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NASA Glenn’s Role and Recent Successes
in Supporting Partnerships
Leading To
Regional Economic Development
Robert J. Shaw, PhD
Director, Ventures and Partnerships
Office of Center Director
NASA’s Glenn Research Center
Cleveland, Ohio
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Who is NASA Glenn?
Our Vision and Mission
• NASA Vision: To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown,
so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind
• NASA Mission: Drive advances in science, technology, and
exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation,
economic vitality, and stewardship of the Earth
Glenn’s Mission: We drive Research, Technology, and Systems to
advance Aviation, enable Exploration of the Universe, and Improve Life
on Earth
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Outreach to the Midwestern Community
“Be an integral part of the Ohio community and the Nation”
These events allowed us to begin to connect with the region!
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NASA Technology Impact on Automotive Sector
Fuel Economy
• Chevy Cruze Eco manual rated at 42
MPG hwy averaged 64 MPG for 9,500
miles
• High MPG methodology uses predictive
driving techniques based on road
grades
• NASA developed topology mapping
software for low altitude mountainous
terrain flights
• Utilized NASA mapping software with
unique Lotus algorithms to directly or
indirectly control vehicle speed to
maximize MPG based on road
conditions (patent applied for)
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NASA’s Key Products & Service Offerings to Non NASA Community
Subject Matter Expert
(SME) Services
Intellectual
Property
Research, Development,
Test & Evaluation
(RDT&E) Services
Facilities Test (FT)
Services
Going from technology pushers to problem solvers!
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Presidential Direction
Presidential Memorandum – Accelerating Technology Transfer and
Commercialization of Federal Research In Support of High-Growth Businesses
Sec. 4. Facilitate Commercialization through Local and Regional
Partnerships. (a) Federal laboratories [should] collaborate with external
partners to share the expertise of Federal laboratories with businesses and
to participate in regional technology innovation clusters that are in place
across the country. (b) Agencies [should] locate applied research and
business support programs to further technology transfer and
commercialization. (c) Federal laboratories and other research facilities
[should] engage in public-private partnerships in those technical areas of
importance to the agency's mission with external partners to strengthen the
commercialization activities in their local region.
Our early efforts were aligned with the Presidential directive!
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A Sustainability Model
for Regional Economic Development
Macro View
Introduction Phase
NASA Area
Value Proposition
of NASA Involvement
in Regional Economic
Development Identified
Opportunity/Value
Demonstration Phase
Value Proposition
of NASA capabilities
to impact Regional
Economic Development
Demonstrated
Our business model is a very simple one…it’s not rocket science!
Sustainability Phase
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Success of Cleveland Adopt a City I
Mason and Ohio manufacturers celebrate NASA’s
partnership with industry in building the
innovation economy
NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck announced 9 winners
Selected by City, County, and MAGNET.
NASA GRC gave 400hrs
City & County gave $450K
Ohio manufacturers received NASA assistance, city & county loans
BioIn Vision Zuga Medical, Inc.
Mega Joule Morrison Products, Inc.
Pile Dynamics, Inc. Gotta Groove Records, Inc.
Vadxx Energy Sensor Development Corporation
Mason and Paul Bartolotta converse about the
Manufacturing Innovation Project
Adopt a City Economic Impact* Jul 2012-Jun 2013
Number of Jobs Created 15
Number of Jobs Retained 2
Number of Units Sold 110,000
Revenue Generated $465,000
Private Dollars invested in Projects $472,000
Cost Savings Realized as a Result of Projects $175,000
*Metrics collected by MAGNET using MEP approach
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Job Creation from Adopt a City I
“NASA developed
analytical models…”
“All of that will be
extremely valuable
to VADXX…our
commercialization
efforts with our
Rockwell-VADXX
engineering design
team”
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NASA Capabilities Impact Energy Sector
The combined heat and power system (TAPSTM)
design is based upon stirling energy conversion
technologies developed for NASA space
exploration mission requirements.
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NASA Capabilities Impact Homeland Security Sector
NASA and LITO have signed a formal
agreement to partner on demonstrating
system at GRC
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If PBS can find success with the “Antiques Road Show,”
then what about a NASA Road Show?
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We Are Working with Business Incubators/Accelerators in the Region
MAGNET Proto Tech Pitch Contest
Shaker Heights Launch House
Youngstown Business Incubator
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We Are Formalizing a Partnership with America Makes (NAMII)
GRC’s
Materials Technologies
Test Facilities and Techniques
Subject Matter Expertise
Can help America Makes achieve their organizational objectives
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GRC Is Actively Reaching Out to Midwestern Regions
Detroit
Youngstown
Dayton/
Cincinnati
The “Mini Midwest”
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We are using our membership in TechBelt to accelerate elements the outreach process
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Mission
Successes
Agency
Capabilities
-People
-Facilities
-Technologies
Societal/
Economic
Impact
We are on our way to closing the Taxpayer Investment Loop!
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Closing Thoughts
• NASA Glenn is most pleased to be a member of Techbelt!
• This opportunity afforded to us gives us a chance to reach out to organizations
aligned with our regional economic development strategy.
• It is our desire to explore playing an appropriate ongoing role in the evolving
regional economic development ecosystems of the Midwest.
23. Where we started Where we are
“NASA was easy to work with and added value.”
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Changing the Voice of The Customer
I don’t know what capabilities NASA has
relevant to my needs?
What can NASA do to help
my company?
I have heard it is too hard to work
with NASA?
“NASA made a positive impact on my business
through our interaction/collaboration.”
“We need to keep this interaction going
in our region.”
“We need to keep investment in NASA R&D. ”
I didn’t know we had a NASA center in Cleveland.
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Regional Economic Development Outcomes and Metrics
Metrics
Metrics
Business
Process
Model
Inputs Outcomes
Outcomes
1. Commercial sector products created/enhance with traceability to NASA capabilities
2. Jobs created/retained which can be traced to successful outcomes of NASA projects
3. Documented/independently validated impact on critical sectors of U. S. economy
4. Increased public support for investment in NASA research and development projects for space, science,
and aeronautics.
1. R&D projects identified/formalized which involve NASA capabilities and non NASA investment
2. Alignment of R&D projects with critical sectors of U.S. economy
3. Level of non NASA investments in R&D projects
4. Stakeholder/partner critical assessments of value proposition of NASA R&D projects to follow on creation of
economic development by private sector
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We are getting national attention for our efforts!
Image taken from ISS as it passed over the lower Great Lakes. The large population centers in the image are Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Toronto and the western edge of Buffalo.
NASA Glenn has a 20 year relationship with ASME, offering ongoing technical expertise and leadership at various levels of the organization. Glenn is committed to expanding this relationship. I am happy to be here with you today to share a little bit about the work we’ve been doing.
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The Presidential Memorandum serves as our mandate to use NASA Glenn’s expertise to enhance the technological capabilities or local; and regional business.
The Thermo Acoustic Power Stick or TAPS, announced by energy startup Nirvana Energy Systems, Inc., headquartered in Portola Valley, Calif., is designed to convert a home’s natural gas supply into electricity, providing the home with its own mini power plant, or micro-grid. The device was initially developed with PARC, a Xerox company in Palo Alto, Calif.
At the heart of the device is Glenn’s acoustic-based Stirling technology that was licensed to Nirvana earlier this year. The Stirling propulsion technology, developed by Glenn for spaceflight missions, uses acoustic waves instead of mechanical parts to convert and transfer energy for electrical power generation. According to Nirvana, TAPS produces between 1 to 4 kilowatts of electrical power and 15-30 kilowatts of thermal power with efficiency in excess of 90 percent. Nirvana is designing TAPS to be a very compact system that can easily be retrofitted into residential systems.
Nirvana will be conducting rigorous testing of TAPS throughout 2014. Once testing, certification and regulatory requirements are completed, TAPS should be ready for the residential energy marketplace.
The Laser Imaging through Obscurants (LITO) system is an eye-safe imaging system that uses range-gating, our narrowband optical filters and
polarization discrimination to allow for visualization through obscurants such as rain, fog, smoke, and haze. This will allow pilots to better visualize the target landing site by “looking through” the obscurants to the target. This system will also allow pilots more time to react if there is a hazard on the landing site and to avoid the problem of vertigo caused by rotor wash. LITO will give first responders/fire fighters the ability to visualize not only victims stuck behind the fire, but also aspects of their surroundings (steps, obstructions, missing floors, fallen objects in path, etc) that are obscured by the glare and thermal bloom of the fire and the scattering of light by the smoke.
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NASA Glenn has been reaching out, regionally, to partner and collaborate with businesses and academic institutions that can benefit from NASA technological resources and expertise.