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Apr 27, 2018Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0385541715STTR PHASE I IGF::OT::IGF$125K
Apr 24, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18C0142541715THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DESIGN AND BUILD A PRACTICAL MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING A MYRIAD OF NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION ISSUES RELATED TO COMPLEX COMPOSITES AND STRUCTURES DURING MANUFACTURING AND USE. THE DESIGN OF THIS IMAGING SYSTEM WILL BE FOUNDED ON A LONG HISTORY AND EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE BY THE PROPOSING TEAM FACILITATING AND ENSURING A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE DESIGNED TO: I)OPERATE IN THE FREQUENCY RANGE OF 30-40 GHZ: II)HAVE HIGH-SPATIAL AND RANGE RESOLUTIONS IN THE FEW MILLIMETER RANGE RENDERING THE SYSTEM A 3D IMAGER III)PRODUCE AND RENDER IMAGES IN REAL-TIME, IV)PROVIDE HIGH SYSTEM DYNAMIC RANGE FOR HIGH DETECTION SENSITIVITY V)SMALL AND PORTABLE FOR IN-SPACE APPLICATIONS, VI)MODULAR IN DESIGN TO ACCOMMODATE LARGE STRUCTURES IN TERRESTRIAL INSPECTION APPLICATIONS WHILE ALSO SUITABLE FOR IN-SPACE APPLICATIONS BY PERSONNEL WITH VARIED TECHNICAL SKILL-SETS NAMELY, TECHNICIANS, ENGINEERS AND ASTRONAUTS. THE PROPOSED WORK IN THIS PHASE II TO DEVELOP, BUILT AND TEST A PRACTICAL PROTOTYPE IMAGING SYSTEM BUILDS ON THE PHASE I DESIGN WORK. POTENTIAL NASA$750K
Apr 17, 2018Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0231541715SBIR PH II RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IGF::OT::IGF$340K
Mar 28, 2018Department of DefenseMISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA)HQ014718C7413541715SBIR/STTR PHASE I RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT - LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF A MISSILE BODY$100K
Mar 27, 2018Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-RSAW31P4Q18C0031541715ARMY SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PHASE II EFFORT FOR STATEMENT OF WORK ENTITLED, "INNOVATIVE MATRIX SYSTEMS FOR CARBON FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE TACTICAL ROCKET MOTOR APPLICATIONS"$581K
Feb 12, 2018Department of DefenseNSWC DAHLGRENN0002416C4008541712BASE IGF::OT::IGF$475K
Feb 2, 2018Department of DefenseNSWC DAHLGRENN0002416C4535541712IGF::OT::IGF$280K
Jan 18, 2018Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865016C5701541712IGF::OT::IGF INTEGRATION OF NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION INTO COMPUTATIONAL METHODS TO SUPPORT THE DIGITAL TWIN$302K
Jan 2, 2018Department of DefenseNSWC DAHLGRENN0017818C8004541715SBIR PHASE II TOPIC N141-041 COMPOSITE PAYLOAD CANISTERS$250K
Jan 2, 2018Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833518C0012541715SBIR P2 TOPIC N161-017 IGF::OT::IGF$250K
Nov 21, 2017Department of DefenseFA9550 AFRL AFOSRFA955018C0001541715IGF::OT::IGF "(STTR PHASE II) BIOMIMETIC DESIGN OF MORPHING MICRO AIR VEHICLES"$750K
Nov 3, 2017Department of DefenseW6QK AATD CONTR OFFW911W618C0008541715FINAL MONTHLY REPORT$100K
Oct 23, 2017Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865016C5701541712IGF::OT::IGF INTEGRATION OF NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION INTO COMPUTATIONAL METHODS TO SUPPORT THE DIGITAL TWIN$280K
Sep 20, 2017Department of DefenseNSWC DAHLGRENN0017817C1145541712IGF::OT::IGF STATUS REPORT$125K
Sep 20, 2017Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-APG NATICKW911QY17C0091541712IGF::OT::IGF R&D EXEMPT RESEARCH AND DEVELOP A CONTINUOUS MODE CONVEYOR COOKING APPLIANCE FOR UGR-A FOR MILITARY FIELD FEEDING THAT PROVIDES COOKS WITH HIGH QUALITY, EFFECTIVE APPLIANCES TO MAXIMIZE CAPABILITY, THROUGHPUT, AND FLEXIBILITY TO PREPARE THE ENTIRE FAMILY OF OPERATIONAL RATIONS.$507K
Aug 29, 2017Department of DefenseW4GG HQ US ARMY TACOMW56HZV17C0166541712IGF::OT::IGF$99K
Aug 24, 2017Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-RSAW31P4Q17P0120541712IGF::OT::IGF ARMY SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM. THIS EFFORT IS A BRIDGE GAP PURCHASE ORDER, RESULTING FROM THE UNEXERCISED OPTION, ORIGINALLY PART OF THE SBIR PH I CONTRACT W31P4Q-16-C-0051.$50K
Aug 14, 2017Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865016C5701541712IGF::OT::IGF INTEGRATION OF NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION INTO COMPUTATIONAL METHODS TO SUPPORT THE DIGITAL TWIN$200K
Aug 11, 2017Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-APG NATICKW911QY16P0266541712IGF::OT::IGF$50K
Jul 31, 2017Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865016C5012541712IGF::OT::IGF - NONDESTRUCTIVE METHOD AND DATA ANALYSIS FOR ORGANIC MATRIX C$183K
Jul 7, 2017Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865016C5701541712IGF::OT::IGF INTEGRATION OF NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION INTO COMPUTATIONAL METHODS TO SUPPORT THE DIGITAL TWIN$213K
Jun 30, 2017Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-APG NATICKW911QY17P0204541712SBIR I - TRI IGF::OT::IGF$100K
Jun 15, 2017Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-APG ADELPHIW911QX17P0167541712IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PH I A17-035 TEXAS RESEARCH INST. NOT INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION.$100K
Jun 8, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CL94P541712IGF::OT::IGF FORWARD AND INVERSE MODELING OF NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE) ARE KEY NEEDS FOR OPTIMIZED, QUANTITATIVE NDE. SOME FORWARD MODELING TOOLS EXIST COMMERCIALLY, BUT INVERSE MODELING REMAINS A TOPIC MOSTLY IN LOW TRL RESEARCH. THE ILL-POSED NATURE OF THE PROBLEM IN GENERAL REQUIRES DATA-DRIVEN METHODS THAT ARE COMPUTATIONALLY INTENSIVE AND HIGHLY PROBLEM SPECIFIC. WE PROPOSE TWO INNOVATIONS TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO INVERSION: FIRST, MODERN CLASSIFIER-BASED DATA REDUCTION, TO PREPARE DATA FOR THE SECOND INNOVATION, KRIGING METHODS FOR A GENERALIZED NDE INVERSION APPROACH. EXPERIMENTAL DATA AND/OR MODELED DATA CAN BE USED TO DEFINE KNOWN POINTS IN A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SOLUTION SPACE, AND KRIGING METHODS CAN PROVIDE EFFICIENT INTERPOLATION IN THIS SPACE TO INVERT NEW NDE DATA. TRI/AUSTIN, AEROMATTER, AND COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS ARE TEAMING TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE INVERSION OF ULTRASONIC NDE ON COMPOSITE STRUCTURES FOR QUANTITATIVE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. THE PROPOSED INNOVATIONS TO BE PROVIDED ARE: 1. COMBINED USE OF EXPERIMENT AND MODEL DATA FOR DEVELOPING THE KNOWN SOLUTION POINTS. 2. DIMENSIONAL REDUCTION OF THE DATA FOR EFFICIENT INVERSION USING STATE OF THE ART CLASSIFIER TECHNIQUES. 3. KRIGING METHODS FOR INTERPOLATION OF NEW NDE DATA IN THE SOLUTION SPACE. 4. HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) TECHNOLOGIES TO SPEED DATA REDUCTION AND KRIGING RESULTS. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INNOVATIONS ARE THAT THIS APPROACH OFFERS AN ABILITY TO INVERT NDE DATA USING KNOWN OR TRUTH DATA FROM EXPERIMENT AND/OR MODELS, AND IS READILY ADAPTED TO HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRACTICAL USE. THE NDE INVERTER WILL WORK WITH THE REST OF THE TOOLS IN TRI/AUSTIN'S NDE TOOLBOX. NDE TOOLBOX SERVES AS A FOUNDATIONAL, EVOLVING PLATFORM FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS OF NDE DATA, INTERACTION WITH NDE MODELS, AND RISK / RELIABILITY PREDICTION.$125K
Jun 7, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CL93P541712IGF::OT::IGF TRADITIONAL SAR IMAGING AT MILLIMETER WAVE FREQUENCIES CAN PROVIDE EXCELLENT, HIGH SNR, 3D IMAGES OF FEATURES INSIDE DIELECTRIC SOLIDS. HOWEVER, IMAGING AT THESE FREQUENCIES REQUIRES THOUSANDS OF MEASUREMENTS; RASTER SCANNING FOR DATA COLLECTION IS TIME CONSUMING; AND DATA ANALYSIS AND IMAGE RENDERING REQUIRES ADDITIONAL TIME. THESE LIMITATIONS MAKE MILLIMETER WAVE SAR IMAGING FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION PROHIBITIVE OUTSIDE THE LAB. WE PROPOSE TO SHOW FEASIBILITY OF OVERCOMING THESE RESTRICTIONS