2013 Space Technology Hall of Fame Inductees:
-GATR
Inflatable Satellite Communication System
-Mediphan ultrasound technologies
Featured Speaker:
Sigourney Weaver
Academy Award-nominated and
Golden Globe-winning
Actor
With
Special Guest Host:
P.J. O'Rourke
Author, Political
Satirist and
Space Foundation Board Member
The Space Technology Hall of Fame® honors world class technology and those who transform technology originally developed for space exploration into products that help improve the quality of life here on
Earth.
Induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame® affords space innovators much deserved recognition, increases public awareness and encourages further innovation.
2013 Inductees
GATR Inflatable Satellite Communication System, a portable, rapidly deployed, inflatable antenna that targets a geostationary satellite to establish critical communications links. GATR is based in
Huntsville, Ala.
Mediphan ultrasound technologies, compact low-power ultrasound devices that can be used as a diagnostic tool where large scanning equipment is impractical. Mediphan is based in
Ottawa, Canada.
Both technologies were originally developed for space applications and have now been modified for products and services used on Earth.
Also recognized are individuals and organizations for their roles in developing and adapting the technologies for commercial use.
2013 Individual Inductees
The following individuals are being inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame® in 2013:
GATR
Paul A.
Gierow,
P.E., president and
CEO, GATR Technologies
William R.
Clayton, chief scientist, GATR Technologies
Robert Romanofsky,
Ph.D., senior research engineer,
NASA Glenn Research Center,
Communications,
Instruments and Controls
Division
Kevin M.
Lambert, Ph.D., senior research engineer, Vantage
Partners,
LLC
Mediphan/DistanceDoc and MedRecorder
Scott A. Dulchavsky,
M.D., Ph.D., chairman and surgeon-in-chief,
Henry Ford Hospital
Mike Sandler, president and CEO,
Epiphan Systems,
Inc. & Mediphan, Inc.
Leroy Chiao, Ph.D., chemical engineer and former consulting
NASA astronaut lead on technology.
Currently special advisor -- human spaceflight, Space Foundation
2013 Organizational Inductees
GATR Technologies
NASA Glenn Research Center
Mediphan, Inc.
NASA Johnson Space
Three Events to
Honor Inductees
These events at the
Space Symposium will honor the inductees on April 11:
The Space Technology Hall of Fame®
Private Induction
Ceremony, co-sponsored by
Intelsat
The Space Technology Hall of Fame®
Cocktail Reception, co-sponsored by Inmarsat
The Space Technology Hall of Fame® Dinner, which features dinner speaker Sigourney Weaver and is co-sponsored by SpaceX
The Private Induction Ceremony is by invitation only and the Reception and Dinner are open to all Space Symposium attendees.
About Nomination and Judging
Each year, the Space Technology Hall of Fame solicits nominations from the industry and the public. After a thorough review process that establishes whether the technologies did, indeed, have their origins in space exploration and/or research, the qualifying technologies are reviewed and ranked by a distinguished panel of judges.
The 2013 panel of judges included:
Richard Ambrose, deputy and vice president,
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
David Deigan, president & CEO, Advanced
Flexible Materials, Inc.
Chummer
Farina, vice president,
Canadian Space Agency
Andrea Jaime, executive director,
Space Generation Advisory Council
Steven Kenney, associate, Toffler
Associates
Amy Mainzer, Ph.D., research scientist,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Walter Peeters, president,
International Space University
Michael Simpson, Ph.D., executive director, Secure
World Foundation
Mary Ellen Weber, founder,
Stellar Keynotes & Consulting and former NASA astronaut
Nomination process for 2014
The deadline to submit nominations for induction during 2014 will be Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013.
Anyone may submit a nomination of a technology that was developed anywhere in the world for use in space and then modified or adopted for use on Earth. Nomination information, including online and downloadable nomination forms, is available at www.spacefoundation.org/programs/space-technology-hall-fame.
The Space Foundation established the Space Technology Hall of Fame in
1988 to increase public awareness of the benefits that result from space exploration programs and to encourage further innovation. Additional information about the Space Technology Hall of Fame®, including a complete list of inducted technologies, is available at www.SpaceTechHallofFame.org.
- published: 12 Apr 2013
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