This is an annual award given by the Strategic Partnerships Office to Goddard civil servants who have been instrumental in transferring technologies outside of NASA. The Kerley Award is named after James Kerley, a champion of technology transfer.
WINNERS:
2023
- Edward Wollack
2022
- Manohar Deshpande
2021
- John Schnase
2020
- Mark Hasegawa, Kenneth OConnor, Wanda Peters, Sharon Straka
2019
- Mark Hasegawa (Code 546), Kenneth O’Connor (Code 561), Dr. Wanda C. Peters (Code 400), and Sharon Straka (Code 400) — Lotus Coating Team
2018
- Nithin Abraham (Code 546)
2017
- Keith Gendreau (Code 662)
2016
- Michael Krainak (Code 554)
2015
- Russel Carpenter (Code 444)
2013 / 2014
- Geoff Bland, Ted Miles (Code 610.W)
2012
- Bruce Dean, Matthew Bolcar, Ron Shiri, Timo Saha, J. Scott Smith, David Aronstein, Rick Lyon — Wavefront Sensing Team (Code 551)
2011
- Dan Smith (Code 690)
2010
- Tom Flatley (Code 690)
2009
- Mike Hinchey (Code 690)
2008
- Stephanie Getty (Code 690)
2007
- Glenn Rakow (Code 561) — SpaceWire protocol for data transmission in flight electronics
2006
- Dr. James Tilton (Code 606.3) — Hierarchical Segmentation (HSEG) software
2005
- Dr. Peter Shirron (Code 552) — Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator (ADR)
2004
- Dr. Jeannette B. Benavides (Code 562) — Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes
2003
- Dr. Norden Huang (Code 614.2) — Hilbert-Huang Transform
2000
- Dr. Matthew McGill (Code 613.1) — Holographic Circle-to-Point Converter
1999
- John Kolasinski (Code 565) — Fiber optics technologies
1998
- Geary Schwemmer (Code 613.1) — Holographic optical element technology