www.obamasucks.tv

"And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people

who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment

as a way to explain their frustrations."

-- Barack Obama, April 2, 2008

► ► StimUwaste

A noun invented by me, John Brown. It means money BORROWED (from China) and then spent on things that did nothing to CREATE jobs for Americans, or spent on frivolous things and pork marks.

Another name for Democrats, how about Spend-O-Crats?

This list is so you have many good reasons to fire everyone

from both/all parties that voted for the StimUwaste pork package.

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#51-#60 - Total amount wasted =$42,203,701

Jobs reported: 6.79

Cost per job = $6,215,567

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Congressman linked to this waste:

http://heinrich.house.gov/

NM-01

#51

Amount: $944,046

Jobs Created: 3

Cost per job: $314,682

Translation: This is no job creation. It is paying a bunch of scientists to work really hard at replacing earth quake sensors in remote locations. People that actually work for a living doing such things as garbage man, paving roads, police and firefighter work, would call it a paid vacation!

Let me guess, Honeywell makes campaign contributions to Heinrich?

Link: recovery.gov (click here)

HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC.

Non-Personal Services for the Deployment, Operation, Maintenance, Repair, and Support of the US Geological Survey's Global Seismograph Systems. Provide upgrade services of 20-23 Global Seismological Network sites between 15 July 2009 and 30 September 2010 to provide improved station reliability and data acquisition capability. The requirement includes labor and travel associated with the upgrades of specific stations, including the installation of additional sensors, modifications to infrastructure, and on-site training to station operators in the upgraded equipment, as needed. Additional support personnel will be needed to support planned upgrades in duties including inventory operations, testing and configuration of equipment and materials necessary for specfic station upgrades, depot operation, and information technology support.

Clarification of Codes

Award Number 06CRCN0002 Funding Agency Department of the Interior

Total Award Amount $944,046 Project Location - City Albuquerque

Award Date 08/17/2009 Project Location - State NM

Project Status Less Than 50% Completed Project Location - Zip 871170001

Jobs Reported 3.00 Congressional District 01

Place of Performance Country USA

Recipient Name HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC.

Recipient DUNS Number 041014242

Recipient Address 7000 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DR

Recipient City COLUMBIA

Recipient State Maryland

Recipient Zip 210462119

Congressional District 03

Place of Performance Country US

Required to Report Top 5 Highly Compensated Officials No

Project Activities Description Engineering Services

Jobs Created 3.00

Description of Jobs Created Electronic Technician 2 - Provide direct testing and configuration support of equipment and materials necessary for specific station upgrades and depot operations. Tasks include performance of factory acceptance testing, station configuration of the equipment, manufacture of specific cable sets, and integration testing prior to deployment in conjunction with upgrade of the Global Seismological Network, and depot operations in conjunction with the Advanced National Seismic Network. Inventory/Supply Specialist - Provide inventory control and documentation, over and above what is required for normal GSN and depot operations, as several hundred pieces of equipment must be monitored. Employment Impact: Hiring of these personnel allowed for the permanent assigned field engineering staff to concentrate on deployment activities including final integration and functional testing of equipment. This allowed for accelerating the deployment schedule, as was originally anticipated by the ARRA award.

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Congressman linked to this waste:

http://shea-porter.house.gov/

NH-01

#52

Amount: $825,704

Jobs Created: 0.81

Cost per job: $1,019,387

Translation: This sounds like a noble project, fighting kiddie porn. Until you dig down and find all you are doing is paying college kids, again, to sit around and do nothing. This is not job creation, it is college kid vote buying. Ask the rep. if this is something we can export to China or Denmark?

Link: recovery.gov (click here)

UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

This study is designed to help law enforcement combat technology-facilitated child exploitation crimes. It will gather detailed national data on a number of policy and practice relevant topics including: 1) new developments and numerical trends in cases coming to law enforcement attention; 2) what investigative strategies are associated with more favorable outcomes; 3) what challenges and dilemmas confront prosecutors; 4) what indicators and investigative procedures are more likely to identify child pornography offenders who have also committed crimes against or endangered children in their environments; and 5) how investigators are managing and responding to cases of sexual images produced and disseminated by youth. The data will be gathered using a proven, successful methodology, a 2-stage survey of a national sample of law enforcement agencies that will include interviews with investigators and prosecutors involved in a representative sample of more than 1000 technology-facilitated crimes. The research will be conducted by the team with the nation’s most extensive experience conducting research involving technology, youth safety and child victimization. This proposal responds to 4 of the 6 priority areas in OJJDP solicitation CFDA #16.800, and thus represents an efficient expenditure of resources to advance knowledge and practice in several policy domains simultaneously.

