United States of America As Represented by the Administrator of Nasa

John J Mielnik

Kenneth L Dudley

Chuantong Wang

George Nicholas Szatkowski

Sandra V Koppen

Truong X Nguyen

Jay J Ely

Laura J Smith

Marie Woodard

A lightning protection and detection system includes a non-conductive substrate material of an apparatus; a sensor formed of a conductive material and deposited on the non-conductive substrate material of the apparatus. The sensor includes a conductive trace formed in a continuous spiral winding starting at a first end at a center region of the sensor and ending at a second end at an outer corner region of the sensor, the first and second ends being open and unconnected. An electrical measurement system is in communication with the sensor and receives a resonant response from the sensor, to perform detection, in real-time, of lightning strike occurrences and damage therefrom to the sensor and the non-conductive substrate material.

Lightning protection and detection system

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North, VA, United States of America

John J Mielnik