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NationalAeronautics and Space Administration
Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP)
Leveraging NASA’s
Technology Assets
presented to
NASA Project Management Challenge 2009
February 24–25, 2009
Nona Minnifield Cheeks
Chief, Innovative Partnerships Program Office
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Overview
• NASA’s technology assets
– What they are
– Where they come from
– Where they go
– How they are connected to the missions
• Using IPP to tap into technology
• Case study examples
• How to get started
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NASA Techs as “Assets”
• Investment already made
– Lowers cost for missions
• On the path to space qualification
– Saves time by starting at a higher TRL
• Access to innovator
– Provides additional guidance and/or
modifications
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NASA’s Technology Assets
In FY08 alone, nearly 1,300 new
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NASA’s Technology Assets
Advanced materials Electronics
Biotechnology Mechanical devices
Chemicals Nanotechnology
Computer hardware Optics & photonics
Computer software Sensors & actuators
Control systems Subassemblies
Data processing Test/Measurement
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Sources of NASA Technology
• Center-based internal R&D
• Program management R&D
procurements
• Program-funded research
• Inter-Agency agreements
• Space Act Agreements with industry
and academia
• Innovative Partnerships Program
– SBIR/STTR, Seed Fund, R&D partnerships
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NASA’s Tech Asset “Portfolio”
• New Technology Reports (NTRs)
– NASA Form 1679
– eNTRe: http://entre.nasa.gov
– Required of NASA civil servants and most
contractors
– NASA Policy Directive 2091.A
• All captured in NASA Technology
Tracking Systems (NTTS)
– Maintained and accessed by NASA’s
Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP)
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Innovative Partnerships Program
Chief Safety and Mission Assurance
Office of the Administrator Chief of Staff
Program Analysis and Evaluation Administrator
Deputy Administrator Inspector General
Chief Engineer
Associate Administrator NASA Advisory Groups
Program & Institutional Integration
Mission Support Offices
Chief Financial Officer
Mission Directorates
Aeronautics Research Chief Information Officer
Exploration Systems
Science General Counsel
Space Operations
Integrated Enterprise
Management Program
NASA Centers
Ames Research Center Innovative Partnership Program
Dryden Flight Research Center HQ and Center IPP Offices
Glenn Research Center
Goddard Space Flight Center External Relations
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chief Health and
Johnson Space Center
Medical Officer
Kennedy Space Center
Langley Research Center Institutions & Management
Marshall Space Flight Center
Stennis Space Center
Strategic Communications
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Innovative Partnerships Program
Director
Deputy Director
Secretary
Staff Functions
Resources Management
Administrative Officer
Chief Technologist
Communications
Innovation Incubator Partnership
Technology Infusion Centennial Challenges Development
SBIR/STTR FAST Intellectual property mgt.
Seed Fund Innovation transfusion Technology transfer
New business models New innovative partnerships
IPP Offices at each of NASA’s Field Centers
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Innovative Partnerships Program
Technology Innovation Partnership
Infusion Incubator Development
– SBIR/STTR – Centennial – Intellectual
– Seed Fund Challenges Property
– FAST Management
– Innovation – Technology
Transfusion Transfer
– New Business – New Innovative
Models Partnerships
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IPP Leverages Tech Assets
Mission, Program, and Project needs/requirements
Center and
Program R&D
SBIR/STTR IPP Seed Fund
NTTS Centennial
Partnerships
database Challenges
IPP analysis and
“cross-fertilization”
Tech Transfer Missions, Programs
(spinoffs) and Projects
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How We Leverage GSFC Techs
• New Technology Assessment (NTA)
– Screen for internal strategic value and
external commercial value
– Develop strategy/next steps
– Implement to effect infusion/transfer
• Monitor NASA mission needs
– SBIR/STTR topics and sub-topics
– Technology “road maps”
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How We Leverage GSFC Techs
• Work closely with managers to align
techs with program/project needs
– Assistant chief technologists (ACTs)
– Tech Working Group
– Program/Project personnel
• Support GSFC technologists
– Tech development to meet mission needs
– Proposal development
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How We Leverage GSFC Techs
• Publish technology opportunities
– IPP Web sites
• http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/technologies.ht
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– NASA Tech Briefs
• http://www.techbriefs.com/
– Tech Finder
• http://technology.nasa.gov
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Leveraging Tech Assets
• Example #1: Detector development for
cloud-aerosol transport lidar
– Leveraging techs developed under multiple
NASA SBIR projects (NTRs filed)
– Also leveraging USAF SBIR tech
– Consolidating of SBIR techs into detector
subsystem, funded by ESTO
– Applicable to ACE mission
“These SBIR technologies can save our projects a lot of money
and time.… Going to IPP is a great way to find the technologies
you need.” Matt McGill, detector project PI, Dec. 2008
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Leveraging Tech Assets
• Example #2: Two-stage ADR selected
to fly on two missions
– Inventor filed NTR in March 1999
– IPP provided/secured funding and partners
to advance technology 2001–2006
– Inventor included tech in “Mission of
Opportunity” proposal, won in June 2008
“It’s great to have tech transfer programs like this that
allow us to team with industry and other groups to
keep extremely important R&D work going.”
Peter Shirron, inventor, Aug. 2007
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Leveraging Tech Assets
• Example #3: Image and image-like data
analysis software (RHSEG)
– IPP supported development and “outreach”
• Featured technology Web site
– RHSEG being used:
• For various NASA projects
• For commercial medical application
• For non-NASA research
“On the IPP Web site, we were able to find very quickly all the necessary
files, including the instructions on how to use RHSEG, which made this
software transfer easier for us as well as for the inventor.”
Jacqueline LeMoigne-Stewart, GSFC user of RHSEG, Jan. 2008
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Leveraging Tech Assets
• Example #4: GSFC’s Software Release
– IPP and Software Release Authority work
together to properly release software
– Software Usage Agreements ensure rights
protected and access enabled
– GSFC software used throughout NASA
• Integrated Test and Operations System
(ITOS) used at:
– Ames
– Kennedy
– Marshall
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How to Get Started
• Contact IPP so we can:
– Search our databases for technology
solutions
– Identify ongoing research (i.e., new techs
to come) that might align with your mission,
program, project needs
• We’ll ask you about your tech needs:
– The problem to be solved
– Specs for ideal solution(s), including
timeframe
– Others at NASA facing same challenge
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How to Get Started
http://technology.nasa.gov
http://ipp.nasa.gov
http://www.techbriefs.com
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How to Get Started
• Ames Research Center • Johnson Space Center
Lisa Lockyer Michele Brekke
lisa.l.lockyer@nasa.gov michele.brekke@nasa.gov
• Dryden Flight Research Center • Kennedy Space Center
Greg Poteat David R. Makufka
gregory.a.poteat@nasa.gov david.r.makufka@nasa.gov
• Glenn Research Center • Langley Research Center
Kathleen Needham Brian Beaton
kathleen.k.needham@nasa.gov brian.f.beaton@nasa.gov
• Goddard Space Flight Center • Marshall Space Flight Center
Nona K. Cheeks James Dowdy
nona.k.cheeks@nasa.gov jim.dowdy@nasa.gov
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Stennis Space Center
Andrew Gray Ramona Pelletier Travis
andrew.a.gray@nasa.gov ramona.e.travis@ssc.nasa.gov
NASA Headquarters
Douglas A. Comstock
doug.comstock@nasa.gov
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Thank you!
• Nona Minnifield Cheeks
Chief
Innovative Partnerships Program Office
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
(301) 286-5810
techtransfer@gsfc.nasa.gov
http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov
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