Integrated Monitoring AWAReness Environment (IM-AWARE)

IM-AWARE enhances NASA's Integrated System Health Management (ISHM) program by providing an Enterprise-based health management system with innovative and cutting edge technologies. Due to a modular and flexible design based on standards as well as Software API and Software Toolboxes, components can be introduced within NASA's ISHM framework without necessarily including the entire system. Potential NASA Stennis Space Center (SSC) use specifically involves: (i) vacuum lines and pressurized systems; (ii) cryogenic test facilities; (iii) propellant delivery systems; (iv) cooling water or gas lines; (v) various facilities and test complexes; and (vi) many other complex systems. These systems can be integrated with either the complete Enterprise-based System or just portions, where retrofitting current devices and adding new devices can both be considered by leveraging the IM-AWARE modular nature. The versatility of IM-AWARE allows it to be also used for a wide range of NASA's space transportation propulsion systems for performing rocket engine ground testing (e.g. J-2X Rocket Engine) as well as health monitoring of any other space, lunar, or planetary vehicle/system of interest to NASA.

The Integrated Monitoring AWARness Environment will find a large market in maintenance processes in both the civilian and government markets. System integration (full or partial) and retrofitting current systems is a primary initial strategy for gradual infusion of the technologies into the market. Non-NASA application areas include: (a) heating and cooling systems in large commercial facilities; (b) natural gas pipelines and other gas delivery systems; (c) support systems in nuclear power plants; (d) industrial environments involving fluid systems; (e) manufacturing facilities; (f) testing facilities involving gases and fluids, among others. The IM-AWARE can be also customized for a wide range of machinery application areas. Additional areas of application include the aerospace industry (aircraft engines and turbo-jets), on-ground maintenance, manufacturing, and other applications requiring smart sensors with embedded health monitoring and evolving diagnostic capabilities. Further applications include: (a) health monitoring of steam turbines; (b) intelligent data acquisition systems for machinery health monitoring; and (c) fluid and hydraulic systems (such as cooling systems). The emerging Internet of Things market also opens possibilities to the IM-AWARE system commercialization (e.g. smart home control, smart meters, manufacturing control, asset tracking application, etc.) More »