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Polymer Derived Rare Earth Silicate Nanocomposite Protective Coatings for...
Leveraging a rapidly evolving state-of-the-art technical base empowered by Phase I NASA SBIR funding, NanoSonic's polymer derived rare earth silicate EBCs will provide a... -
Advanced Propulsion Systems Ground Test Technology, Phase I
IFOS proposes to develop a test rig sensor suite to measure pressures/acoustics, static and dynamic strains and tempersures for advanced propulsion systems such as that used for... -
Merging Geospatial Data into a User-Friendly Application to Support...
For this project, an economic development tool called the Local Economic Analysis Portfolio (LEAP) tool was produced. LEAP is a Geographic Information System (GIS) system which... -
Oxygen Containment System Options for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Testing
All nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) ground testing conducted in the 1950s and 1960s during the ROVER/(Nuclear Engine Rocket Vehicle Application (NERVA) program discharged... -
Development and Validation of Propellant Detonation and Propagation Modeling Methods
The project is to leverage work done by NASA SSC and NASAMSFC as part of a recent NESC investigation into developing validated tools for modeling blast wave propagations in test... -
Laboratory Observations of Artificial Sand and Oil Agglomerates: Video and...
Weathered oil in the surf-zone after an oil spill may mix with suspended sediments to form sand and oil agglomerates (SOA). Sand and oil agglomerates may form in mats on the... -
Dynamic Science Data Services for Display, Analysis and Interaction in...
TerraMetrics, Inc., proposes an SBIR Phase I R/R&D program to investigate and develop a key web services architecture that provides data processing, storage and delivery... -
Robust Cryogenic Cavitation Modeling for Propulsion Systems Ground Test...
Rigorous ground testing mitigates space propulsion system risk by enabling advanced component and system level rocket propulsion development and by demonstrating that designs... -
Laser-Induced Emissions Sensor for Soot Mass in Rocket Plumes, Phase I
A method is proposed to measure soot mass concentration non-intrusively from a distance in a rocket engine exhaust stream during ground tests using laser-induced incandescence... -
ModelLab: A Cloud-Based Platform to Support Advanced Geospatial Modeling of...
The availability of geospatial data has increased dramatically over the past half-century, and so has the size of individual datasets. The ability to gather, store, access, and... -
Deployable Thermoelectric Metamaterial Energy Harvesting Monitoring System
This project will combine a novel asynchronous monitoring system with the first-of-its-kind thermoelectric metamaterial. The thermoelectric prototype is constructed using... -
Multi-disciplinary Multiphase Flow Analyzer, Phase II
Multi-disciplinary Multiphase Flow Analyzer, Phase II -
A Labview System with Novel and Advanced Prognostic Tools, Phase I
We propose a portable data acquisition and prognostic system that contains both hardware and software with several innovative ideas. First, our hardware system consists of a... -
Augmented Control of Rocket Diffuser Boundary Layer Separation
Evaluate the feasibility of the following active and passive methods of boundary layer control using Computational Fluid Dynamics: 1) Reduce the adverse pressure gradient along... -
Intelligent Flamefinder Detection and Alert System (IFDAS), Phase I
NASA test and launch facilities, such as those at Stennis, Marshall, and other locations, require large amounts of hydrogen as a primary rocket fuel; hydrogen is also of growing... -
Authentication for Propulsion Test Streaming Video
A streaming video system was developed and implemented at SSC to support various propulsion projects at SSC. These projects included J-2X and AJ-26 rocket engine testing. The... -
Innovative Solid State Lighting Replacements for Industrial and Test...
The proposed effort will develop a solid-state LED replacement lamp for rocket engine test stand lighting and more general hazardous-location lighting. The LED lighting will... -
Integrated Component and System Analyses of Instabilities in Test Stands, Phase II
Instabilities associated with the operation of liquid rocket propulsion systems and test facilities usually manifest themselves as structural vibrations and may cause structural... -
Laboratory Observations of Artificial Sand and Oil Agglomerates: Video and...
Weathered oil in the surf-zone after an oil spill may mix with suspended sediments to form sand and oil agglomerates (SOA). Sand and oil agglomerates may form in mats on the... -
Simulations of Unsteady Effects and Dynamic Responses in Complex Valve...
CFD based analyses are playing an increasingly important role in supporting experimental testing of rocket propulsion systems. The focus of this proposal is towards identifying...