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Tech Brief Article March 2008 Edition

Congratulations to Kendall Hutto and David Shaw of Mississippi State University for the publishing of their work on using hyperspectral imagery to identify turfgrass stresses. These stress maps could enable more efficient management of large turfgrass fields. This work was done for Stennis Space Center and the article appeared in the March 2008 edition of Tech Briefs.

Cooperative Agreement Notice

A new Cooperative Agreement Notice has been issued by the Innovative Partnerships Program. Click here for more detailed information.

NASA Selects 38 Partnerships to Advance Key Technologies

On Wednesday, NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program Seed Fund announced the selection of 38 partnerships that will advance key technologies to meet critical needs for NASA's mission. These Seed Fund projects will address technology barriers with cost-shared, joint-development programs. The partnerships span 30 states and include nine universities, 23 small to medium-sized businesses, 17 large corporations and participation by all 10 NASA field centers. Click here for a complete list of selected organizations and information about NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program Seed Fund.

NASA SELECTS 120 SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROJECTS

NASA has selected 120 proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards in the Small Business Innovation Research program, known as SBIR. The selected projects have a total value of approximately $72 million. NASA will award the contracts to 102 small high technology firms in 27 states. NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program - with offices at NASA Headquarters in Washington and all of the agency's field centers - collaborates with U.S. industry to develop pioneering technologies, infuse them into agency missions and transition them into commercially available products and services.

Congratulations to NVision Solutions

Congratulations to NVision Solutions for being listed in NASA's Top 20 new Spinoff Technologies produced over the past 5 years. This recognition was based on factors such as quality of life, economic benefit, and the value back to NASA. NVision Solutions Inc. is a geospatial information systems company. They harnessed NASA's remote-sensing satellite information to provide innovative geospatial solutions for a variety of applications, including: a crop prescription service for farmers; a disaster management networking tool for local, state, and Federal governments; and an educational service for young farmers.

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