Emerald City Initiatives, Inc.
http://www.eci-inc.net
- Life Sciences
- Physical Sciences
- Technology Development
ECI is an experienced provider of human rated and commercial engineering services to facilitate access to space for Principal Investigators and Scientists. ECI provides engineering, operations, safety and science products and services to allow utilization of the ISS National Lab for micro-gravity science investigations and technology development. ECI efficiently applies customer commercial approaches and internal quality processes. ECI can benefit any science investigation team by collaborating at any point in the product life cycle.
- Primary Services and Capabilities include Full Spectrum Life Cycle activities to provide
- Single point of contact to Science Teams for planning/execution of ISS activities and integration
- Systems Engineering and Integration for the entire Product Life Cycle
- Requirement analysis, Interfaces, ConOps, Safety and Verification/Validation
- Mechanical and electrical design using latest tools for development and integration into ISS
- Technology Development and Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) maturation
- Prototype/Product Development/Demonstration (DDT&E) planning and execution
- Specialty engineering reach back for niche areas
- Project Support (Scheduling, Risk Management) to monitor and measure progress
- Collaborations and support to NASA and Commercial customers (HQ, MSFC, JSC, KSC, ARC, HAIB, RPI, etc.)
- ECI applies existing/available ISS Certified Hardware to accomplish science objectives and needs or can develop customized/tailored hardware/software to accomplish science and operational goals.
- Ground and/or Flight Based Research Support Services – ECI provides experience to develop Flight and Ground operational products to satisfy science needs and ISS requirements. Provides easy access to available ground facilities for science processing, on-orbit and post landing activities. Coordination/outreach includes…
- Flight Operations/On-orbit experiment monitoring
- Post Flight Support
- Science Hardware return coordination
- ECI has immediate access and reach back to various Labs, Shops and Test Facilities to support all development phases for hardware/software, verification/validation, safety and flight certification. These include:
- Hardware/software providers, manufacturers and test facilities/labs
- Extensive understanding of science, engineering, safety testing (Development, Qualification, Acceptance, Proto-Flight) and can execute efficient approaches to assure success
- Supplier Quality Surveillance and Manufacturing Oversight
Ring-Sheared Drop (RSD) Experiment
[Currently under development]