99--TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPOR DAMAGE AND TAMPER DETECTION SENSOR SYSWIRELESS-POWERLESS-PASSIVE SANSEC SENSORS FOR DETERRING DAMAGE TO MATERIALS ANDSTRUCTURES OR FOR DETECTING TAMPERING TO PACKAGES

NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA solicits interest from companiesinterested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market thefollowing technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basisand may include specific fields of use. THE TECHNOLOGY: NASA Langley researchers have developed a wireless, connection-free inductor capacitorsensor system that can be placed on or embedded in materials and structures to monitorfor and detect damage. The sensors can also be used to detect package tampering andpilfering. This innovationSansEC [sans Electrical Connections]makes sensors more damageresilient and more environmentally friendly to manufacture and use.The sensors use a NASA award-winning magnetic field response measurement acquisitiondevice to provide power to the sensors and to acquire physical property measurements fromthem. The sensors can be continuously or occasionally monitored to detect cracks,material strain, or impact damage. Damage location can also be readily identified withthis system.To express interest in this opportunity, please respond to Sean Sullivan, ResearchTriangle International (RTI), at: NASA Langley Research Center, Strategic RelationshipsOffice (SRSO), 17 West Taylor St., Mail Stop 218, Building 1212, Room 110 Hampton,Virginia, E-mail: [email protected], or phone: 757-864-5055. Please indicate thedate and title of the FBO notice and include your company and contact information.RTI is responsible for aggregating and acknowledging all responses. These responses areprovided to members of NASA Langleys Innovative Partnerships Office within the SRO forthe purpose of promoting public awareness of our technology products, and conductingpreliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for futurelicensing opportunities. If direct licensing interest results from this posting, SRO willfollow the formal licensing process of posting in the Federal Register as required. Nofollow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.