Extreme Environment Sensors and Electronics

Sensors and electronics systems with improved performance and capabilities that can operate at high temperature or in extreme environments

Expertise

Sensing and microelectronics for the harshest environments, including the highest temperatures
Silicon carbide microfabrication processing
Device integration, packaging, and extreme-environment testing

What we’re working on

Closup photo of SiC chip transistors and interconnect.

Silicon Carbide Electronics and Sensors

Enabling intelligence in the harshest aerospace environments.

Demonstration of long-lived convoluted thermocouples for ceramic temperature

Physical Sensors

Innovative harsh environment physical sensing and instrumentation technologies are being developed by NASA Glenn Research Center to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research.