Author Archives: Aubrey Arnoczy

NASA photo Innovators at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center have developed a compact, lightweight gas sensor that the agency’s technology transfer program is making available for licensing. Using interferometric and spectroscopic techniques, the sensor measures gas density, temperature, species determination, … Continue reading →

The Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) team at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is looking for a partner that can provide information and expertise to support a study of how defects are created during various friction stir welding (FSW) techniques. In addition, … Continue reading →

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center has developed a novel position sensor with gap-sensing capabilities that, when combined with three other new technologies, provides a wide range of new sensor tools. Each of the technologies included in this suite provides a … Continue reading →

A new data storage device developed and patented by innovators at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center uses high-density ferroelectric memory to store electronic information as a digital or analog signal and then convert it back to the original data format. … Continue reading →

If you are an expert in friction stir welding (FSW), this is an opportunity to contribute to the U.S. space program. But you must act quickly – by April 30, to be specific. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, … Continue reading →

Eliminating defective semiconductor wafers greatly increases chip manufacturers’ confidence that their products will be reliable. NASA’s Langley Research Center has developed and patented a powerful measurement tool that will enable manufacturers to monitor the quality of their semiconductors non-destructively. Previously, … Continue reading →

Ultra-fast semiconductor chipmakers have long awaited compounds that would increase chipset speed. To build a faster chipset, they needed a suitable material that exhibits higher charge mobility than silicon. Although several high-charge mobility compound semiconductor materials are available, they are … Continue reading →

Measuring changing shapes, such as the twisting frame of an automobile as it is driven over rough terrain or the blades of spinning wind turbines, can help manufacturers understand and improve safety, efficiency, and longevity. By monitoring the structural health … Continue reading →

To tolerate faults such as a single event upsets (SEUs) or single event transients (SETs), typical field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) provide either fixed redundant circuitry or no redundancy at all, forcing users to program any required redundancy in firmware … Continue reading →

Sense changes in shape in real time without affecting performance and without the need for structural modifications NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center has developed a shape-sensing technology that offers high resolution (0.5-inch) at a 60-Hz refresh rate. The technology is … Continue reading →