E d i t o r ...................D i a n e F a r r a r Layout and Design. . . . . . . . . . . Carol Le Phone: (650) 604-2NRP Email: [email protected] Website: www.researchpark.arc.nasa.gov NRP Post In Memoriam NRP partner Rich Davies, CEO, Western Disaster Center, passed away in his Scotts Valley home on March 26, 2012. Rich graduated from Northrop Institute of Technology in 1968 with a Bachelor’s Degree and the California Institute of Technol- ogy with a Masters in 1972. An aeronautical engineer, Rich founded the Western Disaster Center in 1999, his true pas- sion. WDC, a nonprofi t applied research center, was designed to save lives and reduce economic loss from natural, environmental, technological and man-made disasters. WDC accomplished these goals through applied research, the ap- plication of advanced computer, information and communication technologies, humanitar- ian projects, education and training and the de- velopment and the application of methods for public/private partnering. Through WDC’s work, Rich interacted with the FBI, SF Bay InfraGard, and Citizens Academy, of which he became an elected Board of Direc- tors member. He spearheaded the building of a web presence for these organizations, and ac- tively worked with HAZUS and the Earthquake Clearing House, aiding in the early detection of earthquakes and training for response teams.
Internationally-known 1st Special Response
Group (1SRG), also found a home at WDC
through Rich’s efforts. Rich contributed to
countless search efforts that brought people
home alive or brought closure to families.
The 2012 Conrad Awards were held at the Moffett Field Conference Center,
NASA Research Park, Moffett Field, CA on March 31.
Rich Davies
NASA HQ CTO Dr. Mason Peck (right) visited NRP Partner Scanadu, Inc.
on April 17, 2012, and was briefed by Scanadu co-founder Misha David
Chellam (middle) and Dan Sokol (left), Senior Engineer at Scanadu, Inc.
in Bldg. 20, NASA Research Park.
Dr. Mason Peck (left), NASA CTO, being briefed by Scanadu CEO
Dr. Walter De Brouwer (right) on April 17, 2012 at Scanadu.