Clarification of Codes

Award Number 2009-SN-B9-0001 Funding Agency Department of Justice

Total Award Amount $825,704 Project Location - City Durham

Award Date 08/31/2009 Project Location - State NH

Project Status Less Than 50% Completed Project Location - Zip 038243585

Jobs Reported 0.81 Congressional District 01

Recipient Name UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Recipient DUNS Number 111089470

Recipient Address 51 COLLEGE RD SERVICE BLDG 107

Recipient City DURHAM

Recipient State New Hampshire

Recipient Zip 038243585

Congressional District 01

Place of Performance Country US

Required to Report Top 5 Highly Compensated Officials No

Project Title Study of Scope, Investigation, and Prosecution of Technology-Facilitated Child Exploitation Crimes: The 3rd National Juvenile Online Victimization Study

Project Status Less Than 50% Completed

Final Project Report Submitted No

Project Activities Description Crime & Legal, General/Other

Jobs Created 0.81

Description of Jobs Created USDOJ Job Category: "Policy/Research/Intelligence". This ARRA funding will support a percentage of time for four (4) Research Assistant Professors to work on the project as described in the Award Description field. The job description for a Research Assistant Professor is: "shall have completed formal advanced study appropriate to his/her field and shall have demonstrated success in carrying out externally funded research, be capable of advising graduate students, and provide some service to the university and profession."

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Congressman linked to this waste:

http://chrislee.house.gov/

NY-26

#53

Amount: $486,496

Jobs Created: 0.13

Cost per job: $3742276

Translation: You are paying a "Junior Civil Engineer" and a " Junior Biologist" to consult, plan, and "develop feasibility alternatives" for an environment project.

In another words, no jobs are being created, nothing is being made that can be exported, you are paying people to sit around and walk around idly wasting money, while you are out of a real job because no one is hiring because of higher taxes and Obama Care. Your children's future was sold out for this?

Link: recovery.gov (click here)

ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT, INC.

E & E will (1) develop an Engineering and Design Quality Control Plan; (2) provide A-E support for continuation of the Buffalo River Environmental Dredging Feasibility Study; (3) provide visualization and volume quantification of Dredged Sediments within the Buffalo River Project Area; (4) provide A-E Support of the USACE Regional Sediment Management (RSM) Authority (SEC 204) on the Buffalo River, New York; (5) provide A-E Support to the Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration (GLFER) Authority and develop a preliminary restoration plan; and (6) provide integrated Lower Maumee River -- Western Lake Erie Basin Modeling Support.

Clarification of Codes

AWARD OVERVIEW

Award Number W9126G-D0025 Funding Agency Department of Defense (except military departments)

Total Award Amount $486,496 Project Location - City Lancaster

Award Date 06/24/2009 Project Location - State NY

Project Status Less Than 50% Completed Project Location - Zip 140861316

Jobs Reported 0.13 Congressional District 26

Recipient Name ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT, INC.

Recipient DUNS Number 058648312

Recipient Address 368 PLEASANT VIEW DR

Recipient City LANCASTER

Recipient State New York

Recipient Zip 140861316

Congressional District 26

Place of Performance Country US

Required to Report Top 5 Highly Compensated Officials No

Project Status Less Than 50% Completed

Final Project Report Submitted No

Project Activities Description Environmental Consulting Services

Jobs Created 0.13

Description of Jobs Created Although not the only factor, receipt of ARRA funded task order influenced employment creation Junior Civil Engineer-- Perform design calculations, cost estimates, and quantity (e.g., sediment) estimations; develop feasibility alternatives; assist in design plans and specifications; conduct work requiring professional judgments Junior Environmental Scientist -- support of/in: baseline habitat characterizations, plant and habitat surveys; stream assessments; threatened and endangered species assessments, monitoring restoration project performance, developing invasive species control strategies Junior Biologist -- support of/in: baseline habitat characterizations, plant and habitat surveys; stream assessments; threatened and endangered species assessments, monitoring restoration project performance, developing invasive species control strategies and remote habitat sensing, data review and processing

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Congressman linked to this waste:

http://heinrich.house.gov/

NM-01

#54

Amount: $187,500

Jobs Created: 1.0 ( I am calling it zero!)

