Awards and decorations of the united states government are civilian awards of the u. The software won nasa s software of the year award 2018. Ames cowinner in the 2002 software of the year award is nasa johnson space center, for its dsmc analysis code software package that models the flow of lowdensity gases over flight surfaces. Oak hill native named program engineer of the year news. Lauren claudatos, jeff homola, joey merce uas traffic management services utm software. Nasa software of the year 2006 nasa ames aviation systems. Software teams from the langley research center and ames research center were selected as cowinners of the 2016 software of the year award. Oct 10, 2018 onsight is mixedreality software that allows scientists and engineers to virtually walk and meet on mars. Facet is a flexible software based simulation environment for exploration, development, and evaluation of advanced air traffic management atm concepts. As an agency that welcomes and nurtures a culture of innovation, failure is seen as merely a stepping stone to success. Nasa presents software of the year award this view results from the observation of a target selected autonomously by aegis onboard the opportunity mars rover. Zemericks accomplishments, according to the nomination letter, include the successful completion of dozens of nasa projects, missions, software.
Oak hill native named program engineer of the year. Nasas inventions and contributions board icb recognized project manager patrick hogan and his ames research center software team with the 2009 software of the year award for the development of the world wind java wwj software development kit sdk and web mapping services wms. The nasa software of the year competition is an annual competition sponsored by the offices of the chief engineer, safety and mission assurance sma, and the chief information officer. A software usage agreement sua shall be requested from the appropriate nasa center software release authority sra, after contract award. Sep 17, 2019 nasa software of the year award an annual award given by the inventions and contributions board for nasadeveloped software that has significantly enhanced the agencys performance of its mission and helped american industry maintain its worldclass technology status. Our innovators have also received nasa internal awards, such as invention of the year and software of the year, as well as regional awards, such as team neonortech. The nasa software of the year competition was initiated in 1994, and rewards outstanding software developed by the agency. Donnellan has been deputy manager of the jpls science division, insar preproject scientist for studying natural hazards, ice sheets, and ecosystems, and nasa s applied sciences program area colead for natural disasters. Npss team wins prestigious nasa software of the year award. Nasa quakesim and nasa mobile app win nasa software award. A mixedreality software that allows scientists and engineers to virtually walk on mars recently received nasas 2018 software of the year award.
Our innovators have received awards from numerous external organizations, including. Onsight is mixedreality software that allows scientists and engineers to virtually walk and meet on mars. The innovation awards are comprised of two separate categories. Orions guidance, navigation and control software helped the.
The office of general counsel sponsors and selects the nasa invention of the year award winners, supported by technical assistance and recommendations from the icb. Nasa software of the year, 2006 the future atm concepts evaluation tool facet was selected as nasa s 2006 software of the year. Neogeography toolkit receives honorable mention for nasa. Cart3d, an aerodynamic simulation tool developed jointly by michael aftosmis and dr. It was created by nasa s jet propulsion laboratory, in collaboration with microsoft, for the hololens.
Nasa osbp 2019 small business industry award winners. Space act awards may be paid to nasa employees, nasa contractor employees, as well as to other government, university, and industry personnel. Nasa selected nasgro, a jsc program used on the international space station and space shuttle, as one of the 2003 winners. Early nasa references to award criteria grouped many awards into equal positions in the order of precedence. Washington computer programs that are used to define safety. Since 1990, to recognize inventors of exceptional, cuttingedge nasa technologies, the nasa inventions and contributions board has rewarded outstanding scientific and technical contributions through the nasa invention. Nasa software of the year 2006 the future atm concepts evaluation tool facet was selected for nasa s 2006 software of the year award. Neogeography toolkit receives honorable mention for nasa software of the year award. Rogers is a twotime winner of the nasa software of the year award. In 2012 quakesim now geogateway won nasa s software of the year award. Nasas inventions and contributions board icb is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 software of the year soy award competition. A marshalldeveloped software tool, which looks into nonlinear surface crack analysis to prevent critical structure failures is one of the winners.
Awards and decorations of the united states government. Each software technology nominated for this award represents the best software from its respective center. Nasas glenn research center cleveland, oh and boeing employees have won the 2008 nasa software of the year award for the development of a generalpurpose program used to perform trajectory optimization and performance studies for a wide variety of vehicles including aircraft, rockets, satellites, and interplanetary vehicles. Software from jet propulsion laboratory for detecting planets outside our solar system, and from ames research center for defining safety margins for fiery spacecraft reentries have been named cowinners of the 2007 nasa software of the year award. Mars virtual reality software wins nasa award nasas mars. Victoria steiner nasa ames research center, moffett field, calif.
Annually, up to four 4 individuals may receive awards. Mar 03, 2010 nasas inventions and contributions board icb recognized project manager patrick hogan and his ames research center software team with the 2009 software of the year award for the development of the world wind java wwj software development kit sdk and web mapping services wms. Onsight uses imagery from nasa s curiosity rover to create an immersive 3d terrain model, allowing users to wander the actual dunes and valleys explored by the robot. Software eligible for the award must have nasa intellectual property interest, be of commercial grade, and be available to appropriate commercial users or. Mars virtual reality software wins nasa award nasas. The nssc provides general administrative support to the agency and all nasa center award offices to advance agency and centerspecific award programs, including certificate production and maintenance of the nasa automated awards system naas. John melton of nasa ames research center, in californias silicon valley. Nasas software of the year award is designed to reward outstanding software developed for the agency. Facet is a flexible softwarebased simulation environment for exploration, development, and evaluation of advanced air traffic management atm concepts. Atm seminar best paper in track accrued delay application in trajectorybased operations by husni idris, christopher chin, and antony evans. Nasdeveloped pegasus 5 wings its way to nasas software of. Backes received the 1993 nasa exceptional engineering achievement medal for his contributions to space telerobotics, 1993 space station award of merit, best paper award at the 1994 world automation congress, 1995 jpl technology and applications program exceptional service award, 1998 jpl award for excellence, 1998 nasa software of the year. The integral team has been working for two years to support glenns numerical propulsion system simulation npss, an effort that has received nasa s prestigious. This particular target a piece of crater ejecta near the mars concepcion crater was detected on sol 2172, or march 4, 2010, and the image was captured by the opportunitys panoramic.
In 1994, he was on the nas division team that developed the incompressible navierstokes cfd solver ins3d code. Aug 17, 2017 the agencywide annual competition for software of the year rewards highquality, innovative and robust software using efficient software engineering processes that meet nasa s stringent safety and reliability standards. News star presented to nasa software of the year panel. Onsight uses imagery from nasas curiosity rover to create an immersive 3d terrain model, allowing users to wander the actual dunes and valleys explored by the robot.
Nasa software of the year award an annual award given by the inventions and contributions board for nasadeveloped software that has significantly enhanced the agencys performance of its mission and helped american industry maintain its. Nasdeveloped pegasus 5 wings its way to nasas software. Two nasa software design teams have received the agencys prestigious software of the year award for 2014. Software eligible for the award must have nasa intellectual property interest, be of commercial grade, and be available to appropriate commercial users or dedicated to a nasa mission. Donnellan has been deputy manager of the jpls science division, insar preproject scientist for studying natural hazards, ice sheets, and ecosystems, and nasas applied sciences program area colead for natural disasters. For the quick and extensive action by the operations team that permitted the spirit rover to survive a massive and fast moving global martian. Dec 09, 2011 nasa presents software of the year award by sonja alexander and priscilla vega, jpl nasa. Bailee miller the nasa software of the year competition is an annual competition sponsored by the offices of the chief engineer, safety and mission assurance sma, and the chief information officer. The autonomous sciencecraft experiment software is a cowinner of the 2005 nasa software of the year award, for its ability to monitor and respond to scientific events without ground intervention and the entailed increase in science return and reduction in operations costs. Windsor native tim straube and his team won nasas 2015 software of the year award this month for their work with the orion spacecraft. The intelligent robotics groups irg neogeography toolkit ngt received an honorable mention for nasas software of the year award.
Oct 10, 2018 a mixedreality software that allows scientists and engineers to virtually walk on mars recently received nasa s 2018 software of the year award. Nasa presents software of the year award by sonja alexander and priscilla vega, jplnasa. For the second year in a row, a johnson space center software program was selected as a winner of the agencys prestigious software of the year award. Both ames and jpl have won individually or shared the award several times since it was initiated in 1994. All offerors submitting proposals including the use of a nasa patent must submit an application for a nonexclusive, royaltyfree evaluation license. The nasa software of the year award is a prestigious honor designed to give recognition to developers of exceptional software created for or owned by nasa. It was created by nasas jet propulsion laboratory, in collaboration with microsoft, for the hololens.
Ngt is a collection of highperformance software tools that automate the processing of geospatial data. Oct, 2016 jwst team earns honorable mention in nasa software of the year competition image credit. Dec 08, 2011 nasa presents software of the year award this view results from the observation of a target selected autonomously by aegis onboard the opportunity mars rover. Nasa software of the year, 2006 the future atm concepts evaluation tool facet was selected as nasas 2006 software of the year.
Since 1990, to recognize inventors of exceptional, cuttingedge nasa technologies, the nasa inventions and contributions board has rewarded outstanding scientific and technical contributions through the nasa invention of the year award. Jsc receives software award for second year running. So, whenever you encounter failure, use it as an opportunity for learning. Elisa victoria quintana is a scientist working in the field of astronomy and planetary science at nasa goddard space flight center. Traffic aware planner tap, developed at langley research center, is a cockpitbased software tool used to aid pilots in identifying inflight routeoptimization opportunities that are deconflicted from. Nasa software of the year 2006 the future atm concepts evaluation tool facet was selected for nasas 2006 software of the year award. In 2012 quakesim now geogateway won nasas software of the year award. Nas researchers also won this prestigious award in 1995, for the flow analysis software toolkit fast and in 2002, for cart3d. The agencywide annual competition for software of the year rewards highquality, innovative and robust software using efficient software engineering processes that meet nasas stringent safety and reliability standards. Aiaa guidance, navigation, and control conference outstanding paper. The software won nasas software of the year award 2018. Beginning in 1965, references to the order of precedence were dropped from regulations regarding specific awards.
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