Describe the sensor UMaine has developed to help the U.S. Air Force.
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Video Text: Associate Professor Mauricio Pereria da Cunha,
Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology: "The major challenge the
Air Force faces is trying to identify a sensor that can measure
characteristics of the engine--like temperature, pressure, strain, and
stress--at very high temperatures. The sensors are going to be used in
their jet engines to actually monitor the jet engines at very high
temperatures, varying from 600 degrees Celsius to 1200 degrees Celsius.
In addition to addressing the high temperature, it will also allow the
Air Force to monitor high temperatures in different places in the engine
by using several coded sensors in different areas in the engine and
therefore having a picture of how several parts of the engine are
performing."
