SAFETY AND MISSION SUCCESS THROUGH SAFETY AND MISSION SUCCESS THROUGH ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE Ralph R. Roe, Director Ralph R. Roe, Director NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) Mil-Aero Programmable Logic Mil-Aero Programmable Logic Devices Devices MAPLD 2005 MAPLD 2005 Washington, DC Washington, DC September 7, 2005 September 7, 2005
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SAFETY AND MISSION SUCCESS THROUGH SAFETY AND MISSION SUCCESS THROUGH ENGINEERING EXCELLENCEENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
SAFETY AND MISSION SUCCESS THROUGH SAFETY AND MISSION SUCCESS THROUGH ENGINEERING EXCELLENCEENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
Ralph R. Roe, Director Ralph R. Roe, Director NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC)NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC)
The NESC provides a strong technical team to coordinate and conduct robust, independent engineering and safety assessments across the Agency
BACKGROUND
2003 2004
July NESC Created
October Mgmt Plan Approved
November Operational
2005
August91st Assessment
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• Simple, straightforward concept
– Bring together some of NASA’s best engineers with experts from industry, academia, and other government agencies to address our highest risk, most complex issues
• Decentralized organizational structure across all Centers reporting to the NESC management office at LaRC
• Engineers need to be where the problems are to stay sharp
NESC MODEL
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• Small core of engineering experts at Centers for insight into respective programs
• Recognized Agency discipline experts leading Super Problem Resolution Teams (SPRT)
– Use “ready” experts from across NASA, Industry, Academia and other government agencies to staff SPRT’s
– Tap “ready” experts to attack “trouble spots”. Institutionalize the Tiger Team approach
• Strong Systems Engineering function for proactive trending and identification of problem areas before failures occur
Locations of NASA Personnel Participating in NESC SPRTs
NESC ORGANIZATION
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PARTNERSHIPS
National Instituteof Aerospace
Lawrence LivermoreNational Laboratories
Institute of NuclearPower Operations
Wedeven Associates, Inc.
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NESC RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI)
• Measuring how much an organization has contributed is not a simple task.
• Traditional ROI does not truly measure value added by the NESC.
• The most significant contribution of the NESC is the immeasurable benefit of bringing together NESC experts with Program experts to solve complex problems.
• The results are:– Better, safer technical solutions– Stronger checks and balances– Well-informed decision making
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EXAMPLES OF NESC VALUE-ADDED
Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Testing• NESC working with the NASA Office of Logic Design (OLD) on FPGA
testing, analysis, and evaluation.
• Independent test program of FPGA reliability conducted by NESC
• Testing and methodology development is an Agency-wide activity supported by NESC
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EXAMPLES OF NESC VALUE-ADDED
Space Shuttle Orbiter Main Propulsion System Flowliner
• NESC provided an analytical solution backed by laboratory tests and high fidelity inspection techniques that eliminated the need for a planned engine test program.
• Cost Avoidance (>$20M)
Slots in Flowliners
Flowliner at interface to SSME low pressure turbopump Crack in OV-102