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	+ Home Search Aviation Systems		2011 Presidential Rank and NASA Honor Awards NASA Honor Award 2011 medal winners, Michael Bloem, Tom Davis, and Kathy Lee Michael J. Bloem received an Equal Employment Opportunity Medal “for contributions in mentoring underprivileged high school students and providing them with the encouragement and vision to attend and excel in college.” Katharine K. Lee received an Exceptional Service Medal “for substantial and sustained contributions to NASA's airspace systems research: from individual contributor to team leader to mentor and supervisor” Thomas J. Davis received an Outstanding Leadership Medal “for his leadership of the Aviation Systems Division and his accomplishments that are a credit to NASA's values and goals.” Bo Bobko accepts the 2011 NASA Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of Girish Chachad Girish H. Chachad received a Certificate of Appreciation “for outstanding support in nurturing and maintaining strategic relationships between the Aviation Systems Division's SimLabs and industry partners.” The Ames First-Ever Tweetup Team is presented with a 2011 NASA Honor Award The Ames First-Ever Tweetup Team received a Group Achievement Award “for creating, managing and supporting NASA Ames' first-ever Tweetup, a very successful event hosting 57 NASA Twitter followers from 18 states and 5 countries.” The team included representatives from NASA Ames (Bimal L. Aponso, Steven D. Beard, Karen C. Bradford, Paul S. Brown, James Busby, Janet E. Carson, Horacio Chavez, Jerry L. Colen, Rodrigo S. David, Jonas G. Dino, Wendy W. Colci, Rachel L. Hoover, Wende L. Hower, Donald G. James, Sheila A. Johnson, Laura Lewis, Matthew C. Linton, Pamela M. Marcum, Ruth Marlaire, Gary L. Martin, Rabindra D. Mehta, Dirk C. Meier, Michael S. Mewhinney, David Morrison, David R. Morse, Carolina Rudisel, Dwight T. Sanderfer, Edward M. Schilling, Mark A. Schwabacher, Raj Shea, Betty W. Silva, Kenneth M. Silverman, Duc Tran, Cathy J. Weselby, Mary P. Williams, Xio L. Xiong, John C. Yembrick), NASA Headquarters (Stephanie L. Schierholz Fibbs), Aero Institute (Joseph Ercolani, Don Richey), Ames Exchange (Patrick Betts, Kenny Contreras, Mark Hughes, Jit Lim, William Mitchell), Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (Mike Fanelli), Deltha Critique (Lynn Albaugh, Jesse Carpenter, Kyle Cavalaro, Jessica Culler, Eric Land, David Maurantonio, Bill Moede, Jon-Pierre Wiens), Lockheed Martin (Estelle Dodson, Matt Everingham, Jennifer Hall, Delia Santiago, Bill Wohler), Logyx (Jim Nickerson), Perot (Ivonne Deliz, Karen Jenvey, Laura Sleasman), San Jose State (Natalie Batalha), Sectek (Juan Calderon, Thai Lam, Frances Quintillan, Evelyn Surla, Joseph Weaver), Science API (Karol Bobko, Girish Chachad, Bruce Felt, Kathleen Starmer), SETI (Doug Caldwell, Jessie Christiansen, Edna Devore, John Jenkins, Jie Li, Joe Twicken, Jeffrey Van Cleve), Stinger G. (Elizabeth Foughty), Tessada (Stephen Perry), University of California (Laura Kushner), and USRA (Lane Cowan, Esther Lee, Darlene Mendoza, Nick Veronico). The Ames STS Flight Operations Program Team is presented with a 2011 NASA Honor Award The Ames STS Flight Operations Program Team received a Group Achievement Award “for sustained outstanding technical support for Space Transportation System (STS) flight operations since the Space Shuttle's return to flight in July 2005.” The team included representatives from NASA Ames (Michael J. Aftosmis, John R. Allmen, Steven D. Beard, Paul S. Brown, Dennis R. Cauterucio, Li S. Chang, David M. Driver, James A. Ellers, Phillip L. Ford, Steve K. Glendenning, Pilar C. Gutierrez, Frank C. Hui, Melissa A. Kieselbach, Paul Kolodziej, Daniel B. Leiser, Jeffrey S. Logan, Scott M. Murman, Boris M. Rabin, Stuart E. Rogers, Catherine H. Schulbach, Arlene D. Schwartz, Keith C. Shackelford, David A. Stewart, Chun Y. Tang, Imelda Terrazas-Salinas, William W. Thigpen, Kerry A. Trumble, Gina C. Willink), Al Razaq (Kenneth Hou, Sze Lai, Edward Olien), ARTS (Benny Chin), ERC, Inc. (Andrew Hyatt, Grant Palmer, David Saunders, Todd White), Honeywell (Michael Gima), Lockheed Martin (Rick Brewster), Perot/Dell (Christopher Antoun, Matthew Antoun), SAIC (Estela Buchmann, Tom Crawford, Bosco Dias, Bruce Felt, Hai Huynh, Chris Murphy, Scott Reardon, Tuan Truong, Dan Wilkins, Minh Wong), Science & Technology (Edward Tejnil), and Symvionics (Pete Chaplin, Phil Jensen). The Emergency Landing Planner Team is presented with a 2011 NASA Honor Award The Emergency Landing Planner (ELP) Team received a Group Achievement Award “for the implementation and completion of a series of tests of an Emergency Landing Planner for damaged aircraft.” The team included representatives from NASA Ames (Christian J. Plaunt, David E. Smith), SAIC (David Brown, Diane Carpenter, Ramesh Panda, Terrence Rager, Ghislain Saillant, Darrell Wooten), and SGT, Inc. (Nicolas Meuleau, Christian Neukom, Tristan Smith). The LCTR Maneuver Abort Team is presented with a 2011 NASA Honor Award The LCTR Maneuver Abort Simulation Team received a Group Achievement Award “for groundbreaking research and the conduct of a real-time simulation investigating Large Civil Tilt Rotor (LCTR) hover and low speed handling qualities.” The team included representatives from NASA Ames (Paul S. Brown, William Decker, Carlos Malpica, Boris M. Rabin, Colin R. Theodore, Nghia D. Vuong), Monterey Technologies (James Lindsey), San Jose State Foundation (Ben Lawrence), Science Applications International (Estela Buchmann, Tom Crawford, Bosco Dias, Hai Huynh, Soren Laforce, Gloria Lane, Emily Lewis, Dean Liu, Chris Murphy, Thomas Pethtel, Scott Reardon, Tuan Truong, Daniel Wilkins, Darrell Wooten), Symvionics (Pete Chaplin, Bruce Felt, Phil Jensen, Tuan Truong), and United States Army Aero Flight Dynamics (Chris Blanken, Mark Tischler). Harry Swenson accepts the 2011 NASA Honor Award on behalf of the TAPSS Team The Terminal Aera Precision Scheduling System (TAPSS) Team received a Group Achievement Award “for groundbreaking research, development and real-time simulation of a state-of-the-art area scheduling system for NextGen terminal area air traffic operations.” The team included representatives from NASA Ames (Deborah Ballinger, Daniel G. Mulfinger, James R. Murphy, Everett A. Palmer, Thomas Prevot, Alexander V. Sadovsky, Harry N. Swenson, Jane Thipphavong), Optimal Synthesis Inc. (Victor Cheng, Jason Kwan, Paul Lin, Anthony Seo, Greg Sweriduk), San Jose State University (Todd Callantine, Lynne Martin, Joey Mercer), and UC Santa Cruz/UARC (Leonard Bagasol, Liang Chen, Danny Chiu, Daniel Du, Lee Helmle, Hai Ou-Yang). Bimal Aponso accepts the 2011 NASA Honor Award on behalf of the VMS 30th Anniversary Commemoration Team The VMS 30th Anniversary Commemoration Team received a Group Achievement Award “for planning and hosting a two-day event commemorating 30 years of aerospace research at the Vertical Motion Simulator.” The team included representatives from NASA Ames (Thomas S. Alderete, John G. Amaral, Bimal L. Aponso, Deborah Ballinger, Steven D. Beard, Paul S. Brown, Steven E. Cowart, Dean P. Giovannetti, Khoa V. Nguyen, Boris M. Rabin, Virginia P. Rochette, Nghia D. Vuong), FAA (Jeffery A. Schroeder), FCCD (Sumedha Garud), NDTI (Daniel A. Wilkins), SAIC (Karol J. Bobko, Estela Buchman, Diane M. Carpenter, Paul C. Chaplin, Thomas M. Crawford, Bosco J. Dias, Eric B. Gardner, James S. Gibson, Hai T. Huynh, Carla D. Ingram, Ronald D. Lehmer, Chris Murphy, Honoris Ocasio, Cheryl L. Orth, Martin Pethtel, David P. Solarsick, Kathleen P. Starmer, Tuan C. Truong, John A. Walker, Mike J. Weinstein), Symvionics Inc. (Pete W. Chaplin, Bruce C. Felt, Steve L. Fletcher, Phillip N. Jensen, Minh H. Wong), and USRA (Michael R. Calcagno, Calvin Tang, Gabrielle R. Wash). Michael J. Bloem is presented with a 2011 NASA Honor Award and Equal Employment Opportunity Medal Thomas J. Davis is presented with a 2011 NASA Honor Award and Outstanding Leadership Medal 2011 NASA Honor Award and Outstanding Leadership Medal recipient, Thomas J. Davis, and family 2011 NASA Honor Award and Exceptional Service Medal recipient, Kathy Lee, and family + Back to Top
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