Feb 11 2008
NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Aviation Safety Program, has awarded approximately $300,000 to Luna Innovations Inc., Roanoke, for its proposal, "Active All-fiber-optic Acoustic Airframe Structural Health Monitoring System." and approximately $290,000 to Collier Research Corp., Hampton, for its proposal, "Ultra Efficient Multiscale Prognostic and Diagnostics Tools for Airframe and Propulsion Structures."
NASA also has awarded approximately $250,000 to George Mason University, Fairfax, for its proposal, "Reliable Interatomic Potentials for Advanced Materials Systems," approximately $175,000 to The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, for its proposal, "Quantitative Assessment of Metal Fatigue Microstructures for Validation of Nonlinear Ultrasonic Fatigue Measurements and Analytical Models" and approximately $133,000 to Old Dominion University, Roanoke, for its proposal, "The Development of Adaptive Electromagnetic Hazards Sensor Network for the Assessment of the Aircraft Hazard Environment for Avionics."
These awards will foster close collaboration with and facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among researchers within NASA, industry, academia and other government agencies to benefit the nation's aeronautics community.
NASA conducts cutting-edge research to improve the safety of current and future aircraft operating in the National Airspace System. The research will focus on the way vehicles are designed, built, operated and maintained. Scientists and engineers in this program develop principles, concepts, tools, methods and technologies to address four areas: aircraft aging and durability, integrated intelligent flight deck technologies, integrated vehicle health management and integrated resilient aircraft control.