2008 Recipients

Award Name Awarded By Recipient Citation
Certificate of Recognition NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Dr. Sang-Hyon Chu “Patent for High Altitude Airship Configuration and Power Technology and Method for Operation of Same.â€
Certificate of Recognition NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Dr. Sayata Ghose “For Your invention, Which Has Been Filed by NASA for a Patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office entitled… Depositing Nanometer-Sized Particles Of Metals Onto Carbon Allotropes.â€
Certificate of Recognition NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Dr. Cheol Park “For Your invention, Which Has been filed by NASA for a Patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office entitled… Dispersions of Carbon Nanotubes In Polymer Matrices.â€
Certificate of Recognition NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Dr. Cheol Park “For Your Invention, Which Has been filed by NASA for a Patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office entitled… ‘Nanocomposites From Stable Dispersions Of Carbon Nanotubes In Polymeric Matrices Using Dispersion Interaction.’â€
AIAA 25 Years of Membership NASA Dr. Ronal Krueger “For sustained contributions to the advancement of the arts, sciences, and technology of aeronaturics and astronautics through contintuous membership in the Institute since 1983.â€
Letter of Appreciation NASA Norman Robinson “For his outstanding support during the 2008 NASA Awareness Outreach Activity.â€
Certificate of Recognition NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Dr. Sang-Hyon Chu “For Your Invention, Which Has Been Filed by NASA for a Patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office entitled… Multilayer Ferritin Array for Bionanobattery.â€
Certificate of Recognition NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Drs. Sang-Hyon Chu, Jae-Woo Kim & Yeonjoon Park “For Your Invention, Which Has Been Filed by NASA for a Patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office entitled… Fabrication of Metal Nanoshells.â€
Laurence Bement Young Professionals Paper Competition: 2nd Place American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Adam Przekop “For the paper titled “Nonlinear Reduced Order Random Response Analysis of Structures with Shallow Curvature.â€
Certificate of Recognition NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Dr. Tian-Bing Xu “For Your Invention, Which Has Been Filed by NASA with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office entitled… Hybrid Electromechanical Actuator And Actuation System.â€
Certificate of Recognition NASA Cesar Munoz “In Appreciation for Your Support and Dedication as a Mentor to NASA Langley Research Center’s Office of Educatioon 2008 Spring Program Participants (LARSS).â€
Center Team Award NASA Langley Research Center Dr. Martin Mikulas “For Contributions in the Development and Testing of Inflation Deployed, Rigidizable Space Structures and Materials.â€
Certificate of Appreciation Virginia Governor’s Schools Lara Hawthorne & Harla Sherwood “For exemplary service and dedication to the 2008 Summer Residential and Regional Governor’s Schools.â€
Omni Intermedia Award Media Corp. Inc. Mike Bibbo & Kevin Krigsvold “An International Award Recognizing Outstanding Television, Video, Film, Internet, Interactive, Audio & Animation Productions.â€
Communicator Award International Academy of Visual Arts Mike Bibbo & Kevin Krigsvold “Honoring Creative Excellence for Communications Professionals.â€
2008 Collier Trophy U.S. National Aeronautic Association Sam Morello & Steven Darr “For Reducing Aviation Accidents By 80% In The Ten Year Period 1997 To 2007.â€
Collier Trophy Contributor U.S. National Aeronautic Association Cesar Munoz “Achievement in Aeronautics or Astronautics in Improving the Performance, Efficiency and Safety of Air or Space Vehicles.â€
McDaniel College Alumni Association Award McDaniel College Sharon Bowers “2008 Alumni Professional Achievement Award.â€
Best Research Publication National Institute of Aerospace Drs. Sayata Ghose & Kent Watson “For the Paper Titled: “Thermal Conductivity of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer/Nanofiller Blends.â€
NASA Group Achievement Award – CALIPSO Science, Operations, and Data Processing Team NASA Langley Research Center Dr. Zhaoyan Liu “For Outstanding Group Achievement in Planning and Conducting NASA’s CALIPSO Mission.â€