Forging Strategic Partnerships in

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Forging Strategic Partnerships in Environmental
Systems, Biotechnology and Agricultural Research
for Space Applications
A working meeting held at North Carolina State
University September 25, 2002 Hosted by the
North Carolina Space Initiative
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Participating Institutions

• University of Florida
• North Carolina State University
• UNC Office of the President
• NC AT State University
• UNC-Charlotte
• UNC-Chapel Hill
• UNC-Pembroke
• Winston Salem State University
• Research Triangle Institute
• NC Technology Development Association
• University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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Purpose of Todays Meeting

• To explore mutually beneficial collaborations
  among researchers in Florida, North Carolina and
  Tennessee in the context of two programs
• Environmental Commercial Space Technology Center
  (ES CSTC)
• Space Biotechnology and Commercial Applications
  Program

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Todays Agenda

• Welcome and Opening Remarks Chris Brown
• Overview of NASA Research in NC Chris Brown
• Overview of NASA Research at UF Peggy Evanich
• Environmental Systems Commercial Space Technology
  Center
• Program Overview Bill Sheehan
• Solid Waste Recovery Bill Sheehan
• Air Revitalization and Water Recovery David
  Mazyck
• Other UF Research with ESCSTC Applications
  Richard Yost
• Break

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Todays Agenda

• Space Biotechnology and Commercial Applications
  Program
• Program Overview Peggy Evanich
• Center for Space Agriculture and Biotechnology
  Research and Education (SABRE) Rob Ferl
• Integrated Smart Nanosensors for Space
  Biotechnology Applications Toshikazu Nishida
• Commercial Applications and University
  Partnerships for Space Biotechnology Bill
  Sheehan
• Lunch
• Potential for Collaborations All
• Reconvene and Adjourn

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north carolina space initiative
a program of the kenan institute for engineering,
technology science
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Goals of the NC Space Initiative

• To establish networks to facilitate collaborative
  projects
• Fundamental and applied space research
• Education in space science, engineering,
  business, and policy
• Outreach and engagement
• To compete for NASA / other funding
• To apply space technology to issues of concern to
  our state and region
• To attract space-related industry to our state
  and our region
• To Make NC a Leading Space State

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Overview of Selected NASA Programs in North
Carolina

• North Carolina State University
• North Carolina AT State University
• University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
• Duke University
• Research Triangle Institute

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North Carolina State University

• National leader in Science, Engineering and
  Technology
• Land Grant University founded 1887
• Centennial Campus established 1984
• 28,000 students, 1,600 faculty, 10 colleges
• 105,215 acres (1,877 in Raleigh)
• Federal research expenditures FY01- 90M
• Total RD expenditures - 300 million
• 35 Engineering 7 Textiles
• 20 Ag and Life Sci 5 Education
• 20 Physical/Math Sci 3 Other
• 10 Vet Medicine
• Number of patents since 1992 350
• Top ten for industry sponsored research
• Ranked 17th nationally for licensing revenues and
  patents
• Ranked 4th nationally for spinning off start-up
  companies

Red Wolf
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NC State and NASA

• From FY97 - FY01, NC State awarded 13.2M in NASA
  grants
• 1997 - 2.8M
• 1998 - 2.7M
• 1999 - 3.1M
• 2000 - 2.3M
• 2001 - 2.3M
• In 2001, NCSU had 43 competitively awarded NASA
  grants and contracts

STS 89, Jan 1998
Bell Tower at NCSU
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NC State involved with 4 NASA Strategic
Enterprises and Education
SeaWiFS

• Examples
• Biological and Physical Research Plant
  gravitropism A transgenic approach (Perera, Boss
  - Botany)
• Aerospace Technology Uninhabited aerial vehicle
  Testing (Chokani, Hall, Heinzen - Mech. Aero.
  Engr.)
• Earth Science SeaWiFS data from the Indian
  Ocean (Morrison - Marine, Earth and Atm. Science)
• Space Science - X-ray emission and dynamics of
  supernova remnants (Reynolds - Physics)
• Education - Space biology lectures in digital
  format (Brown - Kenan Institute and Botany)

