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Printable Chemical Nanosensor |
Patent Pending |
A printable nanosensor and leads using 3-D printing techniques on a silicon daughter board that can be connected to a self-contained pre-amp PCB. The sensor contains a graphene sensor array (a printed CNT or MoS2 could also work) and a PCB with pre-amplifier circuit connected to the daughter board with mechanical clips, and also wire bonded together. |
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Progressive Band Selection for Hyperspectral Images |
US 8,406,469 B2 |
Scientists often use hyperspectral data to investigate land use, mineral deposits, or signs of climate change. There applications rely on the ability to identify materials quickly and accurately. This project develops a system that creates reduced datasets tailors for each potential application. |
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Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector |
Patent Pending |
A high resolution infrared imaging system optimized for space based applications. Capabilities range from carbon dioxide concentration monitoring to locating remote forest fires. |
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Molecular Adsorber Coating |
Patent Pending |
A zeolite based sprayable molecular adsorber to control adverse molecular contamination. |
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Green Precision Cleaning |
Patent Pending |
Allows propulsion branch to internally clean flight tubing using water instead of isopropyl |
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Landslide Hazard Assessment for Situational Awareness (LHASA) |
Patent Pending |
Determining regional landslide probability in near real-time. |
| GSC-16594-1 |
MERRA/AS and Climate Analytics-as-a-Service (CAaaS) |
US 9,411,569 B1 |
Integrates data from a variety of satellite systems with numerical models to produce a temporally and spatially consistent synthesis of climate variables that are not easily observed. Provides ease of access to over 400 climate variables for any location on the Earth. |
| GSC-17370-1 |
Universal and automated Monte Carlo method code for uncertainty propagation in large volume metrology databases |
US 9,990,335 |
The MCTU software offers a robust approach to characterizing and propagating the uncertainty in transformed metrology database targets based on the uncertainty in a rigid body constellation of targets involved in the transformation. |
| GSC-17465 |
The Hilbert-Huang Transform Real-Time Data Processing System |
US 8,144,331
US 8,913,844
US 9,013,490
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The HHT Data Processing System (HHTDPS) is a generic, low cost, high performance personal computer (PC) based system that implements the HHT computational algorithms in a user friendly, file driven environment. Unlike other signal processing techniques such as the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT1 and FFT2) that assume signal linearity and stationarity, the Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT) utilizes relationships between arbitrary signals and local extrema to find the signal instantaneous spectral representation. It has a large variety of applications and has been used to improve signal reception capability in radio frequency (RF) communications. |
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Radiation Hardened Gain Digitizer |
US 10,158,335 |
A digitizer that can process a wide range of low level signals in the presence of ionizing radiation. A unique feature of this innovation is the combination of autozero/chopping with a discrete time integrator in the main path. This integrator allows for variable gain and, when combined with the linear amplifiers, can also generate very high and accurate gain. Further, the discrete time integrator can be placed in hold mode after the desired number of integrations has occurred. |
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Lotus Coating |
Patent Pending |
A unique formulation of a Lotus leaf-like nano-textured dust mitigation coating, with hydrophobic properties. Originally developed to address a large scale problem of dust accumulation and contamination in dusty space environments such as the moon, Mars, comets, asteroids, and other planetary bodies, the coating can be used for other space applications and aeronautical applications, as well as earth-based ground applications. The Lotus Coating is a lightweight passive coating that also has super-hydrophobic properties and can prevent a variety of particles, liquids, or ice from sticking to the coated surface. |
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GSC-16516-1 |
Wafer Level Microchannel Fabrication Process for Lab-on-a-Chip Devices |
Patent Pending |
Microchannels fabricated into a silicon-Pyrex wafer with a diameter of 75 m and total channel length of 40, 60, 80, or 100 mm, characterized by specialized microbeads within the channel. Designed to collect and separate amino acids towards finding the building blocks of life on other planets, this technology could be essential to many other lab-on-a-chip or microfluidic applications. |
| GSC-17159-1 |
Lab-On-Chip Flow and Temperature Sensor |
US 10,189,700 |
