SBIR/STTR Research Award
Optical NDI of Advanced Composites
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SOUTHWEST SCIENCES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2008-01-21
- Contract end date
- 2008-10-22
- UEI
- Y7BFRF1G8539
- Solicitation number
- 2007.3
- Topic code
- AF073-117
Research abstract
Advanced composite materials are widely used in many aerospace structures. Although these materials possess superior mechanical properties, they are subject to various types of damage during operation. Therefore, it is highly desirable to have non-destructive inspection (NDI) tools capable of monitoring damage and water ingress in the advanced composites. Southwest Sciences proposes to use an innovative optical technique based on diffuse reflectance, which will provide fast non-destructive critical evaluation of damage and water penetration in advanced composites. The Phase I effort will demonstrate the feasibility of this approach and outline the design of the Phase II prototype instrument.
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.
- Compact Low Power Sensor for Measurement of Multiple Trace Gases
- High speed measurements of velocity, temperature and water content in hypersonic flows
- Low Power Instrumentation for Measurement of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Terrestrial-Aquatic Interfaces
- Low Power Instrumentation for Measurement of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Terrestrial-Aquatic Interfaces
- Diode Laser Hygrometer and Thermometer for Aerial Vehicles
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Damage Detection and Identification in Advanced Composites
- Integration of Signal Analysis Suite and Field-Portable Matrix Laser Doppler Vibrometer (MXLDV) for Composite NDE
- A Portable, Vibro-Acoustic Based NDI System for Composite Structures
- Damage Detection and Identification in Advanced Composites
- Integration of Signal Analysis Suite and Field-Portable Matrix Laser Doppler Vibrometer (MXLDV) for Composite NDE
Research funding history
258 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $60,611,964. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce, Department of Health and Human Services