Nilesh Salvi, Infecho Scientific co-founder
Infecho Scientific landed a Phase I STTR grant from the National Science Foundation for $224,770 to develop a sensor that tests the viscosity of lubricating oil in a running engine — in real-time.
“We had a functioning prototype that worked in a lab environment that we tested on a variety of liquids,” founder Nilesh Salvi told bizblip. “Monitoring oil viscosity can help reduce the uncertainty related to scheduling maintenance and the cost of overall operation.”
Essentially, changing engine oil too after viscosity break down damages the engine… and dumping the oil too soon is wasted money. This grant goes toward developing a commercially viable product.
“The original goal being the oil drain… installing a probe inside the oil pan that we are able to achieve through the redesigning of the probe,”
Founded in 2017 on the Ph.D. research done by Salvi the two person startup is headquartered in Columbia, MO where Salvi works as a research scientist at the University of Missouri.
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