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Rice spinout company receives Small Business Innovation Research award
LumiStrain, a Rice University spinout commercializing a Strain Sensing Smart Skin (S4) for structural testing and health monitoring, has received a $1.55 million award through the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research Fast-Track program.
The technology was developed at Rice by civil and environmental engineering professor Satish Nagarajaiah, chemistry professor Bruce Weisman, and research scientist Sergei Bachilo. Alumnus Wei Meng serves as the company's CEO.
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