Awards & Recognition
Over the years CFDRC has been recognized for its successes in technology transfer, technology commercialization, and contributions to various organizations. Some of the examples include:
- Champion of Small Business Innovation, 2012
- Technology Innovation Award, 2009
- Army SBIR National Achievement Award
- First Ever Tibbetts Award for Technology Commercialization Successes; awarded by Small Business Administration.
- Second Tibbetts Award in 2006, for Continued Technology Commercialization Successes
- NASA Achievement Award for “Mitigating Ares I Thrust Oscillation Risk”.
- NASA HQ Certification & Appreciation: Space Shuttle Joints Redesign after Challenger accident.
- NASA Certificate of Appreciation for Participation in Process Control Assurance Program.
- NASA SBIR Success Stories
- NASA Spinoff (p. 73)
- Unstructured Mesh Generation, NASA Glenn
- PDF Method for Turbulent Reacting Flow, NASA Glenn
- CFD-FASTRAN, NASA Marshall
- Dual Spray Fuel Nozzle, NASA Glenn
- Low NOX Fuel Injector, NASA Glenn
- Vapor Deposition Modeling, NASA Glenn
- NIH SBIR Success Stories
- Navy SBIR Success Stories
- Ejection Seat Modeling, Navy Navair
- US Air Force Success Stories
- Multi-Disciplinary Computing Environment MDICE, AFRL, WPAFB
- Firefly Software, AFRL, WPAFB
- Air Turbine Rocket innovation
- DARPA SBIR Success Stories
- On-Chip Transport of Biological Fluids in MEMS Devices
- Lung blast modeling
- More information on the above articles are available in the DARPA SBIR Report Volume I
- NSF Success Stories
- CFDRC Recognized by the National Science Foundation
- U.S. NSF delegation to Japan; Role of Computers in 21st Century; Oct. 1991
- U.S. NSF delegation for Pan American Advanced Studies; Modern Trends in Heat Transfer; Lectures at San Luis Potosi, Mexico, July 2000
- CFDRC is a Top High Tech Company in Alabama.
- Chief Editor's Choice: Semiconductor International
- AIAA Aerospace America Magazine (Year 2002 Review)
- Interview by Wall Street Reporter
- Interviewed by SkyRadio
- Desktop Engineering Magazine Award
In addition, CFDRC engineers and scientists are invited speakers at various international conferences, new technology panelists, and reviewers of papers and proposals.
