Space Technology and Applications International Forum Outstanding Paper Award

Nominations are now open for the 2007 award. To nominate a paper from the STAIF-2007 proceedings (only papers published in the AIP proceedings book/CD are eligible), please download and complete the form listed below.

What is the Outstanding Paper Award?

The Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Outstanding Paper Award was established in 1992 by The University of New Mexico’s Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies (ISNPS) to recognize outstanding technical contributions to the fields of all hosted conferences and symposia of the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF).  The recognition of an outstanding contribution is based upon the written paper published in the STAIF Proceedings and the content of the presentation at the meeting.  The award is presented by ISNPS upon the recommendation of the STAIF Award Committees.

Nomination and Evaluation Procedure

Contributions from STAIF conferences could be nominated by the session chair and co-chair, or any member of that conference or symposia Outstanding Paper Award Subcommittee.  Nomination forms will be given to the session chairs and co-chairs at the speakers' breakfast.  Individuals who wish to have their contribution or a colleague’s contribution considered may request that a member of the Outstanding Paper Award Committee attend the session in which the presentation will be made.  The request must be made in writing to the ISNPS office or to the STAIF Outstanding Paper Award Committee Chair.  For consideration, nominations must be received by the ISNPS office or Outstanding Paper Award Committee Chair by the 2nd Friday in February following the STAIF Conference.

The paper and the content of the presentation represents a technical contribution that (1) has an influential impact on the field of the topic of the conference or symposia in which it was presented, (2) has lasting technical value, and (3) is likely to be built upon and referenced by their peers.  The primary emphasis in the selection of the award will be based on the written paper.  In the case of a close decision, input from subcommittee members who heard the oral presentation and the session chair and co-chair may be used to render a final decision.  The paper must be well written, well organized, and have appropriate references and acknowledgments.  The paper must also present a complete and scientifically sound analysis.  The STAIF Outstanding Paper Award is presented for technical contributions.  While overview and historical papers are important for the historical archives, they will not be considered for the award.  The author(s) must be a major technical contributor to the work.  The paper should also acknowledge all major technical contributors to the work who are not co-authors.

To nominate a paper for the 2007 Outstanding Paper Award, which will be presented at STAIF-2008, please download and complete following form:

2007opanominationform.pdf

Completed forms should be returned to The Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies via email to isnps@unm.edu, by fax to (505) 277-2814, or by regular mail to the address listed on the form.

Recipients of the 2006 Award

10th Conference on Thermophysics in Microgravity: Ryoji Oinuma, David Bean, Charles Neill, Kevin Supak and Frederick Best, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA, for their paper, “Two-Phase Pressure Drop in a Twisted Tape Boiler for a Microgravity Rankine Cycle Power System.”

23rd Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion: Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Nuclear & Advanced Propulsion Branch, AL, USA; T.J. Morton, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, for their paper, "Dynamic Response Testing in an Electrically Heated Reactor Test Facility."

 3rd Symposium on New Frontiers and Future Concepts: E. W. Davis, H. E. Puthoff, Inst. for Advanced Studies at Austin, Austin, TX, USA; V. L. Teofilo, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, CA, USA; B. Haisch, ManyOne Networks, Scotts Valley, CA, USA; L. J. Nickisch, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA, USA; A. Rueda, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Cal. State Univ.-Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA; D. C. Cole, Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA for their paper, “Review of Experimental Concepts for Studying the Quantum Vacuum Field.”

2006 Award Committee

A-Conference

Tung T. Lam (subcommittee chair), Aerospace Corporation
Kirk Yerkes, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
Eric Silk, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
R. Panneer Selvam, University of Arkansas

C-Conference

Garry Burdick (subcommittee chair), Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robert Abelson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Abe Weitzberg, Consultant
Patrick Frye, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
James Werner, Idaho National Laboratory
Bernard Wernsman, Bechtel Bettis, Inc.
Ron Lipinski, Sandia National Laboratories

D-Conference

Robert Wegeng (subcommittee chair), NASA Headquarters
Chris Moore, NASA Headquarters

E-Conference

Alex Ignatiev (subcommittee chair), University of Houston
Edward McCullough, The Boeing Company
Narayanan Ramachandran, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

F-Conference

Tony Robertson (subcommittee chair), NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Mike LaPointe, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Raymond A. Lewis, Pennsylvania State University
Clive Woods, Iowa State University
Eric W. Davis, Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin

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