Cost per job: $187,500

Translation: Job creation my behind. You are paying a college professor to finish her degree and to turn over the data to a private company if it pans out. Isn't it nice to know while you are starving and working at K-Mart for $10 an hour, you are paying some college professor $187,000 per year to finish her degree?

Link: recovery.gov (click here)

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

Mycobacterium tuberculosis latently persist in 2 billion people, representing a major reservoir of tuberculosis (TB) due to reactivation, yet the state of latent bacilli remains a mystery. In order to eradicate TB, we need to understand latency and develop in vitro models for drug screening. In this interdisciplinary project we have merged microbiological tuberculosis research with nanotechnology and novel materials. Recent publications demonstrate a unique phenomenon of cell-directed assembly of hybrid lipid-inorganic nanostructures that drive a unique non-replicative persistence, and protect bacteria and drastically prolong viability. We show these same structures can be formed using mycobacteria, and that they display the highly extended viability characteristic of latency. We hypothesize that the persistence of latent TB, and its resistance to chemotherapeutic challenge, can be modeled by incorporation of bacilli into self-assembled lipid-inorganic nanostructures. This model combines the ability for in vitro study and growth condition modulation, with the potential for in vivo implantation and infection. We will generate a new in vitro model for high throughput screening for targets of, and drugs that can eliminate latent TB, to complement the existing complex in vivo models and al- low this field to move forward. Specific Aim 1 Define the conditions for optimal lipid-inorganic nanostructure-encasement of mycobacteria and its effects upon mycobacterial resistance to drugs. Specific Aim 2 Determine the changes in mycobacterial metabolism occurring upon encasement in lipid- inorganic nanostructures that result from non-replicative persistence, and drive in vitro survival and latency. Specific Aim 3 Demonstrate that lipid-inorganic nanostructure-encased mycobacteria represent valid models of latency by showing their infectivity in mice, even after extended periods of time after assembly. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Public Health Relevance We need to understand the way that tuberculosis is able to exist in a latent state because it is present in 2 billion people worldwide and reactivates into an active form in a significant percentage of cases. Clearing this 'reservoir' will be an essential component of an eventual eradication strategy. Although there are animal models of latency, there is no good model of in vitro latency, yet we need to have such an in vitro model so that we can understand how to attack it, and also to screen drugs with. We have developed a unique nanostructured model that mimics the extreme non-replicative persistence of latency, and want to test how effective it might be as a tool in the battle against TB.

Clarification of Codes

Award Number 1R21AI081090-01A1 Funding Agency Department of Health and Human Services

Total Award Amount $187,500 Project Location - City Albuquerque

Award Date 06/19/2009 Project Location - State NM

Project Status Less Than 50% Completed Project Location - Zip 871310001

Jobs Reported 1.00 Congressional District 01

Recipient Name UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

Recipient DUNS Number 868853094

Recipient Address 1700 LOMAS BLVD NE STE 2200

Recipient City ALBUQUERQUE

Recipient State New Mexico

Recipient Zip 871063807

Congressional District 01

Place of Performance Country US

Required to Report Top 5 Highly Compensated Officials Yes

Top 5 Officer Compensations 596275.72, 523615.80, 395945.80, 424262.11, 287902.56

Top 5 Officers David J. Schmidly, Paul B. Roth, Paul R. Krebs, David W. Harris, Suzanne Ortega

Projects and Jobs Information

Project Title NANOSTRUCTURED IN VITRO TB LATENCY MODEL

Project Status Less Than 50% Completed

Final Project Report Submitted No

Project Activities Description Tuberculosis Research

Jobs Created 1.00

Description of Jobs Created This high level post-doctoral position is developing the nanostructured model of TB

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Congressman linked to this waste:

http://roe.house.gov/

TN-01

#55

Amount: $211,225

Jobs Created: 1.85

Cost per job: $114,175

Translation: Paying college students and professors to study sexually transmitted diseases. You know, while you lose your house because the stimUwaste has not created any real jobs and Obama Care has scared employers into not hiring people. Think with one billion people and 100s of thousands of college students in China we can export some of this "knowledge" to them for job creation in the USA?

