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Intelligent Radiative Materials

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNX12CG39P
Agency Tracking Number: 110185
Amount: $124,991.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: T10.02
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2011
Award Year: 2012
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2012-02-13
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2013-02-12
Small Business Information
3000 Kent Avenue, Suite C1-100
West Lafayette, IN -
United States
DUNS: 161183322
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Alex Heltzel
 Principal Investigator
 (937) 367-9017
 heltzel@pcka.com
Business Contact
 Davida Parks
Title: Business Official
Phone: (765) 464-8997
Email: parks@pcka.com
Research Institution
 The University of Texas at Austin
 Courtney Swaney
 
Office of Sponsored Projects
Austin, TX 78713-7726
United States

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 Domestic Nonprofit Research Organization
Abstract

An opportunity to boost energy efficiency in homes and buildings exists through the design of functional radiative properties in glass and other building materials. Current surface materials ignore or take first-order approaches to complicated spectral behavior, leading to sub-optimal properties. The sensitivity of material properties to microscale surface structuring creates a design challenge that has precluded this technology development, however the availability of high-performance computing hardware combined with sophisticated optimization algorithms now permits the engineering of such materials. PC Krause and Associates, Inc. (PCKA) and The University of Texas (UT) will target two candidate applications with high potential for environmental and commercial impact: variable emissivity materials, and reduced emissivity glass. Both of these target applications offers independent paths to energy efficiency, along with clear routes to commercialization. Variable emissivity materials will directly reduce energy costs in diurnal climates. Likewise, the reduction of infrared emission from glass windows would address one of the costliest thermal losses in buildings of all sizes.

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