BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY IN COLLABORATION WITH NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WILL DEVELOP A NOVEL FLEXIBLE HYBRID ELECTRONICS BASED SENSOR SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME STRAIN MEASUREMENTS IN SUPPORT OF NASA'S GOALS. NASA HAS IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR MEASURING STRESS ON FLEXIBLE MATERIALS THAT EXHIBIT HIGH RATES OF STRAIN. OUR GOAL IS TO LEVERAGE THE INTERSECTION OF NANOMATERIALS AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TO CREATE A FLEXIBLE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF STRAIN IN FABRIC LIKE STRUCTURES. A NETWORK OF FLEXIBLE CAPACITOR STRAIN GAUGES WILL BE DEVELOPED AT BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY USING THE ADVANCED FABRICATION METHOD- AEROSOL JET PRINTING- AND INKS BASED ON NANOSCALE MATERIALS. THE CAPACITIVE STRAIN GAUGES WILL BE PRINTED ONTO FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR MEASUREMENTS ON FLEXIBLE MATERIALS. A PROTOTYPE WILL BE BUILT BY BOISE STATE THAT CAN THEN BE USED FOR CAPABILITY TESTING ON A FULL SCALE TEST ARTICLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. WE ANTICIPATE THAT OUR RESULTS WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE MEASUREMENT OF STRAIN IN FABRIC ARTICLES ALLOWING FOR MODEL CORRELATION AND TEST VALIDATION OF INFLATABLE NON- RIGID STRUCTURES SUCH AS PARACHUTES AND HABITATS.