Link: recovery.gov (click here)

EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD) agent worldwide, often establishes asymptomatic genital infections which result in serious reproductive complications. In culture, environmental stressors can induce chlamydiae to enter a viable but non-infectious state termed "persistence". Persistent chlamydiae: i) can re-enter the normal developmental cycle when the environmental stressor is removed and ii) are refractory to killing by anti-chlamydial drugs. Persistent organisms may also contribute to the long-term inflammation and scarring characteristic of chlamydial diseases by chronically releasing pro-inflammatory effectors and/or by serving as a reservoir for continued cycles of productive infection. Though there is indirect evidence that the persistent state occurs in vivo, direct proof for any role of persistent organisms in chlamydial pathogenesis has remained elusive. The goal of this proposal is to develop an experimentally tractable animal model of persistent chlamydial infection so that the role of persistent organisms in chlamydial pathogenesis can be assessed. Unfortunately, most of the currently characterized persistence inducers (nutrient starvation, IFN-3-exposure, etc.) would be impossible to reproducibly employ in an animal model system. Recent studies in our laboratory indicate that exposure to amoxicillin, the most commonly prescribed 2-lactam in the US, as well as clavulonate, induces C. trachomatis persistence in culture. Additional investigations using C. muridarum-infected mice and C. psittaci- infected cats suggest that amoxicillin/clavulonate (Amox/Clav)-exposed animals develop persistent infection. Amox/Clav is an ideal persistence inducer for use in an animal model as it: i) is relatively non-toxic, ii) acts directly on the developing chlamydiae and iii) can be easily added to or subtracted from the system. Therefore, we will establish an in vivo murine model of C. muridarum persistence by testing the following two hypotheses in two, related, but independent, Specific Aims. Hypothesis 1: Amox/Clav-exposed, persistent chlamydiae can induce alterations in murine host cell gene expression (Aim1). Hypothesis 2: Amox/Clav-exposure can induce persistent chlamydial infection in an in vivo murine model system (Aim 2). Completion of these Aims will not only test both hypotheses but will also provide a necessary foundation for future studies regarding the role of persistent chlamydiae in chronic disease induction. Chlamydia trachomatis is the most commonly reported bacterial STD agent in the US (4,000,000 new cases/year) and worldwide (90 million new cases/year). In women, C. trachomatis genital infection often results in salpingitis, sterility or atopic pregnancy. Genital chlamydial infections cost an estimated $10 billion in the US in 2002. This proposal will develop an experimentally tractable animal model of chlamydial persistence, which will ultimately allow us to determine how persistent infection impacts pathogenesis, transmission and antimicrobial therapy for these infections. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Chlamydia trachomatis is the most commonly reported bacterial STD agent in the US, with 4,000,000 new cases per year. In women, C. trachomatis infection is a common cause of sterility and potentially fatal atopic pregnancy - diseases which cost an estimated $10 billion in the US in 2002. Alarmingly, despite the development of excellent screening tests and effective anti-chlamydial drugs, the incidence of chlamydial genital infections in the US continues to rise. This study will determine whether or not chlamydiae can establish persistent infections in the genital tract, which has important implications for development of better stratigies to prevent disease and new infections.

