DETROIT, MICHIGAN. September 12, 2006. SenSound, LLC announced today that its application for a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to further develop its noise related quality control technology has been approved for funding by the National Science Foundation. The two-year grant for $500,000 will allow SenSound to commercialize its proprietary software that allows manufacturers of noise emitting products and components to conduct rapid in-line quality control testing to verify compliance with noise standards and reduce noise-related product defects.

“We are very excited that that NSF shares our enthusiasm for the potential of this technology in the manufacturing and assembly environment,” said Sergio Mazza, SenSound president and CEO. “It will allow manufacturers and component suppliers in a variety of industries, including transportation, aerospace and consumer appliances, to cost-effectively perform noise related quality control testing even when background and environmental noise is present on the factory floor.”

According to Manmohan Moondra, principal investigator on the grant, “Our quality control platform has the unique capability of discriminating between noise emitted from a product or component and the variety of ambient and random noises that are always present in the manufacturing environment. Rather than using quiet rooms or enclosures to shield test cells from unwanted noise, our technology distinguishes between noise sources, even at low frequencies, allowing for rapid quality control testing at a substantially lower cost.”

“This grant and the continued work of SenSound is another example of how WSU researchers are taking the next step from innovation to implementation,” said Dr. John Oliver, vice president for Research at Wayne State. “They care about how their discoveries will impact industry and society, and SenSound is working hard to make a difference in all of our lives.”

SenSound also announced today its first Korean order for its noise diagnostic software. It is also distributed in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Germany, China and India.

About SenSound
SenSound, LLC is a privately held company based in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. SenSound’s award winning proprietary technology creates three-dimensional digital images of sound as it travels through space and time. SenSound software is unique in its ability to quickly, accurately and cost effectively map sound sources on arbitrary three-dimensional surfaces. The result is faster, more cost effective noise diagnosis, product development, and quality control testing. The technology has broad applications in product design, development and manufacturing where noise needs to be identified, understood and eliminated, or where manufacturing and component defects need to be identified.

About Wayne State University
Wayne State University is one of the nation’s pre-eminent public research universities in an urban setting. Through its multidisciplinary approach to research and education, and its ongoing collaboration with government, industry and other institutions, the university seeks to enhance economic growth and improve the quality of life in the city of Detroit, state of Michigan and beyond.


Contact:  Sergio Mazza
Voice:  313-882-1065
Email: sergio@sensound.com