structures Division, who

reported for orientation Dec. 14. They

include, left to right: 

Elliot A. Schmidt, Structural Mechanics Branch; 

Timothy M. Smith, Jr., 

High Temperature and 

Smart Alloys Branch; 

and Thomas F. Tallerico, 

Rotating and Drive Systems Branch. GRC-2015-C-8021 Photo by Bridget Caswell

Left to right: Schmidt, Smith and Tallerico.

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25 years of service at Glenn.

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JANUARY 2016

Centerwide Holiday Gathering Highlights

Glenn employees joined Center Director Jim Free and members of the Director’s Strategic Management Team 

for some holiday cheer, Dec. 15, in 

the MIC Auditorium. Free kicked off 

the festivities with the presentation 

of 11 boxes of employee-donated 

toys—nearly double the donations for 

2014—which will help spread cheer 

through the Marine’s Toys for Tots 

campaign. He followed the presentation with highlights of the center’s 

2015 accomplishments and anticipated 

leadership in future agency programs/

projects. Festivities also included a trivia 

contest, emceed by Lance Foster; the 

Great Recipe Cookie-off contest won by 

Carlos Gomez; and light refreshments—

three ingredients for fun holiday faire.

By S. Jenise Veris

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More Than a Memory

Michael D. Slivka, 93, a 1986 retiree 

with 25 years of federal service, died 

Nov. 8. Slivka was a World War II 

Army Air Corps veteran who began 

his NASA career at Plum Brook Station in 1963. He earned the first of 

three Special Achievement Awards 

for developing methods and procedures in aluminum welding for the 

Space Power Facility’s cold wall program. Slivka was a Speakers Bureau 

member. He retired as a construction 

representative in the Facilities Engineering Division at Lewis Field.

Henry B. Tryon, 89, a 1986 retiree

with 22 years of NASA service, died

Nov. 15. Tryon was a World War II

Navy veteran. He retired from the Advanced Communications Technology 

Satellite (ACTS) Project Office, where 

he helped update performance measurement information systems on ACTS 

that were key to integrating communications with the space shuttle. Tryon 

received a NASA Group Achievement 

Award as a member of the NASA/Department of Energy (DOE) Electric Vehicle Project Team, for technological 

advancements to electric vehicle propulsion systems and aircraft and space 

power systems.

Calendar

IFPTE LOCAL 28, LESA MEETING: 

LESA will hold its next membership 

meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 13, noon, 

in the Glenn Employee Center’s Small 

Dining Room. 

VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR FIRST 

COMPETITION: The Buckeye Regional 

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition 

of Science and Technology) Competition 

is looking for volunteers. There are many 

volunteer roles suited to your unique 

interest. Please register at http://www.

firstinspires.org/ways-to-help/volunteer/

new-volunteers.

NASA DAY OF REMEMBRANCE: 

This month, NASA pays tribute to the 

crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles 

Challenger and Columbia, as well as 

other NASA colleagues, during the

agency's annual Day of Remembrance. 

This year is the 30th anniversary of 

the Space Shuttle Challenger accident. 

Stay tuned to Today@Glenn for

information on this year’s memorial 

program. 

REVISED SMOKING POLICY: The 

center’s smoking policy has recently 

been revised to better protect and

promote a healthy work environment 

for all employees. Changes to the

policy include: No Smoking within

25 feet of building and facility entrances, windows, air intakes and

other intrusion points where smoke 

may be entrained in the building; 

direction on reporting concerns; 

supervisor roles; and the addition of a 

policy regarding e-cigarettes. For more 

details on the policy and designated 

smoking locations, type “smoking” in 

the WING and Today@Glenn Search 

box in the upper left corner of WING.

Emergency and Inclement Weather Lines 

Lewis Field: 216–433–9328 (WEAT) 

Plum Brook Station: 419–621–3333

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Rocket U Grads

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center-based courses, applied laboratories, and assistance from subject matter 

experts and mentors. The pilot class 

began training in November 2013. 

“Participants gained technical knowledge and experience on a crossfunctional project team in a low-risk, 

low-cost environment,” explained 

Glenn RU Program Manager, Rochelle 

Gallagher, Human Capital Development Division. “This includes opportunities to improve their skills in 

communications and networking in 

and outside of the center.”

On Sept. 4, the class successfully 

demonstrated its project, ANGEL 

(Autonomously Navigated parGliding 

Experimental Lander), at Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Their objective 

was to test a precision military ramair canopy designed for cargo drops, 

at a height of 100,000 feet, including 

a newly designed drogue chute. The 

system is scalable to a similar model 

that could return high-altitude telescopes to earth after their 100-day 

missions, and avoid landing in the water or inaccessible locations.

“Since I’m one of the youngest engineers in my branch, this program gave 

me opportunities to take on lead roles 

in program management early on 

in my career,” said participant, Deb 

Goodenow, Diagnostics and Electromagnetics Branch. 

The ANGEL team received further affirmation of the value of their time 

and effort earlier this month. Members of the class presented their data 

at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech Conference in San Diego. 

Glenn’s second RU program class began in February 2015. Their research 

focuses on using remote sensing 

technology to research algae blooms 

that pollute water supplies. 

By Doreen B. Zudell

GRC-2015-C-7599 Photo by Bridget Caswell

Pictured above: Graduates, left to right: Steven Korn, Douglas Astler, Jeremiah McNatt, Amanda 

Stevenson, Therese Griebel (advisor), Deb Goodenow, Dr. Howard Ross (advisor), Jeffery Chin 

and Anthony Roberts. Not pictured: Justin Niehuas and Fransua Thomas. Pictured below: The 

ANGEL System.