Alabama NASA EPSCoR Presentation for

2007 Alabama EPSCoR Annual MeetingHuntsville

February 13, 2007

John GregoryDirector, 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 2006Natika 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 20061. Dr. Jihua Guo, USA, “Innovative Manufacturing of Hybrid

Nanocomposites with Engineered Nanopapers for Cryogenically Cycled Structure”

2. Dr. Luke Marzen, AU, “An Investigation of Wet-target Craters on Mars”

3. Dr. Andrei Stanishevsky, UAB, “Nanoporous Multilayer Metal – Complex Oxide Ceramic Nanoparticle Compacts for Membrane Technologies in ISRU Systems”

4. Dr. Semih Olcmen, UA, “Parametric Study of Impinging/Counterflow Supersonic Jets”

5. Dr. Lior Burko, UAH, “Towards a Wave-Extraction Method for Numerical Relativity Simulations of Compact Binary Inspirals”

6. 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 REPORT2 undergraduate students

2 journal articles submitted4 conference papers submitted

2 research projects funded3 research projects pending

Collaboration with 1 NASA CenterCollaboration 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 REPORT1 undergraduate & 1 graduate student

3 articles published1 funded proposal

2 proposals pendingCollaboration 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 REPORT1 female undergraduate student

1 article submitted2 proposals funded3 proposals pending

Collaboration with 1 NASA Center