BY DESIGNING A REAL-TIME, HIGH-RESOLUTION, PORTABLE AND 3D IMAGING SYSTEM FOR TERRESTRIAL AND IN-SPACE INSPECTION APPLICATIONS. WE WILL DEMONSTRATE ABILITY TO PRODUCE HIGH-FIDELITY 3D IMAGES FROM SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED DATA WITH MINIMAL IMAGE QUALITY DEGRADATION. WE WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE FURTHER ENHANCEMENTS VIA SPECTRAL ESTIMATION OR COMPRESSIVE SENSING TECHNIQUES. IN PHASE I WE WILL DESIGN AN ADAPTIVE, CUSTOM SAMPLED, SAR-BASED MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING SYSTEM FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION OF COMPLEX COMPOSITES AND STRUCTURES. THE DESIGN OF THIS IMAGING SYSTEM WILL BE BASED ON NOVEL AND SUBSTANTIAL INNOVATIONS TO A WELL ESTABLISH KNOWLEDGE BASE. THE INNOVATIONS INVOLVE OVERCOMING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE LIMITATIONS THAT CURRENTLY MAKE 3D IMAGING AT MILLIMETER WAVE FREQUENCIES SLOW, CUMBERSOME AND IMPRACTICAL FOR WIDESPREAD USE. OUR GOAL IS TO DESIGN A SYSTEM WITH: CENTER FREQUENCY IN THE MILLIMETER WAVE RANGE; SIGNIFICANT BANDWIDTH; HIGH-SPATIAL AND RANGE RESOLUTIONS; RAPID IMAGE DATA COLLECTION; REAL-TIME IMAGE RENDERING; ABILITY TO IMAGE MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURES MADE OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS; HIGH SYSTEM DYNAMIC RANGE (HIGH DETECTION SENSITIVITY); ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL DESIGN ALLOWING ADAPTATION TO USE IN-SPACE; MODULAR AND FREQUENCY-SCALABLITY TO ACCOMMODATE LARGE STRUCTURES; USER FRIENDLY DESIGN TO ALLOW OPERATION BY PEOPLE OF VARIOUS SKILL SETS. THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL INCLUDE SIMULATIONS AND SMALL-SCALE TESTING.$121K
Jun 6, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CL92P541712IGF::OT::IGF FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES (FSSS) ARE PERIODIC ARRAYS OF CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS OR PATCHES THAT CAUSE A PARTICULAR REFLECTION OR TRANSMISSION RESPONSE WHEN ILLUMINATED WITH HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY. THESE ARRAYS HAVE BEEN USED AS HIGH FREQUENCY FILTERS AND IN RADAR, STEALTH AND ADVANCED ANTENNA APPLICATIONS, AND MORE RECENTLY, AS SENSORS. IN PARTICULAR, FSS-BASED SENSING HAS FOUND A HOME AS A NEXT-GENERATION STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM) APPROACH. FSS SENSORS ARE INHERENTLY WIRELESS AND PASSIVE, AND ARE INTERROGATED REMOTELY VIA MICROWAVE ENERGY. THESE SENSORS CAN BE EMBEDDED IN LAYERED DIELECTRIC (NON-CONDUCTING) STRUCTURES DURING MANUFACTURE OR INSTALLED DURING THE SERVICE LIFETIME ON THE SURFACE (CONDUCTIVE OR DIELECTRIC). MICROWAVES PENETRATE THROUGH DIELECTRICS, SO IN THE CASE OF LAYERED STRUCTURES, FSS SENSORS CAN BE PLACED ON MATERIALS/LAYERS OF INTEREST THAT MAY BE COVERED BY ADDITIONAL DIELECTRICS (SUCH AS REENTRY HEAT TILES COVERED WITH INSULATION). MULTIPLE SENSING PARAMETERS CAN BE CONCURRENTLY SENSED THROUGH PROPER SENSOR DESIGN AND INTERROGATION, AS IS ILLUSTRATED BELOW THROUGH A STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR. THIS PHASE I EFFORT WILL FOCUS ON CREATING A DESIGN FOR A FIELD DEPLOYABLE PROTOTYPE THAT CAN BE RUGGEDIZED FOR USE IN SPACE ENVIRONMENTS.$125K
May 30, 2017Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865017P5018541711IGF::OT::IGF EXTRAPULATING USEFUL LIFE FROM COMPOSITE STRUCTURES$150K
Mar 16, 2017Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833516C0242541712PROGRESS REPORT "IGF::OT::IGF"$70K
Mar 1, 2017Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865016C5701541712IGF::OT::IGF INTEGRATION OF NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION INTO COMPUTATIONAL METHODS TO SUPPORT THE DIGITAL TWIN$255K
Dec 9, 2016Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-RSAW31P4Q16C0002541712IGF::OT::IGF - ARMY STTR PHASE II EFFORT ENTITLED, "COMPRESSIVE SAMPLING APPLIED TO MILLIMETER-WAVE SINGLE DETECTOR IMAGERS"$434K
Dec 5, 2016Department of DefenseFA8100 AFSC PZIECFA810017C0003541712IGF::OT::IGF SBIR TOPIC AF161-020 QUASI-MODEL DEVELOPMENT USING DIGITAL AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION DATA$150K
Oct 20, 2016Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865016C5701541712IGF::OT::IGF INTEGRATION OF NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION INTO COMPUTATIONAL METHODS TO SUPPORT THE DIGITAL TWIN$250K
Oct 5, 2016Department of DefenseNAVSEA HQN0002416C4008541712BASE IGF::OT::IGF$499K
Sep 23, 2016Department of DefenseFA8100 AFSC PZIECFA810016C0011541712IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PHASE II RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDUAL STRESS DETERMINATION FOR COLD EXPANDED HOLES$750K
Sep 19, 2016Department of DefenseNAVSEA HQN0002416C4535541712IGF::OT::IGF$720K
Sep 13, 2016Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-APG NATICKW911QY16P0266541712IGF::OT::IGF$100K
Aug 29, 2016Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-PICAW15QKN16C0068541712IGF::OT::IGF MULTIMODAL NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF INTERNAL SURFACES OF HOLES IN STEEL STRUCTURES, SBIR PHASE I.$100K
Aug 25, 2016Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865016P2735541712IGF::OT::IGF RAPID AND RELIABLE ID OF COUNTERFEIT ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS$150K
Aug 19, 2016Department of DefenseNAVSEA HQN0002414C4094541712IGF::OT::IGF BASE$500K
Aug 17, 2016Department of DefenseCOMMANDERM6785416C6508541712IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PHASE II RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT$500K
Jul 26, 2016Department of DefenseW6QK ACC-RSAW31P4Q16C0051541711IGF::OT::IGF ARMY SBIR PHASE I$100K
Jul 19, 2016Department of DefenseNAVSEA HQN0002416P4067541712STATUS REPORT IGF::OT::IGF$80K
Jun 22, 2016Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865016C5012541712IGF::OT::IGF - NONDESTRUCTIVE METHOD AND DATA ANALYSIS FOR ORGANIC MATRIX C$563K
Jun 14, 2016Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865016M5032541712IGF::OT::IGF DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF PROTECTION SYSTEM BREAKDOWN AND CORROSION PROCESSES WITHIN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES$150K
Jun 13, 2016Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865016M5061541712IGF::OT::IGF ACCELERATED ADHESIVE CURE FOR NUTPLATE REPAIR SBIR I$150K
May 31, 2016Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865015C5085541712IGF::OT::IGF AUTOMATED SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE) PROCESS FOR AEROSPACE MATERIERALS$187K
May 31, 2016Department of DefenseNAVAIR WARFARE CTR AIRCRAFT DIVN6833516C0242541712PROGRESS REPORT "IGF::OT::IGF"$80K
May 31, 2016Department of DefenseFA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL/PZLFA865016M5040541712IGF::OT::IGF NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION FOR REPAIRED INTERGRALLY BLADED$150K
May 5, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX16CL31C541712IGF::OT::IGF NDE DATA HAS BECOME BIG DATA, AND IS OVERWHELMING THE ABILITIES OF NDE TECHNICIANS AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE TOOLS TO DEAL WITH IT. IN THE CURRENT STATE OF THE ART IN INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE, THERE IS NO INTEGRATION OF THE NDE DATA INTO DESIGN DATA, NDE MODELS, AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MODELS FOR A HOLISTIC STRUCTURAL CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT. OUR PROPOSAL RESPONDS TO THESE ISSUES DESCRIBED IN THE SUBTOPIC H13.01, ADVANCED NDE MODELING AND ANALYSIS. THE INNOVATIONS PROVIDED BY THE NDETOOLBOX ARE: 1. CONTEXT-BASED DATA BROWSING AND RETRIEVAL FOR DIVERSE SETS OF LARGE DATA. 2. AUTOMATED DATA ANALYSIS / REDUCTION ALGORITHMS FOR AEROSPACE COMPOSITES. 3. DATA FUSION ALGORITHMS ENABLING THE USE OF DATA FROM DESIGN, MODELING (NDE AND STRUCTURAL), AND MULTIPLE NDE METHODS FOR THE IMPROVED QUANTIFICATION OF DEFECTS. 4. A PLUG-IN ARCHITECTURE ENABLING FURTHER EXPANSION$749K
Apr 27, 2016Department of DefenseNAVSEA HQN0002415P4524541712IGF::OT::IGF STATUS REPORT$70K

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