Stephanie Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4997
Kendra Horn
Space Foundation, Colorado Springs, Colo.
719-576-8000
RELEASE: 07-67
NASA RECOGNIZED FOR WATER PURIFICATION AND CLEAN UP TECHNOLOGIES
WASHINGTON - On April 12, two technologies developed at NASA for
America's space program will be inducted into the Space Foundation's
Space Technology Hall of Fame. NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston,
receives the honor for its development of the Microbial Check Valve
used in water purification. NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Cape
Canaveral, Fla., is recognized for the development of Emulsified
Zero-Valent Iron technology used to clean contaminated ground water.
Michele Brekke, director, Innovative Partnerships Program, Johnson
Space Center, and Dr. David Bartine, director of Applied Technology
at Kennedy Space Center, will accept the awards on behalf of NASA at
the Space Technology Hall of Fame dinner, the closing event of the
Space Foundation's four-day National Space Symposium held in Colorado
Springs, Colo. This is the 19th year the Space Foundation has given
the awards; 54 technologies have been recognized.
The Microbial Check Valve is an integral component for maintaining
safe drinking water in water purification systems now deployed in
rural areas and developing countries around the world. Engineers at
Johnson developed the system to provide microbial control for
drinking water systems for the space shuttle and the International
Space Station. Johnson will join the Water Security Corporation,
Sparks, Nev., and Umpqua Research, Myrtle Creek, Ore., as inductees
for developing the technology.
Retired NASA employee Richard Sauer will receive an individual award
for his work on the Microbial Check Valve while he was the manager of
Shuttle Water Quality at Johnson.
Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron technology is a cost-effective,
environmentally-friendly technology used to clean ground water
contaminated by dense chemical compounds. Engineers at the Kennedy
Space Center developed the technology to clean up pollution caused by
chlorinated solvents used to clean Apollo rocket parts. This
technology is now used at both government and private industry
cleanup sites.
Weston Solutions, West Chester, Pa.; GeoSyntec, Guelph, Ontario,
Canada; and the University of Central Florida, Orlando; also will be
inductees for developing the technology. The Emulsified Zero-Valent
Iron technology also was recognized as NASA's Government Invention of
the Year and Commercial Invention of the Year in 2005.
Dr. Jacqueline W. Quinn, environmental engineer, and Kathleen B.
Brooks, materials scientist, will receive individual awards for their
work at Kennedy on the Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron technology.
The transfer of NASA technology to the private sector is managed
through NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program. To learn more about
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