Clarification of Codes

AWARD OVERVIEW

Award Number 1R21 AI082322-01 Funding Agency Department of Health and Human Services

Total Award Amount $211,225 Project Location - City Johnson City

Award Date 06/18/2009 Project Location - State TN

Project Status Less Than 50% Completed Project Location - Zip 376146500

Jobs Reported 1.85 Congressional District 01

Place of Performance Country USA

Recipient Information (Grants)

Recipient Name EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

Recipient DUNS Number 051125037

Recipient Address 807 UNIVERSITY PKWY

Recipient City JOHNSON CITY

Recipient State Tennessee

Recipient Zip 376146500

Congressional District 01

Place of Performance Country US

Required to Report Top 5 Highly Compensated Officials No

Projects and Jobs Information

Project Title Development of an in vivo model of chlamydial persistence

Project Status Less Than 50% Completed

Final Project Report Submitted No

Project Activities Description Medical Research, General/Other

Jobs Created 1.85

Description of Jobs Created 0.85 FTE retained (Laboratory Technician), 1 FTE created (graduate student)

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Congressman linked to this waste:

http://grijalva.house.gov/

AZ-07

#56

Amount: $10,000,000

Jobs Created: 0

Cost per job: $10,000,000 (not started yet)

Translation: This is the down payment on a space telescope that is suppose to be ready in 2019! Is this a shovel ready project? When it is finished will it produce anything that can be exported to China, Russia, or the Arabs? We borrowed money from China against our grand children's future so some eggheads can gaze at the stars!

You could have just given 666 jobless gringos $15,000 a year and have better spent the money, right here on earth!

Link: recovery.gov (click here)

ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Clarification of Codes

AWARD OVERVIEW

Agency Name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Project Location: PIMA

Award Number: GSFC0200208DNAS502105 Project Location - State: AZ

Funding Amount: $10,000,000 Project Location - Zip Code: 857210158

Ending Date: 2019-01-02 Congressional District: 07

RECIPIENT INFORMATION (AWARD)

Recipient Name: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Recipient Address: 888 N EUCLID AVE, ROOM 510

Recipient City: TUCSON

Recipient State: AZ

Recipient Zip Code: 857210158

Congressional District: AZ-07

DESCRIPTION OF WORK/SERVICE PERFORMED

TAS::80 0119::TAS RECOVERY ACT FUNDS NEXT GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPE NIR CAM - PHASE A EFFORT

PURCHASER INFORMATION (AWARD)

Contracting Office ID: GSFC0

Contracting Office Name: GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

Contracting Office Region:

TAS Major Program: 3144

CONTRACT INFORMATION (AWARD)

Date Signed: 2009-08-01

Effective Date: 2009-08-01

Current Completion Date: 2019-01-02

Ultimate Completion Date: 2019-01-02

Award Type: DEFINITIVE CONTRACT

Reason For Modification: SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR WORK WITHIN SCOPE

Type of Contract Pricing: COST NO FEE

Last Date to Order:

Funding Agency ID:

Funding Office ID:

Funding Office Name:

Number of Offers Received: 1

PRODUCT OR SERVICE INFORMATION (AWARD)

Product Code: AR23

Product Description: R&D-SPACE SCIENCE & APPL-ADV DEV

NAICS Code: 541710

NAICS Description: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES

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Congressman linked to this waste:

http://flake.house.gov/

(R) AZ-06

#57

Amount: $28,552,522

Jobs Created: 0 so far

Cost per job: $28,552,522

Translation: Expected completion date 2013! Another not shovel ready project to design space craft that do not exist, while you suffer here on earth being jobless or working for minimum wage after getting laid off. Another egghead bribe for government workers to vote for Obama.

Link: recovery.gov (click here)

GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.

Clarification of Codes

AWARD OVERVIEW

Agency Name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Project Location: MARICOPA

Award Number: GSFC0200002DNAS500110 Project Location - State: AZ

Funding Amount: $28,552,522 Project Location - Zip Code: 852331000

Ending Date: 2013-08-12 Congressional District: 06

RECIPIENT INFORMATION (AWARD)

Recipient Name: GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.

