Award Data

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop a disruptive tow tension control technology specifically designed for the unique processing variables of composite material manufacturing to solve the limiting factor of tension control the industry currently faces. In composites manufacturing multiple materials with different tensile strengths and elasticity are combined to make ...

PROJECT SUMMARYHeart disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the worldCoronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease and results from the blockage of blood vessels that supply blood to the heartA heart attack or myocardial infarctionMIoccurs when loss of blood flow causes the death of oxygenstarved cardiomyocytesIn humansthere is little or no significant cardiac ...

Enable a new electrical grid control architecture that is decentralized and flexible, allowing increased Distributed Energy Resources (DER) (generation) AND Demand-Side Management (usage) to be managed on the last mile of the grid or the ‘grid edge’. Using autonomous distributed edge intelligence software is a radical new approach to increasing the control of DER in the grid providing rea ...

The purpose of this SBIR Phase I effort is to prove the feasibility of kelp meal (latissima or "sugar kelp") as a viable, cost-effective and nutritious additive for low-moisture foods (specifically bread). Once commercialized, the manufacture and distribution of VitaminSea's kelp meal product will support local suppliers and the Maine seaweed industry.

Packaging is critically important to our society. Appropriate packaging protects its contents from the environment and, thus, inhibits physiochemical and/or biochemical deterioration. According to the World Packaging Organization, the packaging market is currently worth $600 billion and is expected to increase to $1 trillion by 2020. The common materials used for packaging include paper, plastic, ...

The Phase I project showed that novel urethane-functional (NUF) resins could be produced that were free of isocyanates and very useful for one-component, ambient-cured (OCAC) coatings. Resins for OCAC coatings, which are expected to be valued at $5.7 billion by 2019, are used to produce a variety of coatings including oil-based paints, wood stains, varnishes, and aerosol paints._x000D_ Phase I re ...

KaZaK Technologies team members are proposing several concepts to meet Navy requirements for development of innovative approaches to meet the solicitations primary objective for a low parasitic flywheel energy system (FES). Our team will work to design a FES to minimize purchase and operating costs. KaZaK efforts to design, fabricate and test a shipboard FES will meet Navy requirements. To accompl ...

This Phase I project seeks to establish the technical feasibility of developing a blended juice concentrate at a bench top level utilizing a novel hybrid membrane juice concentration technology. Antioxidant rich fruit juices are ideally suited for this concentration technology.The blended juice concentrate will be used as a base for food and beverage products developed with an emphasis on nutrient ...