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Marshall Space Flight Center 
STTR 1996 Phase II

SureSense Online Signal Validation Software

Expert Microsystems, Inc. 

Orangevale, CA

INNOVATION
    SureSense software uses innovative artificial intelligence techniques to detect sensor degradation and perform system diagnostics with higher accuracy and faster response time than prior techniques. This ensures data integrity, improves efficiency and performance, reduces downtime, and lowers maintenance costs for a wide range of performance-critical aerospace, power, industrial, and medical systems.
SureSense Model of the Space Shuttle Main Engine
SureSense Model of the Space Shuttle Main Engine
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • Commercial product released; available and in distribution.
  • Currently deployed at four nuclear power plants.
  • Over $150K in private capital investment to date.
  • Over $1M in follow-on research and development contracts.
COMMERCIALIZATION
  • Commercial SureSense™ software released in March 2001; installed at multiple electric power generating facilities.
  • Selected by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) for use in its Online Instrument Calibration and Monitoring Program.
  • Value-added reseller channel established.
  • Three patent applications pending; SureSense trademark established.
  • Primary market sectors are commercial and government aerospace, military, electric power generation and transmission, and industrial controls.The software is available and is being sold in all market sectors.
  • The software features automated modeling tools that eliminate the high level of algorithm expertise and experience previously required to create an effective diagnostic model of a monitored system. This makes the technology suitable for use by the general engineering community, and in particular by instrumentation and controls engineers.
GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
  • Developed for NASA Space Shuttle telemetry data monitoring at Marshall Space Flight Center.
  • Deployed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest Laboratory for development of military and energy applications.
  • Potential applications to aviation systems research and development at NASA Langley Research Center.
  • Follow-on research and development contracts from the U.S. Department of Energy totaling $850K.
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