March 6, 2000 on-line at: http://ccf.arc.nasa.

gov/dx/

McDonald honored for engineering excellence

-- named to prestigious National Academy
On Feb. 16, Ames Center Director Dr. Total U.S. membership in the Academy the Silicon Valley. The NAE currently has
Henry McDonald was named to the Na- numbers 2,027, with many members in a 21 members with a NASA affiliation, but
tional Academy of Engineering (NAE) in retired, emeritus or non-full-time status. only 7 are presently active. Goddard has
recognition of his “distinguished two current active members,
contributions” to the field. Elec- while Marshall, Glenn, Lan-
tion to the NAE is extremely gley, Ames and Headquarters
prestigious and is considered each have one.
among the very highest distinc- McDonald joins Administra-
tions that can be accorded a tor Daniel S. Goldin, who is the
member of the engineering pro- NAE’s only member from NASA
fession. Headquarters. Previously
Membership in the Academy elected Ames members, now in
is typically restricted to those a non-active status, include
who have made “important Clarence "Sy" Syvertson and
contributions to engineering George Cooper. Several other
theory and practice, including former Ames NAE members, like
significant contributions to the Dean Chapman, R. T. Jones and
literature of engineering theory Hans Mark, subsequently
and practice.” In addition, the changed affiliation or have
selection committee considers passed away. McDonald is the
exceptional individuals who only currently active Ames NAE
have "demonstrated unusual member.
accomplishment in the pioneer- McDonald will be inducted
ing of new and developing along with other members of
photo by Tom Trower
fields of technology.” the class of 2000 on Oct. 22, at
The criteria for McDonald's Center Director Dr. Henry McDonald accepts congratulations of his senior the NAE’s annual meeting and
selection spaned both catego- staff upon being named a member of the NAE. inauguration ceremony. He will
ries. Specifically, he was cited be joined by fellow NASA in-
“for leadership of a major national aeronau- This year, the election of McDonald and ductees Norden Huang of Goddard and
tical laboratory, development of the block two NASA colleagues virtually doubled ac- Robert Sackheim of Marshall in the incom-
implicit method for Computational Fluid tive NASA participation in the NAE from 4 ing class of 2000.
Dynamics (CFD), and co-invention of a to 7. Of the 78 total new NAE electees this BY DAVID MORSE
valuable medical-assist device." year, 10 are from California and 3 are from

Ames to cosponsor NASAwide data

management workshop in April
On April 18 and 19, 2000, Ames Re- lower life-cycle cost than developing and management community together to learn
search Center and Oracle will jointly spon- updating needed software products from and share experiences.
sor a data management workshop. The scratch on a case-by-case basis, according The workshop will run from 7:30 a.m.
purpose of the workshop is to inform and to Gawdiak. to 5:00 p.m. each day and will be held at
educate NASA and contractor project man- Material covered at the workshop will the Oracle Headquarters Corporate Visitor
agers and researchers from across the en- include presentations and a series of spe- Center at 500 Oracle Parkway in Redwood
tire Agency about the present availability cific case studies covering a diversity of Shores, California (about 12 miles north of
and applicability of a wide range of com- projects – from large to small, in various Ames Research Center).
mercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) database sys- discipline settings, and using different com- To register online, please go to: http:/
tems. mercially available data management sys- /ace.arc.nasa.gov/postdoc/t/group/
Yuri Gawdiak of the Computational Sci- tems. While the workshop is a NASA-inter- members.ehtml?group_id=-759 and join
ences Division (Code IC) says that the goal nal informational meeting, attendance is the workshop group. For the latest infor-
of the workshop is to communicate and open to all NASA employees and support mation on the workshop, please go to:
share various data management experi- service contractors agencywide. Gawdiak http://ace.arc.nasa.gov/postdoc/t/folder/
ences, tools, and lessons learned across the sees this as the first in what may well be an main.ehtml?url_id=37952
agency. Use of an appropriate COTS prod- ongoing series of Ames-sponsored work-
uct can be much more efficient and have a shops designed to bring the NASA data BY DAVID MORSE

March 6, 2000 Communication for the information technology

Theage
Ames Astrogram — 1
 Ames News
NASA standards products
Center Briefs available online
History of NASA/Army/Bell XV-15
Tiltrotor published by NASA The NASA Technical Standards Program, able to all NASA element and contractor
The monograph, " The History of the in collaboration with the NASA Engineer- users with a nasa.gov domain IP address.
XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft -From ing Standards Steering Council, now offers NASA-developed technical standards,
Concept to Flight " was recently pub- users at all NASA Centers and the Jet Pro- plus the Consultative Committee for Space
lished by NASA Headquarters (February, pulsion Laboratory the capability to down- Data Systems and Department of Defense
2000). The authors, Martin Maisel (ARH
/AFDD Flight Projects Office), Demo
load full-text standards documents for the technical standards are available to all users
Giulianetti (Ret), and Daniel Dugan (ARH) listed NASA Preferred Technical Standards. of the Website without charge.
worked on this project for almost two The Web address is: http:// The availability of this full-text techni-
years, supported by funding from the standards.nasa.gov. This amounts to about cal standards document will be expanded
NASA Aviation System Capacity Program. 80 percent of the more than 1,000 NASA by the NASA Technical Standards program
The history spans five decades of Ames- Preferred Technical Standards products for other non-government standards prod-
led development of tiltrotor technology
beginning in 1957 with the XV-3 until
listed on the Website. ucts as circumstances and resources permit
the transfer of the XV-15 to Bell Helicop- This free service is for adopted, non- in order to meet the technical standards
ter Textron in 1994. The project was not government technical standards products requirement of the NASA Enterprises Pro-
only about challenging technology de- (currently the American Institute of Aero- grams and Projects.
velopments, but also about the people in nautics and Astronautics, American Society The Ames representative on the NASA
NASA, the Army, and industry who for Testing and Materials, Institute of Elec- Engineering Standards Steering Council is
brought the concept into being. On Feb-
ruary 12, a Publication Inauguration for
trical and Electronics Engineers, and Soci- Laura Doty, Chief of the Systems Engineer-
the document and the authors was held ety of Automotive Engineers), and is avail- ing Division (Code FE).
at the Moffett Training and Conference
Center. Distribution of the monograph
can be expected in the near future.

Ames OH-58C Helicopter supports Boyd buoyed

information technology project
The Army AFDD Flight Projects Office Jack Boyd, Executive As-
(FPO) has initiated support of a new sistant to Center Director
Health and Usage Monitoring System Henry McDonald, stands at
(HUMS) activity managed by Dr. Edward the intersection of the new
Huff of the Computational Sciences Divi- Boyd Road and Mark Av-
sion (Code IC). The project is funded by
enue. In addition to Mark
the IT Base program at Ames and will
acquire OH-58C helicopter main trans- and Boyd, several other dis-
mission vibration data for an array of tinguished Ames alumni
flight conditions. The project will allow were honored with the
the comparison of aircraft data with re- naming of new streets, in-
sults obtained from a ground-based test cluding R.T. Jones, Charles
rig using the same transmission, oper-
Hall, James Pollack, George
ated at Glenn Research Center (GRC). A
major objective of this effort is to evalu- Cooper and Harvard
ate false-alarm rates of advanced vibra- Lomax.
tion monitoring metrics for helicopter
HUMS applications.

Raytheon Team Wins NASA Award

for Rotorcraft Support
The January 2000 issue of Info Ex-
change (a monthly bulletin for Raytheon
ITSS employees) cites a Contractor Coun-
cil Team Excellence Award to Kenny
Cheung, Dexter Hermstad, Doug
Hiranaka, Shawna Innoue, Michael
Montegut, and Larry Pierce for their "sup-
port of the Army/NASA Rotorcraft Flight
Controls Group by developing software
that analyzes and optimizes the design of
flight control systems for both rotary and
fixed wing aircraft."
This is a very high honor given each
year by NASA to contractor teams who
have furthered the agency's mission and photo by Tom Trower
as such the competition can be fierce.

