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NRP Welcomes New Tenants! 

Advanced Wireless Communications 

Building 19 - August 1, 2006. Advanced Wireless Communications (AWC) 

provides carrier-grade wireless broadband connectivity. 

California Space Grant Foundation 

Building 555 - June 1, 2006. California Space Grant Foundation (CSGF) 

works to advance the commercial development of low Earth orbit environment for all users (scientific, technological, and commercial). 

Inovamar 

Building 19 - April 1, 2006. Inovamar LLC works with NASA to develop 

and market astrobionics life support systems. 

M2Mi 

Building 19 - July 17, 2006. Machine-to-Machine Intelligence Corporation (M2Mi) is focused on break through innovations in the form of next 

generation deterministic Automated Intelligence. 

Protoflight, LLC 

Building 19 - July 1, 2006. Protoflight, LLC was founded in 2006 to provide 

aerospace research and development services to emerging firms. 

Street Keys 

Building 566 - August 1, 2006. Street Keys’, LLC focus is in the automotive 

security R&D industry. 

TeleBrowse, Inc. 

Building 19 - June 15, 2006. TeleBrowse, Inc., a software product developer, 

has developed a social networking product, TeleBrowse, allowing people to 

co-browse the internet by adding a toolbar to their browser. 

United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation 

Building 19 - June 1, 2006. UNCFSP delivers programs to federal agencies addressing education and research infrastructure that include science, 

technology, engineering, and mathematics competencies. 

Zenpire Corporation 

Building 19 - July 1, 2006. Zenpire provides yield enhancement and automation software and systems for semiconductor and flat panel manufacturing industries. 

NRP Welcomes M2Mi 

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“M2Mi is a partner-centric company, joining the NASA Research Park community enables M2Mi to benefit the entire entrepeneurial ecosystem, clearly we are delighted to be here. We provide 

Automated Intelligence for network facing applications that are life 

dependent and/or mission critical, which require autonomic intelligence to manage the balancing act between risk and complexity, a 

key factor in time and context sensitive environments” said CEO 

Geoff Brown. 

Developed in collaboration with Stanford University, DARPA 

and industry, M2Mi intelligent network systems software accesses machines at the native protocol level, and via sophisticated algorithms, automates critical features and functionality 

for inter-machine communication. M2Mi has been used in 

telecommunications to determine fault and root cause analysis for large scale complex environments. 

“Partnering with NASA and the related community, we will 

continue to bring to market technology allowing machines to 

operate autonomously, so that we humans can do what we 

do best - leveraging technology as an extension”, said CEO 

Geoff Brown. 

M2Mi recently signed a MOU with the Space Portal. M2Mi 

will occupy almost 5000 sq. ft. in Bldg. 19, Rms. 2020-2029 

and 2063. 

Photozig Releases the Ultimate Digital Photo 

Album for Consumer 

Photozig Inc. a NASA Research Park Partner since 2002, 

announced June 1, 2006, the commercial release of the 

Photozig(R) Albums v1.0 product line, the easy and fast 

solution for organizing and sharing digital photos and short 

movies with efficient web connectivity. 

“You can easily find that special picture with quick search, 

tag photos, categorize albums, view digital photos in different 

ways, exchange full resolution images through the internet, 

drag/drop images from web browser to your computer, and 

much more,” said Bruno Kajiyama, CEO of Photozig. 

Users can download photo software at www.photozig.com 

and unleash the possibilities of the best digital camera technology. 

Good News for Changene Patent Process 

Changene, an industrial partner of NASA Ames, announced 

that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 

has allowed claims in its patent application that broadly covers the nacrein molecule. The nacrein molecule was identified 

from Pinctada Margaritifera, a major pearl oyster inhabited in 

South Pacific Ocean. Nacrein has shown functions of pearl 

formation and osteogenesis. Following a ‘Notice of Allowance’, the final issuance of a patent involves several administrative steps that typically are completed within a few months. 

Changene CEO Frank Chang said “This feat, the patent application as well as continuing research efforts, is the result of 

the hardwork of my colleagues. Particularly, NASA Research 

Park provides an unparalleled opportunity to the company. 

We look forward to having the final issuance of the nacrein 

patent application.” 

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Bigelow Spacecraft Carries NASA ‘Genebox’ for Test in Orbit
 

by John Bluck 

ANASA shoebox-size payload, called ‘GeneBox,’ is now orbiting Earth as a passenger inside Bigelow Corporation’s one-third scale, inflatable Genesis I test spacecraft. 

“The GeneBox test is the first of many planned projects from 

the newly formed Small Satellite Center at NASA Research 

Park in California’s Silicon Valley,” said John Hines, the 

GeneBox project manager at NASA Ames Research Center 

where scientists and engineers designed and built GeneBox. 

NASA GeneBox partners include Santa Clara University, 

Santa Clara, Calif.; Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.; and 

California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Bigelow Aerospace Corporation provided space on its Genesis I 

test mission for GeneBox. 

On July 12, a Russian rocket lofted ‘GeneBox’ into Earth 

orbit within Bigelow Corporation’s Genesis I test spacecraft. 

Attached to the large inflatable spacecraft’s internal structure, 

GeneBox contains a miniature laboratory. In future flights, 

it will analyze how the near weightlessness of space affects 

genes in microscopic cells and other small life forms. 

“During this mission, we are verifying the new small spacecraft’s systems and our procedures. GeneBox is an example 

of a low-cost spacecraft model that we hope will provide a 

short turn-around time for scientists, is responsive to their 

needs and that we feel will contribute to the Vision for Space 

Exploration,” Hines said. 

