STATEMENT OF WORK.pdf

Attachment A

STATEMENT OF WORK

Principal Investigator: Mahmooda Sultana

August 1st, 2022

PR:

Background

Professor Das and his group at Penn State University will work with NASA GSFC team (PI – Mahmooda Sultana) to develop nanomaterial-based sensors with extremely high sensitivity, ultra-low power consumption and long-term reliability. We will leverage the expertise of 2D materials consortium at Penn State called Atomic to achieve devices with unprecedented performance.

Scope

Penn State will design, fabricate and characterize nanomaterial-based sensors in consultation with the GSFC PI, which then will be delivered to GSFC for testing and validation. Professor Das and his team will further assist with the data analysis, including implementing machine learning techniques to enhance the performance of the sensors.

GSFC and Penn State will communicate through formal means (e.g. written statements, emails etc) for important matters. GSFC team is responsible for providing relevant specifications needed by Professor Das’ group. Any work performed by the Penn State team must be approved by Professor Saptarshi Das, before being delivered to NASA

GSFC.

Requirements Ultralightweight, low power yet high performance sensors are needed for space missions to lower the cost of missions. Nanomaterials such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) offer a potential solution as sensors that meet these requirements. Due to the presence of 2D materials consortium, Penn State has extensive expertise in nanomaterials, particularly transition metal dichalcogenides. Sensor fabrication, design, and characterization results need to meet the NASA GSFC requirements for space applications. If Penn State is uncertain about any requirements, they should ask through email or some form of written communications for record keeping.

Attachment A

Deliverables or Delivery Schedule

- Table 1. Proposed contract deliverables and dates.

Deliverable Description Due date (month/year)

Delivery Instructions

Monthly reports

Report on technical progress 1 month after contract date and every month thereafter

Email to the PI and/or presented at the tag up meetings

Delivery of Devices

Design and fabricate TMD devices As needed Ship the fabricated devices to GSFC

Initial characterizatio n of the sensors

Perform material characterization of the devices before shipping them to GSFC

As needed Report via email either in word or powerpoint document with details of fabrication and characterization techniques and results Final report

Detailing the fabrication and testing process and summarizing the results

12 months after the contract

Report via email

Place of Performance

The work will be performed at a non-government site, specifically at Penn State.

Any change of work performance needs to be reported to the GSFC team in writing prior to making the changes. NASA GSFC will review and approve the changes based on the U.S. government requirements.

Period of Performance

This contract will cover the time period from the date of award for a year. Due dates may change upon written agreements by both Penn State and GSFC. If due date changes happened, NASA GSFC is required to adjust and change the new following due dates and send it to Penn State partner and receive an acceptance email by Penn State for the new due dates.