1. Alabama NASA EPSCoR Presentation for 2007 Alabama EPSCoR Annual Meeting Huntsville February 13, 2007 John Gregory Director, Alabama Space Grant Consortium and Alabama-NASA EPSCoR Program

5. Research Infrastructure Announcement Release Date:December 21, 2006 Proposals Due:February 26, 2007 Announcement of Selections:March 30, 2007

6. Funding and Cost-Sharing Max. level requested is $125K/yr for up to 3 yrs Cost-sharing match of 1:1 is required NASA EPSCoR RID funds cannot be used for: Equipment Foreign Travel Civil Service Personnel Travel

7. The Purposes of the Technical Advisory Committee are to: Advise on jurisdiction research and economic priorities; Assist in planning research areas that align with state priorities; Provide technical guidance to the state’s NASA EPSCoR program; and Review program progress and accomplishments.

8. Technical Advisory Committee consists of: the state’s NASA EPSCoR Program Director (Committee Chair) at least one member of the state’s EPSCoR Committee at least one representative from the state’s industry at least one representative from the state’s government, and one member from at least three affiliates of the state’s NASA Space Grant Program.

9. 2 USRP Students Supported in 2006 Natika Onyeka, Alabama A&M Assisted in the development of advanced sensors needed to monitor the structural health of spacecrafts such as the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV). David Parsons, Auburn University Assisted in establishing a distributed simulation of the integrated Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV) and Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV).

10. 6 Seed Grant proposals funded in 2006 1.Dr. Jihua Guo, USA, “Innovative Manufacturing of Hybrid Nanocomposites with Engineered Nanopapers for Cryogenically Cycled Structure” 2.Dr. Luke Marzen, AU, “An Investigation of Wet-target Craters on Mars” 3.Dr. Andrei Stanishevsky, UAB, “Nanoporous Multilayer Metal – Complex Oxide Ceramic Nanoparticle Compacts for Membrane Technologies in ISRU Systems” 4.Dr. Semih Olcmen, UA, “Parametric Study of Impinging/Counterflow Supersonic Jets” 5.Dr. Lior Burko, UAH, “Towards a Wave-Extraction Method for Numerical Relativity Simulations of Compact Binary Inspirals” 6.Dr. Stephen Paddison, UAH, “A Computational Study of Factors Governing Proton Conductivity in Anhydrous Proton-Conductivity Polymeric Membranes for Fuel Cells”

11. Dr. Jihua Gou, Univ. of South Alabama “Innovative Manufacturing of Hybrid Nanocomposites with Engineered Nanopapers for Cryogenically Cycled Structure” INTERIM REPORT 2 undergraduate students 2 journal articles submitted 4 conference papers submitted 2 research projects funded 3 research projects pending Collaboration with 1 NASA Center Collaboration w/ Minority and Women Eng. Programs

12. Dr. Luke Marzen, Auburn University “An Investigation of Wet-target Craters on Mars” INTERIM REPORT 1 female graduate student 2 abstracts published 2 abstracts submitted Collaboration with 1 NASA Center

13. Dr. Andrei Stanishevsky, UAB “Nanoporous Multilayer Metal – Complex Oxide Ceramic Nanoparticle Compacts for Membrane Technologies in ISRU Systems” INTERIM REPORT 1 undergraduate & 1 graduate student 3 articles published 1 funded proposal 2 proposals pending Collaboration with 1 NASA Center

14. Dr. Semih Olcmen, UA “Parametric Study of Impinging/Counterflow Supersonic Jets” INTERIM REPORT 1 graduate student 1 proposal submitted Collaboration with 1 NASA Center

15. Dr. Lior Burko, UAH “Towards a Wave-Extraction Method for Numerical Relativity Simulations of Compact Binary Inspirals” INTERIM REPORT 1 graduate student 1 article published 2 articles submitted Collaboration with 1 NASA Center

16. Dr. Stephen Paddison, UAH “A Computational Study of Factors Governing Proton Conductivity in Anhydrous Proton-Conductivity Polymeric Membranes for Fuel Cells” INTERIM REPORT 1 female undergraduate student 1 article submitted 2 proposals funded 3 proposals pending Collaboration with 1 NASA Center