This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation provides $100,000 to William Marsh Rice University to develop a strain-sensing smart skin technology using carbon nanotubes. The technology is intended to enable non-contact, laser-based strain measurement with advantages over existing digital image correlation methods. It has applications in infrastructure maintenance and safety inspections across industries such as aerospace, bridges, pipelines, wind turbines. Successful development of this technology could allow improved non-destructive testing and reduced failure rates of critical structures. The award falls under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), which seeks to advance science, engineering and technology solutions to national challenges through research and innovation. Work on this project is scheduled for completion by May 31, 2023.
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