# Presentation: 683784

## Fiber Optic Systems for Composite

**                 ****ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
- Developed fiber optic sensors for up to 400o  C
- Developed methods to imbed fiber optic sensors into polymer matrix composites
- Methods of entrance and egress of optical fibers from autoclaves and molds to instrumentation were developed
- A simple instrument capable of monitoring 16 fiber optic sensors was developed
**                ****COMMERCIALIZATION**
- Received commercial, DOE, and DOD funding totaling $250K (Phase III).  DOE work was on resin transfer molded composites and DOD work was on monitoring the cure of molded explosives.
- As a result of this SBIR, Geo Centers further enhanced their business by purchasing a technical competitor, Micromet, Inc.
- Two new jobs were created

***GEO-CENTERS, INC.***
***Newton Center, MA***

**S****mall**
**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation **
**R****esearch**

**   ****GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-   Important to NASA’s Aeronautics High Temperature 			Materials (HITEMP), High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT), 	and Enabling Propulsion Materials (EPM) Programs.
-   Important to all military advance propulsion engine 			programs.

- Lewis Research Center
- 9/97

**Fiber Optic Systems for Composite**
**Process Monitoring and Control**

***Polymer Matrix Cure Monitoring***
***& Process Control System***

- Fiber optic sensors for monitoring polymer matrix cure state, temperature, and pressure

- 1987 Phase II NAS3-25817, SS-168
- NASA Contact - Kenneth Bowles

## Fiber Optic Systems for Composite

**                 ****ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
- Developed fiber optic sensors for up to 400o  C
- Developed methods to imbed fiber optic sensors into polymer matrix composites
- Methods of entrance and egress of optical fibers from autoclaves and molds to instrumentation were developed
- A simple instrument capable of monitoring 16 fiber optic sensors was developed
**                ****COMMERCIALIZATION**
- Received commercial, DOE, and DOD funding totaling $250K (Phase III).  DOE work was on resin transfer molded composites and DOD work was on monitoring the cure of molded explosives.
- As a result of this SBIR, Geo Centers further enhanced their business by purchasing a technical competitor, Micromet, Inc.
- Two new jobs were created

***GEO-CENTERS, INC.***
***Newton Center, MA***

**S****mall**
**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation **
**R****esearch**

**   ****GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-   Important to NASA’s Aeronautics High Temperature 			Materials (HITEMP), High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT), 	and Enabling Propulsion Materials (EPM) Programs.
-   Important to all military advance propulsion engine 			programs.

- Lewis Research Center
- 9/97

**Fiber Optic Systems for Composite**
**Process Monitoring and Control**

***Polymer Matrix Cure Monitoring***
***& Process Control System***

- Fiber optic sensors for monitoring polymer matrix cure state, temperature, and pressure

- 1987 Phase II NAS3-25817, SS-168
- NASA Contact - Kenneth Bowles

## Fiber Optic Systems for Composite

**                 ****ACCOMPLISHMENTS**
- Developed fiber optic sensors for up to 400o  C
- Developed methods to imbed fiber optic sensors into polymer matrix composites
- Methods of entrance and egress of optical fibers from autoclaves and molds to instrumentation were developed
- A simple instrument capable of monitoring 16 fiber optic sensors was developed
**                ****COMMERCIALIZATION**
- Received commercial, DOE, and DOD funding totaling $250K (Phase III).  DOE work was on resin transfer molded composites and DOD work was on monitoring the cure of molded explosives.
- As a result of this SBIR, Geo Centers further enhanced their business by purchasing a technical competitor, Micromet, Inc.
- Two new jobs were created

***GEO-CENTERS, INC.***
***Newton Center, MA***

**S****mall**
**B****usiness**
**I****nnovation **
**R****esearch**

**   ****GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS**
-   Important to NASA’s Aeronautics High Temperature 			Materials (HITEMP), High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT), 	and Enabling Propulsion Materials (EPM) Programs.
-   Important to all military advance propulsion engine 			programs.

- Lewis Research Center
- 9/97

**Fiber Optic Systems for Composite**
**Process Monitoring and Control**

***Polymer Matrix Cure Monitoring***
***& Process Control System***

- Fiber optic sensors for monitoring polymer matrix cure state, temperature, and pressure

- 1987 Phase II NAS3-25817, SS-168
- NASA Contact - Kenneth Bowles