Awarded SBIR projects as FBS but also bda Guidewaves, the firm is an ultrasonic guided wave innovations company, with technology transfer and product development efforts for NDE and SHM in pipeline, rail, aviation, power generation, manufacturing, civil infrastructure, and military products. With an emphasis on developing strategic partnerships in a variety of different areas utitilizing licensing, fabrication, software development, and in service inspection, the firm's use of advanced hybrid analytical-FEM computational methods and wave mechanics modeling in “theoretically-driven” sensor design and software development combined with unprecedented vast experience in ultrasonic guided waves is a critical component in the firm's success. With a primary focus in the early years after start-up on developing unique solutions for government agencies, many of these development projects led to the core capabilities underpinning various capabilities today. With SBIR-STTR projects still a critical factor in the firm's operations, the effort has been to shift to more product development and private industry contracts. Guidedwave has also been directly involved in inspection services for multiple years before forming a partnership with Structural Integrity Associates.
