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Michael Mewhinney/Jonas Dino                June 3, 2003
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: 650/604-3937 or 650/604-5612

RELEASE: 03-43AR

NASA SCIENTISTS TO BE HONORED FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH

As the nation celebrates 100 years of powered flight this year, three 
innovative aerospace projects developed by NASA will be honored next 
week at a national aerospace conference.

Developed at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., the 
Performance Data Analysis and Reporting System, the Protective 
Coating for Ceramic Materials and the JavaPathFinder Model Checking 
projects will receive awards at the Turning Goals into Reality 2003 
Conference from NASA's Office of Aerospace Technology.

This year's Turning Goals into Reality Conference theme is  "The 
Second Century of Flight: Technology Challenges and Opportunities." 
The conference, to be held in Williamsburg, Va., June 10-12, will 
focus on the technological challenges as well as the opportunities 
that lie ahead for the aerospace community in the second century of 
powered flight.

The Performance Data Analysis and Reporting System project provides 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Control (ATC) 
decision-makers at the facility level with a set of previously 
unavailable comprehensive tools and methods for monitoring the 
health, performance and safety of day-to-day ATC operations. The 
reporting system enables the FAA to measure the capacity performance 
and safety of its air traffic services in response to congressional 
mandates and plays a key role in helping to reduce accidents.

The Protective Coating for Ceramic Materials was developed to 
eliminate and alleviate problems associated with a previous coating 
for the flexible blanket insulations on the exterior of the shuttle 
orbiter.  The coating material consists primarily of colloidal silica 
and other high emissive agents. The coating is water-based and 
therefore environmentally friendly.  It provides fire protection to 
many substrates, such as ceramic, wood and metal. The coating can be 
easily applied by spraying or brushing and can be used on any type of 
material, whether rigid, flexible or fabric.

JavaPathFinder Model Checking is a revolutionary software tool that 
is capable of automatically detecting errors in flight software 
systems. It is based on a technique called "model checking" that 
enables exhaustive analysis of a flight software system.

For more information about the Turning Goals into Reality 2003 
conference, please visit:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/aero/curevent/tgir/index.htm

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