1997 SEE PROPOSALS AWARDED

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Summary of NRA-8-20 SEE Proposals Awarded

• Electromagnetic Effects & Spacecraft Charging
• Ionizing Radiation Environment
• Materials and Processes
• Meteoroids and Orbital Debris
• Neutral External Contamination
• Ionosphere and Thermosphere (Solar & Thermal Environment)

1.   Electromagnetic Interference Susceptibility of New Technology Devices

Organization:  Boeing Information, Space and Defense Systems
Principal Investigator:  James G. Sketoe

Objective:  To develop an automated test system with associated process(es) to efficiently characterize a large number of electronic devices. Capabilities will be demonstrated using selected high priority semiconductor devices. Upset susceptibility data on current electronic components used by space programs for ground based, near earth and deep space applications will be developed.

2.   Development of Transient Test Techniques Representative of Typical Equipment Susceptibilities

Organization:  Sverdrup Technology
Principal Investigator:  Ken Javor

Objective:  To develop a new technique that addresses the problems of on-orbit anomalies that are not detected by standard transient conducted susceptibility test methods. The new technique will be more representative of equipment turn-on, turn-off and mode switching transients on space system power buses.

3.   Tests and Guidelines for Deep Dielectric Charging

Organization:  Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Principal Investigator:  Dr. Arthur Robb Frederickson

Objective:  To develop quantitative data and design guidelines for charging and discharging of spacecraft cables and some circuit boards under high energy electron irradiation.

4.   Electronic Properties of Materials with Application to Spacecraft Charging

Organization:  Utah State University
Principal Investigator:  J. R. Dennison

Objective:  To determine electronic properties for a wide array of spacecraft materials in a format that can be easily integrated into relevant databases for use with existing spacecraft charging engineering tools and next generation plasma, charging, and /or radiation models.

5.   Interactive Spacecraft Charging Handbook with Integrated, Updated Spacecraft Charging Models

Organization:   Maxwell Technologies Inc., Federal Division
Principal Investigator:  Dr. Ira Katz

Objective:  To develop a CD-ROM/web based multimedia Interactive Spacecraft Charging Handbook with Integrated, Updated Spacecraft Charging Models. The interactive handbook will incorporate and extend the existing NASA guidelines and Air Force Handbook and six new assessment modeling tools.

1.   Candidate for AP-9: Next Generation Trapped Proton Model

Organization:  SAIC
Principal Investigator:  Stuart L. Huston

Objective:  To develop an entirely new model of the trapped proton population based primarily on data from the TIROS/NOAA series of spacecraft and the CRRES satellite.
 

2.   Design Guidelines for Ionizing Radiation

Organization:  Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Principal Investigator:  Tony W. Armstrong
Status:  Cancelled

Objective:  To develop a comprehensive design guidelines document for use by spacecraft designers and system engineers which covers the different phases of the design process and includes emerging technologies.

MATERIALS AND PROCESSES

1.   Testing and Optimization of Electrically Conductive Spacecraft Coatings

Organization:  AZ Technology
Principal Investigator:  Richard J. Mell

Objective:  To determine simulated space environment effects on the stability of new, recently NASA SBIR developed, semiconductor inorganic spacecraft coatings. The project will focus on determining what effects exposure to simulated space environment has on the coatings, take steps to optimize stability and performance and possibly reformulate the coatings.
 

2.   Development of a Spacecraft Materials Selector Expert System

Organization:  Boeing Information, Space & Defense System
Principal Investigator:  Dr. Gary Pippin

Objective:  To develop an expert system, consisting of an inference engine and a knowledge base for selecting materials for use on spacecraft. To provide an efficient, rapid, and highly reliable tool to support selection of spacecraft materials that meet the requirements of specific engineering applications.

3.   Space-stable Polymer Thermal Control Films and MLIs (2000)

Organization:  Triton Systems, Inc.
Principal Investigator:  Dr. Allan Shepp

Objective:  To deliver a space-stable (AO-VUV-e-beam resistant) second surface mirror (SSM) and multi-insulation blanket (MLI) product for thermal control on space vehicles in LEO to GEO orbits.

1.   A New Technique for Achieving Impact Velocities Greater Than 10 km/s

Organization:  University of Dayton Research Institute
Principal Investigator:  Andrew J. Piekutowski

Objective:  To develop a new technique for the launch of small projectiles of known shape, mass, and state to velocities of 10 km/s and higher. Higher velocities will be achieved by adding a third stage to a conventional two-stage, light-gas gun and using a modified firing cycle for the third stage.

1.   Satellite Contamination and Materials Outgassing Effects Database

Organization:  Physical Sciences, Inc.
Principal Investigator:  Dr. Byron David Green

Objective:  To develop and carefully integrate tested materials properties with effects observed in flight. The database will integrate ASTM E1559, Space QCM Flight Database, DoD (MSX), BMDO, and all of the NASA flights in which QCMs have operated.

There were no Ionosphere and Thermosphere Proposals awarded.
 

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