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>> I'm the license manager in
the Technology Transfer Office

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at NASA Glenn Research Center.

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I oversee licensing
activities for the center.

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I also oversee a portfolio
of intellectual property

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and materials and coatings.

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What I enjoy most about my job
is working with NASA's inventors

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to translate their research
into useful products

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that can benefit everyone.

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Such as the shape memory alloy
work conducted here in this lab.

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I think I'd like my legacy to be

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to leave things better
than they were.

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And we should always strive
towards improving ourselves.

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Our relationships.

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Our environment.

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Our surroundings.

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My advice to the next
generation would be

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to explore careers in STEM.

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STEM provides a great background
for just about anything

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that you want to pursue in life.

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From engineering, of course, and
all the stuff that goes with it.

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To sales and marketing
and commercialization.

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Like the stuff that I do.

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To even being a doctor.

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Or a lawyer.

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Or an astronaut.