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NC State is home to 55 established research
institutes, centers, laboratories, consortia and
initiatives. Four of these are directly related
to NASA missions
Arabidopsis Root Cap (Scott and Allen)

• NASA Specialized Center for Plant Gravitational
  Genomics
• Center for Earth Observation
• North Carolina Space Grant Consortium
• North Carolina Space Initiative

These Centers are one way NCSU
links with other organizations with like-minded
goals
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An Advanced Technology Community for University,
Industry and Government Partnerships

• Five multi-disciplinary RD neighborhoods
• Bioscience and Biotechnology
• Advanced Materials
• Pre-College Education
• Environmental Technologies
• Advanced Communications Technologies

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NC AT STATE UNIVERSITY

• Comprehensive Land Grant University in
  Greensboro, NC with an enrollment of 8,300
• Seven schools and colleges Agriculture, Arts
  Sciences, Business Economics, Education,
  Engineering, Nursing, Technology
• Undergraduate and Graduate programs with Doctoral
  programs in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical,
  and Industrial Systems)
• Top 5 HBCUs in federal RD obligations
• Top 5 universities in NC in research productivity
• Total program funding of 32M
• Current portfolio of 277 projects at 129M

Psalmonds
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NC AT is involved with 4 NASA Strategic
Enterprises
Examples Aerospace Technology Investigation of
aero servo structural interactions in aerospace
applications Biological and Physical Research
Logistics in a food production system using
intelligent agents Human Exploration and
Development of Space Performance modeling of a
pilot in a free flight mode Earth Science A web
based visualization tool for 3D/4D imagery and
geospatial information
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TECH TRANSFER, EDUCATION and PUBLIC OUTREACH

• NASA Southeast Regional Technology Transfer
  Center (http//dor.ncat.edu/ottc/serttc)
• Integration of NASA Research into Undergraduate
  Education in Mathematics, Science, Engineering
  and Technology
• NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
• NASA Sharp Plus Program
• Ronald E. McNair Graduate Research Fellowship
  Program
• Undergraduate and Graduate Student Researchers
  Program

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Among the Leaders

• Now 20th in federal science engineering
  support, and the only N.C. university in the top
  20 (NSF)
• First among public universities in the south in
  NIH funding (13th overall)
• Among the top four public research universities
  in the nation (Lombardi et al., 2000)
• 9th nationally in federal funding for
  fellowships, traineeships, and training grants
• 42 of our graduate programs in the top 25
• 11th in faculty members in national academies (35)

Lowman
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Collaborationin science and education
Lowman
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Left Carbon nanotubes Below Otto Zhous lab

• Research to understand carbon nanotubes,
  understand their intercalation chemistry, and
  evaluate them as potential energy storage
  devices.

Lowman
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Medical Science has been Important to NASA

• Since 1989, NASA has supported Professor Mitsuo
  Yamauchi in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of
  Dentistry
• Studies have included biochemical changes of bone
  in a model of weightlessness and bone matrix
  changes during skeletal unloading and reloading

Lowman
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NASA Research Activities at Duke

• Prebreathe Reduction Protocol (PRP) Trials
• Effects of Precipitation Variability and
  Desertification on Water Dynamics in Arid Lands
  A Patch and Landscape Modeling
• The Impacts of Land-Use/Land-Cover in Amazonia on
  Hydrometeorological Processes at Different
  Spatial and Temporal Scales
• The Influence of Irrigation on Warm Season
  Precipitation in the Great Plains
• Modeling of Unsteady Three-Dimensional Flows in
  Multistage Machines
• The Mechanics of Flapping Flight
• An Investigation of the Geometrical Scaling
  Properties of Inflatable Structures Used for
  Space Solar Power Generation

Hall
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Research Triangle Institute
RTI is an independent, non-profit research
organization of 1950 individuals in 115
disciplines dedicated to improving the human
condition
Winfield
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NASA/RTI Technology Commercialization Contract
Winfield
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Forging Strategic Partnerships in Environmental
Systems, Biotechnology and Agricultural Research
for Space Applications
A working meeting held at North Carolina State
University September 25, 2002 Hosted by the
North Carolina Space Initiative