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C55-13a-270397To date, no integrated characterization and predictive modeling workflow has been proposed to optimize Geothermal Battery Energy Storage (GBES) systems in sedimentary formations. Of particular concern is the near wellbore formation integrity of GBES systems that are subject to Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) loading conditions: during injection, storage, and production c ...

There are many issues that a wind developer must consider when siting a wind project, but one that has become increasingly pressing in the U.S. is the effect of turbines on local wildlife. New onshore wind development is occurring across the entire the U.S. and has brought wind plants into greater conflict with wildlife, especially bats. The burgeoning U.S. offshore wind industry is also contendin ...

This project will contribute to establishing a resilient supply chain for rare-earth elements (REEs) and other critical materials in the U.S., significantly reducing the reliance that now leaves us highly vulnerable to foreign control of rare-earth metals—the ‘vitamins of a modern society.’ Rare-earth metals enable advanced manufacturing, clean transportation, efficient computing, power gene ...

Granite Mountain Industries, LLC (DBA Rapid Assault Tools (RA Tools)), will research the customer support within the US Air Force to design a robot mounted and controlled hydraulic breaching tool to defeat fortified inward swinging doors and other obstacles.  This will be accomplished by adapting their commercially available battery powered pump, develop a self-engaging breaching tool and a modul ...

In 2021, roughly 200,000 veteran medical records were stolen through ransomware cybersecurity attacks.  Combine this with the recent events in September of 2022, where two military doctors were indicted for conspiring to leak medical records to Russia and

Solar Particle Events (SPEs) pose a life safety and mission success threat in the cis-lunar and X-GEO environments that fall under the domain of the United States Space Force, or within the USSF “sphere of interest [that extends to] 272,000 miles and beyo

bluShift wants to use our core technologies to develop a launch vehicle system that can be used as a responsive method of quickly launching, assisting, or re-deploying small satellites that are critical for national security or other basic functions that keep America running safely and securely. These small, robust, storable, and nimble launch vehicles will form the bluShift RTSLS fleet (Responsiv ...

This proposal addresses the widespread problem of dead zones and reliability in large format circuit assembly. This problem is caused by the high soldering temperature needed to make high-density interconnects in thin semiconductor chips using flip chip solder bump bonding technology. The size scales for the solder interconnects are not accessible via traditional low-cost solder printing or ball m ...

Cook Inlet is a significant untapped renewable energy resource. With a global transition towards fostering green fuel production to create a carbon-negative future, ORPC has coupled with the existing facility at Port MacKenzie that is exploring economic development opportunities to investigate the ability to produce electrofuels at the underutilized dock. This presents a unique and compelling case ...

There are many issues that a wind developer must consider when siting a wind project, but one that has become increasingly pressing in the U.S. is the effect of turbines on local wildlife. New onshore wind development is occurring in the US Midwest, MidAtlantic and Northeast, and has brought wind plants into greater conflict with wildlife, especially bats. The burgeoning US offshore wind industry ...