Forging Strategic Partnerships in Environmental Systems, Biotechnology and Agricultural Research for Space Applications A working meeting held at North Carolina State University September 25, 2002 Hosted by the North Carolina Space Initiative

Participating Institutions University of Florida North Carolina State University UNC – Office of the President NC A&T State University UNC-Charlotte UNC-Chapel Hill UNC-Pembroke Winston Salem State University Research Triangle Institute NC Technology Development Association University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Purpose of Today’s Meeting To explore mutually beneficial collaborations among researchers in Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee in the context of two programs: Environmental Commercial Space Technology Center (ES CSTC) Space Biotechnology and Commercial Applications Program

Today’s Agenda Welcome and Opening Remarks – Chris Brown Overview of NASA Research in NC – Chris Brown Overview of NASA Research at UF – Peggy Evanich Environmental Systems Commercial Space Technology Center –Program Overview – Bill Sheehan –Solid Waste Recovery – Bill Sheehan –Air Revitalization and Water Recovery – David Mazyck –Other UF Research with ESCSTC Applications – Richard Yost Break

Today’s Agenda Space Biotechnology and Commercial Applications Program –Program Overview – Peggy Evanich –Center for Space Agriculture and Biotechnology Research and Education (SABRE) – Rob Ferl –Integrated Smart Nanosensors for Space Biotechnology Applications – Toshikazu Nishida –Commercial Applications and University Partnerships for Space Biotechnology – Bill Sheehan Lunch Potential for Collaborations – All Reconvene and Adjourn

north carolina space initiative a program of the kenan institute for engineering, technology & science

Goals of the NC Space Initiative To establish networks to facilitate collaborative projects –Fundamental and applied space research –Education in space science, engineering, business, and policy –Outreach and engagement To compete for NASA / other funding To apply space technology to issues of concern to our state and region To attract space-related industry to our state and our region To Make NC a Leading Space State

Overview of Selected NASA Programs in North Carolina North Carolina State University North Carolina A&T State University University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Duke University Research Triangle Institute

North Carolina State University National leader in Science, Engineering and Technology Land Grant University founded 1887 Centennial Campus established ,000+ students, 1,600 faculty, 10 colleges 105,215 acres (1,877 in Raleigh) Federal research expenditures FY01- $90M Total R&D expenditures - $300 million –35% Engineering7% Textiles –20% Ag and Life Sci5% Education –20% Physical/Math Sci3% Other –10% Vet Medicine Number of patents since 1992 – 350 Top ten for industry sponsored research Ranked 17 th nationally for licensing revenues and patents Ranked 4 th nationally for spinning off start-up companies Red Wolf Moreland/Brown

NC State and NASA From FY97 - FY01, NC State awarded $13.2M in NASA grants $2.8M $2.7M $3.1M $2.3M $2.3M In 2001, NCSU had 43 competitively awarded NASA grants and contracts STS 89, Jan 1998Bell Tower at NCSU Moreland/Brown

NC State involved with 4 NASA Strategic Enterprises and Education Examples: Biological and Physical Research – Plant gravitropism: A transgenic approach (Perera, Boss - Botany) Aerospace Technology –Uninhabited aerial vehicle Testing (Chokani, Hall, Heinzen - Mech. Aero. Engr.) Earth Science – SeaWiFS data from the Indian Ocean (Morrison - Marine, Earth and Atm. Science) Space Science - X-ray emission and dynamics of supernova remnants (Reynolds - Physics) Education - Space biology lectures in digital format (Brown - Kenan Institute and Botany) SeaWiFS Moreland/Brown

NC State is home to >55 established research institutes, centers, laboratories, consortia and initiatives. Four of these are directly related to NASA missions: NASA Specialized Center for Plant Gravitational Genomics Center for Earth Observation North Carolina Space Grant Consortium North Carolina Space Initiative These Centers are one way NCSU links with other organizations with like-minded goals Arabidopsis Root Cap (Scott and Allen) Moreland/Brown

An Advanced Technology Community for University, Industry and Government Partnerships Five multi-disciplinary R&D neighborhoods Bioscience and Biotechnology Advanced Materials Pre-College Education Environmental Technologies Advanced Communications Technologies Moreland/Brown

NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY Comprehensive Land Grant University in Greensboro, NC with an enrollment of 8,300 Seven schools and colleges – Agriculture, Arts & Sciences, Business & Economics, Education, Engineering, Nursing, Technology Undergraduate and Graduate programs with Doctoral programs in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, and Industrial & Systems) Top 5 HBCU’s in federal R&D obligations Top 5 universities in NC in research productivity Total program funding of $32M Current portfolio of 277 projects at $129M Psalmonds

NC A&T is involved with 4 NASA Strategic Enterprises Psalmonds Examples: Aerospace Technology – Investigation of aero servo structural interactions in aerospace applications Biological and Physical Research – Logistics in a food production system using intelligent agents Human Exploration and Development of Space – Performance modeling of a pilot in a free flight mode Earth Science – A web based visualization tool for 3D/4D imagery and geospatial information

TECH TRANSFER, EDUCATION and PUBLIC OUTREACH NASA Southeast Regional Technology Transfer Center ( Integration of NASA Research into Undergraduate Education in Mathematics, Science, Engineering and Technology NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Program NASA Sharp Plus Program Ronald E. McNair Graduate Research Fellowship Program Undergraduate and Graduate Student Researchers Program Psalmonds

Among the Leaders Now 20 th in federal science & engineering support, and the only N.C. university in the top 20 (NSF) First among public universities in the south in NIH funding (13 th overall) Among the top four public research universities in the nation (Lombardi et al., 2000) 9 th nationally in federal funding for fellowships, traineeships, and training grants 42 of our graduate programs in the top th in faculty members in national academies (35) Lowman

Collaboration in science and education Lowman

Research to understand carbon nanotubes, understand their intercalation chemistry, and evaluate them as potential energy storage devices. Left: Carbon nanotubes Below: Otto Zhou’s lab Lowman

Medical Science has been Important to NASA Since 1989, NASA has supported Professor Mitsuo Yamauchi in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Dentistry Studies have included biochemical changes of bone in a model of weightlessness and bone matrix changes during skeletal unloading and reloading Lowman

NASA Research Activities at Duke Prebreathe Reduction Protocol (PRP) Trials Effects of Precipitation Variability and Desertification on Water Dynamics in Arid Lands: A Patch and Landscape Modeling The Impacts of Land-Use/Land-Cover in Amazonia on Hydrometeorological Processes at Different Spatial and Temporal Scales The Influence of Irrigation on Warm Season Precipitation in the Great Plains Modeling of Unsteady Three-Dimensional Flows in Multistage Machines The Mechanics of Flapping Flight An Investigation of the Geometrical Scaling Properties of Inflatable Structures Used for Space Solar Power Generation Hall

RTI is an independent, non-profit research organization of 1950 individuals in 115 disciplines dedicated to improving the human condition Research Triangle Institute Winfield

NASA/RTI Technology Commercialization Contract Winfield

Forging Strategic Partnerships in Environmental Systems, Biotechnology and Agricultural Research for Space Applications A working meeting held at North Carolina State University September 25, 2002 Hosted by the North Carolina Space Initiative