SBIR/STTR Research Award
Planetary-Whigs: Optical MEMS-Based Seismometer
Award amount
$124,986Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MICHIGAN AEROSPACE CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2012-02-23
- Contract end date
- 2012-08-23
- UEI
- K15KKHPFZ5T9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- S1.09
Research abstract
During this Phase I, Michigan Aerospace Corporation will adapt the design of an optical MEMS seismometer for lunar and other planetary science instrumentation. The optical MEMS based seismometer takes advantage of the high Q of morphological dependent resonances and can be sensitive to a few nano-g with a proof mass under 80 grams. The three-axis seismometer, originally designed for field applications, will be rugged, compact and low power (<160 mW per channel). During the Phase I effort, MAC will develop the design for the instrumentation, with specific attention to the environmental conditions encountered on the lunar surface, in particular the large temperature excursions and galactic cosmic radiation. During Phase II, an engineering model will be fabricated, tested and demonstrated.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Research funding history
71 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1999–2023). Reported award amounts total $22,024,167. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation