NASA SBIR 2009 Solicitation

SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN (Firm Name, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)
Genziko, Inc.
3070 Windward Plaza, Suite F-275
Alpharetta, GA 30005 - 8782
(678) 558-7540

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT MANAGER (Name, E-mail, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)
Craig Near
craig.near@genziko.com
3070 Windward Plaza, Suite F-275
Alpharetta, GA 30005 - 8782
(678) 558-7540

Estimated Technology Readiness Level (TRL) at beginning and end of contract:
Begin: 4
End: 6

TECHNICAL ABSTRACT (Limit 2000 characters, approximately 200 words)
This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project is to fabricate, characterize, and verify performance of a new type of frequency steered acoustic transducer (FSAT) for structural health monitoring for impacts and leaks in aerospace structures. FSATs will be demonstrated both in the laboratory and on relevant NASA structure. Testing would be performed on both simple and complex parts. Multiple receivers would be tested to develop incoming signal analysis, angular distribution mapping, and source detection and localization. In addition, Genziko will evaluate the suitability of its integration into a wireless system, using a micro power generator and RF transceiver.

POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words)
This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will allow the integrated vehicle health management or structural health monitoring of impacts and leakage of numerous NASA structures including airframes, airlocks, vehicles, space structures, spaceport infrastructure, fairings, and pressure vessels.

POTENTIAL NON-NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words)
This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will allow commercial structural health monitoring, nondestructive evaluation, and leakage detection applications are numerous including pipelines, dams, levees, tanks, oil wells and rigs, industrial and biomedical equipment, and even HVAC equipment. In addition, FSAT may have benefits for other applications ranging from steered sonar to ultrasonic flow measurement to ultrasonic processing and characterization.

TECHNOLOGY TAXONOMY MAPPING (NASA's technology taxonomy has been developed by the SBIR-STTR program to disseminate awareness of proposed and awarded R/R&D in the agency. It is a listing of over 100 technologies, sorted into broad categories, of interest to NASA.)

Airframe Airlocks/Environmental Interfaces Ceramics Composites Launch and Flight Vehicle Modular Interconnects Multifunctional/Smart Materials Sensor Webs/Distributed Sensors Spaceport Infrastructure and Safety Tankage