2005 AWARD COMMITTEE : Samit Bhattacharyya (chair),Renmar Enterprises, Inc; Bill Dettmer (vice-chair), consultant; Karl Baker, The Aerospace Corporation; Tim Bollo, NASA Kennedy Space Center; Michael Duke, Colorado School of Mines; William Gaubatz, SpaceAvailable, LLC; Joseph Giglio, Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc.; Mike LaPointe, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Edward McCullough, The Boeing Company; Wendell Mendell, NASA Johnson Space Center; George Miley, University of Illinois, U-C; Michael Nikitkin, Swales Aerospace; Dave Poston , Los Alamos National Laboratory; Eric Rice, Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC); Joe Sholtis, Jr., Sholtis Engineering and Safety Consulting; Mark Underwood, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Clive Woods, Iowa State University; and Steve Zinkle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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.
NOMINATION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA : 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.
RECIPIENTS OF 2004 AWARD
(a) The recipient of the STAIF-2004 award in the Conference on Commercial/Civil Next Generation Space Transportation is Dennis Ray Wingo, Orbital Recovery Corporation, Washington, DC,for his presentation “On Orbit Servicing and the Future of Commercial Space Flight.”
(b) The recipients of the STAIF-2004 award in the 21st Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion are John Matonic, John Brown, Liz Foltyn, Lawrence Garcia, Ron Hart, David Herman, Jeff Huling, M.E. Lisa Pansoy-Hjelvik, Fritz Sandoval, and Diane Spengler, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, for their paper entitled “Heat Source Neutron Emission Rate Reduction Studies – Water Induced HF Liberation.”
(c) The recipient of the STAIF-2004 award in the 1st Symposium on New Frontiers and Future Concepts is Gregory Meholic, Hermosa Beach, CA, for his paper entitled “A Novel View of Spacetime Permitting Faster-Than-Light Travel.”
