Technology Transfer Contact:

Mr. Philip Herlth

NASA Ames Research Center

MS 202A-3

Building 202A Room 214

Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000

650-604-0625 Fax: 650-604-1592

Email: pherlth@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Home Page: http://ctoserver.arc.nasa.gov/

Background

Founded in 1939 as an aircraft research laboratory by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), Ames became a part of NASA in 1958 along with other NACA installations. Ames is recognized for technical excellence in life sciences, human factors and man-machine interactions, fluid dynamics and heat transfer, aerodynamics and flight dynamics, flight stability and control, and technical project management.

Mission

The Ames Research Center, a field installation of NASA, provides vital research and technology for the US Space program, aeronautics industry, and national security.

Office of Commercial Technology Charter

1. Facilitate the timely transition of NASA-developed technology to the U.S. economy.

2. Facilitate the effective infusion of appropriate commercially-developed technology into NASA projects and programs.

3. Promote the formation of partnerships for joint development of technology for the mutual benefit of NASA and the U.S. economy.

4. In support of these goals, provide a database of technology under development which is suitable for transfer and commercialization.

Areas of Expertise

Ames Research Center is preeminent in the conduct of aeronautical flight research and technology projects, including joint and/or cooperative activities with other NASA centers, government agencies, and industry. Some current areas of research emphasis are:

• Computational and experimental fluid dynamics
• High-speed aerodynamics
• Full-scale aerodynamics research
• Transatmospheric research and technology
• Numerical aerodynamic simulation
• Computer systems and research
• Automation sciences
• Aerospace human factors
• Flight systems and simulation research
• Rotorcraft technology
• Powered-lift technology
• Vehicle conceptual analysis
• Flight-test techniques and instrumentation
• High-performance aircraft flight research
• Infrared astronomy and astrophysics
• Earth system science
• Planetary research
• Airborne research and applications
• Origin and evolution of life
• Biomedical research
• Advanced life support
• Space and life sciences flight projects

Facilities and Resources

More than 30 of the Nation's principal technological facilities reside at Ames, including the world's most sophisticated wind tunnel complex and most advanced supercomputing system. Ames Research Center is located in Silicon Valley, at the southern end of San Francisco Bay, close to important academic institutions, large aerospace corporations, and many high technology companies.

Staffed by more than 2000 civil service employees and a comparable number of support service contractor employees, Ames is the largest research facility in Silicon Valley and the largest non-DoD federal employer in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Center occupies about 422 acres of land adjacent to Moffett.

Ames Technology Commercialization Center

The ATCC is a physical and virtual small business incubator, located in San Jose, California, and provides opportunities for start-up companies to utilize NASA technologies. The center uses a lab-to-market approach that takes the technological output of Ames' labs and pairs that technology with appropriate markets to create and foster new industry and jobs. The incubator helps businesses and entrepreneurs find NASA technology with commercial potential, then provides access to a network of business experts in marketing, sales, high-tech management and operations, financing, and patent and corporate law. The ATCC also offers low-cost office space and other start-up services.

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