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Most existing simulation tools are deficient in modeling gas flow effects, which have been proven to significantly affect the build quality of metal additive manufacturing (AM). In Phase I, the research team will extend our current Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) modeling toolkit by including a multiscale and multiphysics simulation modules to predict the effect of gas flow o ...

Systems Visions LLC (dba SYVI) and its partners Auburn University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) propose “Hybrid Integration of Photonics and Cryogenic Electronics with Magnetic Shielding (HIPCEMS)”, an effort to develop a scalable heterogeneous packaging plan that results in extreme energy efficiency information transfer at high data rates and low bit error rate of digit ...

Advanced sensors and effectors are driving shipboard power distribution systems toward higher voltages, resulting in greater thermal demands on the power conversion modules.  Wide Bandgap (WBG) semiconductors, such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), can be utilized to reduce thermal inefficiencies with high-frequency switching topologies, but heat generation is still a primary li ...

In this Phase I project, Oceanit will design a self-healing computing system for use on Navy vessels to keep a ship's primary functions operational in combat should the original computing system be damaged during an attack.

According to the Joint Commission, approximately 70% of sentinel events in medical care are related to communication mishaps, and despite regular and frequent occurrence, poor communication during patient handoffs (i.e., transfer of patient care information, responsibility, and authority from one provider to another) remains a major contributor to medical errors (Nether, 2017; The Joint Commission ...

The twenty-first century has seen a global rise in bacterial infections exhibiting antimicrobial-resistance (AMR). More than ninety percent of chronic wounds contain microbial biofilms that exhibit AMR, and the bacteria responsible for several of these recalcitrant infections are called ESKAPEE pathogens. Eradicating ESKAPEE pathogenic infections is challenging, but bacteriophage (phage) therapy i ...

The Lattice-Boltzmann Real-time Dynamic Interface (LBRDI) project is a collaborative STTR research effort between Combustion Research and Flow Technology, Inc. (CRAFT Tech) and Georgia Tech that seeks to develop and evaluate Lattice-Boltzmann based CFD models (LBM) to predict the coupled rotor inflow when an aircraft is immersed in the ship airwake and is in close proximity to the ship surfaces. T ...

Aircrafts operated by the US Navy/Marine Corps have to endure harsh environmental conditions, with erosion from Foreign Object Debris such as sand particles being a prime concern. The aeroengines ingest loose sand, which impinges on the engine components and damages the metal, ceramic, and composite materials. Erosion phenomena are complicated due to the wide operating space but can be efficiently ...

We propose to apply 3-dimensional fiber braiding to the net-shape fabrication of a composite-material rotorcraft part. The braid will be tailored to meet the specific requirements of the selected part.  In the Phase I program the ability to 3D braid a complicated rotorcraft component in net shape was demonstrated in sub-scale.  Mechanical tests were performed using coupons made from the 3D brai ...

This project supports the development of a new class of high performance vector magnetometers with sensitivity, drift, and accuracy  better all other types of vector sensor. The sensor is based on the fundamental properties of the rubidium atom, which is probed using a light field to make the magnetic field measurements. The sensor simultaneously supplies both total field and vector field meas ...