Presentations by Luna Innovations in 2005

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Luna presents papers and posters at technical conferences and tradeshows each year. Below are brief explanations of those presentations. Contact us for more information about our emerging technologies and solutions.

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Nonlinear Acoustic Concealed Weapons Detection
Paper describes a concealed weapons detection concept, based on non-linear ultrasonic beam mixing in air which offers advantages over traditional techniques.
Materials Evaluation magazine, Volume 63/Number 12, December 2005

Hardware and Software Black Boxes: Preliminary Results for the Secure Software Platform
The Secure Software Platform (SSP) is a hardware-facilitated secure computing environment for networked embedded systems.
June 2005

Use of High Spatial Resolution Fiber-Optic Shape Sensors to Monitor the Shape of Deployable Space Structures
Paper on the use of a fiber-optic distributed sensing system to monitor the shape of light-weight deployable space structures. This technique involves using optical frequency domain reflectometry to demodulate the reflected signal from multiplexed Bragg gratings that have been photoetched in the core of an optical fiber.
Presented at STAIF, February 2005

Integrated Fiber-Optic Sensor and Modeling System
The understanding of temperature profiles within a nuclear core is extremely important for estimating thermal effects on core reactivity. The Safe Affordable Fission Engine (SAFE-lOO) facility at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) provides the capability to simulate the heat of fission in an electrically-heated nuclear reactor thermal simulator. By measuring the temperature distribution within this simulator, nuclear operation can be more accurately simulated. The key to obtaining sufficient data lies in distributing large numbers of temperature sensors throughout the core to obtain a complete time, temperature, and position profile. The fiber-optic temperature measurement system developed by Luna Innovations, promises to add significant measurement capability and advances the state-of-the-art in high-temperature fiber optic temperature sensing.
Presented at STAIF, February 2005

Low Cost Antimicrobial and Hemostatic Wound Dressings
Hemorrhage is the leading cause of death from trauma. Wound dressings fabricated from chitosan have been shown to reduce hemorrhage and improve the rate of survival from severe venous hemorrhage and hepatic injury in swine. While very promising, these new dressings are expensive and have a rubbery, spongy look and feel that is unfamiliar to military and civilian first responders. To address this, Luna Innovations is developing low-cost antimicrobial and hemostatic wound dressings via topical treatment of textiles with chitosan.
Presented at Society of BioMaterials, April 2005