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Completed TRL 3 (started at 2, targeting 3)
Develop a robust health monitoring framework consisting of two components: Hardware: A physical sensing scheme through either embedded fiber optic networks, additive 3D manufacturing, and/or inherent in next-gen smart (active) materials Software: Interpretation of the measured data through development of reliable system-identification algorithms for detecting, locating, and identifying changes
Characterize emerging material types with inherent features that can be used for embedded sensing; enabling technology for miniaturized systems and advanced manufacturing, design and materials
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