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Current methods for detecting toxicity in food are labor intensive, time-consuming and require access to sophisticated laboratory equipment. To overcome these limitations we propose to develop a novel, microfluidics yeast-based sensor system for detection of Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs) in food. Robust yeast cell wires and membrane patches will be assembled on-demand and in-situ from suspensi ...

The goal of this project is to develop a computational algorithm/model to detect subtle changes in neurobiology of sleep-wake cycle due to mild TBI. We aim to quantify early enough the subtle changes in sleep-wake disorder by correlating objective sleep quality measurements as model inputs to the “Injury Leonardo” framework that

Including radiative heat transfer in full-vehicle thermal analysis simulations results in nonlinear equations with coefficient matrices that are dense, poorly conditioned, and difficult to solve. Further, calculating and storing view factors¯needed for surface-to-surface radiative fluxes¯is computationally prohibitive on fine grids. In the proposed SBIR project, CFDRC will develop, validate and ...

This Phase I SBIR program will develop an information system and design a nano-Toolkit with data-mining and predictive models for accelerated risk assessment of engineered nanomaterial attributes. It was recently shown that nanomaterials used in warfighter technologies may be responsible for significant human health and environmental risks. For example, researchers at the Army’s Engineer Resear ...

The goal of this project is to develop and deliver a rugged and portable human head/brain physical phantom that could be used for evaluation of existing and next generation EEG equipment. We will also develop, validate and deliver a virtual computational head phantom that could be used for evaluation of source localization. Computational models will be used to design both simple and anatomical hea ...

The objective of this SBIR program is to integrate scientific programs and associated databases within a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-driven wrapper to facilitate their use by the Army to assess the fate and transport of munitions and their effect on human health. The GUI will help ease data transfer between the programs, reducing the scope of user error and increasing productivity. In Phase I, ...

During the process of using Model Based Design and Implementation (MBDI), challenges have been identified with the loss of traceability between the higher level model of the system and the lower level implementation. This results in difficulty to optimize the system since feedback from the system is related to the lower level constructions. CohesionForce proposes a Model Annotation Tool (MAT) that ...

For IR sensors, the sensing detector and readout circuitry (ROIC) are commonly joined on a pixel by pixel level in a process referred to as Hybridization. Hybridization requires bonding an ROIC die and a detector die on a pixel level, where the total number of pixels required to bond and form interconnects ranges from 1,000,000 to 16,000,000 individual pixels. The material of choice for Hybridi ...

Wiring and connectors are particularly vulnerable to electromagnetic interference. This is in part due to the harnesses that place both power and signal wiring in close proximity. For many applications, the solution to such a problem might be increasing the amount of shielding on the wires. However, for aviation platforms solutions that add weight are typically not viable. Because they form conduc ...

This project will develop and demonstrate a prototype Modular Perfusion Bioreactor (MPB) for tissue engineering applications. While many unique styles of bioreactors have been proposed for various types of stem cell and tissue cultures, there is not a single, easy-to-use device that accommodates the multiple diverse needs of multiple tissue culture types.. In order to take advantage of recent ad ...