Firm:

          

X-wave Innovations, Inc.

          

   

Address:

          

555 Quince Orchard Road, Suite 510, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 - 1464

          

   

Phone:

          

(301) 200-8368                                                                                                                                                                                

          

   

Name:

          

University of North Texas

          

   

Address:

          

1155 Union Circle #305250, TX 76203 - 5017

          

   

Phone:

          

(940) 369-8207                                                                                                                                                                                

          

   

Name:

          

Dan Xiang

          

   

E-mail:

          

dxiang@x-waveinnovations.com

          

   

Address:

          

555 Quince Orchard Road, Suite 510, MD 20878 - 1464

          

   

Phone:

          

(301) 200-8128                                                                                                                                                                                

          

   

Name:

          

Jennifer Duan

          

   

E-mail:

          

jduan@x-waveinnovations.com

          

   

Address:

          

555 Quince Orchard, Suite 510, MD 20878 - 1464

          

   

Phone:

          

(301) 200-8368                                                                                                                                                                                

          

   

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Technical Abstract (Limit 2000 characters):

NASA is looking for advanced sensor technologies, especially wireless embedded sensor systems, to support rocket propulsion development. The enabling technology should provide a highly flexible instrumentation solution capable of monitoring remote or inaccessible measurement locations. This sensor system should substantially reduce operational costs and evolutionary improvements in ground, launch and flight system operational robustness. It should provide an advanced diagnostics capability to monitor test facility parameters including temperature, pressure, strain and near-field acoustics. To address this critical need, X-wave Innovations, Inc. (XII) and University of North Texas (UNT) propose to develop an innovative wireless LGS cylindrical-type pressure/temperature sensor that will bridge the gap between the urgent needs from NASA and the state-of-the-art sensing techniques. For the Phase I program, XII will prototype a wireless LGS sensor system and demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed technique for cryogenic pressure/temperature measurements and wireless data transmission. For the Phase II program, XII will focus on refining the prototype system design and development with improved hardware and software. For the Phase III program, XII will focus on optimizing the prototype performance and collaborating with our commercial partners to package the sensor technology into a commercially-available system.

          

          

     

Potential NASA Applications (Limit 550 characters):

NASA has great interest in advanced sensor system with wireless data communication capabilities for a variety of applications, from ground testing, to flight testing, to in-service monitoring, etc. The proposed wireless cryogenic pressure/temperature sensor system provides a highly flexible instrumentation solution to monitor inaccessible measurement locations such as fuel tanks for NASA's rocket propulsion test facilities.

          

          

     

Potential Non-NASA Applications (Limit 400 characters):

The proposed wireless sensor system has many market applications in different industries such as exploration, defense, aviation, and civil and environmental engineering sectors. Wireless, cryogenic pressure/temperature sensor technologies are constantly being sought in many markets, especially those that require continuous monitoring of fuel supplies.  

 

          

          

     

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