SBIR/STTR Research Award
A Novel, Low Cost and Handheld Microwave Sensor for the Detection and Evaluation of Incipient Composite Heat Damage
Award amount
$80,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- ALPHASENSE, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2013-06-18
- Contract end date
- 2013-12-15
- UEI
- QME3ZP5XDM31
- Solicitation number
- 2013.1
- Topic code
- N131-013
Research abstract
In this proposal, AlphaSense, Inc. details the development of a novel, low cost and handheld microwave sensor for the detection and evaluation of incipient composite heat damage. The merits of the proposed sensor and its advantages over other techniques are listed below: a) Compact, handheld and low cost, b) Sensitive for incipient heat damage detection, c) Capable of quantitative analysis of the incipient heat damage levels, d) Capable of interrogating through coating layers, e) High throughput measurement process, and f) Easy and safe to the operators.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- A Novel, Low Cost and Handheld Metal Sorting Sensor for Chemical Cleaning and Stripping Process
- A Novel 3D Printer to Support Additive Manufacturing of Gradient Metal Alloy Structures
- Multimodal Non- destructive Evaluation of Internal Surfaces of Holes in Steel Structures
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- A Lightweight Optical Approach to Detect Incipient Heat Damage
- A Novel, Low Cost and Handheld Microwave Sensor for the Detection and Evaluation of Incipient Composite Heat Damage
- A Lightweight Optical Approach to Detect Incipient Heat Damage
- Terahertz Detection of Composite Heat Damage
Research funding history
31 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2008–2017). Reported award amounts total $8,183,315. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy