SBIR/STTR Research Award
Nondestructive Detection of Flaws through Thick Polymers using Electromagnetic Imaging Technologies
Award amount
$239,994Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2021-07-13
- Contract end date
- 2022-10-22
- UEI
- LM1NWMDNNQ18
- Solicitation number
- 21.1
- Topic code
- N211-062
Research abstract
TRI Austin proposes to team with Iowa State University (ISU) to develop a portable, real-time, microwave imaging system (“microwave camera”) for the nondestructive inspection of the bond-line between a thick polymer coating and its metallic substrate. The developed microwave camera will use synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging techniques to create high resolution images of potential defects at the bond-line between the coatings and substrates of interest.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Phase Reflectors as an In-Situ Passive, Unpowered, Wireless Structural Health Monitor for Lunar Excavation Vehicles
- Inspection of Bonded Composite Structures Through Fairing Materials
- Advanced Nondestructive Inspection System for Detection and Characterization of Corrosion under Thick Coatings
- Phase Change Materials for Enhanced Warfighter Survivability
- Vitrimer Patches to Repair Composite Parts with a Complex Shape in a Contested Environment
Awards with the same topic code
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- Nondestructive Detection of Flaws through Thick Polymers using Electromagnetic Imaging Technologies
- Nondestructive Detection of Flaws through Thick Polymers using Electromagnetic Imaging Technologies
Research funding history
416 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $140,672,616. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy