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Active Projects |
Objective |
Bio-based
Material's Characteristics and Evaluation
(JG-PP Project)
Rusty McLaughlin |
To identify and validate bio-based products for use in ground equipment
and machinery that reduce dependency on petroleum products, and reduce lifecycle
costs while meeting or exceeding performance. |
Gas Dynamic Spray Technology Demonstration
Project Number: NT-1306
Pattie Lewis Burford
Wade Olsen |
To demonstrate/validate Gas Dynamic Spray technology for
use as a coating and means of repair for thermal spray coatings across NASA and
Air Force Space Command facilities and installations. |
Hexavalent Chrome Free Coating Systems for Aerospace
Project Number: NT-1307
Matt
Rothgeb
Greg Krivdo |
To test promising coatings identified from TEERM
Non-Chrome Coating System Project and several new materials to additional
stakeholder identified specifications. Overall objective of the TEERM
Non-Chrome effort is to evaluate and test a fully non-chromated coating system
(pretreatment, primer and topcoat) as replacements for hexavalent chrome
coatings in aircraft and aerospace applications. |
Life-Cycle Corrosion of Space
Vehicles (Lab Testing)
Matt
Rothgeb
Rusty McLaughlin
Greg Krivdo |
Characterize the life-cycle environment of the various Constellation program
elements as they move from production locations to integration locations to
launch. Understanding the harshness of the environments, the combined lifecycles
of the elements, and what the assembled launch vehicle will be exposed to could
lead to a better understanding of the true requirements for the protection from
corrosion.
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Low-Temp Cure Powder Coatings
(ESTCP/JG-PP Project)
Rusty McLaughlin
Pattie Lewis Burford |
To demonstrate/validate powder coating resins for corrosion-protection of
temperature-sensitive system components (aluminum, steel and magnesium
substrates). |
Low VOC Coatings and Depainting
Technologies Field Testing Phase 2
Project Number: NT-1305
Pattie Lewis Burford
Wade Olsen
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To conduct field demonstrations of environmentally preferable
depainting technologies and coatings for corrosion protection of structural
steel across NASA and Air Force Space Command. |
NASA-DoD Lead-Free Electronics Project
Project Number: NT-1504
Kurt Kessel
Greg Krivdo |
To undertake comprehensive testing to generate reliability data for circuit
cards manufactured and reworked with SnPb, lead-free and
mixed (lead/lead-free) solder alloys and
subjected to rigorous environmental exposure conditions. This project will
provide baseline data for aerospace and defense (high-performance)
applications. |
Oxygen Cleaning Products Preliminary
Testing
Project Number: NT-1403
Rusty McLaughlin
Wade Olsen
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Engage academia’s green engineering and environmentally benign design
capabilities to overcome existing barriers of using Class II ozone depleting
substances as qualified cleaning agents for oxygen systems and related
components. |
UV-Curable Coating
(JG-PP/ESTCP Project)
Rusty McLaughlin
Pattie Lewis Burford
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To demonstrate/validate VOC/HAP free UV Curable coatings to replace
solvent-borne organic coatings and the use of robotics in curing process. |
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Completed Projects |
Objective |
Alternatives to High-VOC Chrome Coatings
Project Number: NT-1303
(C3P Project)
(2004-2007)
Matt
Rothgeb |
To test and implement chrome free low VOC coating systems
in aircraft painting operations at TAP Portugal and OGMA – Indústria Aeronáutica de
Portugal.
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Corn Hybrid Polymer Coating Removal
(JG-PP Project)
(2005-2007)
Matt
Rothgeb |
To evaluate corn based blasting media and determine if it meets stakeholder requirements to remove coatings from select delicate
substrates. |
Depainting Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessment
(2005-2006)
John Herrington
Pattie Lewis Burford |
To conduct an environmental opportunity assessment of the current depainting
activities at CCAFS Space Launch Complex 17 and make recommendations for
alternative depainting technologies to help limit particulate emissions, reduce
waste, and increase worker efficiency. |
Isocyanate Urethane Replacements on Structural Steel
(2003-2007)
Pattie Lewis Burford |
To validate environmentally preferable alternatives
to isocyanate urethane coatings
for structural steel. |
Laser Coating Removal for Ground Support Equipment
Project Number: NT-1203
(2005-2009)
Matt
Rothgeb
Rusty McLaughlin
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The follow-on to the Joint Group on Pollution
Prevention Portable Laser Coating Removal System project is to demonstrate one
or more portable laser technologies for use on Ground Support Equipment (GSE) in several areas within NASA. |
Laser Coating Removal for Shuttle
(2005-2008)
Matt
Rothgeb
Rusty McLaughlin
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To demonstrate one or more portable laser
technologies for use in several areas of shuttle processing operations, most
notably, Orbiter processing. |
Launch Coatings Demonstration/Validation Phase 3
Project Number: NT-1308
(2008-2009)
Pattie Lewis Burford
Wade Olsen
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The objective of the
project is to determine the feasibility of environmentally friendly heat
resistant coatings. The alternatives must also be commercially available. The
focus of the project is high temperature resistance and survivability with the
goal to reduce the amount of maintenance required to maintain the performance of
the launch structure. |
Launch Vehicle Processing Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessment
at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
(2006-2008)
Rusty McLaughlin |
To identify new or alternative technologies that
may benefit the launch vehicle processing operations at Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station, with side benefit to NASA Kennedy Space Center. |
