Center Innovation Fund Projects

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At Langley, we're not just working on innovative solutions for today, we're also looking ahead at the technical challenges we'll all face in the future. The purpose of the Center Innovation Fund is to stimulate and encourage creativity and innovation within the NASA Centers in addressing the technology needs of NASA and the nation. These emerging technologies and creative initiatives were selected by Langley's Chief Technologist to receive funding.

Project	Inventor	Year	Watch	Read
Multilevel Control and Optimization of Future Air Traffic Systems via Management of Complexity Bounds	Natalia Alexandrov	2012
BxCyNz Nanotube Development and Characterization	Catharine Fay	2012
Boron Nitride Nanotube Development	Catharine Fay	2012
Abundant Clean/Green Energy	Joseph Zawodny	2012
Advanced Glucose Fuel Cells	Sang H. Choi	2012
Biofunctional Approach to Promote Wound Healing	Lisa Scott Carnell	2012
Doppler Lidar for Measurement of High-Altitude Wake Vortices	Grady Koch	2012
Functionally Graded, Load Optimized Structure via Additive Manufacturing	Craig Brice	2012
Lightweight Telescope Systems Using Novel Nano-layered Synthesized Materials	Natalie Clark	2012
Neuromorphic Solutions for UAS Collision Avoidance	Mark Motter	2012
Spaceflight Videogrammetry On the Cheap	Justin Littell	2012
Airborne Wind Energy Harvesting	Dave North	2011
Active Space Radiation Shielding for Long Duration Missions	Robert Singleterry	2011
Autonomous Cooperating Symbiotic Robotic Explorers	Ken Lodding, Jeffrey Antol & Mark Motter	2011
Development of Personal Spacecraft	Stephen Horan	2011
Do-It-Yourself Desktop 3-D Fabrication to Realize Ideas	Nancy Holloway & Allen Jackson	2011
Ultra Efficient and Compact Laser System for Planetary Exploration	Farzin Amzajerdian	2010
Damage Tolerant Hierarchical Membrane Structures	David Sleight	2010
Expandable Structures: Transformational Concepts and Technologies	Richard S. Pappa	2010
Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Strain and Acoustic Sensors for Flexible Structures	Matthew D. Rogge	2010
New Efficient Cryogenic Lasers	Brian M. Walsh	2010
Simulation Based Virtual Worlds	Paul Brewster	2010

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