1 NASA Langley Partnership Development 2006 Federal Lab Consortia Mid Atlantic Annual Meeting September 21, 2006 September 21, 2006 R. P. Turcotte NASA Langley Research Center

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3 NASA Mission 2006 Renewed focus on human space exploration shuttle replacement by 2012 shuttle replacement by 2012 Moon landing 2020 Mars landing 2030 Hardware systems engineering and procurement emphasis Decreasing R&D Increasing need for leveraged collaborative R&D Technology infusion if near commercial readiness

4 NASA Innovative Partnership Program Technology transfer  Licensing, know-how transfer Technology acquisition Leveraged collaboration

5 NASA Langley Outreach Initiatives NASA-wide outreach –Trade Shows ( ) –Symposia ( ) Advanced Materials, Sensors, Medical technology Reached 400 new companies in 2-day meetings– largely NASA technology “push” Not good venue for center partnership development or technology infusion Topical Workshops at Langley Research Center (2006- enduring?) –Timed to be near preplanned, 2-day Peer Reviews –Branch Centric (discipline oriented staff) –Serve multiple needs

6 Topical Workshops Capability/ Discipline focus –Morning NASA technical overviews (4-5 topics) Industry 7-minute briefs (10-15) –Afternoon tailored to perceived opportunities NASA R&D Opportunities Licensing Opportunities (depending on technology area) Private one-on-one meetings (15 minutes) Roundtable discussion (example consortia discussion) Facility tours

7 Topical Workshops 2006 –July– Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences (44 visitors) –September– Electromagnetic Sciences (24 visitors) –November 7– Nanotechnology for Energy Conversion and Storage 2007 –January– Acoustics for Aerospace Applications –February– Advanced polymeric composites –March—TBD

8 Topical Workshops Initial results—positive feedback from industry and from research groups Attendees from across country, mainly smaller companies ( criteria > $3M sales, plus some SBIR) Government lab attendance—two each in first two workshops, more would be better! Attendance mix about right –Bus Dev/ Sales- 14% –President/VP- 33% –Director, Gen Mgr, Group Leader- 24% –Technologist- 29%

9 Topical Workshops Lessons learned –Need “Project Manager” from the lead technical group to organize/ expedite getting presentations organized –Internal “event support staff” important asset –Knowledgeable business facilitator assists one-on-one discussions—and follow-up –Organizer/ management effort 5-10 days actual time over 2 month period, depending on internal cooperation –Invitations 5-6 weeks before event seem to work 4-8% acceptance rate  target mailing is 500 “best”, ¾ east of Mississippi. 4-8% acceptance rate  target mailing is 500 “best”, ¾ east of Mississippi. –Future workshops will get easier--10/year goal

10 Joint Workshops? One of desired partnerships is increased collaboration with other agencies –May be interesting to co-sponsor some technology areas Advanced Materials Sensor technology Industry—government collaboration and licensing Contact Ray Turcotte