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UMBC-ACTIVATE

Goddard Technologies Selected for Innovative Entrepreneurship Program with UMBC
Goddard recently signed an agreement with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to participate in their unique ACTiVATE program, designed to increase commercialization of innovations from research institutions in Maryland by training women entrepreneurs to create technology-based start-up companies.
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Water quality

Holographic Circle-to-Point Converter Used to Advance Drinking-Water Monitor
In December of 2004, JMAR Technologies, Inc. licensed Goddard's Holographic Circle-to-Point Converter in developing its BioSentry system, which provides automated water-quality monitoring.
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ARL Lehigh image

ARL and University Nanotech Facilities Available for Use
GSFC has entered into two agreements that grant NASA scientists access to cutting-edge nanotechnology research facilities outside the Agency.
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Dental xray using RHSEG

Bartron Medical Imaging Works with Goddard to Develop 3-D Implementation of RHSEG
In May of 2005, NASA signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Bartron Medical Imaging, LLC that will enable the joint development of a 3-D version of RHSEG.
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+ See also, Med-Seg™

JEOL at Lehigh

NASA to Access Lehigh's Nanotech Lab and Equipment
In June of 2005, NASA officials and Lehigh University announced a joint-research agreement that will give NASA researchers access to Lehigh’s cutting-edge nanotechnology and electron microscopy facilities.
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AdvR device

Goddard and AdvR Work Jointly to Reduce Long-Term Space Mission Risks
Working cooperatively via SAA agreement, Goddard researchers and AdvR personnel are working to build a flight-qualified semiconductor seed laser.
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RHSEG map

Goddard to Work with the Universidad de Extremadura to Increase Efficiency of Parallel Processing of Imaging Data
On December 23, 2004, a Letter of Agreement was signed with Universidad de Extremadura in Spain (UEX) related to the RHSEG software. The goal is to develop new algorithms that increase the efficiency of parallel processing of imaging data.
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wire inspection image

Goodrich Corporation Studies Applicability of HHT for Wire Inspections
On March 29, 2005, Goodrich Corporation signed an agreement with Goddard for the Hilbert-Huang Transform to study its applicability to inspection, fault analysis, and diagnosis of various types of wires.
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Gear bearings

Eaton Aerospace to Incorporate Gear Bearings in Fighter Jet for Lockheed Martin
On February 23, 2005, an agreement was signed with Eaton Aerospace to design, fabricate, and test an actuator that incorporates Goddard’s gear bearing technology for use in the state-of-the-art F-35 fighter jet.
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micro pulse lidar

Sigma Space Corporation to Provide Custom Micro Pulse Lidar Devices
In October of 2004, Sigma Space Corporation, licensed Goddard's Micro Pulse Lidar technology.
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Spacewire

SpaceWire: Revolutionizing Hardware Development through Joint Development
Goddard has entered into a cooperative research agreement with a leading U.S. aerospace corporation to transfer NASA SpaceWire technology . The agreement is a step toward establishing the SpaceWire communications protocol as a de facto space-flight networking standard.
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