2 — The Ames Astrogram March 6, 2000

 Ames Events
SDB Forum scheduled for March 14 at Ames
On Tuesday, March 14, Ames will host an economically depressed tract identified with R&D capability for computational fluid
its annual Small Disadvantaged Business by statute or census data.) dynamics software; (5) Metrolaser, Irvine,
(SDB) Forum at the Ames Training and The presenters for this year's forum are: CA; R&D capability in holography, NDE
Conference Center (Bldg 3.) from 8:30 a.m. (1) Howard University; College of Engi- testing, particle sizing.
to 12:15 p.m. The purpose of the forum is neering, Architecture and Computer Sci- Guests will include personnel from vari-
to allow highly qualified high tech SDBs and ences; Washington, DC; with capabilities ous federal agencies (including the Small
women-owned small, businesses and mi- in artificial intelligence, networking, atmo- Business Administration), large prime con-
nority educational institutions to present spheric studies, simulation; (2) Digital In- tractors, women-owned businesses, and
their capabilities to NASA senior manage- terface Systems, Inc.; Youngstown, OH; SDBs.
ment, technical staff, and visitors, and to with expertise in data acquisition systems All are welcome and invited to attend. If
address questions from a technically-ori- design, development and Instrumentation; you need more information, please con-
ented audience. (3) Astro Technology, Inc.; Houston, TX; tact Tom Kolis, ext. 4-4690.
For the first time, we have a HUBZone with capability in fiber-optic sensors, ro-
firm giving a presentation. (A HUBZone is a botics, solid rocket motors; (4) Metacomp
historically underutilized business zone, i.e. Technologies, Inc.; Westlake Village, CA;

Quest brings aerospace engineers Golden Bay

and researchers to classrooms services
NASA Quest offers classrooms a view of NASA Quest volunteer experts agree
the world of work at NASA with opportuni- that the experience is worth the time in- Golden Bay Federal Credit Union
ties for interactions. Aerospace Team Online vested and that participating with students would like to remind its valued Ames
focuses specifically on the aerospace work in live interactions can be stimulating. members that at Golden Bay, "The more
at Ames (URL: http://quest.nasa.gov/aero). Oyung writes journal articles for the Aero- the merrier!"
“People at NASA have cool jobs,” said Su- space Team Online. “Although I don’t re- For every individual you refer to
san Lee, Web developer for NASA Quest. ally know what kind of impact my journal Golden Bay Federal Credit Union, be it a
“Whether they are building one-of-a-kind articles are having when I write them,” he friend, relative, neighbor, or co-worker
model parts using advanced computerized said, “I definitely find out how useful they who meets the eligibility requirements
tools, planning ways to solve air traffic are when chat sessions are coordinated. for membership, a $5 incentive will be
congestion or thinking about designs for It’s amazing how fast an hour goes by deposited into your Golden Bay Federal
access to space, we want to share their answering questions from the kids that Credit Union share account. After all
excitement about science, math and tech- more often than not refer back to a topic in those years of being told that it pays to
nology with students.” To accomplish this one of my journals.” know the right people, you have finally
goal, Aerospace Team Online holds Aerospace research engineer Steve been given a reason to believe. Call
Webchats and live Internet Webcasts for Smith said, “I find career-guidance ques- (800) 969-0660 to start earning rewards.
classrooms. There are also biographies, jour- tions especially rewarding to answer. There The convenience of its members is
nals, online lesson plans, and background is a broad spectrum of interested age groups also key at Golden Bay Federal Credit
materials. The employees and contractors and abilities. One of the most interesting Union when it comes to accessibility to
who volunteer for this project are essential. chat conversations was with a sociology accounts. Golden Bay has an ATM lo-
One hundred and twenty-five people have student doing a thesis on how technologi- cated at the Ames Café and extends its
volunteered since the project’s beginning cal advancement in aerospace sciences has ATM service to include thousands of
in 1997. New volunteers are welcomed and changed society.” ATMs through the STAR, Cirrus, and
needed. Perhaps the most compelling feedback AFFN networks, nationwide. Plus, with
Teachers, students and NASA Aerospace came from aerospace engineer Fanny the hundreds of ATMs available through
Team Online members are all enthusiastic Zuniga, “I really enjoy doing these chats. I Bank of the West, you can make deposits
about the online Webchat sessions. Ms. would recommend everyone try it at least quickly and conveniently with no charge.
Choat from Vienna Grade School said that once. These chats provide a unique oppor- Deposits can also be made at select
the first grade students love to ask NASA tunity to encourage and motivate young- ATMs displaying a CO-OP Deposit in-
questions. “The chats are always a great sters to think about careers in math and signia. Golden Bay enables you to get
motivator for my students,” she said. “The science. Clearly, this program is a reward- account information over the telephone
chats give our first grade students the op- ing experience for both the youngsters and as well by using its Gold-Line Phone
portunity to formulate questions, and the the professionals,” said Donald James of Banking system. Simply dial (650) 968-
really neat answers are educational and the Ames Education Branch. 0717 or (800) 995-6905.
interesting.” “NASA Quest Aerospace Team Online You can also access your account by
Another teacher, Linda McDermott, said, is one of the Ames outreach activities that visiting the Golden Bay web site at
“The children cheered when they saw their tries to minimize the time requirement on www.goldenbay.org http://
questions appear on the computer screen.” volunteers, while maximizing the value of www.goldenbay.org> and clicking on
Twelfth-grade student Peter Perkovic their contribution to the students,” said the CU Online link.
said about Ray Oyung, research coordina- James. Golden Bay Federal Credit Union has
tor for the Fatigue Countermeasures pro- If this sounds like something you’d like four branches to serve you with loca-
gram, “How often do you get to chat with to be a part of, don’t hesitate to join the tions in Moffett Field, San Jose, Shore-
someone like Ray Oyung?” It is especially team! To volunteer for this project or for line, and Sunnyvale. Call (800) 969-
helpful for people who are ready to decide more information, contact Susan Lee at 0660 for more information.
about their careers. Webchat gives them a ext. 4-0766 or e-mail her at
chance to meet people from a variety of [email protected]
scientific fields and ask questions about
their fields.” BY PAT KASPAR

March 6, 2000 The Ames Astrogram — 3

 Celebrating Black History Month

The Reverend R. G. Moore III leads the crowd Chiki Nwoffiah (far right) and members
in singing the Black National Anthem “Lift of his Oriki Theater group entertain
Every Voice and Sing.” He then delivered an with traditional African music.
old-style Gospel speech challenging everyone
to walk tall, be proud and value and respect
“the skin you are in.”

Lewis Braxton III, Ames’ Chief Financial Officer,

photo by CNN addresses the sold-out crowd in his capacity as
event Master of Ceremonies.
Drue Kataoka displays her Japanese sumi-e artwork, a
minimalist style that dates back 2,000 years, at the
celebration. The 21-year-old Stanford University student
mastered the art at age 17. Of particular interest at the
event was her stylized portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
(see corner photo).

4 — The Ames Astrogram March 6, 2000

 Celebrating Black History Month

Carter G. Woodson, the man who

started it all 75 years ago, would
have been proud of Sheila Johnson,
Robert Finnie and the other
committed Ames people who
organized and hosted this year’s
Chiki Nwoffiah, beating the drum (second in line), leads the traditional celebration.
honor march into the Black History celebration luncheon.

photos by Tom Trower

Ames employees inspect

the treasures and wares,
from jewelry to posters
to clothing, offered by
seven diverse vendors.

March 6, 2000 The Ames Astrogram — 5

 Ames Clubs
Why speaking skills? Why Jetstream Toastmasters?
Ames’ Jetstream Toastmasters club is a
collection of enthusiastic people who sup-
port each other as we improve our speaking
and communication skills. We would like to
share an entertaining point of view about
why speaking skills are important to every-
one.
This has often been called the Age of
Information. Never before has information
been produced at such a staggering rate,
and the rate is increasing rapidly.
This information explosion was spawned
by the extraordinary development of the
computer and networking technology.
These technological advancements have
changed our lives. They have changed the
way we communicate, the way we shop,
the way we work, and the way we educate
our children. They may also come to affect
our moral and political beliefs.
Rather then speculate on the future, let's
look to the past--when was the last time
that an event caused an information explo-
sion that so profoundly affected human
civilization? It was during the Renaissance.
This period witnessed revolutions in as- photo by Lisa Coyle
tronomy, anatomy, medicine, and most Charles Butterfield speaks during a Jetstream Toastmaster meeting at Ames. Butterfield is a member of
importantly, in thought and philosophy. Jetstream and also is Ames’ Jetstream Toastmaster’s district governor. Four to five clubs form an area
What happened? What ignited these revo- and three to five areas form a district.
lutions?
In his 1975 book "Copernicus and the
Impact of Printing," Astronomer Gingerich The crucial factor that distinguished here some 30 years ago by the first Jetstream
writes about the oceanic navigation, Da these four cultures from their neighbors Toastmasters. You just have to come and
Vinci's drawing, church reformation, then was the invention of writing. Writing cre- see it yourself.
he writes: ated a new dimension of communication We welcome guests to our meetings to
"Meanwhile, the explosive spread of and so spawned civilization. see what we do every Monday. We meet in
printing with movable type beginning in Let's go back even further. What inven- Building 269, Room 179, from 12:00-1:00
the 1450s fanned the sparks of all these tion came before writing that allowed an p.m. sharp. We hope to see you soon! Our
movements, including the reform of as- information explosion? It was language. Website: http://jetstream.arc.nasa.gov/
tronomy. Anthropologist D. Falk wrote in 1984:
Without printing, Copernicus would "Human technology and social achieve- BY SAMSON CHEUNG
have been deprived of the vast majority of ments required conscious thought, which AND SCOTT GILLILAND
his source materials. Even five decades ear- is, and probably was, dependent on lan-
lier, he could not easily have found the
requisite information that built his De
guage. In other words, until they acquired
language, our early ancestors may not have
Interested in
Revolutionibus into the greatest astronomi-
cal treatise of its century. And without print-
been truly human."
We have gone back in time, from com-
establishing an
ing, his manuscript might have languished,
virtually forgotten, on the shelves of the
puters to printing to writing to language. Ames Rocket Club?
Language sparked conscious thought,
cathedral library." human technology and was the basis for a Anyone who might be interested in
Thus, printing was the key that created series of revolutionary changes. Like human starting and participating in a rocketry club
a new dimension of communication and evolution, our daily success depends on at Ames can email Daniel Cascaddan at
changed whole societies forever. language and how we use it. [email protected] or
What invention came before printing Now you know the importance of speak- [email protected] to express their inter-
that allowed another information explo- ing skills, the hurdle you need to overcome est. Then it can be determined whether or
sion? The connection between the inven- is the fear of speaking in public. not there are enough people to start an
tion of writing and the dawn of civilization The size of our group and the close amateur rocketry club at Ames.
is clear. In the third millennium, B.C. civili- environment create an ideal atmosphere Any level of experience is welcome. It is
zations emerged almost simultaneously in for beginners who want to improve their a fun and educational hobby for everyone.
four cradles of civilization: Egypt, speaking skills. We are disciplined and re-
Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and China. sponsible people who carry the fire started
6 — The Ames Astrogram March 6, 2000
 Calendar & Classifieds
Ames Child Care Center Board of Directors Mtg, Native American Advisory Committee Mtg, Mar 28,
Ames Event Calendar Every other Thursday (check website for meeting dates),
12 noon to 2 p.m. , N269, Rm. 201. POC: David Korsmeyer,
12 noon to 1 p.m., Ames Café. POC: Mike Liu at ext. 4-
1132.
ext. 4-3114. Web site: http://accc.arc.nasa.gov
Ames Contractor Council Mtg, April 5, 11 a.m.,
Model HO/HOn3 Railroad Train Club at Moffett Ames Sailing Club Mtg, Mar 9, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., N-200 Comm. Rm. POC: Jack Stanley at ext. 4-2345.
Field invites train buffs to visit & join the club in Bldg. 126, N-262/Rm. 100. POC: Stan Phillips, ext. 4-3530.
across from the south end of Hangar One. The club is in Environmental, Health and Safety Monthly
particular need of low voltage electricians & scenery Professional Administrative Council (PAC) Mtg., Information Forum, April 6, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.,
builders and maintainers. Work nights are usually on Friday Mar 9, 10:30 -11:30 a.m., Bldg. 258, Rm. 221. POC: Bldg. 19/Rm 1078. POC: Linda Vrabel at ext. 4-0924.
nights from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Play time is Sunday Leslie Jacob, ext. 4-5059. Hispanic Advisory Committee for Employees,
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more info, call John Donovan at April 6, 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., N-241/Rm 237.
(408) 735-4954 (W) or (408) 281-2899 (H). Java Users Group Mtg., on Java and Linux, Mar
POC: Mary R. Valdez, at ext. 4-5819.
14, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Bldg. 258, Rm 127. POC:
Jetstream Toastmasters, Mondays, 12 noon to Ames African American Advisory Group Mtg,
1 p.m., N-269/Rm. 179. Guests welcome. POC: Samson
Sharon Marcacci, ext. 4-1059; http://jug.arc.nasa.gov
April 6, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. POC: Robert Finnie at
Cheung 4-2875 or Lich Tran 4-5997. NFFE Local 997 Union General Mtg, Mar 15, noon to ext. 4-5230. Contact Robert for meeting place.
1 p.m., Bldg. 19/Rm. 2017. Guests welcome. POC: Marianne
Ames Ballroom Dance Club, Tuesdays: Two Step Nat’l Association of Retired Federal Employees,
Mosher at ext. 4-4055.
(started 1/18), West Coast Swing 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, Waltz 2/ San Jose Chapter #50, Mtg, April 7, at the Elk’s Club, 44 W.
15, 2/22, 2/29. 3 levels of classes, from Beg. to Int., 5:15 - Ames Amateur Radio Club, Mar 16, 12 noon, N-260/ Alma Avenue, San Jose. Social hour: 10:30 a.m. Prog. &
6:45 p.m. Moffett Training & Conference Center, Bldg. 3/ Conf. Rm. POC: Mike Herrick, K6EAA at ext. 4-5477. bus. mtg. follow lunch at 11:30 a.m. POCs: Mr. Rod Peery,
Showroom. Women dancers are especially encouraged to Pres., (650) 967-9418 or NARFE 1-800-627-3394.
join. POC: Helen Hwang, [email protected]. Ames Asian American Pacific Islander Advisory
Group Mtg, Mar 16, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., N-237/Rm. 101.
POC: Daryl Wong, ext. 4-6889 or Margaret Salas, ext. 4-6755.

Transportation Ames radio information

Ames Classifieds ‘76 Fiat Spider Convertible. 87K Miles, good shape, for employees
Ads for the next issue should be sent to red. $1,500 or B/O. Call (408) 720-8967 Eugene.
[email protected] by the Monday follow- 1700KHz AM radio--information radio
ing publication of the present issue and must be ‘89 Acura Integra LS 3-dr. Great condition, AM/FM
resubmitted for each issue. Ads must involve personal cassette Alpine stereo system, equalizer, A/C, moon/sun
announcements for Ames employees during
needs or items; (no commercial/third-party ads) and roof, aluminum allow wheels, 5-speed. New brakes and
emergencies.
will run on space-available basis only. First-time ads are
given priority. Ads must include home phone num-
tires, low miles, and all maintenance records. One Carpool
owner. $4,800 or B/O. Call (650) 424-8138.
bers; Ames extensions and email addresses will be Carpool partners wanted to share driving & riding
accepted for carpool and lost & found ads only. Due ‘92 Mercury Sable station wagon; excellent from San Francisco to Ames. Benny, ext. 4-5432 or email
to the volume of material received, we are unable to condition, fully loaded, 69K mls, seats 8 and very well [email protected].
verify the accuracy of the statements made in the ads. maintained. $6,100. Harry Swenson (650) 368-8979.
Looking for a ride that likes to come in at 6:30 a.m.
‘93 black Honda Accord Ex; man. trans., sunroof, and goes home at 3:00 p.m. If interested, call Maria at 4-
Housing 111,000 mls. Great car, Asking $10,000 or B/O. Mel 4394. Live in San Mateo and work here at Moffett Field.
Room for rent in house in midtown Palo Alto. (209) 545-9543. I do not drive, but willing to pay for gas, whatever the
Kitchen, bathroom & pool privileges. Tenant must be ‘94 Accura Integra LS, 4dr, AT, PW, PD, AC. driver feels that it would be a fair deal.
orderly, N/S. $600/mo. Dr. Jim Stevenson, ext. 4-5720. Burgundy exterrior with grey interrior, great condition.
For sale by owner: $529K, small horse ranch near
Watsonville. Royal oaks, California/scenic area. 3 acres w/
trees & lots of open space. 3 bd/2 ba home/family rm w/
New tires, low 56K mls. 11,000 or B/O. Had twins need
more room, hate to see it go. Connie (408) 246-5295. Retirement
luncheon for
‘95 Infiniti Q45, xlnt cond must sell; fully loaded:
fireplace. Front/rear decks w/hot tub rm. 2 car garage sun roof, leather interior, wood grain, auto ctrls, 90K
w/laundry rm & storage rm. Barn, tack rm, corrals, miles, 10 CD disc changer w/remote, and much more!
workshop/electricity. Property fenced & outside lighting.
Ron (408) 736-2150. Lv msg or call (831) 722-0130.
17K or B/O. Call (408) 842-9576.
‘99 Ford Ranger XLT-Sport-blk, 2 door-extd cab,
Clifford N. Burrous
FSBO: Eichler in Green Meadow neighborhood of 2WD, automatic w/spd cntrl, remote entry syst, A/C, AM/ Clifford N. Burrous, Deputy Director of
Palo Alto, corner lot, 4 bd/2ba. Appraisal and inspection FM/cass/CD, chrome wheels, bed liner, tow pkg, ABS,
reports available. $775k. Call (650) 969-4123. 3yr/36K bmpr-bmpr warantee+, exc cond/almost new.
the Safety, Environmental and Mission As-
Room for rent. 3 bd/2.5ba home, $500 per month Only 11K mls, $17K. Mike (650) 712-1690 eves. surance Directorate, is retiring after 37
& your % of utility bills. Clean & spacious. Close to years of service to NASA. The luncheon will
Great America. Share common areas. John Stephenson, be held on Monday, March 27 from 11:30
(408) 943-4412 (W), or (408) 567-0365 (H), email: Lost & Found a.m. to 2 p.m. at Michael’s at Shoreline.
[email protected] Moffett Field Lost and Found may be reached via ext.
4-5416 at any time. Residents and employees at Ames
The following entreés will be served
Santa Clara 2-story TH, 2bd/1.5ba, spa/pool, patio, (prices include tax, gratuity and a gift):
may also use Internet browser at: http://ccf.arc.nasa.gov/
carport, completely remodeled. $1,450. Available April 1,
2000. Call (408) 248-1516.
codejp/pages/lostFound.html to view a list of found • Vegetarian lasagna @ $17
