SBIR/STTR Research Award
Intelligent Variable Emittance Panels Using New, """"True"""" Solid Electrolyte
Award amount
$599,981Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Ashwin-Ushas Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- M37VZM8DT765
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
This work further developed a highly promising Variable Emittance technology for spacecraft thermal control based on Conducting Polymer (CP) electrochromics developed earlier by this firm with the Air Force, NASA and JPL, with: Extremely thin ( 0.4); cyclability > 10^4 cycles, switching 0.5; excellent space durability (> 23000 electrochromic, > 90 thermal cycles over 23 days in space vacuum, > 500 h UV, operating temperature -45 to +100 C, no outgassing). Alpha(s)-lowering and ITO coatings were demonstrated. Phase II will complete a much more rigorous space durability testing regime, optimize devices, demonstrate intelligent control of device arrays, start pilot-scale production and costing, and initiate flight tests.
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.
- Thermal Control in Lunar Rovers and Structures with Novel Electrochromic Variable-Emissivity Skins
- Electrochromic + Anti-Fog + Prescription Lens Personal-Protective Equipment (PPE) Eyewear Based on Unique, Very Low Power, Conductive Coatings and Leveraging Unique, ANSI Z87.1-/Military-Qualified Ele
- Inexpensive, Field-Portable, Rugged, Voltammetric Sensors Based on Functionalized Microporous Membranes, with ppb Sensitivity, Multi-Analyte Discrimination, Microchip Controller and Network-Connected Android Phone Control
- Electrochromic Auto-Darkening Windows for Buildings for Energy Conservation Based on Unique Conducting Polymers and Already Demonstrated in Sunglasses
- Electrochromic + Anti-Fog Personal-Protective Eyewear (PPE) Based on Unique, Very Low Power, Conductive Coatings and Leveraging Unique, ANSI Z87.1-/Military-Qualified Electrochromic Eyewear Technology
Research funding history
41 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2022). Reported award amounts total $16,907,893. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy