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Advances in materials and automation are rapidly reshaping the American manufacturing economy, and must be embraced to sustain a strong manufacturing sector in the United States. Additive manufacturing is possibly the fastest growing example of this trend, growing at an astonishing compound annual growth rate of 25.7%. The plastic materials market for additive manufacturing, valued at $700M in 202 ...

Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are used in food packaging, as coatings for cloth (e.g. Scotchgard), firefighting foams, electronics, and industrial and automotive components. Being perfluorinated species, they are engineered to breakdown slowly (half-life >92 years in water), and thus persist for very long times. Their high water-solubility makes them especially dangerous, and much like perchlo ...

Current petroleum-derived-plastics contain additives such as phthalates or bisphenolA that are harmful to human health and the environment. Thus, it’s critical to replace such toxic non-biodegradable plastics with biodegradable bioplastics. To meet bioplastics production need, Altex, and Texas A&M University (TAMU) have teamed up to utilize renewable biomass, such as forest residue, agricultural ...

The US seafood industry has two critical issues: a declining wild fishery and an incredible $14Bnational seafood deficit. One facet of the solution can be found in sustainable bivalve aquacultureincluding Mytilid (mussel) production. However Pacific Southwest mussel producers have adifficult time competing against faster growing Pacific Northwest mussel varieties and are seekingnovel locally adapt ...

In this Phase 2 (PhII) grant application, ISCA Technologies proposes to develop and commercialize a nontoxic, pheromone-based, long-lasting mating disruption formulation, SPLAT FAW, to control Spodoptera frugiperda, the fall armyworm (FAW), one of the world’s most damaging crop pests. This pest has evolved strong resistance to numerous insecticides [7][10][64][65][66], including those expressed ...

The marketplace adoption of bioplastics over petroleum-based plastics is gaining pace andpopularity in part from increased regulation but also as a result of grassroots efforts and emergingcorporate sustainability environmental and human health concerns. Within this material subsetexists bio-based biodegradable plastics. These materials are often used in agricultural applicationssuch as plastic mu ...

As the world's population reaches 9.7 billion in the year 2050 global crop production willneed to double to meet the projected demands for food feed fiber and fuel. Corn themost produced annual crop in the world will have a major role in helping to meet thisneed. In the United States more than a third of the corn produced is used as feed forlivestocks (148 million tons in 2017) and its stover also ...

This project will support the expansion of the domestic aquaculture industry through developmentof algae aquafeed ingredients.Successful completion will increase the production of algae a typeof aquaculture and will increase the availability of affordable sustainable feed for expansion of ourdomestic fish and shellfish aquaculture industries.Feed is the largest and most important component to ensu ...

Access to quality building material is essential for rural socioeconomic developmentagricultural productivity and resilience against environmental disaster. This applicationis focused on developing and commercializing a Mobile Masonry Manufacturing Plant(MMMP) that enables rural communities to produce durable sustainable and valuablestructural earth masonry blocks from regionally sourced mineral s ...

In response to global population growth expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050 advanced data- driven agriculture is enabling farmers to grow more and better food with less labor water andpesticides and less harm to the environment. ISCA Technologies seeks to further this trend ofprecision agriculture by developing SPLAT UAV technology a novel method of insect pestcontrol: the use of unmanned aerial ...