PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
This proposal will be awarded using funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), and meets the requirements established in Section 2 of the White House Memorandum entitled, Ensuring Responsible Spending of Recovery Act Funds, dated March 20, 2009. I also affirm, as the cognizant Program Officer, that the proposal does not support projects described in Section 1604 of Division A of the Recovery Act.
Continuous comb transducer strips will generate ultrasonic guided waves for structural health monitoring (SHM) of plate and shell structures. A theoretically driven approach, based on the application of wave mechanics principles, will be used to research and design a network of strip sensors. Fibrous piezoelectric composites will be considered for the comb elements, widely expanding the design space of these elements to include fiber orientation and volume fraction in addition to size, configuration, and location/size of the electrodes. Piezoelectric and mechanical material properties for these innovative sensor designs will be researched. The system will be capable of active interrogation with Lamb waves upon demand, as well as passive monitoring of acoustic emissions with low power.
Project progress and results will be shared with the Center of Excellence in Structural Health Monitoring. The center bridges academia, government, and industry and aims to advance the state of the art in SHM and transfer technology. The investigators will outreach to middle school and high school students, especially targeting young women and underrepresented groups. The graduate students will have the opportunity to work with the Air Force Research Laboratory and a small business entity.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
0900284 |
Funding Agency |
National Science Foundation |
| Total Award Amount |
$320,000 |
Project Location - City |
University Park |
| Award Date |
07/20/2009 |
Project Location - State |
PA |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
16802-1505
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| Jobs Reported |
1.00 |
Congressional District |
05 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
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Recipient Name
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PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
003403953
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| Recipient Address |
408 OLD MAIN |
| Recipient City |
UNIVERSITY PARK |
| Recipient State |
Pennsylvania |
| Recipient Zip |
16802-1505 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
05 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
Continuous Piezoelectric Health Monitoring Systems Based on Ultrasonic Guided Waves |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
No |
| Project Activities Description |
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
The students working on the project are Aaron Lesky (graduate student in Acoustics) and Kyle Salitrik (undergraduate student in Engineering Science). An environmental chamber has been constructed from wood to enable testing the mockup steel structure at elevated temperature. The mockup steel structure can be tested with and without water. When it has water in it, it can be cooled to nearly freezing with ice water. Thus, the range of environmental conditions that occur during service (temperature variation and possible liquid loading) can be assessed. Two sets of transducers have been mounted on the mockup structure; one set of newly developed multi-element strip transducers and one set of conventional disk transducers. The evaluation of our test setup and instrumentation revealed that the switching card which enables us to acquire signals from many transducers was damaged. It has been sent back to the factory for repair. Experiments will begin when the repaired card is received. A finite element simulation of ultrasonic wave propagation and interaction with a crack-like defect has been conducted. Abstracts have been submitted to two conferences to disseminate the research findings.
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| Jobs Created |
1.00 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
1 Graduate Student |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
49-0101 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
07/20/2009 |
| Award Number |
0900284 |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
49 |
| Funding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
49 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Amount of Award |
$320,000 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$310,782 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$317,916 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
541712 |
| Activity Description |
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
1 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$71,756 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
0 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
49 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$82,147 |
Sub-award 3967-ACI-NSF-0284-SA - ADVANCED CERAMETRICS, INC.
| Sub-Award Amount |
$71,756 |
| Sub-Award Date |
08/01/2010 |
| Sub-Awards Disbursed |
$71,756.00 |
| Project Location - City |
Lambertville |
| Project Location - State |
NJ |
| Project Location - Zip Code |
08530-1313 |
| Project Location - Congressional District |
07 |
| Sub-Recipient DUNS Number |
619122955
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| Sub-Recipient Address |
245 N MAIN ST |
| Sub-Recipient City |
LAMBERTVILLE |
| Sub-Recipient State |
New Jersey |
| Sub-Recipient Zip Code |
08530-1416 |
| Sub-Recipient Congressional District |
07 |
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
40º 48' 11",
-77º 51' 12" |
| Congressional District |
05 |
| Address 1 |
Pennsylvania State University |
| Address 2 |
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| City |
University Park |
| County |
Centre |
| State |
PA |
| Zip |
16802-1505 |
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