October 24, 2023
Brimrose Tech on a Roll: Brings in Five SBIRs/STTRs
Sparks, MD—Demonstrating again the power of its research and development team, Brimrose Technology Corporation (BTC) scientists have recently landed five Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Technology Transfer (STTR) awards involving a variety of scientific disciplines.
For example, BTC received a NASA Phase I STTR award regarding its Fast Elemental and Molecular Interrogation Sensor (FEMIS) whose purpose is to determine unknown samples for in-situ materials discovery on the Moon and potentially Mars. The instrument has the potential after working through the award cycle and becoming space qualified, in principle, to exceed the current in-use camera because of its capability to identify both the atomic and molecular structures of compounds.
BTC also received a Phase I SBIR from the Defense Health Agency (DHA) to develop a non-contact laser vital signs monitor (ncLVSM) that will help medics as they triage injured warfighters by autonomously retrieving the warfighter’s vital signs, using an eye safe laser, without manual intervention. The instrument will be aided by the use of photonic integrated circuits which will contribute to ncLVSM with dimensions mimicking cellphones.
Also from DHA, BTC has received a Phase I SBIR to develop a research program that focuses on the design of a handheld, non-contact, photoacoustic near infrared (ncNIRPA) imager to evaluate intracranial oxygen levels, hemorrhaging and hematoma. The proposed Brimrose laser-based acoustic sensor exhibits robust performance in the presence of speckles in the laser beams, which tend to fail conventional laser vibrometers by causing uncontrolled signal drop-offs.
The R&D Laboratory also has received a Phase II STTR from the U.S. Army regarding its research efforts to identify person-borne improvised explosive devices (PB-IEDs) under clothing through the use of a spectro-polarimetric hyperspectral camera. The approach is based on acousto-optic tunable filters and liquid crystal variable retarder-based polarimetric hyperspectral imagers. This device can also be configured to operate as a hyperspectral imager. The partner research institute on this program is the University of Georgia.
Lastly, BTC has been awarded a Phase I STTR to develop a low-cost, highly sensitive high electron mobility transistor-based, W-band millimeter wave focal plane array/camera based on III-V epitaxial materials of InAlAs on top of an InP substrate for the Department of Homeland Security’s Chemical and Biological Detection program. The partner research institute on this program is the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC).
For additional information, contact David Chaffee at 410-472-2600 or davidc@brimrose.com.