Wed, Aug 05, 2009
Program Will Allow NASA Scientists To Work With Industry
NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program, in coordination with
the agency's Office of the Chief Engineer and Office of Human
Capital Management, has announced the selection of the 2009
Innovation Ambassadors.
The Innovation Ambassador program allows some of NASA's most
talented scientists and engineers to work at several of America's
leading innovative external research and development
organizations.
NASA's inaugural group of ambassadors is initiating the planned
annual program targeting opportunities to create NASA partnerships
and new innovation sources outside of the traditional aerospace
field. During assignments of up to one year, the NASA ambassadors
will share their own expertise while learning about innovative
products, processes and business models. After returning to NASA,
the ambassador may share new ideas with co-workers and implement
innovations within their organizations.
The program provides a unique training experience for the
employee, an opportunity for infusion of new ideas into NASA, and a
chance for external organizations to learn more about the agency
and potentially create new partnerships.
The ambassadors and their assignments are:
- Robert McCann from NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett
Field, CA, will work with the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in
Palo Alto, CA, and look at how artificial intelligence can be
applied to systems health management and human/machine
teaming.
- Eric Darcy from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will
work with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO,
to develop mathematical models for lithium-ion battery
performance.
- Lawrence Hilliard from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, MD, will work with Primary Simulation, Inc. of Silver
Spring, MD, on a project to apply their "laser ball" technology to
interactive educational tools.
- Kelly Snook, also from Goddard, already has begun her
ambassador assignment with a sponsorship by NASA's Science Mission
Directorate. She is working at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass., on the use of sound as a
means of visualizing and analyzing scientific data.
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