Patents by Inventor Firdaus Udwadia

Firdaus Udwadia 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 TO MEASURE NANO-SCALE STRESS AND STRAIN IN MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20110032511
    Abstract: A system for measuring stress and strain in a sample is provided. The system includes a sample holder operable to support the sample; a stress inducing assembly operable to apply force to a selected location on the sample to deform the sample by a selected distance in a range from about 0.1 angstrom to about a millimeter; and an interferometer operable to determine a surface topography of the deformed sample at a resolution in a range from about 0.1 angstrom to about a micron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Andreas Luttge, Firdaus Udwadia, Kenneth H. Nealson, Steven D. Goodman