The micro-laboratory includes sensors and optical systems 

that can detect proteins and specific genetic activity. In about 

two weeks, the Bigelow ground control station in Las Vegas, 

Nevada, will activate the GeneBox. After the device has executed all of its test functions, the micro-laboratory’s data will 

be relayed to the ground for further analysis. 

“In later flights, when we become fully operational, the micro-laboratory model we are testing today will be housed in 

micro-satellites, beginning with GeneSats,” Hines said. 

NASA is exploring this option as a potential inexpensive 

platform for conducting fundamental research to understand 

the mechanisms of bone and muscle loss and weakening of 

the immune system. 

GeneSats will include control of humidified air, pressure and 

temperature. Light emitting diodes (LEDs) will provide light 

for analytical sensors that can help scientists detect proteins 

that have been engineered to glow when they are treated with 

special chemicals as an indicator of genetic activity. 

According to Hines, 

the NASA-Bigelow 

Aerospace collaboration reflects the 

emerging focus on 

government and 

commercial partnerships in entrepreneurial space endeavors. He added 

that this opportunity 

on the Bigelow commercial space test 

mission will provide 

NASA an early verification of technologies contained in the 

GeneBox miniature 

laboratory. 

Gene Sat 1 payload assembly with Chris Beasley in 

Gene Sat Test and Integration Lab N 240. 

eXchange Corporation Obtains 

CA State Certification 

NRP Partner e4Xchange Corporation has been awarded status as a “Certified Small Business “ by the State of California, 

able to do business as such with various California governmental agencies. 

e4Xchange founder and CEO Sam Addala and staff will be 

happy to give preference to products and services form NRP 

member companies and affiliates in their pursuit to provide 

the best solutions to the State of California. Please contact 

Sam Addala at 650-868-0836 or sam@e4xchange.com 

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Academic Partners’ Upcoming Classes 

Carnegie Mellon West 

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, PA, is a recognized pioneer in the field of software engineering, research 

and education. 

Carnegie Mellon West, located at Building 23 in NASA 

Research Park, continues CMU’s tradition of offering worldclass graduate programs in software engineering and management. 

In its Software Engineering Masters programs, Carnegie 

Mellon West offers three tracks - Technical, Development 

Management, and Program Management. Each provides the 

appropriate mix of technical and business skills critical to a 

student’s career advancement. 

The Technical Track of Carnegie Mellon West’s MS program 

appeals to software developers wanting to advance to a senior 

developer or architect role. Software developers looking to 

advance to a technical project or software development management role will find the Development Management Track 

particularly attractive. Finally, the Program Management 

Track appeals to senior software developers and managers 

aiming at a technical director or executive role such as Chief 

Technology Officer. 

Carnegie Mellon West masters programs in Software Engineering and Management are two-year, part-time programs 

featuring a flexible delivery to accommodate working professionals. Courses are based heavily on projects, studios, simulations, cases, just-in-time lectures and tutorials, and industry 

practicums. 

The overarching goal of Carnegie Mellon West’s professional 

masters program is to provide students with a unique educational experience that transforms them into business-savvy 

engineers. Carnegie Mellon West’s rigorous curriculum is 

project-centered, team-oriented, and based on a “learn by 

doing” teaching philosophy. Its distinctive curriculum and 

expert faculty members prepare students for short-term 

industry needs and long-term career advancement in the continuously changing environment of Silicon Valley. 

We are currently accepting applications for our Fall, 2006 

start. For more information on Carnegie Mellon West’s MS 

programs in Software Engineering and Management, please 

call 650/335-WEST (9374) or visit http://west.cmu.edu. 

University of California Silicon Valley Center 

UC Santa Cruz Baskin School of Engineering announces a 

Silicon Valley Graduate-Level Certificate Program in Knowledge Services and Enterprise Management (KSEM). 

An Information Session will be held on September 7 @ 6pm, 

UC Silicon Valley Center, NASA Research Park. 

UCSC Baskin School of Engineering faculty will offer KSEM 

courses at NASA Research Park offering Silicon Valley engineers and IT professionals a unique program for technical 

management responsibilities in the following areas: 

• New product/service development 

• Management of technology 

• Services management/e-Business 

• Global supply and value chain management 

• Business intelligence (“dashboard” / “cockpit” design) 

• Knowledge management systems; and 

• Enterprise systems design and management. 

Classes are offered weekday evenings at the University of 

California’s Silicon Valley Center, Bldg. 19, NASA Research 

Park, adjacent to NASA Ames Research Center. 

For more information about KSEM and the fall schedule of classes 

go to: http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/programs/ism/ksem 

The sites anticipated go-live date will be August 28, 2006 

or attend the Sept. 7 information session. 

UCSC regularly offers Information System Management (ISM) classes at NRP, Bldg. 9. 

Fall classes begin the week of Sept. 2, 2006. 

ISM 205 - Weds. 6-9 pm	 ISM 209 - Tues. 6-9 pm 

Management of Tech. 1	 Knowledge Services and Data 

Analytic 

Winter ‘07 proposed schedule, subject to change 

ISM 245 - Weds. 6-9 pm	 ISM 270 - Tues. 6-9 pm 

Data Mining	 Service Engineering and 

Management 

ISM 280S - Thurs. 6-7:30 pm 

Special Topics in Tech. and Information Management 

Spring ‘07 proposed classes 

ISM 211e	 ISM 260 

e-Business Tech. and Strategy	 Information Retrieval 

Non-matriculated students may enroll via Concurrent Enrollment 

by visiting the following web-site: 

www.ucsc-extension.edu/ucsc/generalInfo/enrollment 

www.researchpark.arc.nasa.gov