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NASA ANNOUNCES VIRGINIA AERONAUTICS RESEARCH AWARDS
WASHINGTON - NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Aviation
Safety Program, has awarded approximately $300,000 to Luna Innovations
Inc., Roanoke, for its proposal, "Active All-fiber-optic Acoustic
Airframe Structural Health Monitoring System." and approximately
$290,000 to Collier Research Corp., Hampton, for its proposal, "Ultra
Efficient Multiscale Prognostic and Diagnostics Tools for Airframe and
Propulsion Structures."
NASA also has awarded approximately $250,000 to George Mason University,
Fairfax, for its proposal, "Reliable Interatomic Potentials for Advanced
Materials Systems," approximately $175,000 to The University of
Virginia, Charlottesville, for its proposal, "Quantitative Assessment of
Metal Fatigue Microstructures for Validation of Nonlinear Ultrasonic
Fatigue Measurements and Analytical Models" and approximately $133,000
to Old Dominion University, Roanoke, for its proposal, "The Development
of Adaptive Electromagnetic Hazards Sensor Network for the Assessment of
the Aircraft Hazard Environment for Avionics."
These awards will foster close collaboration with and facilitate the
exchange of ideas and information among researchers within NASA,
industry, academia and other government agencies to benefit the nation's
aeronautics community.
NASA conducts cutting-edge research to improve the safety of current and
future aircraft operating in the National Airspace System. The research
will focus on the way vehicles are designed, built, operated and
maintained. Scientists and engineers in this program develop principles,
concepts, tools, methods and technologies to address four areas:
aircraft aging and durability, integrated intelligent flight deck
technologies, integrated vehicle health management and integrated
resilient aircraft control.
For more information about NASA research announcements, visit:
http://nspires.nasaprs.com
For information about NASA's aeronautics program, visit:
http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov
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