RFID Sensors Faculty Advisor: Dimitrios Peroulis
Maintenance of aircraft consumes a large amount of time and resources Limited ability for condition monitoring Why ? Smart Bearing! MEMS High Temperature Sensors
RFID Typical RFID Sensor Challenges for Engine Monitoring Wireless communication is complicated by existence of large metallic areas Sensing + ID Harsh environment (> 300 C) No batteries if high temp Material properties vs. temp
VIP Team Fall 2010 NilminiChrisPraveenVivekAmirLeoProf. Peroulis Identified high temperature near-metal RFID tags Tested reading range performances Identified optimal tag placement scheme
What’s next ? Bearing integration High-T testing Field testing …