Physical Sensors Instrumentation Research at NASA Glenn
Three Columns
Developing Innovative Harsh Environment Physical Sensing and Instrumentation Technologies for Safer Aircraft and Spacecraft
RESEARCH
- Novel Thin Film Sensors
- Development of robust thin film sensors with ceramic, laminate and nanostructured materials
- Advanced Embedded Sensors
- Improving application of thin film sensors onto complex structures and ceramic components
- MEMS Radiation Detectors
- Miniaturizing radiation detector technology and examining revolutionary concepts
TECHNOLOGY
- Multifunctional Sensors
- Thin film sensors to measure temperature, strain, and heat flux for hot section components
- Packaging Integration
- Integration of sensors with robust packaging
- On-Component Sensors
- Application of high temperature thin film sensors for on-component testing
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Thin Film Ceramic Strain Sensor Development for High Temperature Environments
- J.D. Wrbanek, G.C. Fralick, J.M. Gonzalez, and K.L. Laster, NASA TM 2008-215256 (June 2008). Presented at Aging Aircraft 2008, Phoenix, Arizona, April 21-24, 2008.
- Thin Film Heat Flux Sensor for Measuring Film Coefficient of Rubber Components of Rolling Tire
- M.C. Assaad, B. Kimble, Y.M. Huang, R. Burgan, G.C. Fralick, J.D. Wrbanek, and J.M. Gonzalez. Presented at the 26th Annual Meeting and Conference on Tire Science and Technology, The Tire Society, Akron, OH, September 25-26, 2007.
- Development of Techniques to Investigate Sonoluminescence as a Source of Energy Harvesting
- J.D. Wrbanek, G.C. Fralick and S.Y. Wrbanek, NASA TM-2007-214982 (October 2007). Presented at the 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 8-11, 2007 as AIAA-2007-5596.
- See the Publications page for a more complete listing.
HISTORY
- Research Awards
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• R&D 100 Awards in
1991, 1995, and 1998
• NASA Group
Achievement Award
in 2003
- Recent Partnerships
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• Rolls-Royce, Pratt &
Whitney, GE Aircraft
Engines
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company
• University of Rhode
Island
• Air Force Research Lab
(NDE Branch)
CONTACTS
- Instrument Research Lab
- Most fabrication and testing of NASA GRC's cutting-edge instrumentation development is performed at the Instrument Research Lab.
DOWNLOADS
- Reports and Publications
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NASA Fact
NASA GRC was built on the parking lot of the Cleveland Air Races in 1941. The wooden grandstand stood on the current site of the Hangar.
