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Photoelastic Polymer Sensor

Executive Summary Sensors for measuring force or pressure are used in a wide variety of applications in industrial, healthcare and automation. Soft sensors, in particular, are used in applications where only low levels of stress are measured. However, one drawback with current soft sensors, is the long term repeatability and cost. Researchers at Michigan...
Published: 4/22/2025   |   Inventor(s): Jiabin Liu, Shaoting Lin, Wei Li
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Advanced Materials, Devices, Test and Measurement

High-Speed, Wideband, and Widefield Coherent Raman Imaging

VALUE PROPOSITION Inter- and intra-molecular interactions in solids dictate a variety of physical and chemical properties, ranging from structural characteristics and carrier transports to reaction pathways and the emergence of topological states. In heterogeneous materials, compositional changes and local nanoscale environments tune these properties...
Published: 1/30/2025   |   Inventor(s): Elad Harel
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Analytical Instruments, Photonics, Test and Measurement

Dual Mode Sensor for Non Destructive Testing of Composites

Executive Summary Fiber reinforced composites are used in a wide variety of applications in the automotive, aerospace, boating and energy sectors. Testing the composites for defects is an important part of manufacturing quality control, however, this often requires the costly sampling and destructive testing of finished parts. While several technologies...
Published: 4/22/2025   |   Inventor(s): Oleksii Karpenko, Eric Tarkleson, Lalita Udpa, Satish Udpa, Mahmood Haq, David Gorsich
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Test and Measurement

Non-contact railway inspection

VALUE PROPOSITION Rail transportation is periodically marred by accidents, highlighting ongoing safety challenges. There is a need for effective rail inspection methods. Current techniques are hindered by limitations such as low detection accuracy and sensitivity, particularly at high speeds. This technology introduces a novel method for high-speed,...
Published: 9/27/2024   |   Inventor(s): Yiming Deng, Sunil Chakrapani, Ming Han, Zebadiah Miles
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Analytical Instruments, Test and Measurement, Transportation

Heavy Metal Sensing

VALUE PROPOSITION Heavy metal pollution in soils is widespread in the world, resulting from both natural sources and human activities (e.g., mining and smelting, industrial emission, fossil fuel combustion, etc.). Due to their toxicity, bioaccumulation, and environmental persistence, elevated levels of heavy metals in the environment pose major threats...
Published: 5/15/2025   |   Inventor(s): Wen Li, Hasan Banna, James Siegenthaler
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Agriculture, Analytical Instruments, Environment, Test and Measurement

Super-resolution Optical Imaging

VALUE PROPOSITION Conventional microscopes rely on making a spatial measurement of light, which are diffraction limited. Traditional scanning microscopy approaches obtain a spatial image by scanning across known locations. The wavelength of light becomes the limiting factor in achieving better spatial resolution. It would be advantageous to have a...
Published: 9/9/2024   |   Inventor(s): Elad Harel
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Nanotechnology, Photonics, Test and Measurement

Pipeline Inspection Robot

VALUE PROPOSITION Pipelines represent a major supporting industry for utilities and are used in a variety of applications such as for natural gas, water, and oil, as well as residential distribution. Natural gas pipelines alone travel over 2.5 million miles, delivering 28.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas to customers in the United States alone....
Published: 3/21/2025   |   Inventor(s): Xiaobo Tan, Preston Fairchild, Claudia Chen, Yiming Deng, Mohand Alzuhiri, Zi Li, Xinda Qi
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Environmental, Test and Measurement

MRI RF Powered Voltage Sensor

VALUE PROPOSITION For Magnetic Resonance Imaging it is often desirable to measure electrophysical characteristics alongside MRI data. To do so, voltage sensors are employed. This technology is an RF powered voltage sensor which can be configurable to measure a variety of physical indicators with excellent resolution. The design minimizes interference...
Published: 7/29/2024   |   Inventor(s): Chunqi Qian
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Medical, Test and Measurement, Biotechnology

High Strain Rate Tensile Testing Apparatus

Executive Summary Characterizing the material response of thermoplastic polymers at intermediate strain rates (1s-1 to ≤ 200s-1), commonly encountered in automotive collisions and crashes, is critical for predicting their failure strength and post-impact behavior. However, investigative experimental techniques required to generate tensile stress-strain...
Published: 6/28/2024   |   Inventor(s): Mahmoodul Haq, Syed Hassan, Oleksii Karpenko
Keywords(s):   Category(s): Test and Measurement

Electrically Active Magnetic Nanoparticle-based Biosensors

Executive Summary Harmful microbes are present in various sources including water, food, plants, and through human-to-human transmission. The ability to detect them rapidly at a low cost is important to protecting the health and safety of humans and animals and the security of food chains. MSU researchers have developed novel nanoparticle-based biosensors...
Published: 3/29/2024   |   Inventor(s): Evangelyn Alocilja, Sudeshna Pal, Emma Setterington
Keywords(s): Biosensors, Magnetic Beads, Magnetic Separation, Molecular Sample Processing, Nanoparticles, Polyaniline Category(s): Biotechnology, Test and Measurement, Devices, Electrical
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