Category: Press Releases

  • News Release 2015-02: New Langley Professor Named at National Institute of Aerospace

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 24, 2015 Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. harla.sherwood@nianet.org 757-636-6300 Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov 757-864-9886/757-344-8511 Jason Maderer Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Va. jason.maderer@comm.gatech.edu 404-385-2966 NIA Release: 2015-02 New Langley Professor Named at National Institute of Aerospace The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) has…

  • News Release 2015-01: Teams Announced for Prestigious NASA RASC-AL Design Competition

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — February 4, 2015 Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. harla.sherwood@nianet.org 757-636-6300 Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov 757-864-9886/757-344-8511 NIA Release: 2015-01 Teams Announced for Prestigious NASA RASC-AL Design Competition Sixteen teams have made it to the finals of a NASA and National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) engineering…

  • 2014-18: Teams Announced for NASA 2015 Robotics Operations Competition

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — November 14, 2014 Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. harla.sherwood@nianet.org 757-636-6300 Kathy Barnstorff Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov 757-864-9886/757-344-8511 NIA Release: 2014-18 TEAMS ANNOUNCED FOR NASA 2015 ROBOTICS OPERATIONS COMPETITION Eight universities have advanced to the next round of “RASC-AL Robo-Ops,” a planetary rover robotics engineering competition sponsored…

  • 2014-17: NIA, NIAR Assists NASA with Sensor Research

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — November 4, 2014 Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. harla.sherwood@nianet.org 757-636-6300 Tracee Friess Wichita State University, Wichita, Ks. tracee.friess@wichita.edu 316-978-5597 NIA Release: 2014-17 NIA, NIAR assists NASA with Sensor Research The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) and National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University is assisting…

  • 2014-16: NIA Research Fellow Selected as AIAA Hampton Roads Section 2015 Engineer-of-the-Year

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 7, 2014 Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. harla.sherwood@nianet.org 757-636-6300 NIA Release: 2014-16 NIA Research Fellow Selected as AIAA Hampton Roads Section 2015 Engineer-of-the-Year Dr. Boris Diskin, Research Fellow at the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), has been selected as the recipient of the American Institute of Aeronautics…

  • 2014-15: PTI One of 50 Winners Nationally of SBA Nationwide Competition

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                         September 9, 2014 Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. harla.sherwood@nianet.org 757-636-6300   Tom Flake Peninsula Technology Incubator t.g.flake@gmail.com 757-286-4927   NIA Release:  2014-15   PTI One of 50 Winners Nationally of SBA Nationwide Competition   The Peninsula Technology Incubator a wholly owned subsidiary of National Institute of Aerospace…

  • 2014-14: NASA/NIA Announce 2014 Robo-Ops Competition Winners

    News release   National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) 100 Exploration Way Hampton, VA 23666 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                   June 16, 2014 Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. harla.sherwood@nianet.org 757-636-6300   NIA Release: 2014-14 NASA/NIA ANNOUNCE 2014 ROBO-OPS COMPETITION WINNERS Hampton, Va. – Eight university teams participated in NASA’s RASC-AL Exploration Robo-Ops Competition…

  • 2014-13: High School Students Create Winning Design for NASA’s First Flight of Orion

    News release   National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) 100 Exploration Way Hampton, VA 23666 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      April 25, 2014 Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. 757-636-6300 harla.sherwood@nianet.org   NIA Release:  2014-13   High School Students Create Winning Design for NASA’s First Flight of Orion   NASA’s Administrator, Charles Bolden (left),…

  • 2014-12: The National Institute of Aerospace honored as a Best Nonprofits to Work For 2014 by The NonProfit Times

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                         April 17, 2014 Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. 757-636-6300 harla.sherwood@nianet.org   NIA Release:  2014-12   The National Institute of Aerospace honored as a Best Nonprofits to Work For 2014 by The NonProfit Times   Hampton, Va – On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 the NonProfit Times released its…

  • 2014-11: High School ‘Final Five’ Compete for Out-of-This-World Test on Orion

        News release National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) 100 Exploration Way Hampton, VA 23666 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      March 26, 2014   Harla Sherwood National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, Va. 757-636-6300 harla.sherwood@nianet.org Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601 ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov NIA Release:  2014-11 High School ‘Final…