NASA iTech Forum to Showcase Technologies for Earth, Sky, Space

Companies representing the top entries in the 2021 NASA iTech Cycle II will present their innovative technologies to NASA center chief technologists, industry experts, and potential investors at North Carolina State University in Raleigh Dec. 8-9, 2021. Register to attend the 2021 Cycle II Forum.

NASA iTech received over 100 white papers submitted from companies across the U.S. addressing one of five focus areas to enhance future NASA mission and capabilities:

• Enabling Technologies for Commercialization of Low-Earth Orbit
• Hybrid Electric Aircraft Technologies and Alternative Fuels
• Physics-Based Machine Learning for Artificial Intelligence
• Technologies Using NASA Data to Foster Climate Resilience
• X-Factor Innovations

“The NASA iTech showcase provides an opportunity for companies addressing NASA-relevant commercial markets to pitch to a diverse group of stakeholders that include NASA center chief technologists and other NASA subject matter experts, and potential investors in their fields,” says Maxwell Briggs, acting program manager for NASA iTech. “We believe this coaching and networking helps build and support a community of innovators to improve the chances for their technologies to move into the marketplace, enhancing capability for both NASA and the country.

Companies presenting at the 2021 Cycle II forum include (in alphabetical order):

Astrapi Corporation - Dallas

Spiral Modulation

Addressing capacity and signal power-constrained communication channels and enabling more information to be transmitted through frequency ranges with less signal power

Atmo - Berkeley, California

Weather Prediction Systems

AI-enabled hardware-software systems integrating hybrid NWP/deep learning models to increase the performance of weather forecasts for governments

Cerfe Labs - Austin, Texas

CeRAM

A new class of non-volatile microelectronic memory with potential to scale beyond today’s memory technologies while also providing features required to deploy adaptive intelligence

Fathom Science LLC - Raleigh, North Carolina

Metocean Intelligence

High-resolution, high-fidelity marine environment data analytics and forecasts using cloud computing to support operations and enable better planning decisions

Harmony Aeronautics LLC - College Station, Texas

Silent Drive (S-Drive) Integrated Propulsor

Novel propeller and magnet-gear motor topologies to quietly generate thrust with peak aerodynamic and electric efficiency, high torque density, and high reliability

Osazda Energy - Albuquerque, New Mexico

MetZilla Technology

Materials engineering solutions to improve the long-term durability of photovoltaic solar cells for terrestrial, space, and remotely piloted vehicle aircraft applications

Parthian Energy - Los Angeles

Parthian Electromagnetic Sensor (PES)

A unique battery sensor to prevent fires to ensure safety when powering low-Earth orbit vehicles

Precursor SPC - Seattle

Physics-Based Machine Learning for Geospatial Intelligence

Actionable, time-specific information to assess geospatial events, space weather, and earthquake, risk

Ten-Nine Technologies - Tulsa, Oklahoma

TENIX Cathode Additive

A drop-in nanomaterial for battery cathodes that could double power delivery during both takeoff and landing for sustainable electric flight

VegaMX - New York

Fusion & Fires

Highly accurate fire management and decision support tools that predict and monitor wildfires using physics and data driven methodology with a combination of space, airborne and ground-based sensor

Video of the showcase presentations will be available online, Dec. 14 at

https://livestream.com/nasaitech/2021cycle2forum

To register please visit

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-nasa-itech-cycle-ii-forum-tickets-167240146781

For more information about the NASA iTech initiative and the 2021 NASA iTech Cycle II Forum, visit:

www.nasaitech.org

NASA iTech is an initiative by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate and is managed by the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) in Hampton, Virginia.