NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field
Materials & Structures
 
Awards
R&D 100 Awards
  • 1966 - Stable H. C. Bearing Materials
  • 1967 - Ductile Precipitate-Strengthened Tungsten Alloy
  • 1968
    - Refractory Fiber Reinforced Superalloy
    - Ferromagnetic Superalloy
  • 1971 - High Purity Metal Powders
  • 1972 - Floating Zone Fiber Drawing Process
  • 1973 - Nickel-based Photographic Process
  • 1974 - High Strength Nickel-based Alloy WAZ-26 for Applications up to 2200°F
    - Oxidation Resistant Self-lubricating Bearing Material for use at Temperatures from 25 to 900°C
  • 1976 - Ceramic Thermal Barrier Coatings
  • 1977 - Second Generation PMR Polyimides
  • 1978
    - Superalloy Strength Enhancement Fabrication process
    - Low Temperature Alloys
    - High-Efficiency Practical Magnetic Heat Pump
  • 1979 - Corrosion Resistant Thermal Barrier Coatings
  • 1980 - Oxide Dispersion Nickel-Based Superalloy
  • 1986
    - Arc Spray Monotape Process
    - NASA Lube PS200 Self-lubricating Composite Coating
    - Thermal Barrier Coating System
  • 1991 - Inert Gas Post-Cured Cross Linked Polymer
  • 1993 - Pioneer II Melt Modulation Fiber Growth system
  • 1995 - Affordable Fiber Reinforced Ceramic Composites
  • 1999 - Affordable, Robust Ceramic Joining Technology
  • 2000 - PMR Polyimide Extended Shelf Life Technology
  • 2001
    - Long Life High Temperature Ceramic EBC
    - Ecoceramics
    - Sylramic iBN-SiC
  • 2003 - DMBZ-15 Polyimids
  • 2004 - ME3 Advanced Turbine Disk Alloy
NASA Exceptional Service Medal
  • 1974 - G. Mervin Ault
  • 1977 - Donald H. Buckley
  • 1980 - Charles P. Blankenship
  • 1985 - Hal Sliney
  • 1986 - Salvatore J. Grisaffe
  • 1989 - Carl A. Stearns
  • 1990 - Carl E. Lowell
  • 1991 - Joseph R. Stephens
  • 1994 - Robert L. Davies
  • 1997 - Mary Ann Meador
  • 1998 - Robert A. Miller, William R. Jones, Jr., Jeffrey I. Eldridge
  • 1999 - J. Daniel Whittenberger, Andrew J. Eckel, Wilfredo Morales
  • 2001 - Timothy P. Gabb
  • 2002 - Michael Meador (Equal Opportunity Medal)
  • 2003 - Stanley R. Levine
  • 2004 - Alan D. Freed, Dennis S. Fox, Gary D. Roberts
NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal
  • 1998 - James K. Sutter, Susan L. Draper
  • 1999 - Ronald D. Noebe
  • 2000 - Paul W. Angel, Chun-Hua Chuang, Frances I. Hurwitz
  • 2003 - Judith.V.Auping
NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal
  • 1993 - Raymond D. Vannucci
  • 2002 - Rebecca MacKay
  • 2003 - Randy Bowman
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
  • 1968 - G. Mervin Ault
  • 1969 - William F. Brown
  • 1971 - John C. Freche
  • 1976 - Tito T. Serafini
  • 1981 - Talivaldis Spalvins
  • 1992 - Nathan S. Jacobson, James A. DiCarlo
  • 1993 - Rebecca A. MacKay
  • 1995 - James L. Smialek
  • 1998 - Narottam P. Bansal
NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
  • 1993 - Salvatore J. Grisaffe
  • 2002 - Hugh R. Gray
Exceptional Service Award (C.S.)
  • 1990 - Frances A. Archer
  • 1991 - Ralph G. Garlick
  • 1992 - John T. Halloran
  • 1993 - Robert R. Martineau
  • 1994 - Norman W. Orth
  • 1995 - Earl R. Hanes
  • 1996 - Charles A. Barrett
  • 1997 - Gloria J. O'Donnell
  • 1998 - David R. Hull
  • 1999 - Anna Palczer
  • 2000 - Dereck F. Johnson
  • 2001 - Judith V. Auping
  • 2002 - Chris Johnston
  • 2003 - Gloria J. O'Donnell
  • 2004 - Sandra L. Clay
Exceptional Service Award (non-C.S.)
  • 2002 - Geroge Leissler, Brad Karpinski, John Setlock, Dan, Scheiman, Terry McCue
  • 2003 - Mike Cuy
  • 2004 - Ron Phillips
NASA Public Service Award
  • 1999 - Mrityunjay Singh
  • 2001 - Anita Garg
  • 2002 - Hee Man Yun
  • 2003 - Ali Sayir, Kang Lee
  • 2004 - Gregory Morscher
Order of the Enterprise

For boldly going where no researcher has gone before and creating a significant impact on our science and technologyå

  • M. V. Nathal, R. A. MacKay, and R. G. Garlick - First to relate high temperature gamma/gamma' mismatch to rafting mechanisms of single crystals
  • Ramakrishna Bhatt - First to develop a high strength/high temperature ceramic composite -- SiC/RBSN
  • Leonard J. Westfall - First to develop the means to readily fabricate high quality metal matrix composites - LeRC Invention of the Year 1985
  • Harold E. Sliney - First to develop a 900º C+ solid lubricant - Space Act Award 1988 - 1988 NASA Inventor of the Year
NASA Turning Goals Into Reality (TGIR) Award
  • 2000 - Enabling Propulsion Materials Team
    Single Crystal Superalloy Blade, Powder Metallurgy Superalloy Blade, Environmental Barrier Coating, Ceramic Matrix COmposite Combustor Material
  • 2001 - General Aviation Project Team
    Dennis Fox
  • 2002 - Turbomachinery Disk Alloy Team
    Timothy Gabb, Anita Garg, John Gayda, William Karpinski, Ivan Locci, David Ellis
  • 2003 - Turbine Airfoil System Development Team
    Rebecca MacKay, Robert Miller, James Nesbitt, Dongming Zhu, Michael Nathal
  • 2003 - GRCop-84 Alloy Developmeny Team
    David Ellis, Michael Nathal, S.V. Raj, Leslie Greenbauer-Seng, Linus Thomas-Ogbuji
  • 2004 - Cooled Ceramic Matrix Composites Propulsion Structures Team
    Martha Jaskowiak, Andrew Eckel, Daniel Gorican, Ajay Misra
  • 2004 - Jet Engine Containment Concepts Team
    Gary Roberts, Mohan Hebsur, Ronald Noebe, Santo Padula II
  • 2004 - Cooled Ceramic Matrix Composite Components Team
    Verrilli, Calomino, DiCarlo, Fox, Freedman, Greenbauer-Seng, Hurst, Kiser, Lee G. Leissler, S. Leissler, Misra, Morscher, Robinson, Yun
Materials Division Outstanding Paper of the Year