SBIR/STTR Research Award
An Ultrasonic Wireless Sensor Network for Data Communication and Structural Health Monitoring
Award amount
$749,999Program and phase
STTR · Phase IIAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- X-Wave Innovations, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2018-12-02
- Contract end date
- 2020-12-02
- UEI
- EDJ3MSJR9NK7
- Solicitation number
- STTR_17_P2
- Topic code
- T12
Research abstract
Sensor networks embedded on structures, such as pipes, bridges, railways, aircraft wings and fuselage, among others, are required to transfer data related to the health of the structure. This data is typically sent to a central location where it can be processed, displayed, and analyzed. Typical Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) uses embedded ultrasonic transducers exclusively for non-destructive evaluation (NDE) purposes, whereas data transfer is performed over separate wireless radio frequency (RF) links. Ultrasonic systems, however, are also effective as a communication technology, and in fact may prove to have crucial advantages over RF-based sensor networks in certain scenarios.
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.
- A Novel Process-Structure-Property Evaluation Package for Large Scale Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing
- EddyGraph: A Modular, Precision Swept Frequency Eddy Current Based Graphite Inspection System
- An Adjacent Inductive Coil Sensor (AICS) System for Structural Health Monitoring of the Restraint Layer
- Detect3C: Advancing the Assessment of Concrete Chloride Content Through Non-Destructive Techniques
- High-Temperature Ultrasonic Transducer Array System for Particulate Agglomeration in Molten Salt Solutions
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
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- Resistance Welding of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites for Repurposable Applications
- Low-Cost Manufacturing of Reusable Thermal Protection Systems (TPS)
Research funding history
92 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2012–2025). Reported award amounts total $30,524,673. 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 Energy, Department of Commerce, Department of Transportation