Lead-Free Solder Body of Knowledge (NASA)
(2005)
Kurt Kessel
Matt Rothgeb |
To summarize lead-free test data (relative to space environments),
analyze risks to NASA, and recommend mitigation strategies. |
Lead-Free Solder Testing for High Reliability (Project 1)
(2001-2006)
Kurt Kessel |
To conduct solder-joint reliability (laboratory) testing of three LFS alloys on newly
manufactured and reworked circuit cards to generate performance data for
high-reliability (IPC Class 3) applications. |
Low-Emission Depainting on Steel
(2003-2006)
Pattie Lewis Burford |
To validate a low-emission surface preparation/depainting
technologies for structural steel. |
Low/No-VOC and Nonchromate Coating System for Support Equipment
(JG-PP Project)
(1999-2003)
Kurt Kessel |
To identify and qualify environmentally
acceptable alternatives to conventional primers and topcoats used for coating
support equipment at Department of Defense and NASA facilities that reduce or
eliminate the use of hexavalent chromium, lead, and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
(such as MEK and toluene). |
Low-VOC ID Marking
(ESTCP/JGPP
Project)
(1998-2003)
B. Greene |
To reduce costs by reducing or eliminating the use of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
(specifically methyl ethyl ketone [MEK] and toluene). Identification marking
methods addressed include stenciling, silk screening, and stamping. |
Membrane Removal of VOCs Phase 2
Project Number: NT-2202
(2006-2009)
Matt
Rothgeb
Rusty McLaughlin |
To demonstrate and validate a novel
hollow-fiber membrane technology for removing VOCs entrained in process
air streams. |
Non-Chrome Coating Systems for Aerospace
Project Number: NT-1304
(2005-2009)
Matt
Rothgeb
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Evaluate and test several fully non-chromated
coating systems (pretreatment, primer and topcoat) as replacements for
hexavalent chrome coatings for use in aircraft and aerospace applications. |
Non-Chrome Primers for Aircraft
Exteriors
(JG-PP Project)
(1995-2004)
Kurt Kessel |
To reduce worker
exposure to hexavalent chromium and the resulting control measures by
identifying and validating nonchromate primers for use on aircraft exterior
surfaces that meet performance requirements. |
Oxygen Systems Cleaning
(ESTCP/JG-PP Project)
(1999-2003)
John Herrington
Matt Rothgeb |
To validate one or more technologies using non-ozone depleting substances to clean oxygen lines
on DoD and NASA aerospace vehicles and at NASA research centers for building
maintenance cost avoidance. |
Oxygen
Cleaning Products
(2007-2008)
Rusty McLaughlin |
To develop alternatives for Class II ozone depleting
substances currently qualified as cleaning agents for oxygen systems and
components. |
Parts Washers (NASA)
(2004-2005)
Matt
Rothgeb |
To facilitate NASA Centers’ conversion to environmentally friendly alternative parts washers,
wherever possible and to develop a Consumer Guide for alternative cleaners,
degreasers and parts washing systems. |
Portable Laser Coating Removal
(ESTCP/JG-PP Project)
(2001-2005)
Matt
Rothgeb |
To demonstrate the feasibility of using a compact, portable, low-powered, handheld laser system
for small-area paint removal. |
Solder Assessment Study (NASA)
(2002-2003)
Matt
Rothgeb |
To quantify the risk that NASA faces as the global electronics market continues to move away
from lead-bearing solder alloys for electronics. |
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Developing Projects |
Proposed Objective |
Avian /Bat Detection at Wind Power
Sites
Al Sorkin
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Planning for wind power installations at NASA sites must evaluate changing
regulatory and public concerns for bird and bat mortality implications of larger
turbines (1.5 to 3 MW). Both the pre-construction and post construction stages
are to be considered. TEERM has begun contacting Federal, University, and
commercial organizations regarding potential collaborating with NASA to define
how emerging avian and bat detection and mitigation technologies can be properly
evaluated.
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Evaluation of Corn Based Alternative to Plastic Blasting Media for Aerospace
Jahn Dussich
Wade Olsen |
Follow-on to other TEERM de-coating and selective stripping projects to evaluate
environmentally superior corn based blasting media and determine if it meets
specific stakeholder requirements and specifications for the removal of coatings
from select delicate substrates. |
Garnet Recycling
Wade Olsen
Matt Rothgeb |
Water Jet cutting machines are installed at various centers throughout NASA and
use garnet grit as the abrasive. The objective of this project is to obtain
current process information and offer solutions for waste minimization and
recycling. |
Hydrogen Sensors/Detector
Technologies
Wade Olsen
Al
Sorkin
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Evaluate performance of emerging hydrogen sensor/detector technologies to
minimize hydrogen safety risks in stationary fuel cell applications. The
strategic objective is to accelerate deployment of stationary fuel cell
installations in NASA facilities while mitigating associated safety risks.
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Renewable Energy for Groundwater
Cleanup
Al Sorkin
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Green remediation initiatives are underway at the EPA. TEERM has an excellent
opportunity to consider development of a demonstration project for coupling
renewable energy to energy intensive treatment technologies. Discussions with
EPA and potential collaborators is in progress.
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Space Hardware Decommissioning/Decontamination
Kurt Kessel
Rusty McLaughlin
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Develop methods to decontaminate hydrazine residuals from space systems for
museum or static display applications.
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Technical Exchange Projects |
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Energy and Water Management
Matt
Rothgeb |
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