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Orora Design Technologies proposes to develop electronic design automation (EDA) tools employing minimally invasive circuit design-based methods to mitigate single event effects (SEEs) for next generation Ultra-DSM CMOS (

The objective of this proposal is to develop enabling technology for the production of bulk scintillating nanocomposites that have gamma radiation detection properties of single crystal NaI but with the manufacturability of plastic scintillators. These performance criteria may be met by developing nanoparticle polymer composites with ultra-high nanoparticle loadings. These ‘ultra-composites’ w ...

Analysis of nuclear material samples in the field has many advantages over laboratory analysis. Laboratory analyses can be slow, involve increased expense, lead to additional waste generation and disposal problems, and may introduce errors due to sample degradation or mishandling. In situ analysis mitigates all of these problems. The specific aim of this project is the development of a truly por ...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to achieve recently reported gains in CIGS solar cell efficiency from in-situ laser deposition, by using an ex-situ laser annealing approach that is compatible with an existing pilot manufacturing system. The proposed ex-situ approach will not need to heat the substrate above the 425C value used to manufacture CIGS solar cells ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project addresses the commercialization of a 3D microdevice printer for biosensing applications through the development of highly efficient two-photon initiators of Poly(dimethysiloxane)s (PDMS). The microdevice printer developed by Auma Laboratories, LLC is based on two-photon direct-writing. The Auma Printer diverges from current (non-commercial) d ...

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This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will dramatically improve the economics of biodiesel production by efficiently converting the unrefined glycerol byproduct into a useful chemical, such as hydrogen. Biodiesel is a viable and rapidly growing addition to the nation's motor vehicle fuel supply. However, its production yields considerable amounts of a glycerol waste produ ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUBMICRON PARTICLE SIZING INSTRUMENT ISPROPOSED. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY ARE TO EVALUATE A PARTICLE SIZING CONCEPT CAPABLE OF SIZING SUBMICRON PARTICLES AND DETERMINE IF THE TECHNIQUE CAN BE DEVELOPED INTO A PARTICLE SIZING INSTRUMENT. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL INVOLVE TWO PHASES. PHASE I WILL INVOLVE AN ANALYTICAL REVIEW OF THE GOVERNING THEORY, A PARAMETRIC STUDY EXAMI ...

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PERFORM A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF HOW TO OPTIMIZE THE COUPLING EFFICIENCY OF A SINGLE MODE FIBER AND A SINGLE MODE LASER DIODE OPERATING AT A WAVELENGTH OF 1.3UM. A PROTOTYPE HERMETICALLY SEALABLE PACKAGE WILL BE BUILT FOR MEASURING IMPORTANT PARAMETERS THAT WILL AFFECT THE COUPLING EFICIENCYTHE FEASIBILITY OF DESIGNING A HERMETICALLY SEALED PACKAGE WITH A ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project seeks to develop a novel prototype system for privacy protection in the information sharing and data mining environment. This research addresses our society's growing concerns about invasions to individual privacy by information technology in general, and by data mining in particular. The intellectual merit of the proposed project is four-fol ...