Goddard Fellows Innovation Challenge (GFIC) 2017-2021 Proposal Selections
Selection Criteria
Selection criteria included the degree of innovation, the importance of the idea’s potential applications when successful, growth paths for gaining additional support, proposed metrics of success, scientific and technical merit, proposer’s evaluation of competing approaches, questions to be addressed, realism of the work plan, and qualifications of the proposing team. Minor criteria include relevance to Goddard’s special capabilities and potential to nurture Goddard’s talent pool. Proposers must be civil servants.
2017-2021 Awardees
Selected Goddard Fellow Innovation Challenge (GFIC) 2021 Proposals
| Predicting Changes in Ocean Habitability on Earth and Other Ocean Worlds, Bethany Theiling, 699 |
| Characterization and Testing of Copper-Nickel Electroplated 3D Printed Parts for Space Flight Applications, Sheri Thorn, 543 |
| Looking for Life on Venus, Erika Kohler, 691 |
| Revealing the functional role of dryland ecosystems in the Earth system, Benjamin Poulter, 618 |
Selected Goddard Fellow Innovation Challenge (GFIC) 2020 Proposals
| Using GIANT to Generate Shape Models for Celestial Bodies, Meghan Fickett, 595 |
| The effect of the cloud ice crystal glints on the Earth’s radiation budget and on the detection and characterization of exoplanets, Alexander Marshak, 613 |
| EavesDROPing on BACterial Conversations in Thermophilic vs. Mesophilc Environments, Melissa Floyd, 699 |
| Mass Advanced Spectrometry Simulator (MASS), Geronimo Villanueva, 693 |
| Machine Learning Classification of Active Galactic Nuclei , Jeremy Schittman, 663 |
| Terrain Relative Navigation using Random Finite Sets to Enable Low-Cost Small Body Exploration, Lauren Schlenker, 595 |
| 3D Printing Technologies for Remote Sensing Solid-State Laser Production, Donald Coyle, 554 |
| Development of a Benchmark Training Set to Support an Autonomous Minion, Conrad Schiff, 580 |
| Advancing Radio Frequency Computed Tomography (RFCT) for Planetary Exploration by Measurement of the Electrical and Structural Properties of Martian Meteorites, Ryan Kent, 541 |
| Evaluating MEMS Electrode Detectors for Seismometers, Terry Hurford, 698 |
Selected Goddard Fellow Innovation Challenge (GFIC) 2019 Proposals
| EavesDROPing on BACterial conversations – BACDROP, Melissa Floyd, 690 |
| An Extensible Application of the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Technique for Understanding the Evolution of Dynamic Landforms on Earth, Mars, and the Moon, Babak Farrokh, 542 |
| Using TESS to Study Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei, Jeremy Schnittman, 663 |
| Complex Light for Micromanipulation, Aaron Yevick, 554 |
| Reconnaissance of the ice margin near the Hiawatha impact crater, Joseph Macgregor, 615 |
| Exploring mesospheric and lower thermospheric dynamics in an extended GEOS, Ruth Lieberman, 675 |
| Additive Manufacturing of Ion Funnel Assembly, Beth Paquette, 562 |
| Detectors for mid-IR Photon Counting & Energy Resolving from NIR to UV, John Sadleir, 553 |
| Micro Additive Manufacturing Vincent Bly, 553 |
| Electron Enhanced- ALD of BN for Ultra-Sensitive Graphene Based Hall Sensors, Vivek Dwivedi, 545 |
Selected Goddard Fellow Innovation Challenge (GFIC) 2018 Proposals
| Fast Neutron Detection with Gallium Nitride, Stanley Hunter, 661 |
| Global Optimization via Multi-Agent, Cooperative Basin Hopping, Jacob Englander, 595 |
| Atomic Layer Deposition Superconducting Quantum Interference Device, Christine Jhabvala, 553 |
| Lidar Measurements through Non-transparent Atmosphere, Xiaoli Sun, 698 |
| Rad-Hard “Noiseless” Vis-IR Cryogenic Thermal Detector, John Sadleir, 553 |
| Micro Additive Manufacturing, Vincent Bly, 553 |
| Measuring Solar Wind Plasma on CubeSats, Errol Summerlin, 674 |
| Application of Artificial Intelligence techniques to explore the complex environmental predictors for cetacean mass strandings in Cape Cod, MA, Ronald Zellar, 599 |
| Searching for Topographical Signatures of Biofilms and Related Textures at Nano-Scales with Scanning Laser Confocal Microscopy: and the Path to Space!, Justin Jones, 541 |
| Blazing a trail for Gallium-Nitride High Electron Mobility Transistor (GaN HEMT) devices in space, Jean-Marie Lauenstein, 561 |
Selected Goddard Fellow Innovation Challenge (GFIC) 2017 Proposals
| Atomic Layer Deposition Josephson Junctions, Christine Jhabvala, 553 |
| A Filament-Walking Global Optimizer for Trajectory Design and Other Problems with Many Locally Optimal Solutions and Challenging Constraints, Jacob Englander, 595 |
| Geophysical and Environmental Monitoring Stations, Scott Guzewich, 693 |
| Autonomous Intercept and Asteroid Characterization By Implementing a Hybrid Sensor Array System, Joshua Lyzhoft, 595 |
| Development of a Prototype High-Precision Dynamic Geomagnetic Framework, Weijia Kuang, 61A |
| The Planetary Spectrum Generator - PSG, Geronimo Villanueva, 693 |
| Making Collimated EUV Beams with Photon Sieves, Adrian Daw, 671 |
| ECHOES — An Innovative Challenge in Miniaturization of Remote Sounding, Mark Adrian, 673 |
| Exploring the Use of Graphene to Improve the Performance of Mass Spectrometers, Mahmooda Sultana, 553 |
| Advanced Non-Destructive Evaluation of Geological Specimens and Extra-terrestrial Computed Tomography Feasibility Study, Justin Jones, 541 |
