Intelligent NDE systems
From sensing to autonomous inspection.
Sondera integrates advanced NDE sensing, embedded and real-time computing, physics-informed intelligence, and inspection automation to transform physical measurements into decisions engineers can trust. From signal to decision.
The Sondera stack
One intelligent inspection stack.
Four integrated technology layers carry a measurement from the physical world to an engineering decision, and hand context back down so the next measurement is smarter than the last.
Physical world → Computation → Understanding → Action
The problem
Inspection produces more data than decisions.
01
Inspection data is underused
Facilities record terabytes of scans, then act on a fraction of them. Most of what could inform maintenance and qualification decisions is never analyzed.
02
Analysis happens far from the sensor
Data is acquired on the floor, then interpreted hours or weeks later, somewhere else. By the time an indication is understood, the part, the scanner, and the chance to look closer are gone.
03
Decisions lack traceability
Accept and reject calls often live in spreadsheets and reports detached from the underlying data. Auditing why a part passed is harder than it should be.
Sondera is not building one more tool that analyzes inspection data after the fact. We are building toward intelligent systems that conduct, interpret, and adapt nondestructive inspections, so the loop between measuring and deciding finally closes.
Modalities
One architecture. Many sensing modalities.
Each modality plugs into the same four-layer stack, so every layer built for terahertz is reused as ultrasound, micro-CT, and guided waves come online.
THz-TDS
In development, pilot openTerahertz time-domain spectroscopy for composites: coatings, delaminations, and layer thickness.
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Ultrasonic
PlannedUT waveform analysis for welds and structural components, building on the same signal pipeline.
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Micro-CT
PlannedVolumetric defect detection and porosity analysis for additive and cast parts.
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Built on research
Physics first, then machine learning.
Sondera grows out of peer-reviewed research in terahertz nondestructive evaluation and physics-based electromagnetic modeling. Models are trained and validated against simulated and measured data, and every algorithm is grounded in the wave physics of the modality it serves. No black boxes where a measurement standard applies.
See the research- Peer-reviewed THz NDE research behind the core methods
- FDTD and finite element simulation for training and validation data
- Physics-informed models, benchmarked against reference measurements
- Confidence and uncertainty reported with every detection
Join the THz pilot program.
We are onboarding a small group of pilot partners working with composite materials. Leave your email and we will get in touch, or tell us about your inspection problem on the contact page.
Prefer to write? Contact us about the pilot