Patents by Inventor Amanda B. Dodd

Amanda B. Dodd has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for measuring fluid properties using magnetic field techniques via magnetic tracer
    Patent number: 10627269
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a property of a fluid in a vessel. The method uses magnetic tracer particles and an externally applied magnetic field which orients the particles. When the fluid moves, it changes the orientation of the tracer particles, thus changing the magnetic fields. These changes are detected by external magnetic field sensors. By using mathematical models, the property of the fluid in the vessel is determined from the detected magnetic field. In this manner, fluid vorticity, velocity, strain and stress may be estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Yi Chen Mazumdar, Martin B. Nemer, Carlton F. Brooks, Bart G. van Bloemen Waanders, Christine Cardinal Roberts, Amanda B. Dodd
  • MAGNETIC SENSING TO DETERMINE MATERIAL FLOWS
    Publication number: 20200080876
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a property of a fluid in a vessel. The method uses magnetic tracer particles and an externally applied magnetic field which orients the particles. When the fluid moves, it changes the orientation of the tracer particles, thus changing the magnetic fields. These changes are detected by external magnetic field sensors. By using mathematical models, the property of the fluid in the vessel is determined from the detected magnetic field. In this manner, fluid vorticity, velocity, strain and stress may be estimated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Yi Chen Mazumdar, Martin B. Nemer, Carlton F. Brooks, Bart G. van Bloemen Waanders, Christine Cardinal Roberts, Amanda B. Dodd