Shape Change Technologies was founded in 1999 by Ms. Debra Jardine to exploit the use of shape memory and superelastic technologies into value-added aerospace and biomedical products. Ms. Jardine’s experience was as a staff director of pediatric and oncological nursing at Bristol Children’s Hospital in the United Kingdom. Dr. Peter Jardine was designated Chief Technical Officer to provide the engineering context to the company. Dr. Jardine has over 18 years of experience in shape memory alloys device design.
Production Capabilities
SCT has 2500 sq. ft. of manufacturing and office space in Thousand Oaks, CA. To support its position as a leader in the production of porous and thin film shape memory materials, SCT maintains extensive laboratory facilities dedicated to the fabrication and characterization of novel SMA devices. SCT’s facilities include the following:
Large vacuum furnace for production of large TiNi SMA foams with capabilities in the mTorr range (pictured in the upper left)
2 Ultra High Vacuum systems for the sputtering of TiNi thin films and other metals such as Cr and Cu capable of pulling vacuums down to tens of nTorr (top center and upper right pictures)
Blue-M tube furnaces with vacuum capabilities in the 10 mTorr range
A yellow room with a spin coater and a UV light source for lithography
Access to the facilities at the UCLA Nanolab
Access to DSC and mechanical characterization equipment at UCLA
Imaging Equipment: 1000x magnification microscope, 20x stereo microscope, video recorder, frame grabber and VCR for image storage
Data acquisition: 3 PC based computer systems with A/D and D/A and Image processing cards, driven by LabView programming software with an interface board between the signal processing boards and the apparatus.
Machining Equipment: drill presses, lathes, milling machines, band saw, spring winders, etc.
Design software includes: SolidWorks, LabView, Mathcad, MatLab, and AutoCad v. 14. Other software and upgrades, if deemed necessary by the customer, will be obtained
Customers
Our customers include:
US Army (TACOM), DARPA, USAF, NASA, AFOSR, HRL, UCLA, U. Maryland, and
many commercial companies.
Contracts
NASA: Self-Repairing Cryo-Coupler Technologies for Deep Space and Mars Applications
NASA: Smart Safety Seal Systems for X-33 Cryofluid Transfers
DARPA Phase II subcontract: Commercialization Studies of Thin Film SMA Micropumps
NASA JPL Phase I: Smart Thin Film TiNi Based Membranes for Space Based Deployables
U.S. Army TACOM Phase I: Porous TiNi Metal Shock Resistant Track Shoes
AFRL Phase I subcontract: Actively Controlled Membrane Mirrors
AFOSR: Development and Testing of Thin Film SME Optic Membranes
AFRL: SME TiNi Isogrids for Membrane Optics
U.S. Army TACOM Phase II: Porous TiNi Metal Shock Resistant Track Shoes
US NAVY NAVAIR: Innovative and Scalable Net Shape Manufacturing For Shape Memory Alloys
AFRL Phase II subcontract from SRS Technologies: Actively Controlled Membrane Mirrors
AFOSR Phase II: Development and Testing of Thin Film SME Optic Membranes
NIH Phase I: Development of Percutaneously Deployable Heart Valves for Infants
DOE: SME foams for Shock Mitigation in Automotive Crashes
NIH: Development of Breast Feeding Appliance for Infants with Cleft Lip and Palate, pending
