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The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to enable people who aspire to higher education and/or career opportunities to create a demonstrable portfolio of soft skills based on their lived experiences. Soft skills (e.g., problem-solving, teamwork, leadership, etc.) are as important as hard skills for individual success. However, current soft ...

The broader/commercial impacts of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project are to transform the way in which polymeric materials are developed. Adopting the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, the proposed technology seeks to dramatically accelerate the exploration of new polymer formulations, efficiently and accurately discovering those with targeted perfo ...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project produces compact optical frequency standards using state-of-the-art optical frequency metrology techniques adopted from national metrology institutes. Commercially, these devices will produce fundamentally accurate and stable optical frequencies in the form of laser light. End uses of these optical frequency standards include telecomm ...

The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to drive restoration and preservation of coastal wetlands by unlocking their ecosystem value. Many coastal communities are underserved and do not have resources to adapt to increasing risks from erosion, storms, and sea level rise. Enhanced coastal resilience and restoration promotes biodiversity, w ...

The construction industry is poised for a major transformation through the additive manufacturing approach of field-based concrete printing, an emerging technology using large-scale 3D printers to construct physical infrastructure. Most 3D printing is performed in a controlled environment. In field-based construction, many factors, especially environmental ones, affecting printed concrete product ...

President Biden’s new 2023 National Security Strategy outlines the need to shift the burden of security from individuals and small businesses to large institutions. Password-based authentication puts individuals and organizations at risk, but moving towards passwordless technologies is hard due to the overwhelming number of choices and the lack of data around the unmitigated costs. Inline with t ...

The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is an increase in the representation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) employment areas, enabling the US to meet the increasing demand for STEM workers and maintain competitiveness in the global innovation community. The factors contributing to the underrepresentation of gir ...

The Centers for Disease Control has determined that “youth violence is a serious public health problem that can have a long-term impact on health and well-being,” disproportionately impacting communities of color.” Violence prevention efforts, including education programs, are recommended to combat the negative impacts of violence. A number of factors exist that may increase or decrease the ...

Abstract Timely identification of infectious agents enables targeted antibiotic administration and better health outcomes for patients. However, current methodologies take days to months, leading to the administration of broad- spectrum antibiotics when they may not be appropriate or effective. Drastic cost reductions of DNA sequencing technologies have led to increased demand for such workflows t ...

Mass, autonomous, swarming assets need to be Robust, Reliable and Ready. Current systems are none of the above: The Autonomous Intelligent Swarmer (AXIS) will fix that. AXIS solves a myriad of problems that the Unmanned Experts (UMEX) team have consistent