The sensors in this system will be encased in Silicon Nitride (SiN) to electrically isolate them from the fluid flow and will be suspended in the middle of the channel to maximize their sensitivity and response time. The temperature sensors are utilized as part of the flow sensor design. By knowing the thermal conductance and the heat capacity of the fluid, in addition to the power into the resistor and the change in temperature, the flow rate of the fluid can be calculated. |
| GSC-17256-1 |
Using the Power Grid for Geophysical Imaging |
US 10,175,273 |
A system that provides real-time data about geomagnetically induced currents (GIC) that flow in power grids during space weather storms. These currents can be a hazard for reliable transmission of electricity. In addition to monitoring GIC for hazard mitigation, this technology also enables the grid to serve as an antenna to study space weather phenomena. The system extracts from the grid information about continental-scale geoelectric fields and ionospheric/magnetospheric electric currents. Power system operators can use the real-time data for situational awareness about GICs. This information can guide mitigation actions power companies may take. |
| GSC-16327-1 |
Miniaturized Laser Heterodyne Radiometer |
US 8,699,029 |
This instrument is a passive monitor for measuring greenhouse gases and trace gas concentrations in the atmosphere. It uses a variation of laser heterodyne radiometer (LHR) to measure the concentration of trace gases in the atmosphere by measuring their absorption of sunlight in the infrared. Each absorption signal is mixed with laser light (the local oscillator) at a near-by frequency in a fast photoreceiver. The resulting beat signal is sensitive to changes in absorption, and located at an easier-to-process RF frequency. By separating the signal into a RF filter bank, trace gas concentrations can be found as a function of altitude. |
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Low Frequency Wideband Step Frequency Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar |
US 8,138,961 |
A compact, lightweight, low frequency wideband Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) and associated post-processing software. The software processes data received by the ISAR radar to extract down- and cross-range images of the target object. This ISAR system enables scientists and geologists to image 3D interior structure of a solid object to a depth of up to tens of meters. |
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Atmospheric Analysis System |
US 8,525,110 |
An instrument suite that provides four simultaneous ion and neutral measurements of the atmospheric column. Each measurement is a function of altitude with variable sensitivity for neutral atmospheric species. The variable sensitivity makes it possible to extend the measurements over the altitude range of 100 to more than 700 km. The four instruments in the suite are: Neutral wind-temperature spectrometer (WTS); Ion-drift ion-temperature spectrometer (IDTS); Neutral mass spectrometer (NMS); Ion mass spectrometer (IMS). The WTS and IDTS are capable of separating O and N2 and O+ from H+. The mass spectrometers can separate masses with resolution of 1 in 64 to enable metallic ion identification in the lower thermosphere. The energy analyzer features of the WTS and IDTS will also enable for the first time the measurement of the thermosphere-to-exosphere transition in the Earths upper atmosphere. |
| GSC-17469-1 |
Remote Sensing Based on Fluorescence LIDAR |
US 10,337,996 |
A device for remotely sensing or sniffing life on distant planets. The device will be capable of autonomously search for bio-signatures and perform ground level aerosol analysis from afar, which will help reduce the risk of sample contamination that could skew the detection results. These measurements only require electrical power and can be conducted quickly over a broad area. |
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A Low Cost, Low Temperature Radiometer for Thermal Measurements |
US 8,480,296 |
A radiometer to help identify the sources of stray heat and to make non-contact thermal emission measurements of materials such as vapor-deposited aluminum on Kapton and multilayer insulation blankets, as well as background measurements of non-ideal chamber effects such as light leaks and radiation bounces. |
| GSC-17457-1 |
Sodium LIDAR for Spaceborne Missions |
Patent Pending |
New technology to remotely measure sodium (Na) by adapting existing LIDAR technology. This instrumentation is designed to measure Earths mesospheric Na layer and enables acquisition of global Na density, temperature, and wind measurements in the MLT with the spatial and temporal resolution required to resolve issues associated with the structure, chemistry, dynamics, and energetics of this region. |
| GSC-17279-1 |
Graphene Field Effect Transistors for Radiation Detection (GFET-RS) |
US 9,508,885 |
A novel transistor technology based on a single graphene layer coupled to a radiation absorber substrate. Unlike conventional charge-sensing detectors, the GFET-RS utilizes the sensitive dependence of graphene conductance on local change of the electric field which can be induced by interaction of radiation with the underlying absorber substrate. This technology provides low power consumption and high sensitivity radiation sensors for the commercial space industry and government agencies. This technology can also be important in future heliophysics science missions, where small, light-weight radiation sensors such as GFET-RS can be used on arrays of CubeSats. |
