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Alabama NASA EPSCoR Presentation for 2007 Alabama EPSCoR Annual Meeting Huntsville February 13, 2007 John Gregory Director, Alabama Space Grant Consortium and Alabama-NASA EPSCoR Program. Research Infrastructure Announcement. Release Date: December 21, 2006
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Alabama NASA EPSCoR Presentation for 2007 Alabama EPSCoR Annual Meeting Huntsville February 13, 2007 John Gregory Director, Alabama Space Grant Consortium and Alabama-NASA EPSCoR Program
Research Infrastructure Announcement Release Date: December 21, 2006 Proposals Due: February 26, 2007 Announcement of Selections: March 30, 2007
Funding and Cost-Sharing Max. level requested is $125K/yr for up to 3 yrs Cost-sharing match of 1:1 is required NASA EPSCoR RID funds cannot be used for: • Equipment • Foreign Travel • Civil Service Personnel Travel
The Purposes of theTechnical Advisory Committee are to: • Advise on jurisdiction research and economic priorities; • Assist in planning research areas that align with state priorities; • Provide technical guidance to the state’s NASA EPSCoR program; and • Review program progress and accomplishments.
Technical Advisory Committee consists of: • the state’s NASA EPSCoR Program Director (Committee Chair) • at least one member of the state’s EPSCoR Committee • at least one representative from the state’s industry • at least one representative from the state’s government, and • one member from at least three affiliates of the state’s NASA Space Grant Program.
2 USRP Students Supported in 2006 Natika Onyeka, Alabama A&M • Assisted in the development of advanced sensors needed to monitor the structural health of spacecrafts such as the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV). David Parsons, Auburn University • Assisted in establishing a distributed simulation of the integrated Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV) and Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV).
6 Seed Grant proposals funded in 2006 • Dr. Jihua Guo, USA, “Innovative Manufacturing of Hybrid Nanocomposites with Engineered Nanopapers for Cryogenically Cycled Structure” • Dr. Luke Marzen, AU,“An Investigation of Wet-target Craters on Mars” • Dr. Andrei Stanishevsky, UAB, “Nanoporous Multilayer Metal – Complex Oxide Ceramic Nanoparticle Compacts for Membrane Technologies in ISRU Systems” • Dr. Semih Olcmen, UA, “Parametric Study of Impinging/Counterflow Supersonic Jets” • Dr. Lior Burko, UAH, “Towards a Wave-Extraction Method for Numerical Relativity Simulations of Compact Binary Inspirals” • Dr. Stephen Paddison, UAH, “A Computational Study of Factors Governing Proton Conductivity in Anhydrous Proton-Conductivity Polymeric Membranes for Fuel Cells”
Dr. Jihua Gou, Univ. of South Alabama “Innovative Manufacturing of Hybrid Nanocomposites with Engineered Nanopapers for Cryogenically Cycled Structure” INTERIM REPORT 2 undergraduate students 2 journal articles submitted 4 conference papers submitted 2 research projects funded 3 research projects pending Collaboration with 1 NASA Center Collaboration w/ Minority and Women Eng. Programs
Dr. Luke Marzen, Auburn University “An Investigation of Wet-target Craters on Mars” INTERIM REPORT 1 female graduate student 2 abstracts published 2 abstracts submitted Collaboration with 1 NASA Center
Dr. Andrei Stanishevsky, UAB “Nanoporous Multilayer Metal – Complex Oxide Ceramic Nanoparticle Compacts for Membrane Technologies in ISRU Systems” INTERIM REPORT 1 undergraduate & 1 graduate student 3 articles published 1 funded proposal 2 proposals pending Collaboration with 1 NASA Center
Dr. Semih Olcmen, UA “Parametric Study of Impinging/Counterflow Supersonic Jets” INTERIM REPORT 1 graduate student 1 proposal submitted Collaboration with 1 NASA Center
Dr. Lior Burko, UAH “Towards a Wave-Extraction Method for Numerical Relativity Simulations of Compact Binary Inspirals” INTERIM REPORT 1 graduate student 1 article published 2 articles submitted Collaboration with 1 NASA Center
Dr. Stephen Paddison, UAH “A Computational Study of Factors Governing Proton Conductivity in Anhydrous Proton-Conductivity Polymeric Membranes for Fuel Cells” INTERIM REPORT 1 female undergraduate student 1 article submitted 2 proposals funded 3 proposals pending Collaboration with 1 NASA Center