Penn State is home to numerous space-related technologies for use by researches to accomplish awarded missions and programs. Check out our feature technology below.

• Health monitoring with acoustic emission - Maochen Ge (e-mail, web)
  • The AE monitoring technique uses signals generated by a space structure, which may be due to either crack growth under stress or impact force on the surface, to parameterize the fracture/failure process.

     TRLs are a sequence of carefully-defined levels of technology maturity, intended to help communicate the developmental status and risk of emerging technologies.