Recipient Address: 1440 N FIESTA BLVD

Recipient City: GILBERT

Recipient State: AZ

Recipient Zip Code: 852331000

Congressional District: AZ-06

DESCRIPTION OF WORK/SERVICE PERFORMED

TAS::80 0119::TAS RECOVERY ACT FUNDS. THESE FUNDS ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING EFFORTS: CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW ENGINEERING PEER REVIEWS MISSION CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW SPACECRAFT INTEGRATION READINESS REVIEW RAPID SPACECRAFT ACQUISITION MASTER CONTRACT

PURCHASER INFORMATION (AWARD)

Contracting Office ID: GSFC0

Contracting Office Name: GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

Contracting Office Region:

TAS Major Program: 3144

CONTRACT INFORMATION (AWARD)

Date Signed: 2009-10-25

Effective Date: 2009-10-25

Current Completion Date: 2013-08-12

Ultimate Completion Date: 2013-08-12

Award Type: DEFINITIVE CONTRACT

Reason For Modification: FUNDING ONLY ACTION

Type of Contract Pricing: FIRM FIXED PRICE

Last Date to Order:

Funding Agency ID:

Funding Office ID:

Funding Office Name:

Number of Offers Received: 6

Product Code: 1850

Product Description: SPACE VEHICLE HANDLING & SERVICE EQ

NAICS Code: 541710

NAICS Description: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES

COMPETITION INFORMATION (AWARD)

Extent Competed: FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Reason Not Competed: Not Reported

Solicitation Procedure:

Type of Set Aside:

Statutory Exception to Fair Opportunity:

Type of Contract Pricing: FIRM FIXED PRICE

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Congressman linked to this waste:

http://grijalva.house.gov/

AZ-07

#58

Amount: $599,992

Jobs Created: 0 so far

Cost per job: $599,992

Translation: "THE CONTINUATION OF CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT", another not shovel ready project. You are paying eggheads to sit around and develop a "concept" of a material who's use appears to be a new space suit.

While you gringos suffer here on earth with 10%+ of unemployment, your democrat is discussing Immigration with Keith Olbermann on youtube. How about discussing down to earth JOBS?

Link: recovery.gov (clickhere)

PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Clarification of Codes

AWARD OVERVIEW

Agency Name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Project Location: PIMA

Award Number: NNX09RA19C Project Location - State: AZ

Funding Amount: $599,992 Project Location - Zip Code: 857142221

Ending Date: 2011-04-02 Congressional District: 07

RECIPIENT INFORMATION (AWARD)

Recipient Name: PARAGON SPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Recipient Address: 3481 E MICHIGAN ST STE 102

Recipient City: TUCSON

Recipient State: AZ

Recipient Zip Code: 857142221

Congressional District: AZ-07

DESCRIPTION OF WORK/SERVICE PERFORMED

TAS::80 0123::TAS THE CONTINUATION OF CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND TEST OF A WATER-BASED, ADVANCED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM) HEAT SINK IS PROPOSED. UTILIZING A NOVEL MATERIAL CHOICE FOR BOTH AN EXPANSION DIAPHRAGM AND THE PCM CASE ITSELF, THE PCM CAN ACCOMMODATE BOTH THE EXPANSION OF THE FREEZING WATER-BASED MATERIAL AND VERY LOW TEMPERATURE OF APPROXIMATELY -250F. THE WATER-BASED PCM ITSELF WOULD BE NON-TOXIC AND NON-FLAMMABLE, BUT ADDITIVES WILL BE INCLUDED TO PRECLUDE DETERIORATION OF WITHER THE PCM CONTAINER OR THE DIAPHRAGM MATERIAL. THE USE OF A WATER-BASED PCM GIVES THE HIGHEST HEAT CAPACITY FOR THE MASS. THIS IS HIGHLY LIMITED DUE TO THE NEEDS FOR PORTABILITY AS REQUIRED FOR AN EXTRA-VEHICULAR ACTIVITY (EVA). THE TOTAL HEAT CAPACITY OF AN OPERATIONAL UNIT WOULD BE FOR 4 HOUR DURATION EVA USE. THROUGH A LOGICAL PROGRESSION OF TASKS INCLUDING CONCEPT OF OPERATION FORMULATION, REQUIREMENTS FORMULATION, CONCEPT DESIGN REVIEWS AND DETAIL DESIGN REVIEWS THAT INCLUDE DESIGN AND THERMAL ANALYSIS USING THERMAL DESKTOPTM MODELS, THIS EFFORT CAN PROGRESS FROM THE TRL 3 ACHIEVED IN PHASE I TO TRL 4-5. THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT BY DESIGNING A VARIABLE CONDUCTANCE INTERFACE (VCI) FOR PROTECTING WATER IN THE LIQUID COOLING GARMENT (LCG) FROM FREEZING DUE TO THE TEMPERATURE OF THE HEAT SINK USED BY THE PCM. THE TEAM WILL ALSO DEVELOP SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS IDENTIFIED DURING PHASE I TESTING. THE PCM WILL BE TESTED TO CONFIRM HEAT INPUT/TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE AND CYCLING CAPABILITY. THE TEST BED WILL ALLOW FOR ACCURATE HEAT INPUT KNOWLEDGE, TEMPERATURE MONITORING AND CYCLING CAPABILITY. THE RESULTS WILL BE COMPARED TO THE THERMAL MODEL TO ENSURE ACCURATE PREDICTION CAPABILITY FOR THE NEXT PHASE UNIT AND SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION. THE DESIGN DESCRIPTION AND TEST RESULTS WOULD FORM THE BASIS OF THE FINAL REPORT.

