Space Alliance Technical Outreach Program (SATOP)

If your small business is faced with a technical challenge, the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP) wants to help. SATOP can provide up to 40 hours of FREE technical assistance for qualified requests, utilizing the vast engineering expertise of NASA and participating Alliance Partners (NASA contractors, sub-contractors or Universities).

SATOP provides engineering expertise in the following areas:

• Mechanical Engineering
  • Design, development, modification, implementation, or use of mechanical devices, machinery, or tools.
• Industrial Engineering
  • Managing and improving the economical use of people and equipment through application of cost and work standards and enhancement of the working environment.
• Materials Engineering
  • Analysis, selection, and utilization of materials including metals, ceramics, polymers, and semiconductors.
• Structural Engineering
  • The application of engineering principles to civil engineering problems, including selection of construction materials for structures.
• Chemical Engineering
  • Design and manufacture of products, processes, and operations involving basic chemical materials or chemical change.
• Electrical Engineering
  • Design, construction, and operation of electrical systems and equipment.
• Environmental Engineering
  • Using technology to reduce or prevent the pollution or degradation of the environment.

The kinds of problems SATOP can address include, but are not limited to:

Manufacturing and Assembly Machinery Precision Machining Production Processes Robotics and Automation Logistics Fluidics, Pneumatics and Hydraulics Sensors and Detectors Controllers and Control Systems Actuators, Regulators, Motion Control Measurement and Testing Statistical Analysis

Instrumentation Fiber Optics Optical Image Processing Electronics Electrical Circuitry Facilities Design, Maintenance & Operation Power Systems Fuel Cells Chemical or Material Selection and Use Chemical Analysis Physical Testing of Materials

For more information contact Debbie Mesloh, IBZ Manager, at 718.786.5300 x32.