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Improved Sensing Using Simultaneous Orthogonal Spectroscopic Detection

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Army 		Award ID:
 Program Year/Program:
2011 / STTR
Agency Tracking Number:
A2-4132 		Solicitation Year:
2009 		Solicitation Topic Code:
A09A-T019 		Solicitation Number:
2009.A
Small Business Information
Applied Systems Research, Inc.
12150 Monument Drive Suite 502 Fairfax, VA 22033-
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2011
Title: Improved Sensing Using Simultaneous Orthogonal Spectroscopic Detection
Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY
Contract: W911SR-11-C-0009
Award Amount: $729,062.00
 

Abstract:

US forces are increasingly involved in asymmetric warfare, peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance missions. These scenarios can place soldiers in direct contact with harmful biological and chemical warfare organisms and agents, toxic industrial chemicals, and explosives. Current portable sensor technology solutions rely on visible and near-IR Raman or fluorescence spectroscopy. A portable sensor system that combines both Raman and fluorescence measurements using Deep UV (DUV) Excitation should improve detection and classification of trace amounts of substances at stand-off distances. Phase I characterized sample analytes of chemical and biological agent simulants, explosives, toxic chemical and interferent substances to obtain their Raman and fluorescence spectra, and developed preliminary classification algorithms to identify substances and mixtures based on the combined modalities. Though Raman spectra are significantly more specific than LIF spectra, Phase I provided evidence of value in combining two modalities. Phase II will characterize significantly more substances, develop classification algorithms, investigate minimum design parameters required for unambiguous detection, and test them via a laboratory test bed. These activities should demonstrate the feasibility of developing a Phase III non-contact prototype system with greater sensitivity, improved detection, and cost and size reduction in fieldable instruments through the use of smaller, less expensive, lower-resolution spectrometers.

Principal Investigator:

Jeffrey Spaulding
Chief Scientist
(703) 273-3773
jspaulding@asrinc.us

Business Contact:

Kelly Coutras
Business Manager
(703) 273-3773
kcoutras@asrinc.us
Small Business Information at Submission:

Applied Systems Research, Inc.
12150 Monument Drive Suite 502 Fairfax, VA 22033-

EIN/Tax ID: 541921865
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
Research Institution Information:
WV High Tech Con Fnd
1000 Technology Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554-
Contact: Brian Lemoff
Contact Phone: (304) 333-6442