PURCHASER INFORMATION (AWARD)

Contracting Office ID: NSSC0

Contracting Office Name: NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Contracting Office Region:

TAS Major Program: 3148

CONTRACT INFORMATION (AWARD)

Date Signed: 2009-10-02

Effective Date: 2009-10-02

Current Completion Date: 2011-04-02

Ultimate Completion Date: 2011-04-02

Award Type: DEFINITIVE CONTRACT

Reason For Modification:

Type of Contract Pricing: FIRM FIXED PRICE

Last Date to Order:

Funding Agency ID: 8000

Funding Office ID: ARC00

Funding Office Name: AMES RESEARCH CENTER

Number of Offers Received: 2

PRODUCT OR SERVICE INFORMATION (AWARD)

Product Code: AR11

Product Description: R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-B RES

NAICS Code: 541712

NAICS Description: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)

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Congressman linked to this waste:

http://mitchell.house.gov/

AZ-05

#59

Amount: $99,888

Jobs Created: 0 so far - 2011 completion date

Cost per job: $99,888

Translation: design software and if you understand what they are talking about you are probably already a college egghead getting free Obama Cash. Just another example of another not shovel ready project that will not do a single thing to employ you. Maybe after you lose your house you can read this website at the public library.

Anyways, nice to design software for a space shuttle that will not exist.

Link: recovery.gov (click here)

ZONA TECHNOLOGY, INC

Clarification of Codes

AWARD OVERVIEW

Agency Name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Project Location: MARICOPA

Award Number: NNX10RA84P Project Location - State: AZ

Funding Amount: $99,888 Project Location - Zip Code: 852584578

Ending Date: 2011-01-30 Congressional District: 05

RECIPIENT INFORMATION (AWARD)

Recipient Name: ZONA TECHNOLOGY, INC

Recipient Address: 9489 EIRONWOOD SQ DR STE 100

Recipient City: SCOTTSDALE

Recipient State: AZ

Recipient Zip Code: 852584578

Congressional District: AZ-05

DESCRIPTION OF WORK/SERVICE PERFORMED

TAS::80 0121::TAS MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN, ANALYSIS, AND OPTIMIZATION (MDAO) TOOLS TODAY POSSESS LIMITED DISCIPLINES WITH LITTLE FIDELITY MODELING CAPABILITY. THESE TOOLS ARE TYPICALLY DEVELOPED AS A SINGLE LARGE SOFTWARE APPLICATION THAT PERFORMS ANALYSIS FOR ALL DISCIPLINES BUT HAS LITTLE OR NO CAPABILITY TO INTEGRATE MULTI-FIDELITY AND MULTI-DISCIPLINE COMPONENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED AS STAND-ALONE ANALYSIS CODES. EVEN THOUGH A MULTITUDE OF TOOLS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND WELL ADAPTED TO THE INTERDISCIPLINARY AIRCRAFT DESIGN/ANALYSIS, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DEVELOPED TO WORK TOGETHER. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MDAO TOOL IS TO GENERATE A "CENTRAL EXECUTIVE" THAT CAN INTEGRATE DISPARATE SOFTWARE PACKAGES IN A CROSS PLATFORM NETWORK ENVIRONMENT SO AS TO PERFORM OPTIMIZATION AND DESIGN TASKS IN A COHESIVE STREAMLINED MANNER. THIS OBJECT-ORIENTED FRAMEWORK CAN INTEGRATE THE ANALYSIS CODES FOR MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES, INSTEAD OF RELYING ON ONE CODE TO PERFORM THE ANALYSIS FOR ALL DISCIPLINES. ZONA TECHNOLOGY AND ITS TEAM MEMBER VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP THREE OBJECT-ORIENTED COMPONENTS THAT WILL FULLY LEVERAGE TOOLS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT WITHIN NASA'S MDAO FRAMEWORK. THE THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS ARE: (1) AN AUTOMATIC RE-MESHING TOOL THAT CAN PROVIDE A FAST AND EFFICIENT MESH GENERATION CAPABILITY FOR COMPLEX STRUCTURES LIKE CURVED PANELS WITH CURVED STIFFENERS AND AIRCRAFT WINGS OF ANY SHAPE WITH CURVED SPARS AND RIBS. (2) A HYBRID OPTIMIZATION TOOL THAT COMBINES A NON-GRADIENT BASED OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND A GRADIENT BASED OPTIMIZATION METHOD. THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS HYBRID OPTIMIZATION IS THAT A GLOBAL OPTIMUM POINT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE NON-GRADIENT OPTIMIZATION AND ACCELERATION OF THE CONVERGENCE CAN BE OBTAINED BY AIDING GRADIENT BASED OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM. (3) A FAST TRANSONIC UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS METHOD FOR ACCURATE AEROELASTIC ANALYSIS AND SHAPE SENSITIVITY INFORMATION DUE TO THE CHANGE OF EXTERNAL WING SHAPE.

PURCHASER INFORMATION (AWARD)

Contracting Office ID: NSSC0

Contracting Office Name: NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER

Contracting Office Region:

TAS Major Program: 3146

CONTRACT INFORMATION (AWARD)

Date Signed: 2010-01-30

Effective Date: 2010-01-31

Current Completion Date: 2011-01-30

Ultimate Completion Date: 2011-01-30

Award Type: PURCHASE ORDER

Reason For Modification:

Type of Contract Pricing: FIRM FIXED PRICE

Last Date to Order:

Funding Agency ID: 8000

Funding Office ID: ARC00

Funding Office Name: AMES RESEARCH CENTER

Number of Offers Received: 2

PRODUCT OR SERVICE INFORMATION (AWARD)

Product Code: AR11

Product Description: R&D-AERO & SPACE TECH-B RES

NAICS Code: 541712

NAICS Description: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY)

COMPETITION INFORMATION (AWARD)

Extent Competed: FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION AFTER EXCLUSION OF SOURCES

Reason Not Competed: Not Reported

Solicitation Procedure: NEGOTIATED PROPOSAL/QUOTE

Type of Set Aside: SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE - TOTAL

Statutory Exception to Fair Opportunity:

Type of Contract Pricing: FIRM FIXED PRICE

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Congressman linked to this waste:

http://grijalva.house.gov/

AZ-07

#60

Amount: $296,328

Jobs Created: 0

Cost per job: $296,328

Translation: I saved the best for last!

I thought you unemployed gringos, if still alive in AZ after the open border/drug wars, would like to know that the stimulus money was spent for college kids to study erosion at the south pole. Sweet!

"Collaborative Research: Erosion History and Sediment Provenance of East Antarctica from Multi-method Detrital Geo- and Thermochronology"

Link: recovery.gov (click here)

grant- RECIPIENT AWARD SUMMARY

ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Clarification of Codes

AWARD OVERVIEW

Agency Name: National Science Foundation Project Location: Tucson

Award Number: 0838722 Project Location - State: AZ

Funding Amount: $296,328 Project Location - Zip Code: 857210001

Ending Date: 05/31/2011 Congressional District: 07

RECIPIENT INFORMATION (AWARD)

Recipient Name: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA