SBIR/STTR Research Award
Magnetically Activated Shape Memory Actuator (MASMA)
Award amount
$62,068Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1998Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- MIDE TECHNOLOGY CORP
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- C6C8KS7Y1K76
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A Magnetically Activated Shape Memory Actuator (MASMA) is propiOsed. The MASMA c state-of-the-art materials technology with magnetic activation to supply a large s elevated bandwidth, actuator. MASM alloys have shown activated strains on the o 1.3% at room temperatures, for cm sized single crystals at frequencies up to an 400 Hz! The materials have also passively shown promise at cryogenic temperature of twin boundary motion and, as such, provide interesting possibilities for spa electromechanical systems. The material composition can be tailored for a wide temperatures. In the proposed work specific MASM alloy textured polycrystals, on the order of 10 cm, will be coupled with mechanical preload and field provide to yield a practical actuator for evaluation.
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.
- ARBOOM - Novel, Tactical-Sized Reconfigurable Aerial Refueling Boom
- Project Patchwork - Wirelessly Networked Structural Analysis Devices for Aircraft
- RASP - Automated Scoring Program for Rodent Ultrasonic Vocalizations (USVs)
- Cut Resistant Hose for Vibration Isolation Module (SEASNAKE)
- Data Logger for Measuring Body Dynamics in Spaceflight Environment (MBISE)
Research funding history
144 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2019). Reported award amounts total $41,924,515. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency