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NASA Glenn's Approach
to Supporting
Regional Economic Development
Robert Romero
Business Capture Manager
Office of Technology Incubation & Innovation
NASA Glenn Research Center
Cleveland, Ohio
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Glenn Research Center Goals
NASA Glenn Strategic Action Plan
• Provide world class R&T, revolutionizing aeronautics
and space exploration
• Advance space missions and aeronautics by leveraging
our core competencies to deliver concept-through-flight
systems
• Deliver program and project management excellence
that results in successful missions for our customers
and challenging, long-term assignments for continued
achievements
• Provide excellent institutional capability to enable NASA
mission success
• Be an integral part of the Ohio community and the
Nation
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The recent Presidential directive emphasizing enhanced technology transfer……….
Presidential Memorandum – Accelerating Technology Transfer and Commercialization of
Federal Research In Support of High-Growth Businesses
Sec. 1. Policy. One driver of successful innovation is technology transfer
Sec. 2. Establish Goals and Measure Progress. (a) Federal laboratories shall develop plans that establish performance goals to increase the
number and pace of effective technology transfer and commercialization activities in partnership with non federal entities. (d) The
heads of agencies with Federal laboratories are encouraged to include technology transfer efforts in overall laboratory evaluation.
Sec. 3. Streamline the Federal Government's Tech. Transfer and Commercialization Process. (a) Agencies with Federal laboratories shall
review their licensing procedures and practices for establishing CRADAs. (c) The heads of agencies … shall implement administrative
practices that reduce the time from grant application to award [and] facilitate a common reporting of these performance measures.
Sec. 4. Facilitate Commercialization through Local and Regional Partnerships. (a) Federal laboratories [should] collaborate with external
partners to share the expertise of Federal laboratories with businesses and to participate in regional technology innovation clusters that
are in place across the country. (b) Agencies [should] locate applied research and business support programs to further technology
transfer and commercialization. (c) Federal laboratories and other research facilities [should] engage in public-private partnerships in
those technical areas of importance to the agency's mission with external partners to strengthen the commercialization activities in their
local region.
October 28, 2011
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The desired outcome…….
“…increasing the rate of technology transfer and the economic
and societal impact from Federal research and development
(R&D) investments.”
It’s all about jobs-retained and created!
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Glenn Core Competencies
Air-Breathing Propulsion
Communications Technology
and Development
In-Space Propulsion and
Cryogenic Fluids Management
Power, Energy Storage and
Conversion
Physical Sciences and
Biomedical Technologies in Space
Materials and Structures
for Extreme Environments
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Economic Impact
Impact
Northeast Ohio
State of Ohio
Output
$ 1.2 Billion
Value Added
$ 596 Million
Employment
6,250 Jobs
7,538 Jobs
Labor Income
$465 Million
$512 Million
$1.4 Billion
$668 Million
Employees contribute $10 Million in State and Local Income Taxes
Note: Data from an Economic Impact Study prepared by Cleveland State University, June 2013
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NASA Glenn’s Key Products and Services
Facilities Test (FT)
Services
Intellectual Property
Subject Matter Expert
(SME) Services
Research, Development,
Test & Evaluation
(RDT&E) Services
“Listen to the voice of the customer”
“What keeps you up at night and how can we help?”
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New Tech Transfer / Business Development Outreach
GRC is now recognized
inside NASA as being
proactive in outreach to
non-aerospace businesses,
striving to support the
American economy
GRC Tech Showcase
December 2, 2011
NASA Midwestern
Technology Expo
Cleveland, OH
November 28-30, 2012
Automotive Industry Workshop
October 27, 2011
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Example of NASA Software Affecting Fuel Economy
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Chevy Cruze Eco manual rated at 42 MPG
hwy averaged 64 MPG for 9,500 miles
Achieved by a skilled team experienced in
optimizing fuel economy
High MPG methodology uses predictive
driving techniques based on road grades
NASA developed topology mapping software
for low altitude/mountainous terrain flights
Utilized NASA mapping software with unique
Lotus algorithms to directly or indirectly
control vehicle speed to maximize MPG
based on road conditions (patent applied for)
lotuscars.com/engineering
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Many potential partners are in the Midwest!
NASA GRC
Cleveland Clinic
CWRU
CSU
Parker Hannifin
GM
U. Michigan
Wisconsin
Ford
Lotus
Engineering
TARDEC
Purdue
Rochester Institute of Technology
Penn State
Alcoa
Eaton
Cornell
PPG
Ohio State
AFRL
Battelle
U. Dayton
Carnegie
Mellon
GE Aviation
Active partnerships
Sectors of economic importance
-Aerospace
-Energy
-Manufacturing
-Automotive
-Healthcare
What partnerships have the best value proposition?
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Regional Economic Development Outcomes and Metrics
Metrics
Business
Inputs
Outcomes
Outcomes
Process
Model
1.
Commercial sector products created/enhanced with traceability to NASA capabilities
2.
Jobs created/retained which can be traced to successful outcomes of NASA projects
3.
Documented/independently validated impact on critical sectors of U. S. economy
4.
Increased public support for investment in NASA research and development projects for space, science,
and aeronautics.
Metrics
1.
R&D projects identified/formalized which involve NASA capabilities and non NASA investment
2.
Alignment of R&D projects with critical sectors of U.S. economy
3.
Level of non NASA investments in R&D projects
4.
Stakeholder/partner critical assessments of value proposition of R&D projects to follow on creation of
economic development by private sector
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A guiding principle of our regional economic development efforts:
To the greatest extent possible, connect with existing
clusters and only consider establishing new ones when a
major opportunity exists and is not being addressed.
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Recent Successes
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Cleveland Adopt a City I
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Adopt a City I
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County-MAGNET-NASA
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NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck announced 9 winners
Selected by City, County, and MAGNET.
NASA GRC gave 400hrs
City & County gave $450K
Ohio manufacturers received NASA assistance, city & county loans
BioIn Vision
Zuga Medical, Inc.
Mega Joule
Morrison Products, Inc.
Pile Dynamics, Inc.
Gotta Groove Records, Inc.
Vadxx Energy
Sensor Development Corporation
Adopt a City Economic Impact*
Jul 2012-Jun 2013
Number of Jobs Created
15
Number of Jobs Retained
2
Number of Units Sold
110,000
Revenue Generated
$465,000
Private Dollars invested in Projects
$472,000
Cost Savings Realized as a Result of Projects
$175,000
*Metrics collected by MAGNET using MEP approach
Mason and Ohio manufacturers celebrate NASA’s
partnership with industry in building the
innovation economy
Mason and Paul Bartolotta converse about the
Manufacturing Innovation Project
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A second round of
the Adopt A City
program has been
launched…….
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“NASA developed
analytical
models…”
“All of that will be
extremely valuable
to VADXX…our
commercialization
efforts with our
Rockwell-VADXX
engineering design
team”
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Youngstown Road Show
December 5, 2013
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Catacel Story
NASA Success Story: YSU Roadshow
Bill Whittenberger, Catacel Corp., CTO & President
Catacel makes catalytic materials used in fuel cells, hydrogen plants and
other applications.
"The overall experience was very positive. NASA people do CFD
modelling all the time, and could easily understand, comment on, and offer
advice on the CFD modelling we were doing. Two hours of discussion at
the event led to considerable progress in our ability to accurately model
our product. A follow-up session at our facility brought us additional
valuable input" Whittenberger said.
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Detroit Technology Interchange Meeting
February 19, 2014
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Results and Initial Comments
• A Product Development Engineer for Micro-V Group is interested in nanoreinforcement materials for polymers for research in automotive engine
belts (Sandi Miller).
• DASI Solutions, a 3D printing manufacturer, wants to explore 3D printing
with GRC’s aerogels and with LaRC’s additive manufacturing using electron
beam free form fabrication technologies (Stephanie Vivod and Robert
Hafley).
• An Entrepreneur-in-Residence who does technology mining at Wayne State
said he has been looking for a computational analysis service for advanced
materials in transportation and energy applications for years and found it at
one of the booths (Evan Pineda) .
• Lotus, GM, Whirlpool, Sanza, and Hendrickson International are very
interested in GSFC’s ultra high resolution microfocus CT for innovative
manufacturing technology (Betsy Pugel).
• NASA talking with TechShop to look into bringing one to Cleveland and other
cities with a NASA location. TechShop is a do-it-yourself workshop that
provides affordable, open access to a wide range of tools, equipment,
resources, and workspace and promotes innovation.
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Results and Initial Comments (Cont’d)
• The Mayor’s Office in the City of Detroit expressed an interest in developing a
partnership with NASA Glenn.
• The technology commercialization specialist from another NASA Center said
this was much better than anything they had done and wants to copy it.
• One GRC researcher admitted to being a skeptic but became a fan and willing
participant during the event.
And some quotes:
• Thanks! Outstanding event. I just got feedback from GM that the people said it
was the best event they ever attended! —David Emerling, Center for
Automotive Research and Ohio Manufacturing Institute
• This first SME Technology Interchange was the best technical symposium that I
have attended in years. The lightweighting topic was highly relevant to today’s
engineering, materials and manufacturing challenges, not just for automotive,
but for all industries. It was also just the right amount and mix of presentation
and technology displays, the cost was very reasonable and the venue perfect.
Thank you, SME and NASA!--Edward N. Carlson, ENCARLSON ENTERPRISES LLC
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On Deck…
Toledo Road Show
June, 2014
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Proposed Ohio Fuel Cell Coalition (OFCC) / Lorain County
Community College (LCCC) Energy Sector: Fuel Cell Roadshow
Conduct a modified road show to match OFCC members that could benefit from
interactions with GRC subject matter experts
• OFCC/LCCC canvases members to ascertain “needs” that align with GRC
competencies through an application/selection process
• OFCC/LCCC presents list of technology challenges to GRC and serves as facilitator
for initial interactions between OFCC member and NASA
• NASA works with OFCC member and NASA SME’s to schedule up to six hour one
on one sessions during the Technology Roadshow Event at LCCC in Fall 2014
• OFCC conducts post session survey of members’ perspectives on value of NASA
interactions and prepares summary briefing to present to GRC Center Director
• NASA and individual OFCC members consider follow on efforts on case by case
basis
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