SBIR/STTR Research Award
MEMS Solid State Semiconductor based Thermionic Converter (“mSSTiC”)
Award amount
$124,961Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Innoveering, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2021-05-05
- Contract end date
- 2022-03-19
- UEI
- UGWNU2AMKF63
- Solicitation number
- SBIR_21_P1
- Topic code
- A1
Research abstract
In response to NASA SBIR 2020 Phase I Solicitation Topic A1.07 ldquo;Electric Power Generation Via Thermionic Conversion for Hypersonic Applicationsrdquo;, Innoveering and the University of Michigan have teamed to submit a proposal to design and develop our novel MEMS Solid-state Semiconductor based Thermionic Converter (ldquo;mSSTiCrdquo;) system. The Ph I goal is to design the mSSTiC into a testable prototype capable of generating a few W/cm2 via its location at strategic locations within the hypersonic platform generating very high internal temperature gradients (DT): isolator exit, combustor, nozzle throat. The Innoveering teamrsquo;s innovative mSSTiC system shall meet all of NASArsquo;s requirements by providing efficient, reliable electrical power generation, utilizing an array of MEMS (MicroElectro-Mechanical Systems) based thermionic converter modulesnbsp;situated in an array configurationnbsp;surrounding an internal component within the hypersonic platform.
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.
- Autonomous Flight Safety System for Submarine Launch (AFSS-SUB)
- Advanced Hypersonic Engine Manufacturing System
- S1X3000 Scramjet for Air-Launched Responsive Strike Missile (ARSM): Freejet Test Article for a Compact Scramjet Engine
- Novel Fluidic Flow Control of Scramjet Isolators
- Plasma-based Wind Speed Sensor
Research funding history
40 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2015–2022). Reported award amounts total $23,063,825. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy