Recognizing innovator efforts in tech transfer with the James Kerley Award

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Glenn Rakow

Recognizing innovator efforts in tech transfer with the James Kerley Award

Named for an innovator and teacher with a 32-year tenure at Goddard and an exceptional commitment to technology transfer, the annual James Kerley Award recognizes a Goddard innovator with outstanding support for technology transfer and new technology reporting.

(Editor’s Note: Read the story about Kerley’s CCJ technology continuing to revolutionize rehabilitation with SAM.)

This year, the award was given to Glenn Rakow for his work related to the SpaceWire protocol for data transmission in flight electronics. “Mr. Rakow was a natural choice as NASA’s SpaceWire Representative. But he has taken that role far beyond expectations,” said former Goddard Deputy Director Mike Ryschkewitsch, who presented Rakow with the award at the IPP Office’s annual NTR Program. “Mr. Rakow has worked extensively with the IPP Office to help get his innovative SpaceWire-based designs and his expertise into industry.… His commitment to technology transfer is clear: from filing NTRs for several technologies to identifying industry partners to supporting more than five Space Act Agreements.” The IPP Office congratulates Glenn Rakow on his extraordinary efforts to help further technology transfer at Goddard.

“Working with the IPP Office has … helped us gain a lot of exposure that we might not otherwise have gotten, through various stories, press releases, events, and just general publicity about what Goddard is doing with SpaceWire. Those efforts have definitely been extremely helpful. As an innovator, half the battle is won through education and communication, and the IPP Office is great at facilitating both. They help ‘grease the skids’ in a lot of respects and help our efforts gain more credibility both within and outside of NASA.”

— Glenn Rakow, Goddard Innovator

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