property and obtain specific instructions for reporting lost • Breast of chicken, Marsala @ $20
or found property and how to recover found property.
• Broiled salmon, lemon
Miscellaneous Call Moffett Field security police investigations section at
ext. 4-1359 or email at: [email protected]. Beurre Blanc @ $23
Nordic Trac CTX 4000. Top of the line exerciser, • New York steak @ $25
works all muscles. New, $400. Call (650) 938-8893.
Each entrée includes seasonal greens,
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 Events & Miscellaneous
Lloyd Corliss retires
Lloyd Corliss retired on February 3, 2000
Contract
and happy retirement at an event held in
after more than 37 years of combined Army
and NASA service, most recently as the
his honor:
Saturday, March 25 starting at 5 p.m.
awarded to
Flight Controls Group Leader for the Ad-
vanced Aircraft and Powered Lift Branch. In
The Garden House, Shoup Park
400 University Avenue, Los Altos
support Ames
his long and distinguished career, Lloyd
directed flight control system design, ad-
Cost $15 per person (includes gift)
The event will include an informal din-
computational
vanced control law development, simula-
tion studies, and flying qualities research for
ner, drinks and a celebration of Lloyd’s
career. Please RSVP to one of the following
sciences research
numerous V/STOL, rotary-wing and high- individuals no later than March 17. As Ames has awarded a new five-year con-
performance aircraft. space may become limited, the earlier you tract valued at $128.3 million (including
Lloyd’s career included many signifi- reply the easier it will be to guarantee your options) to QSS Group Inc., Lanham, MD,
cant aeronautical milestones, including participation. to provide support to NASA's enterprise
implementation of the first aircraft digital Jolen Flores, ext. 4-4005; or email and mission programs.
flight control system, demonstrated on the [email protected] The "cost plus award fee" (CPAF) con-
X-14B. Using the UH-1H/VSTOLAND re- Dwight Balough, ext. 4-3152; or email tract, contains an initial period of perfor-
search helicopter, Lloyd pioneered han- [email protected] mance of two years valued at $24.5 million,
dling quality improvements for helicopter Jeff Turk, ext. 4-3160; or email a one-year first option and a two-year final
nap-of-the-earth flight and directed the first [email protected] option. The solicitation was a Small Busi-
implementation of a laser-gyro as a flight Mark Won, ext. 4-5865; or email ness Administration (SBA) 8 (a) competitive
control sensor. More recently, Lloyd guided [email protected] set-aside.
the development of advanced control law Lloyd has relocated out of the area to Under the terms of the contract, QSS
algorithms for the RSRA/X-Wing and the X- Bend, OR so he is looking forward to seeing Group Inc., will provide support to Ames'
36 Tailless Agile Fighter Research Aircraft. many of his friends and colleagues again at Computational Sciences Division's mission
Join us in wishing Lloyd a fond farewell this event. to provide cross-cutting technologies to
enable missions and programs throughout
NASA's major enterprises. The com-
Embry-Riddle EC 211 Macroeconomics - Weds
HU 122 English Composition &
pany will provide support for leading-edge
research in artificial intelligence, knowledge-
holds classes Literature - Wed
BA 312 Managerial Accounting - Thurs
based systems, soft computing, model-
based diagnostic reasoning, fault-tolerant
at Ames Graduate classes
BA 511 Operations Research - Thurs
computing hardware and networking, inte-
grated design, and human-centered com-
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Classes meet 5:30 p.m. to 10:15p.m. at puting.
is holding their Spring 2000 classes from Bldg. 48 on Moffett Field. To register for a
March 13 to May 11. The following BY MICHAEL MEWHINNEY
class, call (408) 298-7380 or send an email
classes that are scheduled: to: [email protected] by
Undergraduate classes March 17.
BA 420 Management of Production
and Operations - Tues

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