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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
Participating InstitutionsUniversity of Florida
North Carolina State UniversityUNC – Office of the President
NC A&T State UniversityUNC-Charlotte
UNC-Chapel HillUNC-Pembroke
Winston Salem State UniversityResearch Triangle Institute
NC Technology Development AssociationUniversity of Tennessee - Knoxville
Purpose of Today’s 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
Today’s 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
Today’s 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
north carolina space initiativea program of the kenan institute for engineering, technology & science
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
Overview of Selected NASA Programs in North Carolina
• North Carolina State University
• North Carolina A&T State University
• University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
• Duke University
• Research Triangle Institute
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 R&D 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 - $2.8M1998 - $2.7M1999 - $3.1M2000 - $2.3M2001 - $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
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)
SeaWiFS
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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:
• 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
Arabidopsis Root Cap(Scott and Allen)
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An Advanced Technology Community for University, Industry and Government Partnerships
Five multi-disciplinary R&D neighborhoods• Bioscience and Biotechnology• Advanced Materials • Pre-College Education • Environmental Technologies • Advanced Communications Technologies
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NC A&T 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 HBCU’s in federal R&D obligations
• Top 5 universities in NC in research productivity
• Total program funding of $32M
• Current portfolio of 277 projects at $129M
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NC A&T is involved with 4 NASA Strategic Enterprises
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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
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)
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Collaborationin science and
education
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Research to understand carbon nanotubes, understand their intercalation chemistry, and evaluate them as potential energy storage devices.
Left: Carbon nanotubes
Below: Otto Zhou’s lab
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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
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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 GenerationHall
RTI is an independent, non-profit research
organization of 1950 individuals in 115 disciplines
dedicated to improving the human condition
Research Triangle Institute
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NASA/RTI Technology Commercialization Contract
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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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