TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: A Field Deployable PiezoElectric Gravimeter (PEG) (SSC-TOPS-7)

NASA's Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses . THE TECHNOLOGY: Sensing environments or structures state is important and often critical in a wide variety of applications. Sensors and sensing systems are typically specifically-designed for specific functions. This can result in time-consuming and costly cycle of design, test, and build, since there is no real standard-sensor building block that can be adapted and used to sense a variety of attributes and physical states. To meet this need, the PiezoElectric Gravimeter (PEG) was developed to provide a sensing system and method that can serve as the foundation for a wide variety of sensing applications. The PEG is a field disturbance sensor system that includes a piezoelectric element for generating mechanical energy when electrically excited and for generating electrical energy when mechanically deformed. Resultant characteristics are automatically quantified. To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA's Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/SSC-TOPS-7 If you have any questions, please contact the NASA Stennis Space Center Technology Transfer Office at [email protected] with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this FBO notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/ These responses are provided to members of NASA's Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice .